Real Estate Videography on Long Island: Cost & Drone

You have a listing going live this week, and a phone walk-through isn't going to do it justice. You want a clean walk-through video, a few aerial shots that show the lot and the neighborhood, and it all turned around before the open house. That usually means hiring a crew that handles both the ground footage and drone videography on Long Island without juggling two vendors.

This guide covers what real estate video costs, how the drone piece works with an FAA-licensed pilot, how fast you can expect delivery, and exactly what you get when the files land. SHMONG TV quotes every project in writing, so you'll know the number before you commit.

Why Long Island listings sell faster with video

Buyers scroll listings on their phones first and decide in seconds whether a property is worth a drive out from the city or across the island. A still gallery shows rooms. Video shows flow — how the kitchen opens to the yard, how the light moves through the living room, how big the lot actually is. That's the difference between a buyer saving a listing and skipping it.

It matters more on Long Island than in a dense Brooklyn block because so much of the value is the land, the setback, the pool, the distance to the water. None of that reads in a tight interior photo. Video and aerial footage do the one job a listing photo can't: they put the whole property in context.

• Walk-through video gives remote and out-of-state buyers a real feel before they book a showing.
• Aerial footage shows lot size, landscaping, and proximity to beaches, parks, and town.
• Short vertical cuts feed your Instagram and listing syndication without a second shoot.

Listing video plus FAA-licensed drone footage

The reason agents book one crew for both is simple: the ground and the air tell one story, and they should be shot and edited to match. SHMONG shoots interiors and exteriors on 4K cinema cameras (RED and Sony FX series) with gimbals for smooth motion, then sends up a DJI drone flown by an FAA-licensed pilot for the aerials. Same team, same day, one finished edit.

The drone piece isn't optional polish — it's often the shot that sells the home. A slow reveal over the roofline, a pull-back that shows the yard meeting the tree line, an establishing pass down the block. Because the pilots are FAA Part 107 licensed, the flights are handled legally and safely, which matters near the airspace restrictions that cover parts of Long Island.

A typical listing package pulls together:

• A cinematic walk-through of the full home, interior and exterior
• Aerial establishing and reveal shots of the property and lot
• A finished edit set to music, plus vertical cut-downs for social
• All raw footage, so you keep every usable frame

What real estate video costs on Long Island

Pricing depends on the size of the home, how many aerial shots you want, whether you need twilight footage, and how fast you need it back. Typical NYC-area rates for a single-listing video with drone run a wide range depending on scope, so the honest answer is that it's quoted per project rather than off a rate card.

Here's how SHMONG handles it:

You tell us the address, the square footage, and your listing date; you get a written number back fast. There are no published hourly rates to reverse-engineer and no surprise add-ons for the drone — it's all in the quote you approve before anyone shows up.

Turnaround that keeps up with your listings

Real estate runs on a clock. A video that arrives after the open house is worth a fraction of one that's live the day the listing hits the market. That's why turnaround is built into how SHMONG delivers.

• Raw footage delivered in 24–48 hours
• Finished edits in 5–7 business days
• 48-hour rush available when a listing can't wait
• Two rounds of revisions on every edit

If you're coordinating a listing launch, tell us the go-live date up front and we'll back-plan the shoot and delivery around it. With 4,500+ projects delivered, the scheduling and hand-off are routine — you get files you can post, not a project that drags.

What you get: raw footage and finished edits

Some crews hand over a single polished video and keep the rest. SHMONG includes every frame of raw footage at no charge, on every project. That means you own the material — useful if you want to recut it later for a price change, a new campaign, or your brokerage's reel.

A standard real estate delivery includes:

• The finished listing video, color-graded and set to music
• Aerial clips you can use as standalone social posts
• Vertical cut-downs sized for Instagram and listing feeds
• All raw 4K footage from the ground cameras and the drone

Everything is edited in Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve, shot on pro cinema gear with proper lighting and wireless audio when you need agent narration or a voice-over. You review the first cut, send notes, and get two rounds of revisions to land it exactly where you want.

“Shmong does great quality work for me at all my events. From the clarity of the shots, multiple angles, speed of editing with fast delivery time.”

— Mike Purefoy, Google review

Get a listing video quote

SHMONG TV is based in DUMBO, Brooklyn and serves Long Island along with all five boroughs, Westchester, and northern New Jersey. We shoot real estate listings, brand films, events, and more — but for agents, the booking is simple: one crew, ground plus FAA-licensed drone, fast turnaround, all raw footage included.

Send your address, square footage, listing date, and what you need. You'll get a written quote within 24 hours, usually the same day. Email contact@shmong.tv or use the form at shmong.tv/contact. The real estate page and drone page show more of what's included, and the Long Island page covers the full service area.

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