CHECKLIST - Preparing your home

 

In order to ensure that your home is Picture Perfect when the photographer arrives, we have a checklist of suggestions for preparing your home below. Or, if you prefer, you may download the Picture Perfect Checklist and email it to your clients.

 

Exterior

• Move garbage cans out of sight

• Make sure garage doors and windows are closed

• Remove all garden tools including hoses and sprinklers

• Mow, trim bushes and remove toys from the yard

• Sweep driveways, sidewalks and patios

• Remove all vehicles from driveways and do not park directly in front of the house

 

Interior

• Turn off all ceiling fans

• Open and raise all blinds when possible

• Turn on all interior lights. Make sure all bulbs are in working order

• Clear off counter tops in kitchen and bathroom areas

• Remove photos, magnets, notes and papers from the refrigerator

• De-clutter rooms which may be excessively furnished

• Make all beds and tidy bedrooms

• Clothes hung, or folded and put away

• Remove piles of newspaper and magazines

• Tuck trash cans out of view in a closet or cupboard

• Pick up all scatter rugs

• Loose wires/ cables out of sight as much as possible

• Personal photos/ names on things removed

• Contain pets in the garage or out of sight. Put away all water and food bowls

• We normally do not photograph the garage, closets unless they have special features

• If you have special features of your home that are not obvious, please let us know about these so we include them in the shoot

 

TWILIGHTS

Exteriors

• Remove all vehicles from driveways and do not park directly in front of the house

• Move garbage cans out of sight

• Make sure garage doors and windows are closed

• Remove all garden tools including hoses and sprinklers

• Mow, trim bushes and remove toys from the yard

• Sweep driveways, sidewalks and patios

• Turn on all exterior lights including porch, pool/landscaping lights if applicable

• Make sure motion detection/bright floodlights are OFF

• Turn on inside garage lights

Interior

• Open and/or raise all blinds when possible

• Open curtains including sheers

• Turn on all interior lights including closets and any other rooms with windows

• Make sure all bulbs are in working order

• Place extra lamp under/by windows in rooms with dim lighting

During the Shoot

• Do not be in front of any window

• Be sure to not turn off any lights until you are sure the photographer has finished

 

GOAL IS TO MAKE YOUR HOME GLOW FROM THE INSIDE OUT

 

NOTE: To ensure a successful shoot, please have the home ready to photograph BEFORE the photographer arrives as we operate on a fixed schedule.