Matterport Apartment Tours in Los Angeles
Listings with a Matterport tour hold a visitor for 4-7 minutes on average. Photo-only listings hold them for about 90 seconds. Out-of-state and overseas applicants pre-screen themselves inside the tour, so the prospects who actually book a showing are higher-intent and faster to sign. From $245, live in 48 hours, embed anywhere.
A walkable 3D model of the apartment, not a video
A photo carousel shows a prospect what the apartment looks like. A video walkthrough shows them what someone else thought was worth filming, in whatever order the videographer chose. A Matterport scan is different — it is interactive. The visitor clicks where they want to go, looks where they want to look, and decides for themselves whether the kitchen is big enough or whether the second bedroom can fit a queen. Photo and video are passive content. Matterport is exploration.
The capture workflow is a Matterport Pro2 (or Pro3) camera on a tripod. The technician moves the camera to roughly 25-50 scan points across a 1BR — every room, closet, hallway, and balcony — and at each point the camera fires off a 360-degree shot plus an infrared depth read. About 90 minutes on-site. The shots upload to Matterport cloud, and 12-24 hours later you get a live URL. The processing software stitches the scans into a navigable model, generates the dollhouse view automatically, and produces a 2D floor plan from the depth data.
What shows up in the finished tour: a dollhouse view — that is the rotating 3D miniature of the whole apartment, like looking at a doll-house from above with the roof off. A floor plan view — top-down schematic with room labels and dimensions. A walkthrough view — first-person navigation, room to room, click to move. And measurement mode — click two points and the tour returns the distance in feet and inches. Every pixel a prospect sees is photo-real. The tour is not a CGI render or a game engine reconstruction. It is actual photographs of the actual unit, stitched together with depth data so you can walk through them.
Every tour ships with the full toolkit
Matterport Pro2 / Pro3 capture
Professional-grade 3D camera on a tripod, 25-50 scan points per 1BR, infrared depth sensors that build a true dimensional model — not a stitched panorama.
Dollhouse + floor plan + walkthrough
Three viewing modes from one scan. The dollhouse is the rotating 3D miniature, the floor plan is a top-down schematic, and the walkthrough lets visitors move room to room.
Embed code for any listing site
Drop the iframe into Zillow, Apartments.com, your own website, an MLS listing, or a Craigslist post. The tour loads inline — no app downloads, no logins.
Measurement mode for room dimensions
Prospects measure rooms, doorways, and wall lengths inside the tour. Cuts down on the constant 'will my couch fit' texts before showings.
1-year hosting included
Tour stays live on Matterport cloud for 12 months from capture date. Renewal or extension available — no surprise fees if the unit re-leases mid-year.
Transferable ownership at re-lease
When the next tenant moves out, the same tour can be re-used at no extra capture cost — or refreshed for a small re-shoot fee instead of the full package.
Matterport tour cost by unit size
Capture, processing, hosting, and embed code in one flat fee.
Why Matterport pays for itself in LA
Out-of-state and overseas applicant base
LA pulls relocations from NYC, SF, Chicago, Seattle, and a long list of overseas markets. A prospect flying in from another state cannot do a normal walk-through, and a prospect signing remotely from London or Tokyo absolutely cannot. A Matterport tour lets them pre-screen the apartment, eliminate the obvious no-fits, and only spend travel money on units they have already decided they like. The showings you do get from out-of-state are far closer to signing.
California Civil Code §1954 entry rules
Capturing a Matterport scan in a tenant-occupied unit is a marketing entry under California law. You owe the current tenant at least 24 hours written notice and the entry has to happen during normal business hours. We coordinate the notice timing with you up front so the scan happens cleanly and you stay on the right side of §1954. Tenants almost always prefer a single 90-minute scan over weeks of repeat showings — the tour is the showing.
Tour transferability across re-leases
Most LA units re-lease every 1-3 years. A Matterport tour captured today still works the next time the unit comes back on the market — the apartment is the apartment. You either re-use the existing tour at zero extra capture cost or pay a fraction of the original price for a refresh on whatever changed. Compare that to re-hiring a photographer and a videographer for every single re-lease.
Most landlords bundle the tour with these
Make Ready
Get the unit rent-ready before the scan so the tour shows the apartment a prospect would actually move into.
Apartment Photography
Stills for the listing thumbnail and the social posts that drive traffic to the tour.
Rental Listing Media
Photos, video, drone, and Matterport bundled into one discounted package per unit.
Downtown LA Coverage
High-rise loading-dock and elevator coordination handled by LA-native dispatch.
Frequently asked questions
A Matterport tour is interactive — visitors click through the apartment at their own pace, look up at ceilings, peek inside closets, measure rooms, and pick which room to enter next. A video walkthrough is passive — the prospect watches whatever path the videographer chose, in whatever order, at whatever speed. Matterport scans are also dimensional — the camera builds a real 3D model of the unit, not a flat sequence of frames. That is why you get the dollhouse view and the floor plan automatically — the geometry is already captured.
Roughly 90 minutes on-site for a typical 1BR. Studios run 60-75 minutes, 2BRs run 2-2.5 hours, larger units scale from there. The camera moves to 25-50 scan points across the unit on a tripod — every room, every closet, every balcony. Furniture and personal items either get moved out of frame or get included depending on whether the tour is for an empty unit or an occupied one.
Processing runs 12-24 hours after the scan completes. You get a live URL the next business day, sometimes same-day for early-morning captures. The tour is ready to embed, share by SMS, or paste into a listing the moment that URL hits your inbox.
Anywhere that accepts an iframe. Zillow, Apartments.com, Trulia, Redfin, Realtor.com, Craigslist, your brokerage MLS, your own website, your Instagram bio link, an SMS to a prospect — all of it. The embed is a standard iframe so there is no platform-specific integration to worry about.
Yes. If you repaint, replace flooring, or stage the unit, we can re-shoot just the changed rooms instead of the full apartment. Re-shoots are billed at a fraction of the original capture. Minor updates like adding measurement points or branding overlays happen post-processing for no extra fee.
Yes, with the standard California entry rules. Under California Civil Code §1954, you must give the current tenant at least 24 hours written notice before entering for a marketing scan, and the entry has to happen during normal business hours. We coordinate the notice timing with you and work around the tenant's schedule. Personal items either stay in frame, get blurred in post, or get moved by the tenant ahead of the scan — your call.
Studio tours from $245, 1BR from $345, 2BR+ from $445, premium tours with measurement mode and custom branding from $545. Hiring a one-off Matterport photographer in LA usually runs $400-$700 for the same scope, before you factor in hosting fees and revision pricing. Text 310-774-0099 with the unit address and bedroom count for a firm quote.
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