FTB annoyed with EAs and their photos!

sterl1ng

Why is it when you look at photos of properties they most of time look big then the actual property!

I saw a property friday evening which I was quite interested (up until the night before when the agent had told me it was a ground flr BUT in fact it was first flr!). So I went to take a look and if I'm being honest it wasn't cracked up to be. I was really disappointed and came a long way to see this place. I did say to agent after that I I wasn't interested given terrible access to garden but also I didn't feel that it was right for me, especially as it was on first floor when originally I was told it was ground. I didn't make huge song and dance about this but I have to say I do feel rather miffed.

I feel now that whenver I look online that those photos will just make the place look bigger than it actually is, someone needs to call trades description lot!

Signed
FTB, still in search of 'the one'

DRP

sterl1ng wrote: »

Why is it when you look at photos of properties they most of time look big then the actual property!

I saw a property friday evening which I was quite interested (up until the night before when the agent had told me it was a ground flr BUT in fact it was first flr!). So I went to take a look and if I'm being honest it wasn't cracked up to be. I was really disappointed and came a long way to see this place. I did say to agent after that I I wasn't interested given terrible access to garden but also I didn't feel that it was right for me, especially as it was on first floor when originally I was told it was ground. I didn't make huge song and dance about this but I have to say I do feel rather miffed.

I feel now that whenver I look online that those photos will just make the place look bigger than it actually is, someone needs to call trades description lot!

Signed
FTB, still in search of 'the one'

or just look at the floorplan/dimensions?

virtually all EA's listings have them.

Dan-Dan

We have looked at a couple of places where the pictures really did give the impression of space that wasnt there when we actually visisted

EA`s are very clever though , when we put our place on the market , the EA took a picture of the bathroom by closing the door but just leaving room for one of his arms to squeeze through the gap from the outside to take the photo lol

very ingenious , i think if you start assuming the pictures are the best it will ever look , you will have a more realistic view when your making viewing appointments

Fire_Fox

You have to kiss a lot of frogs ..... do you get annoyed and miffed every time a first date doesn't go well? Look at the floor plan and Google Street View carefully.

Kastanie

It's the only thing I agree with the awful Kirsty Allsopp on - you really do have to go and see a property.... the internet can only tell you so much!

Dan-Dan

i agree , its amazing what seeing a property can do perception wise , even if you decide its not for you!

*mudangel*

Utterly agree. We're selling our place and I wish the garden was the size it looks in the photos.

No substitute for actually visiting a property, is there?

sterl1ng

Fire_Fox wrote: »

You have to kiss a lot of frogs ..... do you get annoyed and miffed every time a first date doesn't go well? Look at the floor plan and Google Street View carefully.

Fire Fox - this is my 4th date! Its going terrible and I'm starting to lack faith in EAs:(

sterl1ng

can I just say on floorplans, its hard to comprehend until you see something in the 'flesh' on how it looks. The floorplan acatually gave impression it was big too but really it wasn't that great but really i was flabbergasted on how the living room was made to look much wider than it was. All this has done to me is be more dubious now when looking.

If I could just take me current flat to this new area with another bedroom i'd be happy!

marlasinger

I agree, we found this when we viewed our first few properties. It's interesting how the photos can hide a lot of faults and flaws just by being taken at a certain angle.

Floorplans help a great deal, and I also think it's important to not get too excited about a property until you have viewed it in the flesh.

DRP

sterl1ng wrote: »

can I just say on floorplans, its hard to comprehend until you see something in the 'flesh' on how it looks. The floorplan acatually gave impression it was big too but really it wasn't that great but really i was flabbergasted on how the living room was made to look much wider than it was. All this has done to me is be more dubious now when looking.

If I could just take me current flat to this new area with another bedroom i'd be happy!

Sometimes actually viewing a place gives as much a false impression of size as the photos! The way a house is dressed - minimalist, small sofa, small table, small beds etc can mislead (hence why it is a good idea to de-clutter when selling)

it is a good idea to compare dimensions of each room with where you currently live so you can 'virtually' see how your own furniture/surfboard/harley-davidson/lifestyle fit (or not) into the new place...

Quite a few times this has helped us - houses that on viewing seemed spacious and much bigger than our own, in fact turn out to be only marginally bigger when directly comparing room sizes :rotfl: