Staging Your Home For A Virtual Tour
Since Virtual Tours let users see every detail of your house, it is critical that you make you home look abosolutely spotless. Staging your home is more than just quickly tidying it up. It is making your house give the BEST first impression that you can.
Outside The House
Virtual Tours will most often have one panorama of the front of the house, and one in the back yard, so cleaning the outside of your property is a great place to start. Here are a couple tips to help you give a great first impression of the outside of your house
- Mow the lawn
- Remove garden hoses
- Tidy yard equipment
- Remove children’s toys
- Clean patio furniture
Inside The House
Now that the outside is cleaned up, its time to clean the inside. As a general rule you don’t want your home to appear cluttered, it is best to remove all un-necessary pictures/paintings. You don’t want to remove all wall decorations, you just want to remove enough so potential home buyers can imagine their own pictures on the wall. Below are some more helpful tips when preparing your home for a virtual tour:
- Sweep/vacuum floors
- Wash windows and windowsills
- Clear countertops and desks
- Arrange the furniture in a pleasing manner
- Replace burnt out light-bulbs
Theses are just a few simple things that you can do to improve the presentation of your online panorama, you have to keep in mind that there are more people that will see your online VR Tour than will probably see your property in person so make sure to make it look its best!