to try and get Google Street View to retake the photos of our house?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

After perusing, GSV last night, I was horrified and completely dusgusted to find that the images of our street were taken on BinDay.

So, there's my semi, in all its glory, with 2 gofaster bins wanting strewn across the pavement in front of my bushes. Tawdriness and ugliness preserved for all the world to see and judge upon.

And one of the Chaotics hadn't drawn their curtains naicely.

It's not just about what the neighbours think nowadays is it? The whole world can formulate opinions as to your slovenly habits.

AIBU to try to get the pictures reshot now I have petunias and a hoovered drive?

AlwaysOla. No, but my gardening clothes are something to behold, and my bum would probably have been hanging out of my 100 year old joggers.

Fru

Does anyone else here go for Street View 'drives'?

I have taken a few trips around the glorious Scottish Highlands on my laptop. One of my favourite roads is a tiny little one-track route that runs from Badnaban (N.W. coast, just south of Lochinver) right down to the edge of the water on the coast. The sun is shining and there is a beautiful little whitewashed cottage by the shore at the end of the road; the sea is deep blue and dotted with green islands.

All the time Talc. I have been all round where I used to live. Plus when booking UK breaks I usually take a 'drive' round to see what's what.

Dp was captured getting into her minibus for work and the angle made her leg look about 10ft long. They must have come round again as she has different top on but still a very dodgy looking leg glad I was indoors.

DP goes for Street View 'drives' all over the world

He was brought up abroad - and has family who still live there - so he's been 'driving' down their roads, checking out his old school, going to the shops etc etc!

He's also 'driven' down that coastal highway in California (can't remember the name).

Oooh yes Fru - I've done the Californian coast - right down to the Mexican border. I then hopped over the border - the difference is astonishing.

The Baja peninsula is fab too

I have a neatly trimmed bush on Streetview.

The weirdest thing about GSV in the Petrean household is. Outside our house sits MY car, outside SIL's house sits MY car, outside MIL's house sits MY car and outside my best friend's house sits MY car! I never realised MY car got around so much!

When we were living abroad and I was looking for house, streetview was great.
DH being the mega snob he is, rejected one house because a man was standing in his very own garden with a can of beer and no shirt
Also, I've seen a naked couple somewhere, can't remember which country. I've toured a lot, it is fascinating to see how your childhood roads and schools have changed.

Whereas my bush does need a trim, Mardy

I was also convinced I'd been filmed a couple of roads away when I was walking to work - can I find me? No.

My house wasn't even built!

I quite like a Streetview excursion, although oddly my latest forays have been to manufactured towns like Prince Charles' Poundbury and Disney's Celebration.

YANBU,

I also want ours done again, previous owners had a well minging car, looked like adams family/funeral car/rusting estate car! And the blinds were a mess!

I'm on it too, waiting for a bus. Except they change photoset halfway down the road, so one minute I'm there on a dreary autumn day, and one click later I've been replaced by a load of cyclists in the sun

My front garden looks like a meadow on GSV, this was before I lived here of course so not my shoddy gardening its still a bit meadowish TBH but not as bad the main annoyance in my houses mugshot is that the previous people kept their wheelie bins next to the front door instead of on the drive so it looks untidy.

Senses a bin related theme on this thread.

Does anyone else here go for Street View 'drives

I love a street view excursion, I often go and visit my dad in his village

I forgot about the rest of the world on GSV.....off to tour spain!

When I say meadow I mean gone to seed and overgrown not a vast exspanse of greenery!

"So, there's my semi, in all its glory"

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Mine was taken before we bought the house. It still has the narsty old windows/front door on.

YANBU.

YANBU, I wish they would redo mine. It was taken before we bought the house and it looks like a drugs house probably was. We've since had new windows and doors and I've spent hours doing the front garden to turn it from a weed patch into something vaguely representing a nice space. We've also got rid of the dodgy red blinds

My house isn't on google street view

Dont think I exist. There is no sign of my cat at home of at work, and my new house was just in the process of being built. Surely if google can't find me I must be a figment of my own imagination?

My car, not my cat!

at you worried you couldn't find your cat, Syd.

Could you imagine if GSV showed every single domestic pet?