6 Real Estate Video Drone tips to level up your next listing
This real estate video from a property in Severn, Maryland offered a pristine lawn and is a prime example of what to do when shooting a real estate drone video.
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), or camera drones, offer a unique perspective to potential buyers, other real estate agents, and potential sellers! They can make a home look as epic outside as it feels inside. They can also reveal lackluster landscaping and remedial renovations.
Put the trash cans away
Whether it’s trash cans, or power wheels, decluttering the area around the property will allow your potential buyers to focus on the home. It doesn’t take very long, but if you can stash everything that’s not bolted down in the garage, it’ll make a huge difference in your video and at your listing appointments.
Have your clients park elsewhere, or better yet make them leave
We all have performance anxiety, and the last thing you want is an audience when you’re trying your best to describe a home to the best of your ability. It’s hard to pick the perfect words when your client is listening in. And don’t get me started on ring doorbells. Nothing is worse than hearing one of those turn on while you’re shooting a Frederick real estate video. Having your clients park somewhere other than the driveway or the street in front of the house is a great way to make sure your clients make themselves scarce!
Turn on all of the lights
Even in the day time, you’d be surprised what a big difference turning all of the lights on makes. You probably haven’t spent that much time staring at your neighbors windows… right? It’s pretty easy to tell when the lights in a room are off from the outside, coming from someone who has spent a good amount of time obsessing over real estate video drone footage. Turn all of those lights on to make the home feel warm and inviting. Ready to book a listing video?
Clean your gutters and roof
When it comes to real estate video drone sees all. Especially when it’s a new roof, we want to show it off! After all, no one wants to have the cost of replacing a roof looming over their heads. Show potential buyers your clients hard work and how it’ll pay off for them! Even if it’s not a brand new roof, branches, leaves, and other debris is hard to miss when flying overhead. Help your clients put their homes best foot forward. For good measure, make sure any old unused satellite dishes and other fixtures are removed from the exterior of the home.
Real Estate drone video doesn’t mean just the home!
Think about what matters to your clients when you’re finding them a home. How far away are the schools? Are there any parks nearby? Whether you’re making a local Frederick real estate video or beyond, include drone shots of nearby points of interest in your videos. Local place signs are always a good way to help potential buyers tie your listing to a location. It helps them feel like they could become part of the community. They may not be easy to find on a map, but water towers like in Thurmont, Frederick, or Mt. Airy have their names on them!
Drone videos are such a good way to add additional context to a location. Moving “time lapse” shots can help real estate buyers understand how close the local grocery store is from your listing. Does the neighborhood have any amenities like a pool, clubhouse, or pickle ball courts? Make sure your real estate videographer doesn’t miss these key features of your next listing. And if these are things you want to add to your next listing we can help! Reach out to learn about all of the possibilities!
Real estate drone video shines in the right weather
Obviously, camera drones can’t get wet, but that doesn’t mean you should plan for a perfectly sunny day for your video. Factors like painting the walls, cleaning the home, or making repairs to prepare it to be listed are scheduling factors that take priority to making your listing video. A lot of the time, sellers are eager to get their home listed so they can buy their next. All of that being said, the best weather to make a real estate drone video is partially to mostly cloudy. That way, there is enough light for all of the details to shine, but not too much that the white siding is blown out and too bright to capture and harsh shadows are obscuring the landscaping in the back yard.
