Nader Shureih
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As a market researcher with the federal government, Nader's energies are focused on the good of the public - looking at the Canadian cultural and social landscape for the purpose of developing stronger ties between and among Canadians.
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Proud to Launch New Web Video Series for Ottawa Home Buyers
Posted by admin | August 20th, 2010
Hi! Gen Tremblay here, President of New Home Alert. I’m really excited to share with you our very first pilot episode of ‘New Home Ed’ - launched today! Ed is New Home Alert’s newest personality, with a mandate to find local experts to educate Ottawa home buyers. The web video series focuses on what comes before, during and after the purchase of a new home. Ok, so why am I so excited, you might ask, when everybody else and his dog are creating videos and posting them on YouTube?
If everybody else and there dog are posting videos on YouTube, they’re also watching them. Over 1,000,000,000 videos are downloaded everyday on the web. When you combine a camera and an expert, you can get pretty interesting results! We believe that seeing is believing…so we’re bringing you current, engaging, entertaining and educational topics in the form of video. The series is far from being TV material (but kudos to our videographer Chris from Reality Homes for producing quality HD episodes). While fully researched prior to shooting, each episode is unscripted, exclusively local, and brings a human elemant to perhaps dry subjects. It’s real!
Episode 1: Buying an Energy-Efficient Home
The first ‘New Home Ed’ episode is about buying an energy-efficient home. Expert John Corvinelli of Corvinelli Homes takes us through an energy-efficient home, describing the important features and showing us what to look for. He’s excited to be able to share his knowledge and passion with future home buyers. He says ”energy-efficient homes and ‘green’ homes are just buzz words. My goal is to make sure home buyers don’t just use the words, but know exactly what they mean so they make informed decisions when buying a home.”
John was the perfect candidate to shoot our first episode, being so experienced and well-versed in the subject. He’s an honest man who truly cares. We hope this is what you will appreciate from all of our episodes.
Enjoy the first one!
Homes - Virtual Tours or Video Tours?
Posted by admin | July 14th, 2010
Hi – Seb here, CEO of New Home Alert. Our mission has always been to educate future Ottawa home buyers about the local new home industry by creating a positive and enhanced house hunting experience with easy to navigate content via images and videos of thousands of new home listings.
Most of the listings on our website feature 2D elevations and floor plans. These pictures and images can be very useful to give a general idea of what a home will look like once it is built. But for many people, trying to visualize the inside of a home with 2D plans is challenging.
When searching for resale homes on http://www.MLS.ca, I always take the time to view the “multimedia” link, which leads me to a virtual tour of the home. While I appreciate seeing all of those pictures, there’s nothing like seeing a video tour to get a better appreciation of the flow and size of a home.
I’m probably not the only one that appreciates seeing video, since over 1 billion videos are downloaded every day by web users around the world. That is why we have partnered with RealityHomes.ca, a local company specializing in shooting quality HD video tours of residential properties.
Video tour vs virtual tour?
What’s the difference between a video tour and a virtual tour you will ask? Most of the multimedia used to feature resale listings is virtual tours which consist of “stitching” of photos to produce a 360 degree tour of a room in a house. Video tours on the other hand are produced by a videographer who walks through every room in a home and then edits the footage to produce a video.
Personnaly, I feel that video tours present the most realistic view of a home. New Home Alert would like your opinion on the subject. Check out the following two videos, and determine for yourselves…
Virtual Tour
We appreciate your feedback! It will help us develop the best solutions to help you in your search for your next dream home!
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