Beyond our Service Area? ReVision Home is located in St Louis Park, Minnesota which is a suburb of Minneapolis. We figure a trip charge into our quotes and will travel as far away as our clients are willing to pay for. Usually beyond 45 miles becomes less cost efficient to meet in person. However, we can work with anyone as long as they have access to a relatively fast internet connection, a digital camera (at least 4 Megapixels, higher is better) and a phone. We have helped clients as far away as Portland Oregon to the west and Boston to the east. The only limitation is whether our design 'vocabulary' is large enough to fit the styles in your neck of the woods.
Can I send a photo to you? We can do photo simulations of your home as long as your photos meet some simple criteria. The quality of your photo effects your result and our ability to perform our work. Since your satisfaction is important to us, sometimes it takes a couple of tries to get an acceptable photo to start with.
The better the photo you send us the better product you will get. Characteristics we look for in photos include.
4.0 megapixel or higher in standard JPEG format.
Photo is taken when sun is not behind your home. Sunlight helps on the side of your home being photographed helps but is not critical. A light overcast day is ideal.
Home is centered but a little environment around the edges helps to give your photo context.
Cars, bikes, trikes, trashcans etc do not interfere with the areas you would like addressed.
Most trees and shrubs are ok to work with but they can be too overwhelming to work around. We will let you know upfront if too much foilage will create additional cost or make it too difficult to perform our task.
Windows and doors are in closed position.
How do I send a photo to you? Simply e-mail your photo to answers@revisionhome.com. We will get back to you shortly to discuss your project.
Disclaimer Our Photo simulation Service is Designed purely to help you visualize your home with a new look. It is your responsibility to ask your contractor whether the design ideas will work. If your contractor has a better suggestion for applying your materials, let us know and we will do our best to show it that way.
Why doesn't the color look right? Our Photo Simulations are the highest quality simulations available. What these photos do exceptionally well is give the best possible idea of what a home will turn out like. They can help predict where elements should be placed, height, scale, texture, and color families.
That being said, Photo Simulations are part science and part art. We do our best to portray what a color will look like when put into the environment of your home seen at a distance in the light at the time of the photo. Color is also relative to what is next too and who is viewing it.
The color you see on our simulations is affected by many variables. Color is affected by:
Computer screen differences and settings.
Camera quality and resolution.
The various sources photos integrated into a simulation come from.
Light and shadow at time photo was taken.
Angle of the vantage point
Distance of the camera from the home.
It is important to think of these photos as guides, (really good guides) rather than exact science. There is no substitute for viewing all the materials being incorporated into the project together before you make a decision about exact colors.
What is a Photo Simulation? A Photographic Simulation is simply a photograph that is altered using computer software. The photos we do for our clients are high quality 2- dimensional images. Most Photos Simulations are actually built by placing, scaling, and coloring other photos into an original.
How much do Photo Simulations cost? The cost of every photo simulation is different. Price is determined by the complexity of the home and its environment, the materials being replaced, and the extent the customer wants to go. Rough estimates can be given over the phone (612.600.1681) and exact estimates can be given if you e- mail us a photograph of your project. answers@revisionhome.com
Why ReVision Home Photo Simulations? We know that many manufacturers offer visualization software on their websites. But their offerings are very limited and the quality of the output leaves a lot to the imagination. ReVision Home created a process to help clients experiment and see multiple, high quality photos of their homes long before they commit to an expensive remodelling project.
Here are some of the advantages of purchasing Revision Home simulations.
We will show you YOUR House, not a generic house that is 'sort of' similar.
Our service is not proprietary. We will show you a combination of materials applied to your house no matter which manufacturer they come from.
We can show you various placement of materials and details.
Our photos are large scale and highly detailed.
We will create the simulations for you so you don't need to learn to use new software.
We are professional designers so we are creative enough to make your home as special as you want it.
We have knowledge of building materials, how they are applied, and how they look the best.
What Can Photo Simulations Portray? ReVision Home can create Photographic Simulations for virtually any exterior home improvement. We can add any feature to your home that we can find a photo of. We can simply change the colors of your existing home or replace element with new products. We can replace your siding with wood, vinyl siding, cement fiberboard, shingles, stucco, and cultured stone, or whatever else you can think of. We can replace the shingles on your roof or show you your driveway with new paving bricks or stamped concrete.
We can replace your entry and garage doors too. We usually gather door photos from manuafacturer's websites. Windows are usually built photographically to your specifications because they are come in too many sizes and shapes to find photos of.