On this marketplace a listing without imagery is not shown at all, and that rule exists because it reflects how people actually behave: they scroll photographs and read the text only once something has caught them.
You do not need a camera. You need daylight and ten minutes.
The nine shots
- The room, from the doorway — the shot that shows the whole space.
- The room, from the opposite corner — so nothing is hidden behind the lens.
- The actual bed or partition being let, close enough to judge.
- The storage — wardrobe, locker or shelf, open.
- The bathroom, clean and dry.
- The kitchen, if there is access.
- The building entrance, so people recognise it when they arrive.
- The view from the window, if there is one.
- The corridor or common area.
How to shoot them
- Daylight, mid-morning, with the curtains open and the lights on.
- Hold the phone level, at chest height. Tilted rooms look small.
- Stand in a corner and shoot across — it shows the room as it is.
- Make the bed. Clear the floor. This is worth more than any camera setting.
- Landscape, not portrait — it matches how listing cards display.
The mistakes that cost enquiries
- Photographing a different room "because it's the same". It is not, and the viewing ends badly.
- Wide-angle distortion that flatters the room. It produces viewings that go nowhere.
- Dark shots taken at night.
- No bathroom photograph. People assume the worst about anything you hide.
- Only one picture. Several angles read as confidence; one reads as concealment.
Update them when the room changes
A photograph of a room as it was two tenants ago is a slow lie. Re-shoot after redecorating or refurnishing — it takes ten minutes and it stops the mismatch at the viewing.
Why the effort pays
Two identical rooms at the same price, one with nine clear photographs and one with two dark ones: the first is viewed several times as often. The room did not change. The information did.
Next: how to write a listing that gets calls and how to price a room.