Surprise! Your Home is On Candid Camera
July 8th, 2008 categories: Central Connecticut News & Information, Home Owners
I took a new listing at 91 Old Farm Drive in Newington for $289,500.
Immediately, I went to Trulia.com to claim my listing. There I saw Google Street View in action - the little Google gremlins had been to the home already and taken a street shot.
And according to Google, Street View is available in much of Hartford county including West Hartford, Manchester, New Britain, Farmington and Windsor. I knew this was coming but didn’t realize how far they had gotten - all the way to my new listing in Newington before I knew it.
In this case, Google Street View works to my clients’ advantage because it’s a nice street with well-maintained properties nearby. But agents can no longer hide behind their trick photography to disguise the traffic racing by or the gigantic hill the property is perched upon.
And as you’ll see in the link below called Cool Sights in Google Street View, the photos are not only revealing real estate, it’s also capturing slices of real life - from dog fights and car accidents to naked people and folks who like Borat enough to put a cutout of him in their apartment window.
Smile, Connecticut Real Estate. You’re on Candid Camera.
For some related topics:
Cool Sights in Google Street View
Couple Sues Google Over Street View
Getting Off Google Street View
How Google Street View Takes All Those Pictures -from Popular Mechanics
