HOVER’s New Design Pro Technology Redefines Exterior Home Renovations - HOVER Inc

Breakthrough interactive design experience combines the best in advanced computer vision and rendering technology to help homeowners visualize exterior home renovations.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 6, 2019 – HOVER, the world class technology that transforms smartphone photos of any property into an accurate 3D model, today launched Design Pro. This new interactive experience gives homeowners the power to visualize exterior home renovations in an instant. Using machine learning and the latest advancements in image rendering, Design Pro allows homeowners and contractors to easily collaborate on transforming a property’s curb appeal in just a few clicks.

“With Design Pro, we’re using state-of-the-art Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) and visualization to create a 3D home model that looks like the real thing,” said Chris Ford, Senior Director of Product Management at HOVER. “When homeowners can experiment with the look of their house and create their dream home, they feel an emotional connection with the project. Inevitably, this helps to remove any hesitation they might have around design changes. It’s another major milestone in our mission to help redefine exterior design for every homeowner.”

Design Pro helps homeowners and contractors customize every last aspect of the home together, exactly as they wish. The intuitive interface makes it easy for anyone to use the technology’s features, including:

1. Trying out diverse material types and colors: From brick or stone walls to siding, users now have the flexibility to try out different products and colors for the exterior of their home from a wide variety of manufacturers, and can rapidly see what they do and don’t like.
2. Creating stylistic design elements and accents: Whether you’re considering adding a stone accent, shakes in a gable or trim to break up material, Design Pro allows you to split walls of the model to visualize details that will add curb appeal to the home.
3. Saving a design: Users can come back to multiple versions of their home at any time and tweak where needed before making the final call.

Redesigning a home is a big and long-term decision which most homeowners only do once or twice in their lifetime. It is also a costly decision, with the average roof installation costing nearly $7,000, and the average siding replacement costing between $5,000-$14,000. Homeowners will no longer have to make an expensive judgement call based on paint swatches, shingle samples, and their imagination. They can design their home exactly the way they want and know exactly how it will look before making the purchase.

“The more color and product samples contractors showed me, the less I knew what I wanted,” said George Epp, homeowner in Niwot, Colorado. “How could I make such an expensive decision without actually seeing the options on my house? HOVER’s Design Pro was magic. I customized my house exactly how I wanted it and showed my contractor what I expected from the project.”

Design Pro is now available for every HOVER user on Windows and Mac desktops and laptops, as well as iPads and Windows Surface tablets. To access Design Pro, download HOVER from the App Store or Google Play.

About HOVER

HOVER transforms smartphone photos of any property into an accurate, interactive 3D model, giving homeowners the power to unlock the true potential of their largest economic asset. Thousands of exterior contractors are using HOVER to save time and money on every project, establish instant credibility and close more business. HOVER’s insurance industry customers use the up-to-date measurements to reduce claim adjusting costs, decrease cycle times, and improve the overall customer experience. HOVER is backed by Google Ventures, Standard Industries and The Home Depot, and has raised more than $60 million in funding to date.

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