Bad Seller Photographs - the difference between ’snaps’ and ‘marketing photographs’
August 27, 2007
There is a difference between photographs and ’snaps’ of your home.
Taking good photographs of the home for sale should be one of the more straight forward tasks in a home selling maketing strategy. The majority of home buyers review properties online, before they decide to go visit a home. As a result, if the photographs of your home are poor, your chances of recieving a request to see your home from a prospective buyer are similarily poor.
Put simply, taking shortcuts by serving up ’snaps’ of your home for buyers to view (bad photos), translates into no buyers asking to see your home. Take the time and spend the little extra to ensure that good photographs are taken of your home for sale. These photographs are the first impression of your home for most potiential buyers.
First impressions count, make the effort and ensure that your take good photographs.
Please review some of our favourite ‘bad mls listing photos’ from Broward county, South Florida.
Feel free to send us your’s, or submit them as a comment below - your bad photos are welcome here.
Such a beautiful corner… must have that room for me.
Is this shot really necessary?
Fuzzy living room.
The dining room - just as fuzzy - so it may be the kitchen - who knows?
Why? What does this photo add to the listing?
I know that we are in Florida - but this photo is really blue, blue, blue.
Fuzzy photos seem to be the norm this month - must be some fuzzy logic?
Does the house come with the trucks?
Looks like a nice pool - hard to tell with the plant in the way?
Bad Photographs - bathrooms need staging too
August 27, 2007
Bathrooms are an important feature to buyers, and as such it’s important that you photograph them properly.
Simply sticking your camera in the door and taking a quick ’snap’ will not do the bathroom justice. Have a look at this small sample and judge for yourself. I have not included those photographs where the toilet lid was left up. Make sure that the batchroom looks inviting, even if it is not in the best condition.
Could it look better? Easily, turn the lights on, and position your camera to get more of the bathroom into view.
What happened to the sink? Was the wallpaper the best feature of this bathroom?
Again, better positioning would help. Why is it so yellow? Turn the lights on. A little staging would have made all the difference here - some flowers, nice towels and some artwork.
The need for staging - empty room syndrome
August 27, 2007
No matter how wonderfull the home, if it looks vacant, it implies neglect. Staging your home for sale, and then taking the photographs to market the home allows us to avoid ‘empty room syndrome’.
The photographs in this post were taken from properties in one of the following price ranges, can you guess which? Answer below.
- $300-$400k range
- $400-$500k range
- $500-$650k range
- $650-$800k range
Hard to tell which price range property this room is from?
Not any easier to guess?
Hmmmmmmmm?
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Did the photographs help you guess the price range?
All these photographs are from homes that were listed for sale in the $650-$800k range.
Had these homes been professionally staged, they would have better reflected the asking price.
It should come as no surprise to learn that these homes took a long time to sell, and for a lot less than their asking price.
Some Of Our past Stagings.
Lived in/Occupied Property
Town Home Staging
Beach Front Condo
Single Family Villa
The Palace - Weston, Over 55
Vacant 3/2 Pembroke Pines
