How-to Monday: International lookylooing
That doesn't mean much for you folks who follow the blog -- I'll still try to include extras here, because I love you all so very much -- but there's one temporary blip: The How-to set to appear today ... well, it's now running next week.
But I refuse to let that mean a How-to-less Monday, not after all the How-to's through sickness, vacation and holidays. Today's post, though abbreviated, is a monument to wonkish stubbornness.
If you've ever sold, bought or thought about buying, you've probably heard the term "lookyloo." Typical definition: Curious person who checks out homes for sale and has no intention of buying. The internet has given lookyloos a lot more scope for the imagination, what with pages of loving details, photos, walk-through videos, etc. -- and now there are sites that allow you to take your inner lookyloo to the next level.
Vivirama lists a smattering of the properties for rent and sale across the world, allowing you to browse through the details of a Bangkok vacation house (amenities include a kayak), a French home that "needs some decorative work, in some rooms more work than others" and a three-bedroom Roman flat listed for 977,000 euros. (For reasons that escape me, Movable Type will not let me link you to Vivirama, but add a .com to the name and you're there.)
Other lookyloo possibilities:
Daft.ie, which bills itself as "Ireland's Biggest Property Site." See modest homes for not-so-modest-prices (converted to dollars, at least) and a waterfront home in Dublin that you could finance for just 8,466 euros per month.
If you prefer your lookylooing a bit farther afield, check out the New Zealand listings at Harcourts. "Enjoy uninterrupted river vistas & beautiful sunsets while entertaining in the secluded & stylish Italian-inspired courtyard," notes one listing for an Auckland home.
Or try out PlanetPads.com, another compilation of listings across the world. If you have $3.5 million to spare, you could buy an entire apartment complex in Riga, Latvia. (Did you know Riga "is a booming real estate market at the moment"?)
Find anything especially interesting? Have other sites to recommend? Comment away.
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As you asked for other sites to recommend, I hope it is ok to suggest my own:)
I'm English and I run a website for a Turkish property company in Altinkum, Didim.
The big boy websites are fine but for local knowledge local sites have much to offer in the way of specific information. Please visit
http://www.altinkumpropertyforsale to see what I mean.
Posted by: Turkey Property | November 3, 2011 9:54 AM