August 22, 2008
Just a short note to thank you for your exceptional work in selling our house on 11 Meadow Park Court, Orinda. Pam Gough and Ellen Pierce did an excellent job in staging the house, followed up with fine photography which provided the basis for a dedicated website and very compelling marketing brochures. Through it all, you stayed on top of the activity through several Open Houses and effective coordination with other brokers.
You were instrumental in helping us to purchase this residence in 2001 and we are grateful for your efforts in now selling it.
With best personal regards,
Harry and Jean Garschagen
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27 July 2008
I am writing to thank you and your capable staff for helping me sell my house at 273 Birchwood Drive recently. Your professionalism and broad knowledge, combined with your obvious command of your field, was very impressive. You sold my house in 10 days for over the asking price, which exceeded my expectations.
Your generous attitude and cooperation with my daughters, Robyn Bridges and Karen Anderson, was appreciated and made my transition as painless as possible!
I would recommend you and your firm to any of my acquaintances. Thanks again for all of your advice and work.
Sincerely,
Robert C. Anderson
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January, 2008
I have been a client of Mr. Pierce's for about 15 years. We have had many transactions, some difficult, all of which David accomplished with his admirable diligence and expertise. In the course of these real estate transactions, he gave my problems detailed attention and was always available for advice and help.
I have some experience with other realtors, and I can say that Mr. Pierce excels in his extensive knowledge of the real estate business, his fabulous memory, and his devotion to the concerns of his clients. Mr. Pierce has so distinguished himself among his competitors that he has been given numerous, well-deserved awards.
ERICH HEFTMANN, Ph.D.
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September 13, 2007
Thank you, David, for all your efforts to get our home sold. You and Ellen are a great team, and we appreciate all the work involved over the last 8 months.
ANDREA & MIKE MCGILL
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August 7, 2007
David Pierce represented us in the sale of our home in Orinda during the spring of 2007. Prior to hiring David we did an exhaustive search of real estate agents in our local area. We included David as a finalist because of his reputation and his obvious success and track record in the Lamorinda market. We ultimately selected David because of his strategy for selling our particular home; his great interpersonal capability; the marketing investment and program he was willing to employ in the sale of our home and very importantly the strong team that supports him. He also brought significant knowledge and expertise to our particular situation. We had the confidence in him that he would make the process go smoothly and would handle many of the tasks that are necessary to prepare for the sale of a home. Basically, he knew exactly what needed to happen and had the team in place to execute against that.
After David got involved in working with us, he certainly didn’t disappoint and more than met our expectations. The market we were selling in was not an easy one, but David’s sales strategy was extremely effective, and within 3 weeks our home was sold at a price we were satisfied with in a buyer’s market. David’s team could have not have functioned more effectively and the resources they brought to the staging of our home; the negotiations of the deal and all of the preparation that went into positioning the house for sale was just outstanding. We had great confidence when we had our first open house.
David’s ability to “cut to the chase”, and really pinpoint what needs to happen, why and who will do what was very impressive. I rarely had a need to follow up with David as he was extremely proactive and was constantly on top of all the details, and kept us abreast of all situations related to the sale of our home.
I found David to be an absolute pleasure to work with and would certainly use his services again if we were in a selling/buying situation. He brings tremendous enthusiasm and competence to the sale of your home and leaves no stone unturned in getting that task completed.
BARRY REIS
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March, 2007
David,
You’ve done it again! As our family realtor, you have successfully completed another sale. Michelle and I are delighted by how quickly and smoothly the process went. We are certain that your marketing savvy and Ellen’s excellent staging had everything to do with the success of this transaction.
JASON LABATT . SAN FRANCISCO
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January, 2007
I can recommend David Pierce without reservation. He represented us with energy, enthusiasm, and professionalism during a very difficult period in the Orinda housing market.
We listed our house with David and received an all cash offer from a qualified buyer within 10 days. The deal was supposed to close on July 6th, 2006. The buyer defaulted on July 3rd due to reasons only understood by his psychiatrist. We had moved everything to storage and purchased one-way tickets to Panama where we now living. We were devastated.
David negotiated like a pit bull, and the buyer quickly surrendered an acceptable portion of his deposit. This tough negotiating resulted in our avoiding the costly and time-consuming arbitration process. Additionally, he had the house professionally staged within three days, and we where back on the market which, unfortunately, was in the process of tanking. It took four months and we sold at $100,000 less than the original sale. Through this period David never let up on working hard for us. It was my wife, Suzanne’s, and my decision to lower the price to achieve our objectives. We were never pressured to lower the price. It was just bad luck that the first guy had mental problems which, unfortunately, cost us a lot of money. Thankfully, it is history.
In conclusion working with David is the way to go if you are selling property in the Lamorinda area. He just plain has the moxie for that kind of work. Please write to me if you have any further questions.
DAN STARJASH . Sora de Chame . Republic of Panama