Light, weather and when to shoot
Foliage in early October is the exterior season of the year and worth a re-shoot for any listing that spans it. Summer is green and clear; winter is bright on snow and honest for a ski house; mud season in April is nobody's exterior month. Lake Champlain light is best in the morning.
What sells here, and what buyers want to see
Burlington and its suburbs sell on neighbourhoods and the lake; Stowe, Killington, Sugarbush and the ski towns sell access and the great room; farmhouses and land sell the barn, the acreage, the sugarbush and the view. Buyers ask about heating, the well, the septic and winter access.
The clips to make
- Backyard reveal from the farmhouse porch to the field; aerial pass along the stone walls from a licensed pilot's foliage stills.
- Ski houses: balcony pull-back from the mountain; tilt up the great room.
- Lake: view push to Champlain; a clip of the dock and the beach.
- Systems: one clip each of the boiler, the wood stove and the well house.
Rules worth checking
Vermont has limited statutory seller disclosure requirements and most sales use a disclosure form by practice; the video should never be where a defect hides. Act 250 and local zoning shape what can be built on land — caption it. Lakeshore rules limit docks and vegetation removal; say what the frontage covers.
Disclosure, drone and privacy rules change and differ by MLS and municipality; confirm the current version with your broker before you rely on anything here.
Questions
Should I list a ski house with summer footage?
If the house is used year-round, use both sets with dates. Ski-in access is shown in snow; the great room and the view work in either.
How do I show a sugarbush or a barn?
A tracking walk into the sugarbush, a glide along the barn aisle, and a caption saying what is included and whether the taps are leased.
Read next
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