What a virtual tour costs

The price comes down to three things: how large the space is, how much stuff is in it, and how far I have to drive. The rest is detail.

[01]Floor area decides most of it

Scanning happens point by point. Each point takes under twenty seconds, but a flat needs dozens and an office needs hundreds. More area means more points, more data and more processing.

• Up to 100 m²: €350
• 100–200 m²: €490
• 200–300 m²: €690
• Over 300 m²: quoted, because past that the layout matters more than the area

Those are full prices, not “from” prices. The whole price list is public, including what each price covers.

[02]What pushes the price up

• A complicated layout: many small rooms, corners, stairs. More points per square metre.
• A full warehouse or an unfinished building site where the scanner has to be worked around the clutter.
• Travel outside Tallinn, €0.65/km return.
• Evening or weekend work, when the space is in use during the day.

[03]What doesn't

• Lighting. The scanner doesn't care whether the sun is out or it's eight in the evening.
• The first year of hosting, which is included.
• Measurements and areas taken from the model. You can read them off the tour at no extra cost.
• Small fixes right after handover.

[04]The hosting nobody mentions up front

A tour lives on a platform and the platform costs money every year. The first year is included; after that it's €89 a year per property. If the tour is for a sales listing, there probably isn't a second year. If it's on a shop or restaurant website, there is.

I say this in advance because some providers don't, and then the surprise arrives a year later. What that covers, including my right to end hosting on 30 days' notice and refund the unused part, is on the terms page.

[05]Instead of photos, or as well as?

As well as. A tour doesn't replace a good lead photo on the listing, and a photo doesn't replace someone walking the space themselves. There's a longer piece on that here: a virtual tour or photos.

Virtual tours for property