Virtual Imaging
Virtual imaging enables surveyors to replicate buildings and properties in digital format. As a client, you benefit from a realistic digital recreation of a specific building. This allows you to view it online, from any location.
What Is Virtual Imaging?
The term ‘virtual imaging’ simply means to create a digital visual image. When applied to the property sector, it typically refers to accurate and immersive renders of specific properties, sites or buildings.
With our state-of-the-art Matterport Pro Camera, we can create 3D digital replicas of any property or space. This ensures you can benefit from an immersive tour of the space, wherever you are in the world!
Why Do Surveyors Use Virtual Imaging?
Virtual imaging offers a wide variety of benefits to both surveyors and clients, including:
Enhanced Detail
A 3D visualisation enables surveyors to assess any building, property or space with an extremely high degree of accuracy. Potentially hidden defects or faults can be easily identified via a 3D virtual image. This enables surveyors and clients to assess the impact of such defects on property values and transactions and construction projects.
Better Understanding
Traditional property surveyors rely on written communication and sometimes incorporate standard photography. However, a written report can sometimes be open to interpretation and there is the potential for misunderstandings to occur. In contrast, 3D virtual imaging allows clients to take an immersive tour of the space. This allows for a better understanding of the property, reducing the risk of possible miscommunication regarding specific issues.
Improved Accuracy
The latest imaging technology provides surveyors with powerful tools that often outperform traditional methodologies. With our Matterport Pro Camera, we can prepare detailed measurements of a property and ensure accuracy to within a few millimetres. What’s more – we can use these as the basis of scaled floor plans more quickly and at a lower cost than using traditional surveying methods.
Remote Assessments
A virtual replica of a building enables a surveyor to assess the space remotely. If a property is difficult to access, for example, virtual imaging can be used to enable a comprehensive survey to be carried out safely. In addition to this, a virtual replica of the space enables property owners, buyers, tenants and/or investors to view and tour the property at any time, from any location.
The Role of Virtual Imaging in Renovation and Restoration Projects
Planning a renovation or restoration can be a complex endeavour but virtual imaging can be a game-changer. Firstly, accurate 3D imaging allows you to assess the current condition of the building and obtain detailed measurements from every area of the property. Using this digital replica, you can take virtual tours of the property before planning your restoration or renovation.
Crucially, you can use virtual imaging to create varying digital replicas that showcase how particular features would look before deciding whether to integrate them into your project. From enhancing the overall aesthetics to identifying potential issues and defects before they add costly delays to the project, virtual imaging is a must-use technique for today’s renovation and restoration projects.
How Virtual Imaging Can Help Identify Defects
Property defects, such as damp, cracked walls or structural movement, can pose practical, financial and safety risks, which is why they must be fully identified via a survey. Virtual imaging can help surveyors to accurately identify defects in any space, but it can also help clients to get a better understanding of these defects.
When you can view property defects in 3D, rather than simply reading about them in a written report, it’s easier to see how extensive they are, for example. This ensures you can make informed decisions before taking any action.
Contact TCL Surveyors Now
To find out more about our virtual imaging services, get in touch with our team now on 020 3176 0029, email us at info@tcl-surveyors.co.uk or send us a message here.