Thread: Please review www.103grand.com

Would it be possible for you to make it so users can see thumbnail images of the scrolling pictures and click on one to make it go to that image? If I were a potential buyer, I might become a little impatient with that thing. Also, people sometimes like to go back and forth between images of two or more rooms--I think it helps them imagine what living in the house is like if they can go back and forth between the pictures.

It took me a while to realize that the background image was a set of blue prints. I don't have an immediate suggestion off the top of my head for a replacement. Perhaps just a more clear picture of blueprints would do the trick. I think the color works well for the background, it's just that image. You don't want something that's going to be distracting though. Perhaps get a clear (and larger, as I suspect your image was resized too large) picture of blueprints off a stock image site, and then try applying a slight blur effect to make it appear out of focus or reduce the contrast a little so it won't steel attention away from the real content. That would look a lot cleaner than the distorted image you have now. Or perhaps you could just get a very plain looking blueprint picture and then you wouldn't have to mess around with any effects, you could just crop it to size.

On the navigation, you have a black background image for the links, and then when you hover over them that image disappears to reveal the blueprint background underneath. I didn't think that was so appealing, and it was unexpected, I felt like I should be waiting for another image to load or something (try not to surprise your users on standard or essential features). I would recommend either taking that same black background and making it lighter when the user hovers the mouse over it, or else just keep the background image as-is and turn the link that light blue color that you've used to denote the current page.

I might also suggest putting the phone number on the homepage to cater to those impatient visitors. And your e-mail link on the contact page has the href attribute set to YourName@YourSite.com, so correct that.

My personal impression is that the cost comparison is a good thing to have. However, I am not a Realtor and I would be interested to hear what an agent has to say about that.

I don't have any major quarrels with the textual information, except to say that if you add thumbnails to the scrolling images on the neighborhood page, I would suggest also putting a text version of the caption next to each.

And yes, the site loads fine for me.

Honestly, I don't really like the style of the website, looks out dated and unprofessional.

However, having said that - only because of the property I wanted to see more, so in fact ... if I wasn't reviewing your website for you, I wouldn't have really taken much notice of it because I was so intrigued by the property on the website!

Excellent information, nice photos (even though some of these are a bit squashed!) and excellent idea just to list this one property like this on the site.

Good luck with the sale, hope it sells fast for you.

If you use tables, you can separate the picture from the words better. Everything is right next to everything else, if you see what I mean.

Hi,

I agree with KingNeece, try to separate the picture and the text...

Though the design is too simple but you can still try another background and color as well.

I'm not good in design, but feel free to check my site.

Have a good day,
Sean

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