- Sonia and Wilson Batista
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It was a great pleasure to have Ana represent us as selling agent for our home!! We would highly recommend Ana to anyone considering buying or selling. Best decision you will ever make!
We lived in our home for approx. 14 years and done many projects to make it our own. Marble washrooms, hardwood, beautiful moldings and trims, renovated throughout with a beautiful landscape and custom stone patio. It was a stunning home (in our eyes!) and one that held many treasured memories of our kids growing up.
However, the time had come to sell as it started getting a bit crowded for the four of us. We wanted to show case our home the best we could and followed all the tricks you learn by watching the home TV shows on HGTV.
We interviewed a few agents to understand the services they offered and get a price estimate on our home. We had been to a few of Ana’s open houses and decided to include her in our agent list. Let me just say… there are some shady characters out there. We interviewed one that provided an awful experience which included being unprepared for the initial meeting, pressure tactics, and even a subtle threat!
Ana was totally opposite! She was respectful of our home and our family and came thoroughly prepared with comparables and examples of the marketing materials she uses. She walked through the house and gave us suggestions on small improvements that would best show case it… we hadn’t even hired her and she was already helping us. Wow, what a first impression!!
It didn’t take us long after she left to decide on hiring her. It was our best decision! She has a keen eye for design, amazing taste and a fantastic team! She did a phenomenal job at staging our home. Used many of the pieces we had, brought her own to make it modern and relevant to potential buyers and, yes, she made us remove our family pictures, patch up the holes and paint. It was the best advice and we are glad we followed it! We trusted her and she did an amazing job for us!!
Ana followed through on all her promises. The marketing was fantastic! Magazines, feature sheets, video, open house, inspection, interior plan of the house, staging. Wow! And she doesn’t compromise on quality. The pictures of the home weren’t to her high standards, so she had the photographer come back for a re-take and new feature sheets printed. She has high expectations of her team and only delivers the best. She made us feel like we were her only clients, even though we know she had multiple listings.
Ana made our home into a show home, just like in a design magazine, and was respectful of us and our family all along the way. She is a terrific business woman, who understands the industry and more importantly, she knows what works well in today’s market. We highlighted to our two girls examples of her doing an exemplary job where others showed us mediocre effort. We believe in providing strong examples of successful women in business and what you need to do to be fantastic while keeping to the highest values!
When time comes to move again. She will be the first one we call!
Immensely grateful,
Sonia and Wilson Batista