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For Builders & Developers

New construction photography, from model home to whole community.

Marketing media at volume for builders and developers across DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia — HDR photos, drone, cinematic video, and 3D tours from one crew, with the same look on the first spec home and the final closeout.

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New construction home exterior in Falls Church, VA — marketing photography for builders by Umedia

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  • 4,000+ shoots
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  • 9-person DMV team
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U Media Services provides new construction photography, drone aerials, cinematic video walkthroughs, and Matterport 3D tours for home builders and real estate developers across Washington, DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Builder packages start at $240 and include unlimited HDR photos with whole-property virtual job-site cleanup; media is delivered the next business day. The same crew shoots every unit, so an entire community markets with one consistent look — from the first spec home to closeout.

Finish the vacant spec home digitally

Drag the slider. Virtual staging ($24/photo) and virtual twilight ($15/photo) turn empty, just-delivered units into finished-looking listings.

A vacant spec or model home furnished digitally from $24/photo — buyers see the finished space, not the empty rooms.

A daytime exterior becomes the golden-hour cover shot for the community's flagship listing — $15/photo.

The right media at every phase of the build

One crew, booked per unit, from the first lot to the last closing.

Phase 1

Site & pre-construction

Drone aerials show the lot, the streetscape, and the community taking shape — progress documentation for pre-sales and lender or marketing updates.

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Phase 2

Model home launch

The full kit for the flagship: HDR photos, cinematic video walkthrough, Matterport 3D tour, and a branded property website with the Premium Development package.

See builder packages

Phase 3

Spec & inventory homes

Photos + Virtual Cleanup on each delivery — booked online as each unit reaches punch-out, with finished media the next business day.

See builder pricing

Phase 4

Community closeout

The same crew and editing standard on the final units, so every listing in the development carries one consistent, on-brand look.

Plan your community's media

Builder marketing photography, video & 3D — one crew for the whole community

Real examples from DMV new construction. Photos, drone, video, 3D tour, staging, and a branded site — one team, delivered at volume.

Aerial drone photograph of a large estate home, pool, and surrounding acreage — site and lot aerials for builder marketing by Umedia

Drone Aerials

Aerial photo and video that show the site, the lot, and the community taking shape — from $119.

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Matterport 3D Tour

A 24/7 model-home tour — remote and pre-construction buyers walk the floor plan from anywhere, and one tour markets every unit built to it.

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Virtually staged living room with white sofas, stone fireplace, and bay windows — virtual staging by Umedia

Virtual Staging

Vacant model homes and spec units digitally furnished from $24/photo — buyers picture the finished space, not the empty rooms.

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Single property website for a new construction home in Bethesda, MD by Umedia — HDR photos, 3D Matterport tour, floor plans, and video in one branded link

Branded Property Website

A single branded site bundling photos, video, and the 3D tour — included with Premium Development, one link for every buyer.

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Rear exterior of a newly built Falls Church, VA home with screened porch and freshly sodded backyard

Job-site reality is in every marketing photo

The house is done, but the site isn't: dumpsters at the curb, cones and caution tape, dirt where the lawn will be. Wait for landscaping and you lose weeks of selling time; shoot as-is and every buyer's first impression is a construction zone instead of a finished home.

Spec homes and inventory units can't sit unlisted while the punch list closes out — the marketing photos have to look finished before the site does.

Finished front exterior marketing photo of a Falls Church, VA home — fresh sod, clean driveway, and covered porch, no job-site distractions in frame

Photos + Virtual Cleanup — built for new construction

Our Photos + Virtual Cleanup package is the literal answer: unlimited HDR photos with whole-property virtual cleanup — job-site distractions like debris, cones, tape, and unfinished lawn edited out of the final images. Your listing photos show the home buyers will get, not the site as it stands today.

It's the package we built for spec homes and new construction, and it's priced by square footage so a 1,800 sq ft townhome and a 6,000 sq ft single-family each pay their own rate. See builder packages.

Aerial drone photo of a home and its neighboring houses at golden hour — the lot, streetscape, and community context remote buyers need

Your buyers are remote — and the model is one address

Pre-construction and relocation buyers commit before they can walk a finished home, and out-of-state investors never visit at all. One staged model has to sell an entire floor plan lineup — but it can only host the buyers who show up.

And ground-level photos stop at the front door. They can't show what remote buyers actually ask about first: the lot, the street, how close the neighbors sit, and where the community is headed. Aerial drone photo and video answer that in one frame — the homesite, the streetscape, and the amenities taking shape around it — and recurring progress flights keep pre-sales marketing current as the development grows.

A 24/7 model home, shot by the same crew every time

A Matterport 3D tour puts your model home online around the clock — remote buyers walk every room from anywhere, and one tour markets every unit on that floor plan. This is a real tour from a DMV new construction shoot: click in and walk it. Add a cinematic video walkthrough and drone aerials that show the site, the streetscape, and the community taking shape.

And because the same team shoots every unit, your development gets one consistent, on-brand look from the first spec home to closeout — standardized shooting and editing, scheduled at volume as each home delivers. See the Development and Premium Development packages.

Builder pricing — published, sized by square footage

Exact total is based on property size — you'll see it when you book.

Photos + Virtual Cleanup real estate media package — New construction & spec homes

Photos + Virtual Cleanup

From $240

HDR photos with job-site distractions cleaned up — debris, cones, tape, lawn.

  • Unlimited HDR photos
  • Whole-property virtual cleanup
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Development Package real estate media package — Model homes & inventory

Development Package

From $320

Photos plus an always-on 3D tour for remote buyers.

  • Unlimited HDR photos
  • 3D Matterport tour
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Most complete
Premium Development real estate media package — Flagship launches & branding

Premium Development

From $825

The full marketing kit to launch a development and elevate your brand.

