A Virtual Staging Service for Estate Agents Built on One AI Tool
You can add furniture to an empty room photo and sell that to agents.
What happened An AI business coach lays out a service that furnishes empty listing photos with reimaginehome.ai and sells them to estate agents for £600 a month or £180 per property. Her £15K a month is a projection, not client revenue.
Who this is about: Side-hustle service model taught by an AI business coach (@iamjoanne_x)
- Income claim
- Price as statedSuggested prices of £600 a month or £180 per property. Her £15K a month is a projection, not client revenue.
- Money comes from
- Selling AI-staged listing photos to estate agents, on a monthly retainer or per property.
What it takes
- Cost
- From $14/monthPlans run from $14 to $99 a month, and new users get 5 free designs.Price checked Oct 15, 2026 on reimaginehome.ai. Prices change; check before you buy.
- Setup time
- A few daysOur estimate from the source, for one business.
- Skill needed
- No codeApps and settings only.
Explain it simply
Empty rooms in a house listing can look cold and hard to picture. You upload a photo of an empty room, and an AI tool adds furniture in a style you pick. The idea is to sell this work to estate agents. The money figures here are only a plan. Label each staged photo so a buyer is not misled.
How it works
- Find an empty room in a listing (she uses Rightmove) and ask the agent for the original high-resolution photo.
- Upload it to reimaginehome.ai and prompt it to furnish the room in a chosen style without changing the walls, windows or room size.
- Check that fixed features match the original, add a "Virtually staged" label, and send it back within minutes.
- Sell it at £600 a month to agents with steady listings, or £180 per property.
How it went
No results yet; this is a plan. She puts start-up costs at about £500 (AI tools, Canva, insurance and a basic website) and monthly costs at about £925.
- Her £15K a month projection assumes 15 retainer clients plus 10 single jobs. At her own prices that comes to £10,800 (15 × £600 + 10 × £180), so the projection doesn't add up as stated.
- Commenters asked whether AI-staged photos mislead buyers, so label staged images clearly.
- She is a coach, so the reel also promotes her training.
Prompt
1. Ask the agent for the original high-resolution photo (don't just take their listing photo without permission).
2. In reimaginehome.ai: "Furnish this empty living room in a modern Scandinavian style: light oak floor kept as is, grey sofa, round coffee table, rug, plants, warm daylight. Do not change walls, windows or room size."
3. Check that walls, windows and fixed features match the original.
4. Add a small "Virtually staged" label and deliver both versions.Our version of the workflow, with permission and labeling steps added.
Business fit
Who this suits, and how:
Side hustlers near a busy property market: stage one empty local listing for free and send the before-and-after to the agent.
Solo foundersEstate and letting agents: stage empty rooms in-house instead of paying a stager.
Local & serviceLandlords and short-let hosts: show an empty unit furnished so renters can picture it.
Local & serviceInterior designers: show clients furnished options before buying anything.
Agencies
Your turn
Ideas to try on your own work. These are starters, not results anyone has measured.
- Which empty room photo would be easier to picture with furniture in it?
- How would you label a staged photo so a buyer is not misled?
- Which agents near you already pay someone for listing photos?
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Similar tools
Other tools for this job, and how they differ. Chosen by our editors, never paid for.
- Virtual Staging AI
A dedicated staging tool for agents; pick it if you want a tool built only for furnishing empty rooms.
- Collov AI
Covers staging plus redesign and decluttering of furnished rooms.
- BoxBrownie.com
Staging done by human editors, slower but useful when a listing needs a hand-finished result.
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