The outstanding team and teamwork of Debi Fitzgerald Anna Bahnson were essential in advising me in the successful sale of my parents’ home in Piedmont. This was a one-year project, because the home needed a combination of repairs and updating. Debi and Anna are each outstanding professionals in their own right, but the combination of them into a team is even better! At every step in the process they gave honest, straightforward and valuable feedback. They have years of extensive experience with the local market and with the many issues that arise when updating and putting your home on the market. Sometimes their views differed a little and their different views and reasons were quite helpful to me as a client.
They provided good counsel on where to spend my money and where not to during the remodeling. They have a fantastic network of professional tradespeople, including electricians, arborists, engineers, contractors, designers and stagers. Scott Fitzgerrell was indispensable in managing the complicated processes of city design review, permitting, building code compliance and inspections as well as the supervision of some repair and remodeling work. Once the repairs, remodeling, landscaping, staging and photographs were complete, the end result exceeded my highest possible expectations.
Then Debi and Anna launched a comprehensive marketing phase with online visibility, P.R., newspaper advertising, open homes, private showings and special events. They skillfully interfaced with many different real estate brokers and various interested parties. They coordinated the process of assembling an extensive digital library of disclosure documents. They advised me during the process of receiving offers, negotiating and deciding how to respond to multiple interested parties. Each of these different activities is time sensitive and complex in its own right, and their careful coordination of the team approach made it transparent for me to be constantly aware of what was happening, why and when. This whole process is stressful for the owner, and Deb and Anna listen to you as the client. They offer their individual sense of what is important at each phase, maintain a mutual respect, always prioritize a concern for the client’s best interests, and, at times, bring a helpful and welcome sense of humor as well.
In the end I am very happy with the result of a successful sale and am equally happy with the road we took to get there. I cannot give you a higher recommendation than to choose the team of Debi and Anna to represent you when you are ready to buy or sell your home.
I am happy to talk to any interested parties further if you have questions.
-Piedmont Seller