tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post2412734070178709142..comments2024-01-12T00:35:16.941+01:00Comments on French Leave: The Ghastliness of Googlethe fly in the webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-16023990815039012052010-09-23T14:32:29.641+02:002010-09-23T14:32:29.641+02:00French Fancy, well, he wasn't living there 24/...French Fancy, well, he wasn't living there 24/7.....you were!<br /><br />Obviously, the farm was there when we bought the place and had it been dreadful we wouldn't have bought, nomatter how lovely the house and its setting, but the house and the original barns are fine.<br /><br />I wasn't happy about the new barns....farmers can put up what they want, unlike the rest of us...and no one consulted us as they would have been obliged to do in the U.K. but - from the house - they're pretty well camouflaged, thank goodness.<br />It's just that on the overhead view on Google Earth, the place looks like a military complex!<br /><br />These articles about la belle France make me either smile or spit...depending on the mood!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-38786063566239517602010-09-23T09:32:32.172+02:002010-09-23T09:32:32.172+02:00Sorry to be late here - you know what it's lik...Sorry to be late here - you know what it's like atm. Now this Google Earth thing is quite new to me. When I was searching for our rental house I found the bargain of the year and got so over-excited; it ticked all the boxes and then some and I sent the link to Mr FF with lots of urgent tags attached. Once he checked it out on your nemesis it turned out that the Eurostar trains practically passed through the garden.<br /><br />Perhaps that was another mistake and this super bargain of the year will just stay un-let. Not like your gorgeous house of course -that must sell, surely? <br /><br />I also saw the article to which Hadriana referred - yes, it doesn't apply to Brittany though. I had to laugh as I was reading all these superlatives about life in La Belle France. I think it is much more 'belle' where you are, my lovely friend. Well - Brittany is beautiful but just a bit dull. Mr FF doesn't agree though and he is suffering from home sickness far more than me.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-59101031964441010202010-09-22T22:59:11.034+02:002010-09-22T22:59:11.034+02:00nodamnblog...thanks to you checked the agent again...nodamnblog...thanks to you checked the agent again...the spoon man no longer works for them....so I'll give his successor a go!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-5526068465030520812010-09-22T20:05:47.837+02:002010-09-22T20:05:47.837+02:00Hadriana, thanks for the morale boost!
Much neede...Hadriana, thanks for the morale boost! <br />Much needed at the moment and having made the decision, all we want to do it to sell up and be off.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-54001463843254256692010-09-22T19:58:15.137+02:002010-09-22T19:58:15.137+02:00"France and Spain again topped the quality of..."France and Spain again topped the quality of life index, as workers there have more paid holidays, earlier retirement, lower prices, longer life expectancy and more sunshine."<br /> <br />Just thought I would quote that, Fly, from a recent (today) article in The Telegraph. Apparently the UK is the worst place in the world to live!<br /><br />If more people read that in the paper...the barns will seem a minor inconvenience!Hadrianahttp://www.hadrianastreasures.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-44038809332340414392010-09-22T16:47:26.510+02:002010-09-22T16:47:26.510+02:00Roz, until recently all you could see was a green ...Roz, until recently all you could see was a green blur...of course, once I put the place up for sale Google decides to improve its' services!<br /><br />nodamnblog, they say, they're changing it....but getting an agent in the sticks is hard going for a house a bit out of the ordinary.<br />There are some firms I'd like to deal with and one in particular, but their local Brit agent is such a prat that there's no dealing with him....and the one 'next door' as it were is one of those I wouldn't have across the sill of the door without counting the spoons before and after.<br />I've lived here too long!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-42810528726826350832010-09-22T16:26:26.279+02:002010-09-22T16:26:26.279+02:00If the agents won't remove it, then perhaps th...If the agents won't remove it, then perhaps the agents need removing. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-57311187151506262842010-09-22T15:23:08.491+02:002010-09-22T15:23:08.491+02:00I'm amazed you can even see your place on goog...I'm amazed you can even see your place on google earth. Here in peasant land they don't seem to bother taking close ups of our houses and ours appears to be taken with some sort of soft focus - what a shame yours doesn't benefit from the same type of photography!!<br />Good luck with your sale xRozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360552472354032509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-47354965623000403762010-09-22T00:03:39.642+02:002010-09-22T00:03:39.642+02:00nodamnblog, I've removed it where it is down t...nodamnblog, I've removed it where it is down to me..getting agents to change anything is another!