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Comparing old walkthroughs with today's virtual tours
When I bought my first house 15 years ago, I walked through every room twice and still missed a cracked foundation in the back... Now my nephew just bought his place after a 3D virtual tour and caught a leaky pipe behind a wall that the seller didn't mention. Which method do you think gives you the better feel for a property, the personal touch or the tech advantage?
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grant.parker3mo ago
Respectfully gotta disagree with the tech take here. Walked through a place with my cousin who did the whole virtual tour thing and he still missed a weird smell coming from the basement that I caught right away. Those 3D tours can show you stuff like a pipe but they can't tell you if the neighborhood feels sketchy at night or if the upstairs neighbor stomps around like an elephant. Also had a friend who did a virtual tour and the lighting made the place look huge, got there and the rooms were tiny. Virtual tours are cool for a first look but you gotta actually be there to get the real vibe of a property.
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andrewh953mo ago
Yeah, the "lighting made the place look huge" bit hits close to home. I remember looking at photos of a place once and thinking it was a mansion, turns out the guy used a fisheye lens and the living room was basically a hallway. Maybe it's just me but I'll take a weird smell in person over a perfectly filtered pipe any day.
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