Zillow.com gives you information about houses. If you’re doing work on house values, studying a specific house, or studying an area connected with a person, Zillow.com might be helpful.
It could also be your reward for a break after you reach a writing goal.
You can find information by putting in a street address, city, and state of a house, or you can just put in the street address and zip code.
You may get an aerial view of the home and area. In addition you’ll get an estimate of the current house value (often it’s the tax assessment).
If you’re in the market for a specific house, you might be interested in other information that often is included—such as, number of bedrooms and baths, square footage, lot size. I very much like the feature of the year the house was built.
But what I like most is the Bird’s Eye View.
I looked up the first house we owned. It’s in a city 490 miles from where we now live. We were the first owners, and seeing the date it was built reminded me of many of my life’s milestones. Hovering over the house in my Bird’s Eye View reminded me of my neighbors:
the family with the active, cute boys on one side of us, the woman in the family on the other side who was earning her doctorate in English [at that time it hadn’t occurred to me that I might someday earn a doctorate, too], the people across the street who brought us a bottle of wine when we moved in and shared their experiences on keeping the front yard as natural as possible.
It’s interesting how much info there is on Zillow.com, and it’s remarkable how many memories its Bird’s Eye View can evoke.
Hope Zillow might be of use to you in your dissertation.
If you use Zillow as a reward after you’ve reached a writing goal, be sure you’ve planned your break well. Remember to set your timer. Stop at the sound. Result– a great, guilt-free break.
Until next time,
Nancy
Nancy Whichard, PhD, PCC Your International Dissertation Coach and Academic Career Coach www.nancywhichard.com www.nwcoaching.com nancy @ nancywhichard.com
So nice , this is the angel’s idea for struggling ABD, thanks
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You’re welcome. You have an interesting site.
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Hi Nancy, it’s David from Zillow,
I’m so glad to hear that the site reminds you of good times. A home is so much more than a shelter or an investment — we love to hear the stories behind the data we publish.
Thanks!
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