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We recently produced a video for Andrew Hasman and Stephanie Corcoran of a 10,000 sq ft estate at 4716 Belmont Avenue. The interior was elegant and the view spectacular!  This was our first video for Stephanie whom, I believe, was the former president of the REBGV. I hope this is only our first video of many for her.
Here is the link: 4716 Belmont Avenue
Please check out the photo gallery as well, the images are really great.
We recently produced a video for Artem August of Re/Max Crest Westside. This is Artems first listing with us and we would like to wish him great success.Â
We spoke briefly with his Artem’s seller during the video shoot.  His seller stated that when browsing for real estate on the Internet, he would pass over the listings that didn’t have good photos. I believe that the minimum requirement for any real estate listing would be good-quality editted photos. There is an expectation that there will be, at the very least, something for potential buyers to look at. Take full advantage of this opportunity to captivate your audience with high-quality content.
Here is Artem’s video for 2305 – 1228 Marinaside Crescent
I spent the past holiday Monday shooting a video for Paul Isaacs (www.westvancouverrealestate.ca) on Bowen Island. The property was spectacular! It had 3 open floors, was beautifully decorated and had the best view of the water and mountains I have ever seen. This would be an ideal vacation property for anyone from West Van, just 20 minutes by ferry.
I spoke at length with the owner of the property and found out she is an artist and photographer as well. I asked her how she chose Paul. She told me that she found his website while searching online for a realtor in West Vancouver and choose Paul for her listing because he had the best pictures! She realized that properties on Bowen greatly benefit from exposure on the Internet and wanted to find someone who could best represent her property. We have provided Paul’s pictures for 3 of his more recent listings. The quality of the content is a direct reflection upon the agent and will affect one’s ability to attract new listings.
 Here is the link to 1273 Miller Road on Bowen Island:
It has finally happened. Our videos are getting seen enough that the home owners are asking the agents to provide their listing with a tour. We shot a condo on Alberni Street and the owner had put an offer on Troy Mitchell’s house in Dunbar. The owner saw the video we produced, thought the video was a great sales tool and made sure that we gave his condo the same treatment. The condo is quite amazing, overlooking Coal Harbour. Please check out the video. It’s for our newest client, Stephen Burke of Sutton Group West Coast Realty.
Jill Pennefather has been busy lately. On Wednesday, we will be shooting our 3rd video for Jill in the last 2 weeks. I would like to think that since she started using video for her listings, business is picking up. Here is a sample of her 4 existing listings:
2188 West 13th Avenue
106 – 1859 Spyglass Place
3935 West 32nd Avenue
110 – 1777 West 13th Avenue
From what I have seen since arriving in Vancouver, there are 3 major home staging companies, REVAMP Homestaging, DEKORA and Urban Remix. This week we had contact with both REVAMP and DEKORA. We were working with the DEKORA staff at 4716 Belmont in Point Grey. We also re-shot a penthouse at 1102 – 1650 West 7th for Ken Leong. We originally produced a video for Maria at Ken Leong’s office about 2 months ago. At the time, the penthouse was not staged. On Thursday when I walked through the door, it looked like a completely different place. It was beautifully decorated, modern, hip cool. A perfect setting for that particular condo. Maria told me that REVAMP had staged the condo.
I sent off the pictures and video to REVAMP and Michael McNamara, one of the co-owners wrote back:
Great work with the photography and the videos – very impressive … We also love the video and pics from 937 Homer Street.
I hope that we will get a chance to meet both Michael and Rien. Here are 2 videos where REVAMP did the staging:
Ken Leong — 1102 – 1650 West 7th — video – image gallery
Alain Chateauneuf — 937 Homer Street — video – image gallery
We have also had the opportunity to work with Urban Remix. You can find one of our videos that we produced for Zygmunt and Kasha Riddle (www.riddle-realestate.com) on the Urban Remix website.
Riddle Real Estate — 1073 Doran Road — video
We would like to welcome Mike Andruff and his team (www.teamandruff.ca) to the Video Openhouse family! We had a chance to meet Mike at our last video shoot. Ron and I were half an hour late to the appointment because we didn’t know that Surrey includes White Rock! What we thought was a half an hour drive turned out to be an hour. We are still figuring out how to get around the lower mainland. We get lost at least once a week.
Here are Team Andruff’s new videos:
2560 West 3rd Avenue and 106 – 1744 128 Street
One more thing, Susan Man from Prompton Real Estate Services has a new website (www.susanmanhomes.com).
 Good Luck with the site Susan!