PEI Web Virtual Tours-  An Essential Marketing Tool

No one would ever consider having a website without at least one photograph. It would seem odd and be a waste of a visual medium that is meant to showcase your product and develop business leads and sales. In fact, most web sites are strategically designed for best effect and include a large number of appropriate photos and art work. Well, the time is now upon us that is seeing the wide use of video in on-line marketing to better illustrate our services and capture the imagination of the intended audience. After all, this is a highly visual medium and video is the next logical step.

Web Virtual tours have been used in real estate for quite some time, but mainly in major markets and with higher end listings due to the initial high cost. Prince Edward Island is only now seeing a move in this direction and PEI Realty TV & www.LivethePEIdream.com offer short, affordable videos in high quality digital format for home owners who wish to sell their properties privately. PEI Real Estate agents are also able to market their listings on the website. The only thing worse than having no video option is to have a video that is poorly shot and edited. A quality digital camera should be used and it should appear to be professionally filmed (no shaky bits), and include captions, narration, and/or music to enhance the mini-production. People judge a video instantly and a certain level of professionalism should be achieved. After all, image is everything.   

A video on PEI Realty TV is affordable, custom designed and edited according to specs, and will achieve results in this highly competitive PEI real estate market.

Call Hamish at 902.659.2778 to learn more about showcasing your PEI property in high quality digital video on www.LivethePEIdream.com. The video can also be integrated into other websites and placed in a PEI MLS listing (if applicable). Prices start at only $250. Get the edge on the other listing in this competitive marketplace and sell your property this year.

Tragic Consequences for PEI Beaches

Prince Edward Island is known for its warm waters, big lobsters, friendly people, amazing golf, and great theatre, but there are some issues that need serious attention before more damage is done to PEI coastal environments.  There are provincial signs on north shore beaches warning residents and visitors that driving any motorized vehicle on PEI Beaches is against the law and strictly forbidden.  South shore beaches, where people enjoy swimming due to the warmer waters of the Northumberland Strait and walking on sand bars that stretch for miles at low tide, unfortunately do not receive the same protection from the provincial government.

Professional clam diggers are entitled to drive their trucks on sensitive beaches, through natural mussel beds (as seen in the photo below), and across marram grass colonies, which are supposedly protected under the law? There is quiet outrage by cottage and home owners in various south shore coastal communities where the clam digging at their doorsteps is quite exceptional. Waking up in the morning to take in the beautiful view from their decks, these homeowners are regularly greeted by noisy trucks parked on beaches at low tide. There have also been incidents of Clammer’s trucks leaking oil on beaches, garbage thrown about, and other unmentionable acts of litter on public property.

South Shore property owners understand and support the rights of professional clam harvesters to make a living. The problem is the damage being done to sensitive beach areas, as well as the effects of unsightly vehicles on beaches near local tourism rentals. No tourist renting a cottage on these lovely beaches was expecting to be greeted by trucks in front of their rental cottage.

The simple solution should be a fair compromise between the islanders who make a living harvesting clams and the people who live in the area and have invested in their lands in order to enjoy the peace and scenic views. We ask that clam harvesters not drive on any south shore beaches, but instead, park at the end of roads that provide beach access in order to launch small boats. The day’s catch can be transported to the parking area. It may not be an ideal situation for the fisher, but the current situation is not ideal for the local residents of  south shore beaches or the sensitive beach ecosystems.

Please support this cause by emailing or phoning PEI’s Environment Minister, Richard Brown at rebrown@gov.pe.ca or 902.368.6410.

Thanks for your support!

PEI Condo Living

Condos have come to PEI, Canada, but only in the last few years. The whole condo concept is new on Canada’s Island Paradise and it has taken Islanders a bit of time to figure out that ‘home’ ownership without the worries of snow clearing and maintenance is actually a fairly attractive idea, especially for the retirement
set.

The Y Loft condos on Prince St. in Charlottetown are unique units for the PEI scene. Ole Hammelund, the Danish born architecht and long time PEI resident, lovingly and ambitiously redeveloped the former Charlottetown YMCA
into the most unique and spacious loft condos to be found anywhere east of Toronto or North of Manhatten. They have introduced authentic NYC chic into Canada’s smallest and most picturesque province and at a PEI Price!. Perfect for the youthul, young at heart retiree, or the hip tech savvy 20 30,40 something in need of massive room for entertaining. Spacious elegance and green living concepts abound, including waste generated hot water heat an windmill power.

Experience the energy and simplify your life.

www.Ylofts.ca