Andrew Mawson wrote:
We are planning a fairly large scale remodel of a house we hope to
buy.

Anyone any recommendations for (preferably shareware downloadable)
house / room layout software so basic sizes of rooms and their
contents can be visualised?

AWEM

If you're planning on buying the software go for the best.
http://www.chiefarchitect.com/
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite