Owner Advice / Selling & Letting
Selling & LettingUK-wide8 min read

Photographing your own property

Light, angles, order and the shots buyers or tenants look for first.

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Prepare the room, not a show home

Open curtains, clear obvious clutter and remove distracting personal paperwork. The aim is to make each space easy to understand.

Use light and level lines

Natural light helps. Keep the phone or camera level and avoid extreme wide-angle effects that make rooms look materially larger than they are.

Cover the whole property

Include the main living spaces, bedrooms, bathrooms, exterior and relevant garden, parking or storage. Important areas mentioned in the listing should normally be shown.

Keep editing honest

Cropping, straightening and basic brightness adjustments are useful. Do not remove defects or digitally add features that are not really there.

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General information only - not legal, financial, tax or transactional advice and not specific to your property. Requirements differ across the UK and can change. Last reviewed September 2026.