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-85928186123187497292010-09-21T17:16:48.325+02:002010-09-21T17:16:48.325+02:00Oh, that's really bad luck, Fly. Personally I ...Oh, that's really bad luck, Fly. Personally I have much to thank Google for, but in your case I can see that they are really working against you. Is there not a way of removing the Google Earth link from the details so that it can't be seen? It's difficult enough to sell in France at the moment, you certainly don't need any added obstacles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-81158383898160559582010-09-21T10:28:27.434+02:002010-09-21T10:28:27.434+02:00I don't like Google Earth...it's a bit lik...I don't like Google Earth...it's a bit like big brother watching isn't it?<br /><br />I do hope there is a buyer out there who is sensible enough to ignore Google Earth and look at the real picture.Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-58928264197303564042010-09-21T00:18:27.635+02:002010-09-21T00:18:27.635+02:00e...just me miserygutting about the way the farm l...e...just me miserygutting about the way the farm looks on Google Earth.....<br />We are looking at life on one floor for the future....four flights of stairs...and that's just indoors...are getting too much...and while we're at it we'll be looking to a house that can be adapted for the future...grabs, rails and hoists included.<br />But, without Google, it's true, your search would be much more difficult.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-74879873096879007062010-09-20T21:48:19.356+02:002010-09-20T21:48:19.356+02:00Best of luck with the house sale. You may have sai...Best of luck with the house sale. You may have said and I don't recall, but where will you go???<br /><br />As for google, it has become ubiquitous and is here to stay...<br /><br />I am researching accessible housing for wheelchair users because I too may have to move...ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-61360228364774176592010-09-20T21:00:25.134+02:002010-09-20T21:00:25.134+02:00Trisha, it does seem omnipresent, doesn't it.....Trisha, it does seem omnipresent, doesn't it....the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-53232918957244231142010-09-20T20:58:41.713+02:002010-09-20T20:58:41.713+02:00Don't talk to me about Google - it was a good ...Don't talk to me about Google - it was a good idea in the beginning - go ogle - I think... but then that is my theory. Like many others it has grown and developed into something not so nice....<br />I look on Go-ogle maps for my little piece of the world and what do I see, a poor representation of what I have and love... and as for Go-ogle chrome - nuff-said!!!!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456012541796765737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-32240786234836860442010-09-20T14:41:06.120+02:002010-09-20T14:41:06.120+02:00Amy, good luck when you put the house up for sale....Amy, good luck when you put the house up for sale...the plumber could be an asset...as could the presence of the funeral parlour when you have cardiac arrest at his bill and the SAMU don't get to you in time.<br /><br />The new buildings are a real eyesore seen from the road from the village...luckily not a view I share...and it is yet another example of farmers being permitted to blight the landscape willy nilly.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-75883996435467829262010-09-20T14:32:28.055+02:002010-09-20T14:32:28.055+02:00We'll be going the house for sale route oursel...We'll be going the house for sale route ourselves soon - the Google Earth thing sounds like a real liability (ie there's a funeral parlor and plumber just across the road...though those could be seen as assets by some folks). Heard a news story yesterday that Google is allowing Germans to opt out of their homes/apartment buildings appearing on Google Street and 100's of thousands are doing so - but no controlling the view across the road... Good luck with the house!Amyhttp://www.amyrigby.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-84902886806953111142010-09-20T14:23:45.882+02:002010-09-20T14:23:45.882+02:00Steve, I am going to have to set up a website...he...Steve, I am going to have to set up a website...help,Ayak!...and advertise this house in a totally different way...starting with 'gendarmerie free'!<br /><br />Pueblo girl, oh yes, I believe it! Thanks for the good wishes.<br /><br />Sarah, as I said to Steve, I'll have to construct an alternative sales website....and the booze trail will feature too!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-41623602266908205392010-09-20T10:19:06.467+02:002010-09-20T10:19:06.467+02:00Maybe you should add a note to the advert : YOU CA...Maybe you should add a note to the advert : YOU CANNOT SEEM THEM FROM THE HOUSE. Anyone having been on Google Earth would know what you were talking about, and for the rest, you'd just plead ignorance and an idiot agent. <br /><br />I really think you should promote the booze trail. That's a major selling point!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-23782891688771763492010-09-20T10:05:21.215+02:002010-09-20T10:05:21.215+02:00You won't believe this, but when I first tried...You won't believe this, but when I first tried to open this page with Google Chrome, up came a message saying the page could not be found!<br /><br />Wishing you luck with the house sale.Pueblo girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904318623281033442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-67973357969665790222010-09-20T09:13:38.161+02:002010-09-20T09:13:38.161+02:00"gendarmerie free" - now that has got to..."gendarmerie free" - now that has got to be a selling point big enough to overturn even Google Earth's machinations against you...?!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com