  • Unlimited HDR photos
  • Drone photo + video
  • Cinematic video walkthrough
  • 3D Matterport tour
  • Branded property website
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Prefer à la carte?

Book individual services — the same crew, priced by the piece.

Photography

  • HDR photography · 10–50 photos From $149
  • Unlimited HDR photography From $169
  • Luxury photography From $249
  • Twilight photography $199
  • Portraits & team From $149

Video

  • Full-length video walkthrough From $299
  • Reel with on-camera host $229
  • Social media reel $149

Aerial / drone

  • Drone photos · 5–20 From $119
  • Drone videography $199
  • Drone photo + video $299

3D tours & floor plans

  • Matterport 3D tour From $199
  • Zillow 3D tour $199–$299
  • 2D floor plan $149–$169

Staging & edits

  • Virtual staging $24/photo
  • AI virtual staging $15/photo
  • Virtual twilight $15/photo
  • Virtual season change $15/photo
  • Object removal From $3/photo
  • Entire-property virtual cleanup From $99

Add-ons & marketing

  • Same-day delivery $49
  • Property website $13

Every price shows up front when you build your order online, or see the full builder price list.

Included with every builder shoot

The baseline on every order — no upsell games.

Whole-property virtual cleanup

Job-site distractions — debris, cones, tape, unfinished lawn — edited out of every image in the Photos + Virtual Cleanup package.

Unlimited HDR photos

Every builder package includes unlimited HDR photography — every room, every angle, priced by square footage, not photo count.

Next-business-day delivery

Professionally edited, MLS-ready and web-optimized files in your inbox the next business day, on every order.

Same crew, every unit

The same nine-person team shoots your whole development — standardized shooting and editing, so unit 40 matches unit 1.

Flat, published pricing

Every builder package is priced by square footage and published up front — the exact total shows before you book, no quote requests.

Online gallery & instant download

Every shoot lands in your dashboard with a shareable gallery and download link — hand files to your sales and marketing team instantly.

The numbers behind the developments

Why DMV builders put us on the delivery schedule.

4,000+

Properties captured across DC, Maryland & Northern Virginia — new construction included

49%

More buyer engagement on listings marketed with professional photography

118%

More views on listings that include a Matterport 3D tour

What DMV builders and clients say about us

Verified Google reviews from clients across DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia.

Hear From Our Clients

Real estate professionals share their experience working with Umedia

“Their energy and ability to capture our brand storytelling sets them apart.”
Paradigm Homes Home Builder & Developer
“I trust Umedia for capturing my listings — photography, video, reliable service.”
Hassan Rahmanu Realtor, DMV Area

How It Works

Built to run alongside your delivery schedule, unit after unit.

Book Around Your Timeline

Book online in two minutes per unit — as each home reaches punch-out, drop the address and pick a slot. Same-day and next-day availability across the DMV.

We Shoot the Unit

The same crew captures photos, drone, video, and 3D tour in one visit — composed to keep neighboring job-site activity out of frame.

Cleanup & Delivery

Virtual cleanup removes remaining job-site distractions in editing, and finished, MLS-ready files land in your dashboard the next business day.

Repeat Across the Community

Each new delivery gets the same crew and the same editing standard, so your whole development markets with one consistent, on-brand look.

Builder & Developer FAQ

What builders and developers ask us most.

How much does new construction photography cost?
New construction photography starts at $240 for the Photos + Virtual Cleanup package — unlimited HDR photos with whole-property virtual cleanup, priced by square footage and built for spec homes. The Development Package starts at $320 (adds a Matterport 3D tour for remote buyers), and Premium Development starts at $825 (adds drone photo + video, a cinematic video walkthrough, and a branded property website — the full kit for a flagship launch). For a whole community, each unit books at its own size-based rate. See full builder pricing.
What does virtual job-site cleanup include?
Job-site distractions that would otherwise sit in your marketing photos: construction debris, cones, caution tape, and unfinished lawn. Whole-property virtual cleanup is included in the Photos + Virtual Cleanup package, and is also available à la carte from $99 per property. Smaller fixes are available as per-photo object removal from $3/photo.
Can you schedule shoots around our construction timeline?
Yes — that is how builders use us. Book online in about two minutes per unit as each home reaches punch-out, with same-day and next-day shoot availability across the DMV. The same crew comes back for every unit, so scheduling a whole community is a repeatable routine instead of a new vendor search each time.
How fast will we get the finished media?
Next business day, on every order — professionally edited, virtual cleanup applied, delivered MLS-ready and web-optimized. If you are up against a launch deadline, same-day delivery is available as a $49 add-on.
Do you photograph model homes and sales centers?
Yes. The model home is where most builders start: it gets the full kit — unlimited HDR photos, cinematic video walkthrough, drone photo + video, a Matterport 3D tour, and a branded property website with the Premium Development package (from $825). Because the Matterport 3D tour lets buyers walk the floor plan from anywhere, one model-home tour markets every unit built to that plan — not just the one address.
Do you offer construction progress drone photography?
Yes — construction progress drone photography starts at $119 per flight ($199 for drone video, $299 for both). Recurring flights can be scheduled per milestone — book online as each phase completes to document the lot, the streetscape, and the community taking shape for pre-sales and lender or marketing updates.
Can you shoot aerials of the site and community?
Yes. Aerials show the site, lot positions, and the surrounding neighborhood — useful for pre-sales, community pages, and documenting the development as it takes shape. Drone photo + video is included in the Premium Development package, or from $119 à la carte.

Every delivery in your community, one finished look.

Book each unit online in two minutes, shoot on your timeline, and get clean, on-brand media the next business day.