Preparing Your Home for a Real Estate Photographer

Exterior/Aerial Photography

• Close all doors(garage and normal entry doors)
• Remove cars from driveway or from field of view of drone
• Ensure landscape is clean, mowed and leaves picked up
• Remove any visible hoses
• Remove toys, sporting equipment etc
• Remove empty planters
• Remove trashcans or other containers
• Uncover outdoor furniture and hide covers
• Uncover pool

Indoor Photography

• House should be neat and tidy (Including beds made, vacuumed carpet, mopped floors, clean countertops and windows etc)
• Try to ‘depersonalize’ so the prospective buyer can imagine themselves in the home
• If possible remove family photos, kids toys etc
• Put away any garments/clothing
• Replace burnt out lightbulbs. Light bulbs should be of the same type (incandescent or fluorescent)
• Turn off TVs, all lights should be on in rooms during the shoot
• Open blinds/curtains