Promote Your House, Flat or Holiday Let

What We Do

Step 1 (optional). It's not essential, but a good idea to introduce the tour with a short (20-30 second) welcome video by the owner. Gives it a personal touch.

This is a 360° camera. It takes 'panorama' pictures like this...

Panoramas are the foundation of a virtual tour or 360° video so Step 2 is to take a panorama of every room that will be included in the tour.

Step 3. As your property is already set up for a 360° session, it makes sense also to take standard room shots which can be added to, or replace, existing photographs.

Step 4. Weather, location and law permitting, we'll take an aerial photograph of the property.

The total time on site will likely be 3-4 hours (depending on size of property).

Step 5. The hard work. Panoramas, photographs, videos and information hotspots need combining and editing, then the tour created. Visitors must be able to navigate the property easily and intuitively. Lastly, the tour must be responsive - viewable on a large or small screen device. Phew!

Step 6. Implementation. A virtual tour comes as a self-contained set of files that are sent to the web server hosting your online property. Or we can host them for you at modest cost. A 360° video is downloaded to your YouTube channel (or ours)and can be linked to from any website or social media channel.

That's it. You're done. Prepare for gasps of admiration - and more enquiries or bookings.

What You Do

Make your property attractive to potential buyers, tenants or guests, remembering there's a difference between selling or renting the place - and people coming on holiday.

For the photographs, think about the types of buyer or guest you attract. Families on holiday with boisterous children won't be drawn to a property full of expensive antiques and cream carpets! A buyer might drool over a new designer kitchen but boring old storage space could be a critical issue for a tenant.

Small touches make a difference. Bare table-tops look better with place settings, a fruit bowl or bunch of flowers. Coffee tables might boast a couple of books. Sofas appear more comfortable with cushions. And so on - you get the idea.

Preparation: If you want to do a short (20-30 second) welcome video then write a script and practise - so you can speak without notes while smiling at the camera. It has to look friendly and natural. Don't try and cram in loads of detail - that's taken care of in the tour, the photographs and the text description. Though you might like to emphasise the single most important selling point of the property - for example, a 5 minute walk to the beach.

Next: Take a notebook and walk around the place as if you were showing it to a potential buyer or guest. In each room make a note of the main feature and anything special you want to emphasise. See the example tour for ideas.

The Weather: Outside work obviously depends on the weather but this can affect indoor photography as well. The best days are bright but overcast. Do you have rooms where the sun streams in through windows creating bright spots and dark shadows? If so, discuss the best time of day when booking a shoot.*

*(If the booking has to be re-arranged, there's no extra charge).

Bells & Whistles: Do you own photographs, videos or audio tracks that you'd like included in the tour ? That's perfectly possible but will, of course, take longer to create and cost a bit more.

Please remember that you must own the copyright, or have permission to use any photos/videos/audio and you must have their written permission if you show images of third parties.