Use Google Street View To Research Vancouver Real Estate

http://kyegrace.com I have a client who has used the internet to do an amazing amount of research for various houses for sale she is considering buying. One of the coolest things she has done though is using the recently available Google Maps Street View. Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps that provides 360° panoramic views from a row of positions along the street in approximately 10 or 20 meter intervals for many streets in Metro Vancouver & the Fraser Valley. The pictures are great quality and more than practical to view a particular location on the day the picture was taken. Back to my client, what she did was search the property on Street View and found that in the image it appeared the windows upstairs were boarded up. We had viewed the property and seen no evidence of such activity, as it turns out it the wooden blinds were closed giving the appearance of wood blocking the windows. But what a potential gem of a discovery if that had been an issue in the past with this house for sale that was not obvious now. Using Google Street View can you not only view an image of the home you are considering you can virtually walk through the neighbourhood, the route your kids may walk to school, view nearby parks or anything else you can think of you would want to view without having to hop into the car. Simply go to Google Maps and search for an address or location and zoom into the max or click on 'street view' in the location bubble.