Sellers · · By Tom Wren · 1 min read
Getting your home ready for its photographs
The photographs sell the viewing. A room-by-room list for the day our photographer comes, from the front path to the bathroom.
Most buyers decide whether to view a home from its first five photographs. We take them once, so the day is worth an hour of preparation.
Outside
- Mow the lawn the day before, sweep the path and put the bins out of sight.
- Turn on every light at the front: we shoot the front at blue hour, about twenty minutes after sunset, when lit windows glow.
- Move cars off the drive.
Every room
- Clear the surfaces: one or two objects on a table, nothing on the kitchen worktops but a bowl of fruit.
- Open curtains and blinds fully, and switch on every lamp.
- Take magnets off the fridge and towels off the radiators.
Bathrooms and bedrooms
Fresh towels folded, toilet seats down, beds made with plain linen and the pillows plumped. A throw at the foot of the bed photographs better than a pile of cushions.
We would rather come back on a brighter day than photograph a home in the wrong light.
On the day, Tom will be with you for about two hours. You will see the photographs before anyone else does.