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I used zillow when i was looking for a house good site
LOL my house only has 1sqft

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Hey.....Lease out a couple of Sq. in. if its tooooo big 4U..... biggrin

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Roof Cleaning Burlington NJ (609)864-0988 wrote:
I used zillow when i was looking for a house good site
LOL my house only has 1sqft

LOL, 1 sq ft ? That would have been a low cost roof cleaning!

NO one site is perfect, both google and bing, as well as Zillow should be in your estimating tool chest!

The Tampa area, and most of Florida is well served by Zillow, the sq ft and satellte views are pretty good.

Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD · guest

Wouldn't the house square foot be different from the roof square foot?

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Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD wrote:
Wouldn't the house square foot be different from the roof square foot?

Yes, and there is a formula for figuring pitch times sq ft. A 2500 sq ft home can have a little or a lot of roof surface, but a picture will reveal it, and you can go from there.

Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD · guest

If you feel like sharing, I'm all ears (or eyes)! I do some shoddy square foot measuring from Google Earth and when I am on site, but I am sure I am usually off by quite a few. It's an estimate and at least keeps me using some sort of system.

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Get a pitch card Phil it helps with stuff like that.

Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD · guest

Will do. I actually think that I am pretty close, but if I am off by a little, that is okay to me. My prices aren't drastically higher or lower than others in my area, so I must be doing something right.

garyw · May 5, 2011

Looked up my address, and it was off by 14 houses and was on the wrong side of the street. Not accurate enough for me.

Gary COF

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Tried it and it got my sq. ft. correct, but it had the same ancient, fuzzy picture the others (Google Earth and Bing) had...

Not all areas get updated regularly. Nothing much changes here, so they must figure why make an effort.

Kurt
not quite a COF, but getting there quick

Reliable Roof Cleaning Jacksonville FL · Guest

I think the best place to get accurate information is the county property appraisers website. Add a google and/or bing satellite view and you have a lot of information.

Charles

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garyw wrote:
Looked up my address, and it was off by 14 houses and was on the wrong side of the street. Not accurate enough for me.
Gary COF

It is pretty good here, but then it is a real estate website mainly, and Florida real estate has always been in demand (don't know why)

Chris ECOF biggrin

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC · May 5, 2011

Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

It is pretty good here, but then it is a real estate website mainly, and Florida real estate has always been in demand (don't know why)
Chris ECOF

You know darn well why! That is why you live there.

Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD · guest

It's accurate in MD, 9 times out of 10, BUT a lot of times the latest picture has the house covered by trees, so it's hard to always use the online method.

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