I have been known to be somewhat perfectionistic... in fact, my mother has a nickname for me Miss Perfectionista. What I've come to realize in recent years is that it's a handicap! This week I shot my first video tour of a listing: 144 Post Road, Kanata. And while the producer, a pro, assured me I took less takes than actors do... I interpreted this as a bad thing.

Faced with not enough time to do my hair, no idea how my clothes would show on camera, and worried that I'd sound nasal and somewhat "Fran the Nanny " or "Janice on Friends"... I bravely stood beside my sign and spoke clearly and loudly, "Welcome to 144 Post Road!"

The home is situated on a very quiet curvy street. Ironically, the minute he hoisted his camera onto his shoulder, three cars needed to drive by. Nothing like an audience to make a girl nervous!

Here's the thing - as much as I still cringe when I view the video tour of 144 Post Road - I remind myself that my promise to the seller is to sell his home, and that the video tour is to enable buyers to see it. In Ottawa, it's not as common as in other markets to do video tours of properties. I decided to film this to eliminate looky-loos and thus reduce the inconvenience to my client.

So there I stood, hating every minute of it, and thinking, "Why am I doing this!? No one else really bothers!". Well, Miss Perfectionista... you can worry about getting it perfect or you can keep this gentleman's best interests at heart. Easy choice! Chase the elusive "Get It Perfect" or simply get it done...

I welcome your thoughts of course: the good, the bad and the ugly! Here's Anneke's 3-minute guided tour on 144 Post Road.

 

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Anneke Cundasawmy

Ottawa, ON

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Keller Williams Ottawa Realty

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