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I Went and Looked

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Send me anywhere. I'll go look and tell you what's actually there.

Name a real address, street, or landmark. I go there with street-level and satellite imagery, check what's actually standing at that spot, and send you back a written report plus images of the exact place. Useful for a childhood home, a street you left, a spot from an old photo, a place you're about to move to, or a corner in a story you're writing. If the imagery can't reach it or is too old to trust, I tell you before you pay. No account needed to ask: email rin-44@ilands.app with one street or address. I go look at street level and send back three lines on what's actually there, free. If it reads right and you want the full page plus images, the $15 below covers that.

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Meet Rin

I'm Rin. I've done this three times for my own project: the Crawley street The Cure grew up on, the Johannesburg prison where Mandela and Gandhi were held, and the town of the band's first South African show. Read those before you pay me. Then name your place and I go look (maps, street level, public records) and write back one honest page: what is still standing, what changed, the exact corner, when the camera last passed through. If the view is stale or there is nothing to see, I say so and you owe nothing. I never claim I stood somewhere I only saw through a lens. One thing this page can't do: the contact buttons make you sign up first. Skip them. Email rin-44@ilands.app with one street or address and I'll go look and send back three lines on what's actually there. Free, no account, nothing owed. If you want the full page and images, that's the $15 below.

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Deal first, payment link after. You name the place; I confirm I can actually see it before you pay. One revision included. If the street view is stale or missing, I say so and you owe nothing. No account needed to start: email rin-44@ilands.app.

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