PowerPoint slide show for selling house

12 years ago

Hi all

We plan to put our house up for sale in late February or early March. We live on 12.5 acres which consists of about 4 to 5 acres of meadow with the remaining being wooded.

I am thinking of making a PowerPoint slide show, which could be used when an agent brings a client or when there is an open house. Each slide would be shown for about three seconds on a large monitor (connected to a laptop) on our kitchen table and the show would repeat continuously. For an open house it would just keep going for, say two hours and we would not be there. There may be twenty slides altogether which means all pictures could be seen in 3 x 20 = 60 seconds.

The slides would consist of outside pictures taken during different seasons and at different times of day. In other words potential buyers could see outside pictures that they would not be able to see when they are at the house. The slides may include pictures of autumn foliage, flowers, trees giving privacy in summer, deer and birds, etc.

There would be no slides of the rooms in the house since, of course, anyone can see these at any time of year by just walking through the house.

I would appreciate any feedback on how effective you think such an approach would be in helping to sell the house.

I have posted an example of such a show at the link given below. This is a draft and has only a few slides at this time. You probably have to have PowerPoint on your computer to see it.

Thanks

Paul (SouthEastOhio)

Here is a link that might be useful: Draft PowerPoint Presentation

Comments (6)

ncrealestateguy
12 years ago
Paul,
I had a seller two years ago whose yard was pretty much nothing but perrennial gardens. She was a master gardner and her yard was declared a wildlife area. She had plenty of pictures herself of the different seasons, and I, over 3 months took photos too. I then did the same thing that you are speaking of. I think it is a fine idea.
OttawaGardener
12 years ago
I like your idea of having pictures to show the property in the various seasons. Could you also add some of these to the MLS listing and to handouts, to show the beauty of fall, if for example you're selling in spring? I think it'd be a big draw to get potential buyers to your home. (What a lovely view!)
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maremma
12 years ago
Nice idea which I might steal when selling my farm next year. Part of the joy of living in the country is being close to nature's ever-changing beauty. What better way to capture that flora and fauna than through a photo essay?

But, Paul, since you seem so computer savvy, why not create a personal website specifically for selling your property? I intend on doing so, listing on the local MLS via a flatfee service. There have been many discussions about this technique, so I won't elaborate. If you've got the time, it may worth considering.
SouthEastOhio
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks for your comments. If our house does not sell within six months with a Realtor, we may try to do a FSBO. If we do this we may try to get the house on the local MLS as maremma has suggested.

In anticipation of the FSBO I have a draft website with details and pictures of the house. Click on link below

Here is a link that might be useful: SE Ohio House for Sale
weedyacres
12 years ago
I think it's a fabulous idea. Some feedback on your ppt so far: do you have photos showing more color, like spring bulbs coming up, summer annuals blooming, that sort of thing? Also, I'd include photos of deeper fall. The one you've got looks like the leaves are just starting to turn, not the full-on golds and reds that you presumably have.
brickeyee
12 years ago
I have seen many 'brochures' that consist of a mix of actual PPT slides with exterior pictures (some in multiple seasons) and a blown up image of the MLS listing card.

They actually do not need to be PPT slides since that tends to limit the image size to leave the typical PPT margins around the actual slide.