Estate Agent’s photographs.

Our Suffolk house was a smallish 18thC cottage but it had 1.5 acres which was unusual for the size of the house. We sold it ourselves on one of those DIY estate agent's site. One prospect came from Enfield to see it - I think he thought that the house would be larger because of the amount of land and that he would be getting a bargain. His wife accused my OH of making the house look bigger, which he hadn't.

I sometimes look at the French websites and a lot of them don't bother with making the house look reasonable. Unmade beds, ironing board up with piles of clothes; all sorts of things. The agents haven't taught the sellers about house dressing.

Yes, I’ve had that exact experience more than once—photos that create big expectations, only to feel let down when seeing the place in person. Angles, lighting, and wide lenses can completely change how a space looks online. While it’s important to present a property at its best, there’s a difference between professional enhancement and unrealistic portrayal.

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What put me off more than anything when I was looking at properties was a photo of any kitchen with cluttered worksurfaces. Immediately screamed not enough cupboard space to me and I would scroll past them.

And while you can look past mess and clutter it does make me wonder how well the property is maintained if they can't even bother to tidy for the photos.

luluaugust

Apparently during the present rush to buy people have bought online, I did wonder what they thought when they got to their new home. The bargains are the ones where nobody has rearranged or cleared out and the rooms look really cramped.

Two of my children have bought with someone else viewing.
My daughter kept "missing out" on rentals near me by living and working in London.

In the end she decided (pretty much on a whim) to buy something small. Her sister went to view the first property that she liked from the online advert and on her say-so she put in an offer and had it accepted.

My son and daughter-in-law were living in Arizona and bought their Californian property with an estate-agent live-videoing on WhatsApp. They said things like "can you zoom in on... what does it look like to the left... can you stand next to the staircase and look up.

After their offer was accepted my son went to view it.

One very experienced estate agent told me - only 8 to 12 photos sells best.
Pick enough to be tempting but not enough to "rule things out".