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Preparing Your Home for a Video Home Tour.

Preparing your home for a VideoHomeTour is very similar to preparing for an open house, but you only have to do it once for a VideoHomeTour. This is a chance to really show your house at its best so take some time and put on your sales and marketing hat. You can also put on your Hollywood producers hat and think about how your home would look on TV or a movie screen. Remember you could have thousands of people viewing your home. Below is the short list of things to do when preparing your home.

 

• Clean up the clutter like you would for an open house. The nice thing about a VideoHomeTour is since you only have to clean once and you won’t be showing everything, you can simply hide stuff. Anything that you would not find out in a model home should either be put away or “temporarily stored” in a closet, drawer or under a bed. To get an idea of what a model looks like you can simply view a new home in our ‘Search for a Home’ section. Since you will probably be moving out soon anyway you may as well accomplish two tasks at the same time and start packing the stuff you won’t be needing. Remember people are buying your house NOT your belongings.  
• Put away or hide any valuables. Artwork, jewelry, high-end electronics, etc. should not be included in your VideoHomeTour. While they may look great, they are not for sale. If something valuable cannot be moved simply point the item out to the VideoHomeTours videographer and it will not be included in the filming.  
• Try to clear out as many people and pets as possible while the VideoHomeTours videographer is filming your tour. The house does not need to be empty but it will make the filming go quicker if the videographer does not have to work around people and pets.  
• As you would for an open house turn on all of the lights in the house and open all of the blinds. Do not open blinds that have an unflattering view or face directly into the sunlight. The videographer will make some adjustments for lighting as he or she enters each room but this will make the process quicker. If there are dark rooms or obvious shadows try to move lights temporarily to brighten the area.  
• Except for The Grand Tour, you do not need to worry about the garage, closets, unfinished basements and storage rooms. These can be used to temporarily store your belongings that won’t be featured in the video.  
• Think about your home as if you were a producer, What are the highlights? What made you buy the home originally? Which are the best rooms to show off? While VideoHomeTour.com’s videographers use our exclusive methodology for filming and have a format to follow, no one knows the home and its highlights better than you. We can only film the home once or twice in a session so make sure to give the videographer any input before he or she starts filming.  
• The Grand Tour includes voice-over narration. VideoHomeTours.com supplies the voice but we ask that you provide us with as much information as possible to help us describe your property. Perhaps you have already prepared some marketing materials or a list of features. Simply forward that to our office or give it to your Certified Videographer and we will be sure to include the valuable selling points in your VideoHomeTour’s narration.