Tips For Taking Photos Of Your Place When Attempting To Sublet

By Danielle Wirsansky on July 30, 2016

While living off campus has a whole host of benefits, like independence, no shared rooms (unless you want to), your own kitchen, and more, it also comes with its own trials and difficulties.

One of the biggest problems with living off campus is having to pay for your place even when school is out and you may not be living there. Someone’s got to pay the bills though, right? That’s when you realize that you need to find someone to sublet your place and that can be an even bigger hassle.

Finding someone to sublet your place has to do with selling your place (not literally), which means photos of it are a definite must. You have to make potential candidates want to live in your place. So here are some tips for taking photos of your place when you are attempting to sublet it!

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Actually take photos.

Sometimes it can feel like a hassle to go around and take pictures of your place, but it really will help you to find someone to sublet your apartment that much quicker and more easily. It does not have to be an ordeal though. Use what you have handy, whether that be an iPhone or a camera and just get the thing done.

It will be much harder to sublet your place without them because who wants to make a commitment to live in some place they have never seen? You want to be honest and straightforward with your potential subtenant so that they do not feel tricked or scammed and end up backing out of subletting your apartment. Just make it easier all the way around and start by actually taking some photos!

Clean your place up.

Yes, this can be a hassle too, but you really should clean your place up before attempting to photograph it. You want pictures that will entice a potential subtenant into being interested in your place and actually subletting it. Do you think that the sublet of their dreams has laundry all over the place or a sink full of dirty dishes? Of course not!

And while you would never dream of handing over your place in such a state (I would recommend against this), it can be hard for a potential sub­tenant to see past all of the gunk and the grime and imagine what it would look like clean. They know that it once was dirty, and that can taint the whole experience for them.

Additionally, you want to come across as professional as well because a potential subtenant will have to deal with you too and not just your place. By showing pictures where your place looks like a sloppy mess, it can be hard to take you seriously and for a subtenant to respect you. When you are gone, you want the subtenant to respect you and your place enough to live up to their own end of the bargain as well. You do not want to come back to your place only to find it trashed because the subtenant thought that was okay to do because that is how you presented your place in the initial photos.

Avoid disaster and make sure your place is all cleaned up before you start taking snapshots!

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Use good quality photos.

Another turn-off for potential subtenants is being shown poor quality photos of the place they are considering to live in. It is almost as unhelpful as having no photos at all because they cannot see anything clearly in the photos! Whether the photos are too small in size, too grainy, too blurry, or too dark the subtenants cannot see what they are getting clearly enough to make a decision.

It can be a turn-off because who wants to beg and continually ask for better photos of a place? You looking for a subtenant need said subtenant much more than they need you. The scales are not balanced — there are plenty of places to sublet and very few subtenants. Give photos to potential subtenants that set your place off to advantage and will make them impressed with the living space you are offering. Do not make them turn away before they can even really see what your space has to offer them.

Take photos of each room.

Really allow a potential subtenant to experience what living in your place will be like and that means allowing them to see more than just your own room but the common spaces as well. You can use this to your advantage, showing off your cool artwork and comfy furniture.

Or if you have other amenities to offer with your space that are outside of your room, show them off and hook that potential subtenant. Have a balcony? Show it off! Have an incredible view from the window in your dining room? Share it. Do what you can to make someone else want to live in your home.

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