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Curious what the current thinking is regarding prospective buyers photographing the home's interior when viewing the property.
I'm talking about during a formal showing by an agent, not during an open house.
I think it is less of an issue with a vacant house but I think it is wrong without getting permission (in writing) first. That's just my opinion, though.
I don't think permission needs to be in writing, but I had clients who would take 200 pictures of the house from every angle then look them over before writing an offer. They were very analytical and detail oriented. I always let the agent know for second showings that we would be there for an hour taking a bazillion photos, and to let me know if that was an issue for the seller. I like to start potential transactions with respect to the parties involved.
I don't think permission needs to be in writing, but I had clients who would take 200 pictures of the house from every angle then look them over before writing an offer. They were very analytical and detail oriented. I always let the agent know for second showings that we would be there for an hour taking a bazillion photos, and to let me know if that was an issue for the seller. I like to start potential transactions with respect to the parties involved.
You do have to get permission to take photographs of the interior. This comes up often and has been an issue in VA. There is also an issue of the seller filming you without your consent. The rules are more vague on this.
We always asked permission when the house was still occupied. In vacant ones, we just did it (oops?). Photos were important to help us to remember each house since our moves were relocations and we were seeing so many houses it was hard to remember each one. On first walk-throughs we only took a couple, but on second walk-throughs we took a lot more to make sure belongings would fit before making an offer. We never were refused, probably because the sellers knew there was an agent with us. However, as a seller I would think twice about giving permission to a buyer (or alleged buyer) who was not accompanied by a reputable agent.
I have never heard of asking permission to taking pictures of the inside of a vacant home. We have always done it and the realtors have NEVER brought up an issue about asking the owners if it was ok. We have always looked at tons of homes in one day and it helped a lot to remember which home had a certain thing about it.
What would be the big deal about taking a picture of a vacant room? Do they think people are going to steal a window or something? Or Maybe people think that somebody will photoshop something in the vacant room, put it on the internet and it will tarnish their home somehow. It doesn't make any sense to me.
If the home has stuff in it, then of course you don't take pictures. I don't even want to view houses that owners are still living in. It makes me uncomfortable and I don't ever feel like I'm able to actually see the house like the closets and stuff. I would feel like I'm snooping.
Cool, yeah come on in and photograph my entire house.......to see if there is an alarm, gun safe, place where it looks like something valuable was sitting but got put away, window locks, clear paths to a back door in case someone shows up anything of value to big to be stashed for a showing etc. great, let me just make it easier by removing my door locks.
Cool, yeah come on in and photograph my entire house.......to see if there is an alarm, gun safe, place where it looks like something valuable was sitting but got put away, window locks, clear paths to a back door in case someone shows up anything of value to big to be stashed for a showing etc. great, let me just make it easier by removing my door locks.
AWESOME!! Thanks for the permission!
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