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Check out this video I shot the other day of a drive through Sun River Estates in Sooke. It’s a little shakey at times – sorry – but will give you a good idea of what the neighbourhood looks like, and I also provide some information about the various amenities in Sunriver, the prices, sizes, and features of the homes and lots.

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As always, if you have any questions about selling or buying a home (new or resale) in Sun River Estates, please give me a call at 250-885-0512, email me, or fill in my contact form – I will help you promptly.

Click for information about Sun River Estates and other neighbourhoods in Sooke.

-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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Tagged: BC | Development | features | homes | houses | neighbourhoods | new | resale | Sooke | Sun River Estates | Sunriver | tour | Video

Three times the horrible, just for you!

September 28th, 2009

For the family that likes to live life on the edge!

September 29th, 2009

Yikes!

I wonder what’s cooking in the chem lab?

September 30th, 2009

The Twilight Zone

Another victim of the common mistake of composing a well-lit window in the centre of the frame. What this does is fool the camera’s light meter into thinking the scene is brighter than it actually is, and so it underexposes the shot, leading to dark pictures.

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-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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September 26th, 2009

This is a nice shot of the kitchen, but it’s dark because there are no lights turned on in the room. Buyers always want a nice bright kitchen. Show them one!

September 27th, 2009

This photo appears to have been taken with a wide-angle lens. It’s too bad the subject of the photo seems to be the ceiling, rather than the nice fixtures and flooring.

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-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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September 25th, 2009

HMLSPOTD Child Protection Program, File #12243

An otherwise nice picture of a bright, sunny kitchen is um, interrupted, by the always-creepy notion of somebody else’s kid in the photo. Please, leave the children out of the photos.

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-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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September 24th, 2009

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September 23rd, 2009

MUSCLE MAN!

In general, I like to try and have my clients remove any knick-knacks, curios, and other clutter from the room before I take pictures. Especially strange muscle-man statuettes.

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-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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I was out for a run the other day in a 15-or-20 year old subdivision in Sooke. Running up Henlyn Road in the John Muir neighbourhood of Sooke which has amazing, sweeping views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, it occurred to me that as the landscaping around the subdivision has grown up over the years, some of the commanding views that the property owners have enjoyed are now partially or completely obscured by trees and other vegetation. This is an important consideration, as it directly affects your property value.

When shopping for view homes in Sooke or Victoria, keep this in mind – look for stands of trees in the distance that could block your view, or trees on neighbouring properties that could become a bone of contention between you and the other property owner. Most people aren’t so keen to cut down trees to improve another’s view.

If you have any questions or comments about Sooke or Victoria, BC real estate, or suggestions for future posts, please call me at 250-885-0512, email Tim@TimAyres.ca or fill in my contact form. Thanks for reading/watching!

-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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September 21st, 2009

Oops! Caught in the act by the mirror, taking a useless bathroom photo! The horror!

September 22nd, 2009

This is a really nice looking laundry room. I can certainly see why the REALTOR® chose to include it in the photos, rather than to leave it out (like I recommend with most laundry rooms). The photo would benefit from being shot at a more normal angle, and using a wide angle lens.

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September 20th, 2009

For starters, the resolution of the photos on the MLS isn’t near high enough to be able to read this plan. Second, the average person wouldn’t know how to read this even if it was readable. Schematic drawings are best left for the builders of the world. A simpler floor plan, linked in the MLS comments would be much more useful than this.

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September 19th, 2009

Another day, another bad bathroom shot. If not for the tiles on the wall, we wouldn’t even know for sure it was the bathroom.

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-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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