Google Streetview Now Extended

spirit

dunno where i'm going wrong, can't see mine - found it!

frafferty

You have to drag the little yellow man to the pushpin on your postcode and then fine tune from there

Here is my 'new' house http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=me12+4dt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=11.562655,39.506836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sheerness,+Kent+ME12+4DT,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.405492,0.862016&spn=0.000751,0.002411&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.405584,0.862031&panoid=5zUKUSTqqnpyQl6EDH6yug&cbp=12,45.29,,0,3.7

Hope it works!

skylight

Found mine! Hedge hasn't been cut (there's a surprise!) but the image is at least 3 years old judging on the cars outside the house.

spirit

aha, this is the house i'm about to buy (the camera didn't go further than here http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=me12+4dt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=11.562655,39.506836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sheerness,+Kent+ME12+4DT,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.405492,0.862016&spn=0.000751,0.002411&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.405584,0.862031&panoid=5zUKUSTqqnpyQl6EDH6yug&cbp=12,45.29,,0,3.7



and this one is my current house - they took it on a Wednesday evidently!! http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=me12+4dt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=11.562655,39.506836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sheerness,+Kent+ME12+4DT,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.405492,0.862016&spn=0.000751,0.002411&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.405584,0.862031&panoid=5zUKUSTqqnpyQl6EDH6yug&cbp=12,45.29,,0,3.7

westv

Regarding people saying their house image is very old, the update is for coverage not for more recent shots as far as I know.

Catti

Oh dear - ours was done when we had a skip outside to do some clearing! And there is a join in the photo that makes it look as if the house is falling down!

bosseyed

westv wrote: »

Fascinating for home hunters and others. :)

Only to an extent! I wouldn't rely on it for more than just getting a feel for the road a property is in - my house is now up and the image must be from around August 2008, a couple of months before we exchanged as the for sale sign is still there. The house looks nothing like that now.

I like streetview though, its pretty useful for all sorts of things. Perving etc :rotfl:

sunshinetours

Thanks - ours is now on there although the overhead shots are still at least 3 years old. The streetview shots were done early 2009 by the looks as we changed cars April 09 and old one is on drive

I think its a great tool when used with overhead shots for house buying to give a feel for the street scene. One thibg you usually can't tell without viewing a house is the proximity of other houses and the general street scene including hills etc

poppysarah

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ol9+8da&sll=51.405584,0.86203&sspn=0.001168,0.002411&g=Sheerness,+Kent+ME12+4DT,+United+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Oldham,+Lancashire+OL9+8DA,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.524901,-2.163126&spn=0.008853,0.01929&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.524708,-2.163305&panoid=cBgqa4KvXMx6bYP05_vZQg&cbp=12,310.3,,0,1.6

Impossible to tell when this was took as that signs been up for a very long time now...
New build .... well they were shiny and new 2 years ago

paulrn_2

They don't go every where they have done the lane to the village but didn't bother with our road its a dead end at a farm gate. Safe for now