Three dates of the year
21 March, 21 June and 22 December: how many hours direct sun reaches at least one of the flat’s windows, sunrise to sunset in 10-minute steps.
For developers, agencies and family houses
Sunlight analysis for every flat — hours of sun at its windows
A buyer opens a flat and sees how many hours of direct sun it gets in winter, spring and summer — with the shade of the buildings and trees around it. Not “the sunny side” in a listing, but figures for every flat on the 3D model of your building.
Sun in the flat’s card
More than the compass
It counts the latitude, the floor, the shade of the building itself, the balconies above the windows and the trees on the plot (in leaf in summer). A ground-floor flat behind a tree can get less than the same flat above it.
Neighbours from the map
Enter the plot’s address and the buildings next door stand round it from OpenStreetMap, with heights from the map or estimated from the footprint. Their shade counts too.
An honest label
Under the figures: “approximate” and whether the neighbours are counted. One tap and the buyer reads exactly how it was worked out. Clouds and curtains are not counted — and the card says that too.
A sun map of the plot
For a family house and townhouses it is not just the windows but the garden: where the lawn will grow, where the terrace goes, where it is always in shade.
Full sun, part shade, shade
The plot from above, coloured by hours of direct sun over the day: 6 hours and more, 3–6 and under 3 — with the share of the plot in each.
Shade from everything
Buildings, fences, hedges and tree crowns, along the sun’s real path on the chosen date. In winter the trees are bare.
What to plant
A lawn, a hedge, box — each with a tip for the sun it gets: any lawn seed mix, a shade mix with red fescue, or “lawn won’t hold: periwinkle, ivy or mulch”.
A day in a minute
The sun-time slider moves the sun and the shadows on the 3D model; “Play the day” runs it from sunrise to sunset. Summer, the equinox or winter.
Why your sales team wants it
The buyer asksWhat they see in Budvid
“Will it get sun?”Hours of sun in the flat’s card on three dates of the year — no call to a manager
“Why does this one cost more than the next?”The comparison of saved flats: sun in one row with area and price, the sunniest highlighted
“And in winter?”22 December as its own figure, and the sun slider — the shadows on the 3D model at any hour
“What grows in the garden?”The sun map of the plot with tips for the lawn, the hedge and box
What it does not replace
It is an approximate figure for buyers and the sales team, not a regulatory daylight or sunlight assessment for planning documents. Those need a study by the project’s designer. Budvid shows a buyer how the sun moves through their home — in plain figures and on the model.
Pricing
Sun at the windows and the sun map come with every plan — no extra cost.
Test drive
$1 for 7 days: one project, AI tracing, leads to Telegram.
House
$29 a month: a house, townhouses or a cottage village with a sales chart and instalments.
Complex
$79 a month: up to 3 apartment complexes, leads to CRM and Telegram, an API.
Developer
$199 a month: up to 15 projects for a developer with several complexes.
Questions
How does Budvid count a flat’s sunlight?
For every flat: how many hours direct sun reaches at least one of its windows, sunrise to sunset in 10-minute steps, on three dates — 21 March, 21 June and 22 December. It counts the latitude, which way the windows face, the floor, and the shade of the building itself, of the balconies above the windows and of the trees on the plot. Not clouds or curtains.
Are the neighbouring buildings counted?
Yes, when the project has the plot’s address: the buildings next door come from OpenStreetMap, their heights from the map or estimated from the footprint. Without an address there are no neighbours, and the flat’s card says so.
Does it replace a sunlight study for planning approval?
No. It is an approximate figure for buyers and the sales team, not a regulatory daylight or sunlight assessment for planning documents. Those need a study by the project’s designer.
What is the sun map of the plot?
A view from above with the plot coloured by hours of direct sun over the day: full sun (6 hours and more), part shade (3–6) and shade (under 3). With the shade of buildings, fences, hedges and tree crowns, bare in winter. And what to plant: a lawn, a hedge or box for the sun it gets.
Can buyers watch the sun move through the day?
Yes. The sun-time slider moves the sun and the shadows on the 3D model, and “Play the day” runs it from sunrise to sunset. The season is summer, the equinox or winter.
How much does it cost?
Sun at the windows and the sun map come with every plan at no extra cost: a house or townhouses from $29 a month, a complex $79 a month. To try it — a 7-day test drive for $1.
See it on a live building
Open the complex demo and tap a flat — the sun at its windows is in its card. The sun map of the plot is in the family-house demo, under “Sun”.