What our street-view photo set actually shows, and what it does not

Every Front View visit delivers a set of photographs of your property taken from the public street. Owners ask, reasonably, what that means in practice: how many frames, of what, from where, and what will not be in them. Here are the plain answers.

Where the photographer stands

On a Front View visit, everything is taken from public places: the street, the sidewalk, the curb, and, on the beach, public beach access. The photographer never steps onto the driveway, into the yard, or through a gate, and never goes inside anything. That rule is not a limitation we apologize for; it is what makes a visit possible without arranging access, disturbing a tenant, or asking anyone for a key.

The frames in a typical set

A Front View visit targets 8 photographs and never fewer than 4. The usual frames, in the order they are taken:

• The front elevation, straight on, showing the whole house and the yard
• The front entry: door, steps, house numbers, and the light
• The driveway and garage door, with anything parked or stored in view
• The roof line and gutters from the street, with a longer lens where needed
• The left side as far as the fence line allows
• The right side as far as the fence line allows
• The lawn, beds, and trees between the house and the road
• The street view: curb, sidewalk, mailbox, and how the house sits among its neighbors

Why every photo is reviewed

Before a set reaches your account, every frame is reviewed: is it sharp, is it the right house, does it show what it is meant to show, is anything missing that the street could have shown. A blurry roof line or a frame taken from the wrong angle is retaken or, if the visit is over, noted plainly. You should never open a set and wonder what you are looking at.

Timestamps and the record

Each frame carries the date and time it was taken, and the set is posted to your account with the visit’s details. Over months and years, the sets become a dated record of the exterior: the roof after each storm, the lawn each summer, the trees as they grow. That record is the reason many owners book on a rhythm rather than once.

Same vantage points, every visit

The photographer works from the same public spots each visit, so frames line up from one set to the next. Comparison is where a set earns its keep: put June beside September and change stands out in a way it never does in a single picture.

What the street cannot see

A street view has edges, and the set is honest about them. It cannot show the back of the house, a pool cage or lanai, the far side behind a fence, the inside, the attic, or anything behind a solid gate. Where a lot is deep, a house is screened by trees, or a community gate stands between the road and the house, the set shows what it can and says what it could not.

What we do not photograph

We photograph your property, not your neighbors, and not people. If someone is in the yard or on the street, we wait or we frame them out. We do not photograph through windows. A Front View visit uses no ladders, no drone, and nothing that would change where the photographer is standing.

Weather and light

Photographs are taken in daylight. Rain, fog, or heavy overcast make for a duller set but not a useless one; the roof line, the drive, and the yard are still there. Where conditions would make the set genuinely unhelpful, the visit is rescheduled and your account says so rather than delivering a set that shows nothing.

What a set is not

A set is a photographic record of the exterior from public places on a known date. It is not a home inspection, an appraisal, a condition report, or an opinion about the house. We do not check locks, test systems, look for damage in any professional sense, or enter the property. When the photos suggest something needs hands on the house, the next call is to someone whose job that is.

How a visit works

No visits are open for booking right now. If you have an account, your past visits and photos are still there.

Every visit is a photographic record of the outside of the property. It is not a home inspection, an appraisal, or a security, patrol, or investigation service.