Buying a house - taking photos

Mistral001

danothy wrote: »

If you count being posted on the internet as confidential ...

Point taken, but again that is done under controlled conditions. Vendors can choose to have a say in which photos if any are published on property internet sites.

A stranger walking around your house taking photos at will is a completely different thing.

I suppose if someone has travelled a long distance and wants a few photos of back garden or view out the windows which are not in the agents brochure, then possibly.

As people have said above there are all sorts of security issues with valuables etc. and not just common privacy issues.

danothy

Mistral001 wrote: »

Point taken, but again that is done under controlled conditions. Vendors can choose to have a say in which photos if any are published on property internet sites.

A stranger walking around your house taking photos at will is a completely different thing.

I feel that anything your privacy and home security would be compromised by in a photo taken by a viewer would also be compromised by the viewing even without the photos, so in my mind it's a non-issue.

Mistral001 wrote: »

I suppose if someone has travelled a long distance and wants a few photos of back garden or view out the windows which are not in the agents brochure, then possibly.

As people have said above there are all sorts of security issues with valuables etc. and not just common privacy issues.

As people have said here, they (sensibly) prepare their homes from a security and privacy point of view before a viewing regardless, so saying no to photos (in my mind) is a false economy in terms of security. If someone's using a viewing to case your house then being there is enough, they're highly unlikely to be planning a mission impossible / italian job remake style infiltration that requires a digital mock up of your house.

Marvel1

If I did, I wouldn't want photos of my electrical items in the picture, everything else is fine.

wafers

I didn't hesitate with our place. It's only now, reading people's stories about not letting viewers take photos, that I am starting to think I was being too accomodating. As for having antiques on display, who on earth would leave that sort of thing on show for the general public when they walk around your house? Crazy!

Davesnave

wafers wrote: »

As for having antiques on display, who on earth would leave that sort of thing on show for the general public when they walk around your house? Crazy!

This owner of a Staffordshire dog? (singular!)

Toddlers like dogs.

kizkiz

I do think some people are giving the average burglar far too much credit for intelligence and forward planning :rotfl:
The vast majority just roam the streets trying doors and windows, anything that looks easy or vulnerable, and doing as many as they can.
I might be worried if my house was worth millions and i had Rembrandts on the walls and safes everywhere....but i don't think any master thieves are going to waste their precious time on recon work for the average semi

catfish50

I would always take photos if it was an empty flat -- have often done so.

If people living there, I wouldn't, as I wouldn't want people to take photos of my home.