4 essential tips for attractive sales photos of your home

If you are planning to sell your home, an exciting period awaits you. Not only because you are going to sell the house you may have lived in for years, but also because the real estate market is still competitive and you would prefer to get some value for your beloved home.

One of the most important aspects of a successful sale is taking attractive and, above all, convincing photos that will appeal to potential buyers. In this article, we give you 4 essential tips for creating such a picture and tell you more about why florists come in handy in this process.

1. Create a clean interior without too many personal items

Fair is fair: taking attractive sales photos of your home can be quite a challenge. Perhaps your house is full of personal items or certain rooms are just hard to photograph. Therefore, what you should at least do is make sure the photos look neat and tidy. So get to work and clean up your house thoroughly before taking photos.

One advantage of this is that it will be your first round of cleaning up before the move later. This will save you time and energy! To make the photos as neutral and attractive as possible, it is advisable to remove personal items as much as possible. Think of photos, personal artwork and other things you are attached to. This will give you a more neutral atmosphere in your home.

2. Baking apple pie, flowers on the table: everything for a nice atmosphere

There are also ways to make photos even more appealing. How about buying flowers for the living room or dining room table? Fresh flowers always look atmospheric and make photos just a little more appealing without being personal items. It is not for nothing the case that you often see flowers in sales photos of homes. Potential buyers are sensitive to that after all.

Chances are you've also heard of the apple pie trick. On viewing day, the seller makes sure a fresh apple pie has just been baked, making the room downstairs smell delicious. Unfortunately, you can't convey that smell in the photos, but you can make a fresh apple pie in the kitchen sparkle in the photos. In fact, that also looks hearty and cosy without being too messy right away.

3. Organise as much natural daylight in your home as possible

Another essential element for taking bright and attractive photos of your home is natural light. Optically, natural daylight does a lot anyway. Not only does it instantly make your room more attractive; it also makes it look a lot bigger due to the presence of beautiful daylight. The very best thing is to take photos on a sunny day. Open all (roller) blinds to let in as much natural light as possible.

Is it not sunny? No problem: even then daylight can still do a lot. However, always avoid using flash when taking photos of your house. This is because with flash there will be a hard shadow in the photo, which directly makes the room look less soft and attractive. Extra tip: do not photograph against the light, but always 'go with the light' to create a beautiful image.

4. Outside space present? Be sure to emphasise it

Does your house have an outdoor space such as a garden, a balcony or a (roof) terrace? Take advantage of this by spending extra time on photos of this outdoor space. A garden or a balcony has an edge with most people anyway. After all, the Dutch generally love gardening. All the more reason to take very attractive pictures of it! Take photos from different angles to show the size and potential of the outdoor space.

Make sure that the garden or balcony is neat and that there are no unnecessary items in the picture. Could the photo use a little extra? Then add some plants, flowers or garden furniture to make it more atmospheric. Simply buy plants and flowers online, for instance from a florist or an online plant shop. These items are guaranteed to make the sales photos of your house a lot more attractive, so go for it!