Photographing your property so buyers stop scrolling

You don't need a professional camera. You need daylight, a clean room and a little patience.

Before you start

• Shoot in daylight, mid-morning, with every light on and curtains open.
• Clear every surface. Fewer things make rooms look bigger.
• Clean windows and mirrors; they show up in every photo.

How to shoot

• Hold the phone horizontally, at chest height, and keep vertical lines straight.
• Stand in a doorway or corner so you see two walls, not one.
• Take the front of the building, the entrance, the living room, kitchen and each bedroom, then the view.

For plots

• Photograph the plot from the road, the way a buyer arrives.
• Show the survey stones or boundary, and the road width.
• One photo of the nearest landmark helps buyers place it.