BrightsaleA Picture Paints a Thousand Words!
In the current climate you would expect your agent to be marketing your property to the best of their abilities wouldn’t you?
Take a look at these then….
1 This is the lead photo that Knight Frank have for a property worth…wait for it!…£45,000,000!!
2 Benham and Reeves advertise this £2,350,000 detached house like this…
3 Are Eastons of Epsom a garage or an estate agent?
4 Surely J P & Brimlow of Manchester realise that prospective purchasers looking at this property can see just how long it has been for sale by the trees in the background?
Simple rules can make photos of properties so much better. No cars on the driveway, seasonally correct, no bins in front of the house and ideally a sunny day (admittedly not under the agents control, but they can always go back).
In this tricky market every effort has to be made to present properties in their best possible light. Your agent, if he/she is any good, will demand that the interior of your property is immaculate for every viewing.
You as the vendor must demand the same level of attention to detail from your agent when if comes to your details, floor plans and (in particular) your photos.
If you like this sort of thing, check out this bunch of photo howlers from our friends across the pond on the REagent blog.
The guys over at Zoomf also have some interesting thoughts on this subject along with one of the strangest property photographs I have ever seen!
Tags: comedy, photography, whoops
August 17th, 2008 at 9:29 am
It never fails to amaze me the extent to which some agents still believe that they are genuinely doing a professional service by providing no photos or dreadful photos on listings.
What also never fails to amaze me is this situation is so prevalent in the UK, the US and also (not surprisingly) in New Zealand!
On our Helping Hand blog which provides advice for NZ agents we have started a Bad Listings Photo Category - now up to #5 - worth a look to see how bad real estate photos can be in NZ