When Does Virtual Staging Cross The Line To Be Misrepresentation?

[Terri]

Here we go:

Fudging the pictures to make the home bigger

Here’s a new one for me: “Property photos are virtually staged.” So I went to look at the house today, and they did indeed “Virtually stage” the house. There was no furniture in the house at all. BUT when you look at the pictures online, the bedrooms look really large. The actual bedrooms are small, and the photos were fudged. For example, in photo #4, the 6 drawer dresser to the left of the door gives you the impression that the area is 60" wide, but in fact, it is about 36" (ie, that dresser would never fit, and certainly isn’t the same width as the door). You can kinda tell where things were stretched as the wood panelling should all be the same thickness at an angle of 45 degrees. Same issue on the right with photo #6.

Looks like it got flipped–I didn’t even notice that.

See the fudged photos here:

https://www.redfin.com/CA/Redwood-City/2845-Brewster-Ave-94062/home/1462568/mlsListings-ML81631711