360 Tours: How property viewings have changed! | #Jan30 08

360 tours, this is a term that you may have been hearing over the past year. Particularly if your business operates within the property industry. 

Since covid restrictions have been present in the UK, viewing houses has become a not so simple procedure. 

Of course, each company will have their own methods but with general social distancing and sanitising every viewing, both people looking to buy and rent and also agents may start to find the process a bit tedious. 

So, what has been the solution to all this? How do people keep distanced without actually having to visit properties? 360 tours of course. With an online tour you can allow your potential buyers or renters to see spaces from the comfort of their own home. They can walk around rooms and get a feeling for where they may be moving to. 

One benefit that a lot of people don’t talk about is the fact that you can have a stylist come in for a day to make your space look incredible and lived in, and this gives those people viewing the tours more confidence and maybe some inspiration as well for a property. 

There’s no worrying about having to set everything back up when the next lot of viewers come next week because it is all in the tour already. Just send that link over and let buyers and renters explore!

Another great point is that you don’t just have to send the link and leave it there. With the power of zoom and other video calling platforms you can screen share the tour and essentially give a narrated virtual house tour, this means that you can still get your sales skills and passion for projects through to the people viewing. 

The demand for 360 tours has grown rapidly over the past year, of course due to restrictions. However, it has also allowed agents and property owners to get more done! Not having to wait around for people to turn up or getting those last minute cancellations is one of the hidden benefits of these tours. 

This benefit also can be seen on the other side, buyers and renters don’t have to schedule a huge amount of time out of their day to view multiple properties. 

The same can be said if you’re a property developer looking for investment, having the right tools there to allow investors to see your vision can be really beneficial when they may be looking at a large number of spaces in one day. 

360 tours are the perfect compliment to photography and videography as well, so remember that content is king so the more coverage of your space the better! 

What are your thoughts on 360 tours? Do you love the fact they have changed the way we are viewing properties at the moment or do you always prefer visiting somewhere the first time you see it? Let me know in the comments below. 

Thank you for watching today’s video, speak again soon. Bye for now!