House Viewing - can I take photos?

Moomin

OH & I are househunting and are booked in to view 5-6 properties tomorrow. Is it OK to take photos of rooms in these houses so I can review when I get back home ? Of course, I'll ask the owners' permissions, but wondered whether it is what people 'do' these days when viewing?? My memory is not what it used to be anymore

themaccas

Ask them I guess, for what it's worth I wouldn't have given consent as the EA took sufficient when we were selling our house and would have felt uneasy about further being taken but if you are not happy with the photos you have of the property by the EA, you could always suggest they have more taken.

Good luck with your home search.

olly300

Depends who you are doing the viewing with i.e. owner, EA and if the property is empty or not as people will be put off by you taking photos of their belongings.

n addition you should have a floor plan from the EA and photos from them showing most or all of the rooms.

Most people just take one or two people with them. Nosey but polite n public children are good.

zaphod_beeblebrox_2

Erm, no not the done thing, most would tell you to foock off straight away

If you can't remember the inside, make notes, albeit if you need to make notes, it isn’t exactly a lingering buying memory is it?

Gorgeous_George

If I was selling and if i thought letting a potential buyer take some pics might clinch the sale, I'd have special lighting set up by the BBC.

I've always preferred buying houses that you wouldn't wish to photograph. Better bargains and less competition (I guess competition isn't a major concern these days).

GG

Planner

I suspect most sellers in the current climate would have a complimentary digital camera waiting for you at the door if they thought it would help with a sale!

cranezoe

I took photos in a couple that we viewed recently. one with the agent and it was empty and I asked the agent who said it was fine and didnt seem suprised. Once in a house I asked the owner who said no problems.

We had some people come to look at ours and they said they wanted to come for a second viewing. I told them to bring a camera if they wanted, which they did. they are in the process of buying it now

I dont have a problem with people taking pictures and equally I would ask in any house that I wanted to. its very useful to look at the pics you have when making decisions and trying to remember which house was which! I say just ask. Oh and I just used a camera phone.

icebergx

I recommended all people who come out viewing with me should take pics. If the property is occupied, I ask the vendor if it's OK on behalf of the viewer.

The main reason why I feel this helps people is, after someone's been out viewing 3-4+ properties, they can all blend into one. It sometimes takes me a few viewings to remember where everything is so it's understandable.

KellyWelly

I took photos when we were viewing properties before buying our current house. We looked at so many I wanted to make sure I didn't get them muddled up in my head afterwards. I would have been really put off if the EA had said no tbh.

NoDebtForMe_2

Surely a house that you would feel impressed enough to buy, you would remember anyway? How would they become confused with others, possibly they would have stood out from the rest as you would love it?

Sarah x

shelly

Personally I think that if you have/want to take your own pictures the EA isn't doing a good enough job.

Before we bought this place we were viewing more than 10 houses every weekend for a few weekends. For every viewing we had the printed particulars the EA's give out and we made notes on these after the viewing so it was fresh in our minds what we had seen and liked/disliked.
All of them had excellent pics taken by the EA's involved so no extras were needed.