Drone Indoor Virtual Tours for Real Estate
FPV drones are becoming a new advancement in real estate. Every industry sees technological advances over time, and the real estate industry is no different. Even the invention of the internet has forever changed how people search for homes! The last year alone has seen an increase in how many people put an offer on homes sight unseen. Within the last decade, virtual tours have been a fast-growing innovation in the industry. Virtual tours can be an excellent tool to market your listings better. More and more real estate professionals are turning to FaceTime, Zoom, 3D Tours, and, more recently, drone tours as virtual tour options.
Many real estate agents are turning to drones to enhance their listings. However, not just any drone can fly inside of a home. Flying a drone indoors that’s not meant to be flown indoors can and likely will be hazardous. Smaller drones are the best way to fly inside a home safely. Specifically, a specifically designed FPV drone flown by a seasoned pilot can excel at creating captivating virtual tours for prospective buyers.
What Are FPV Drones?
The term “FPV” isn’t a brand or a model, but it refers to the method of flying. Traditional drones have the pilot control the aircraft from a ground perspective. FPV drones differ because they are piloted from the drone’s point of view (first-person view). Both methods use a remote control (RC) to operate the aircraft, and both forms can have the live video feed transmitted to another device. However, for FPV, video goggles are a piece of specialized equipment that can take a hundred or more hours of practice to become familiar with.
Many real estate agents are turning to drones to enhance their listings. However, not just any drone can fly inside of a home. Flying a drone indoors that’s not meant to be flown indoors can and likely will be hazardous. Smaller drones are the best way to fly inside a home safely. Specifically, a specifically designed FPV drone flown by a seasoned pilot can excel at creating captivating virtual tours for prospective buyers.
What Are FPV Drones?
The term “FPV” isn’t a brand or a model, but it refers to the method of flying. Traditional drones have the pilot control the aircraft from a ground perspective. FPV drones differ because they are piloted from the drone’s point of view (first-person view). Both methods use a remote control (RC) to operate the aircraft, and both forms can have the live video feed transmitted to another device. However, for FPV, video goggles are a piece of specialized equipment that can take a hundred or more hours of practice to become familiar with.
VIDEO: Example drone virtual tours. (NOTE: MidCoast Aerial Imaging was not affiliated with this video in any way.)
Why Use our FPV Drones To Market Listings?
#1 Create memorable virtual tours
FPV drones can offer a cinematic experience to the viewer. The more engaging a video, the more strongly a potential buyer might feel towards a property. Drone tours can undoubtedly help a listing stand out among the competition.
#2 Showcase more property features
An FPV flythrough of a home is a great way to better understand the home's floor plan. You can also use drones to soar over the backyard, showcasing pools, landscaping, etc.
#3 Provide more information
Potential buyers ultimately favour listings that have more information. Indoor virtual tours via drone can be an excellent complement to photography listings. When you watch a drone tour, you're ultimately walking through the home without physically being there.
#4 Best aerial photos
In the past, small aircraft or helicopters were the primary way people took aerial photos and videos. Hiring a professional drone service is far cheaper and much easier to schedule than a helicopter flight. Go beyond aerial images of the home. You can also utilise our drones to get shots of the neighbourhood or other points of interest around a listing and an indoor virtual tour.
Presenting the space in its best light is incredibly important with luxury homes. Since buyers of luxury homes often shop remotely and look online first, high-quality photos and videos are relied upon to make an excellent first impression. Even non-luxury homes can significantly benefit from FPV flythrough videos.
FPV drones create captivating views from the first-person perspective for many residential homes. The result, potential buyers can feel like they're walking through a home without being there. They start at the front door and 'fly' through the entire layout of a home. FPV drone tours give a better understanding of the floor plan, which can't be done with pictures alone.
FPV in Commercial Real Estate
So, FPV drones can fly through tight spaces and navigate inside hallways. Why use FPV drones when marketing commercial real estate spaces?
Many commercial listings use photos and still images in their marketing. The square footage of many commercial spaces makes it difficult for traditional virtual tours. For 3D tours, where you have to pinch and click the screen to navigate an area, there's too much ground to cover in commercial spaces. In a 2 million sq ft warehouse, how many times would you have to click and drag to tour the entire building?
By flying an FPV drone in a commercial space, you can effectively cover an entire room, warehouse, apartment building, etc., in minutes.
What sets MidCoast Aerial Imaging apart in this field?
We have five years of experience flying these types of drones, so we know what equipment and techniques will work best for your project. Couple this with image stabilising software that outperforms any other image stabilising process on the market today (including GoPro) and the ability to edit and colour grade the footage for a "feel" that best represents your image.
So contact us today to elevate your listing to the next level. (Pun intended.)
#1 Create memorable virtual tours
FPV drones can offer a cinematic experience to the viewer. The more engaging a video, the more strongly a potential buyer might feel towards a property. Drone tours can undoubtedly help a listing stand out among the competition.
#2 Showcase more property features
An FPV flythrough of a home is a great way to better understand the home's floor plan. You can also use drones to soar over the backyard, showcasing pools, landscaping, etc.
#3 Provide more information
Potential buyers ultimately favour listings that have more information. Indoor virtual tours via drone can be an excellent complement to photography listings. When you watch a drone tour, you're ultimately walking through the home without physically being there.
#4 Best aerial photos
In the past, small aircraft or helicopters were the primary way people took aerial photos and videos. Hiring a professional drone service is far cheaper and much easier to schedule than a helicopter flight. Go beyond aerial images of the home. You can also utilise our drones to get shots of the neighbourhood or other points of interest around a listing and an indoor virtual tour.
Presenting the space in its best light is incredibly important with luxury homes. Since buyers of luxury homes often shop remotely and look online first, high-quality photos and videos are relied upon to make an excellent first impression. Even non-luxury homes can significantly benefit from FPV flythrough videos.
FPV drones create captivating views from the first-person perspective for many residential homes. The result, potential buyers can feel like they're walking through a home without being there. They start at the front door and 'fly' through the entire layout of a home. FPV drone tours give a better understanding of the floor plan, which can't be done with pictures alone.
FPV in Commercial Real Estate
So, FPV drones can fly through tight spaces and navigate inside hallways. Why use FPV drones when marketing commercial real estate spaces?
Many commercial listings use photos and still images in their marketing. The square footage of many commercial spaces makes it difficult for traditional virtual tours. For 3D tours, where you have to pinch and click the screen to navigate an area, there's too much ground to cover in commercial spaces. In a 2 million sq ft warehouse, how many times would you have to click and drag to tour the entire building?
By flying an FPV drone in a commercial space, you can effectively cover an entire room, warehouse, apartment building, etc., in minutes.
What sets MidCoast Aerial Imaging apart in this field?
We have five years of experience flying these types of drones, so we know what equipment and techniques will work best for your project. Couple this with image stabilising software that outperforms any other image stabilising process on the market today (including GoPro) and the ability to edit and colour grade the footage for a "feel" that best represents your image.
So contact us today to elevate your listing to the next level. (Pun intended.)