Does this actually work for a detached house (not a semi or a townhouse)?+
Yes — the pipeline is tuned for freestanding single-family homes specifically, where the full front facade, both side elevations, rooflines, chimneys, dormers and a rear garden are all part of the listing gallery. Semis and townhouses share a party wall and get shot differently (shorter lens, less sky, no dormer detail to preserve) and are covered by our townhouse and condo pages. A true detached home is what this page ships for.
The front lawn is dormant (winter UK listing or northern US / Canadian season) — will Plotpane fake summer green?+
Only if you explicitly opt in, and we flag it. The Lawn & Pool feature can render a summer-healthy lawn, but for UK ASA CAP Code compliance and NAR SoP 12 compliance we default to preserving the dormant state and relying on facade relight and sky replacement instead. Lawn & Pool Revive only runs when you pick it, so the default output stays season-honest. The AI-disclosure XMP is embedded either way.
Can it convert a midday front elevation shot to civil twilight realistically?+
Yes. The day-to-dusk pass reads sun direction from the original shadow geometry, generates a sky gradient aligned to the real compass heading of the property, and adds interior-window, porch, pathway and driveway lamp glow. The output reads as an actual 7:15pm summer dusk capture — not a Photoshop overlay — which is what Rightmove hero thumbnails and Zillow cover photos need to compete on listings above £750K / $750K.
Will rooflines, chimneys and dormers get distorted or smoothed away?+
No. An architectural-fidelity pass runs first and locks the roof geometry, chimney stacks, dormer dormers, ridge tiles, eave detail, bay-window mouldings and any decorative trim. Sky replacement runs behind that mask. Buyers zoom into roof and chimney detail on the portal first, and preserving it cleanly is the single biggest fidelity win on detached house photography.
Does it export at the right spec for Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Zillow and Realtor.com in one batch?+
One export covers all five. Plotpane returns a JPEG at about 2.4K that sits above Rightmove (1920px hero), Zoopla (1024x683, 2MB cap), OnTheMarket (1600x1200 hero), Zillow (1024x768 minimum) and Realtor.com (1024x768 minimum via MLS feed), and each portal downsizes on upload. Batch up to 50 photos on Pro, 150 on Agency. No per-portal re-editing.
Does the AI-disclosure XMP tag keep me compliant with NAR Standards of Practice 12 and the UK ASA CAP Code?+
The XMP tag embeds an AI-enhancement flag into the file you download, readable by any software that reads XMP — but MLSs and portals re-encode on upload and that strips it, so treat the tag as your own dated record rather than the disclosure buyers see. What NAR SoP 12 (US, truthful advertising) and the UK ASA CAP Code (misleadingness rules) actually expect is the written disclosure line, so the agent still writes it into the listing copy. Edits that change material property features (roof condition, structural cracks, actual lawn health claims) are not handled by a disclosure tag alone and should be disclosed in listing text per your brokerage policy — Foxtons, Hamptons, Coldwell Banker, Keller Williams and RE/MAX all have written AI-edit guidance.
Does it work for a standard 24mm or 16mm DSLR capture from a tripod?+
Yes, and that is the ideal input. DSLR plus tripod capture at 16–24mm gives Plotpane the cleanest base for facade relight, sky replacement and rear-garden lawn work. Phone captures (iPhone Pro ultra-wide, recent Pixel Pro) also work for the kerb shot, but tripod DSLR remains the spec of choice for Foxtons, Hamptons and luxury US detached listings.
How does this cost versus £10–£25 / $15–$30 per-image retouching for a 40-listing agent year?+
A UK agent running 40 detached listings a year at £10–£25 per image across a 25-photo gallery pays £10,000–£25,000 in retouching annually, and a North American agent running 40 detached listings a year at $15–$30 per image pays $15,000–$30,000 — before any twilight reshoot premium (another £150–£300 / $200–$400 per property). Plotpane subscriptions replace that with a predictable monthly line and two-minute turnaround, so the kerb hero goes live the same day the shoot wraps.
