Why Work With Us?

"Thank you so much! You have done an incredible job with us. I would like to especially thank you for your patience and understanding. You are a wonderful broker -- you understood exactly what we wanted and helped us achieve it. We are very happy and pleased. We love our new deck and are looking forward to having you see it."

“We could not have been happier with our experience with Marsha; she is an absolute rockstar. From getting our home ready to sell, listing, showing, and selling for over asking - to helping us find the perfect home in the perfect neighborhood - she was professional, easy to work with, and delivered more than we ever could have hoped. We wholeheartedly recommend Marsha to anybody looking to buy or sell property in the Metro Boston area."

"First and foremost, Marsha is an ethical, trustworthy and thoroughly competent professional whose personal character, demeanor and constitution are tailored to helping people find their way through the labyrinth of residential real estate, be they seller or buyer. Having become acquainted with her for nearly a decade prior to retaining her and Hammond Residential's services to market our luxury property in Newton, we had the fullness of diligence and research on our side. Marsha did NOT disappoint; she surpassed and exceeded in every qualitative and quantitative category. Needless to say, our confidence and trust in her were justified and well placed. “From inception to close, Marsha was attentive, on hand and available to provide the critically necessary advice, counsel and expertise whether it was pre-sale issues, helping formulate a market based evaluation, listing price, then complex negotiation process through multiple bid sequences, driving process to accepted offer, purchase and sale agreement to closing all the while responsibly honoring her fiduciary role (in this instance to seller). Whereas I approached this sale process with a jaundiced view of many in this industry that fall back on the Realtor profession as a lifestyle choice, Marsha represents that narrow sliver of a normal distribution curve in which she is other than ordinary, quite extraordinary in totality. “If all real estate is local, then the quintessential criterion for a successful real estate transaction is embedded in the selection of Realtor, even more crucially than real estate brokerage. Summarily, in the Brookline, Chestnut Hill, Newton (all villages) and Weston area especially, I wholeheartedly and unreservedly commend Marsha for all residential real estate brokerage needs with the highest endorsement and testimonial."

“We could not have been happier with our experience with Marsha; she is an absolute rockstar. From getting our home ready to sell, listing, showing, and selling for over asking - to helping us find the perfect home in the perfect neighborhood - she was professional, easy to work with, and delivered more than we ever could have hoped. We wholeheartedly recommend Marsha to anybody looking to buy or sell property in the Metro Boston area."

“It was a pleasure doing business with Michael Rothstein. He is a true professional. Everything went smoothly with a perfect marketing plan and the house was sold in just three days. Couldn't be happier.”

"I highly recommend Barrie Wheeler to sell or buy your home. Barrie understands the stress involved in the process. I had sold my home and had to rent a room until I found a condo. Barrie jumped in and, in spite of a slow winter market, went above and beyond to find me places to view. Eventually, Barrie sent letters to all the owners of several buildings she thought would work well for my needs and explained that she had a motivated client ready to purchase quickly. This worked!

“Barrie has an amazing ability to know her clients’ needs and personality, in addition to all the financial and logistical factors.  In very short order, I felt I had found a very caring and competent professional who understood me, was willing to work very hard to find me a new home, and had the compassion and patience to ease much of my anxiety.”

“In the summer of 2012 I retained Hammond Residential to sell my five bedroom house in Newton. Ann Marie Paul and Kathy Krongel visited the house and discussed the state of the market and listened carefully to my needs. I wanted to maximize value and was willing to wait up to six months to sell the house. Kathy and Ann Marie advised me to spend about $5,000 decorating and, at their expense, ‘staged’ the house to be most attractive to the target market. They even lent me some pictures, chairs and vases. After staging and decorating, Kathy and Ann Marie recommended increasing the asking price by $50,000.
“They arranged an open house for local Realtors and three open houses for potential buyers. In four weeks, they brought me three offers at the asking price, including an analysis of the potential buyers – their likelihood of closing, etc.

“They recommended legal advisors and decorators and managed everything for me from beginning to end. They arranged numerous showings, always communicating well in advance and coming to the house early enough to hide trash and kids’ toys, straighten bedding and put out fresh flowers. I was simply amazed at the trouble they went to in order to get everything perfect. Having both Ann Marie and Kathy was really like having two Realtors for the price of one! They communicated well with each other and me, were consummate professionals in all their dealings and delivered a painless sale at a price and in a time frame better than expected.

“I would enthusiastically recommend them to my mother.”

“You are a great team!  Thank you for all of your great advice and moral support....made the whole process much more enjoyable!”

“Even before signing the contract, we felt like Debby was working with us to present our home in the best light. She had pictures taken and didn’t miss a beat when we put off our desire to sell until the next season. She was thorough, thoughtful, and answered all of our questions through the contract and pre-sale process. Once we had our offers is where Debby really shone. She took the emotion out of the process, advised us the whole way through, and very successfully helped us navigate a multiple-offer situation.”

"During a stressful stretch of time (when is moving and house searching relaxing?!?), Zach stepped in and met every need and expectation that we had as home buyers. He listened to our feedback about a range of properties and very quickly came to understand the subtle nuances that made a home appealing. He was flexible with his schedule, readily available to answer questions, professional, and punctual. Quite simply, Zach is a top notch agent. He comes with the highest of recommendations and without hesitation is the one we would recommend to our closest friends and family."