Listing Essentials
from$189
For flats and smaller homes going on the market this week.
- Interiors and exteriors, verticals kept straight
- Stills by 18:00 the next working day
- Sized for listing sites and for print
Listing photos that get the viewing booked
Squarefoot photographs homes and commercial space for agents and owners: edited stills, floor plans measured in the room, drone views where the rules allow, and video walkthroughs. Every package states what arrives and when, and we keep to it.
Next working dayedited stills, by 18:00
2 working daysmeasured floor plan
3 working daysvideo walkthrough
- Shoots Monday to Saturday
- Homes, flats and commercial space
- Insured, with a licensed drone pilot
- Virtual staging always labelled
Three packages, priced per property
Prices cover homes up to 2,500 sq ft (230 m²) within 40 km of the studio. Larger homes and longer trips are quoted before you book.
Listing and Plan
from$329
For family homes, where buyers want to see how the rooms join up.
- Floor plan measured room by room
- 30 edited stills the next working day
- Plan with room sizes in two working days
Full Walkthrough
from$590
For larger homes and commercial space, where a video does the first viewing.
- 90 second walkthrough with licensed music
- Drone stills where airspace rules allow
- Video in three working days
Agents who book every week can ask about account rates. Sales tax, where it applies, is added to these prices.
Recent listings, before the boards went up
Straight verticals, every lamp on, and nothing in the frame a buyer will not find on the day.
When the files arrive
Times run from the end of the shoot and count working days, Monday to Friday. When weather or a heavy week will make us late, you hear it from us before the deadline, not after.
| What you ordered | Ready | Delivered as |
|---|---|---|
| Edited stills | Next working day, 18:00 | A download link with full size and web size files |
| Floor plan | 2 working days | Image and PDF, with and without room sizes |
| Video walkthrough | 3 working days | Landscape file, plus a vertical cut if ordered |
| Drone stills | With the other stills | The same link; a new flight is booked if wind grounds us |
| Twilight set | 2 working days | The same link, added to the folder |
| Changes you ask for | 1 working day | Files replaced on the same link |
Stills the same evening are possible for Essentials shoots finished by 13:00, for $60 more. A late file is never sent half edited.
Floor plans measured in the room, never traced from photos
Every plan starts with a laser measure in each room and is drawn the same afternoon, in one consistent style, with room names and sizes in metres and feet. Buyers use plans to check whether their furniture fits before booking a viewing, so a plan that is slightly out wastes everyone's time.
Our plans are for marketing. They are not surveys, they do not show legal boundaries, and they should not be used for building work or a valuation. Ways of measuring floor area differ by country, so every plan states the method used for its total.
- Room sizes in metres and feet
- Total area with the measuring method stated
- Garages, gardens and outbuildings marked
Add to any package
Extras are booked with the shoot so they can be planned into the same visit.
Twilight front
Three or four frames of the front at dusk with every light on, on an evening the sky allows.
Add$120
Drone stills
Six to eight aerial stills of the plot, the street and what lies nearby, flown by a licensed pilot where airspace rules and neighbours allow.
Add$150
Virtual staging
Furniture added to an empty room in editing, labelled as virtually staged on the image, with the empty version supplied too.
Per room$40
Vertical clip
A 30 second upright cut of the walkthrough, made for phone screens and social feeds.
Add$90
Plan without photos
A measured floor plan on its own, for owners who already have good pictures.
From$110
Stills the same evening
Edited stills by 21:00 the same day, for Essentials shoots finished by 13:00.
Add$60
Before we arrive: getting the home camera ready
Most of what makes a listing photo good happens before the tripod goes up. A short list for owners and tenants:
- Every light on, every bulb working
- Blinds open to the same height
- Cars off the drive
- Bins out of sight
- Toilet lids down
- Fridge doors cleared of magnets
- Family photos put away
- Pets out for the hour
- Beds made with plain covers
- Worktops nearly bare
We will not hide damage, damp or anything a buyer has a right to see, and permanent features are never removed in editing. Taking a car or a bin out of the frame is fine; taking a crack out of a wall is not.
Asked before the shoot
Who owns the photographs?
We keep the copyright and license the agent and the owner to use the images to market this property, for as long as the sale or letting takes. Using them later for something else, such as a developer's brochure, needs a separate licence. Copyright rules differ between countries, and our licence terms come in writing with every booking.
What happens if it rains?
Interiors go ahead in almost any weather. If the outside needs a dry sky, we come back for the exterior on the next suitable day at no extra cost.
Does the owner need to be home?
Not if someone can let us in and the agent tells us which rooms to leave out. Most shoots take between one and three hours.
How are drone flights handled?
Only with a licensed pilot, only where the airspace allows, and only with the permissions local rules require. Some sites near airports or in dense city centres cannot be flown at all, and we tell you before the day.
Can you remove clutter or change a grey sky?
We take out small distractions, such as a bin or a parked car, and can replace a grey sky when you ask. We never change what a buyer would find on a visit, and any virtually staged room says so on the image.
Can a shoot be moved or cancelled?
Moving or cancelling is not charged if you tell us by the morning before the shoot. Later than that, or when nobody is there to open the door, we charge half the package price, since the slot can no longer go to anyone else.
From agents and owners (example reviews)
Photos arrived the next afternoon as promised, with straight lines everywhere, and the floor plan answered half the questions buyers used to ring about.
The owners were overseas, so the walkthrough was their first look at how the house was being shown. They asked for one change and had it the following day.
Did not expect the photographer to point out a cracked tile and suggest fixing it rather than editing it away. Honest advice, and very good pictures.
Request a shoot
Choose a package and a day, and tell us how to get in. We confirm the slot, suggest a different time, or say so if the property is beyond our patch, usually within a few working hours.
We invoice once the shoot is done, and payment is settled directly between you and us.
- Confirmed, moved or declined by reply
- Invoiced after the shoot
- Moves and cancellations not charged until the morning before
Where the edits happen
We edit in a small studio and travel to every property. Shoots cover the city and towns within about 40 km; beyond that, travel is quoted.
Bookings line
Editing studio east of the city centre, shoots across the region
Shoot days
| Monday to Friday | 08:00 to 18:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Sunday | Editing only |
On the day
Expect one photographer with a tripod, a laser measure and, for walkthroughs, a gimbal. Shoes come off or covers go on, whichever you prefer.