First Time Buyer Reference

As first time home buyers, we were feeling overwhelmed by the  entire process, and weren’t quite sure how to successfully understand  the current housing market in the GTA, and what we needed to do to find  the best home for us and our new baby.  Our Realtor, Greg, was referred  to us by a friend of our family, so we knew we would be able to trust  him, but what we didn’t know was all the ways he would go above and  beyond for us throughout the entire process.
 

At our first meeting, Greg came to our home prepared with  information about the current housing market in the GTA, and clearly  explained all of the things we should know, and that would help us  better decide on where to focus our search.  He got to know our family,  understand our list of wants, and always maintained an open mind with  regard to what we considered our perfect home.
 

As most Realtors do, Greg loaded our preferences into a database  that would send us current available listings each day.  In addition to  that (which most realtors don’t do), Greg would comb through each one,  keeping all of our wants in mind, and would provide specific feedback  regarding those he thought would be the best fit.  Given his extensive  knowledge of the housing market, costs associated with renovating older  homes, and the neighbourhoods in which we were looking to buy, every  home he chose was definitely worth looking at.
 

Greg would meet us at the homes we were interested in, was extremely  flexible with his time, and never made us feel rushed.  He was very  honest about any renovations/updates that would need to take place, and  could tell us what type of costs we would be looking at.  At no point in  the process did we ever feel pressured.  In fact, if during the visit  Greg felt that the house would not be a good fit, he would let us know,  and would explain why.
 

The amount of accessibility we have had to Greg, and his response  time have been outstanding.  We have had a million questions during our  search process, and he was able to answer all of them.  In several cases  he would reach out to his network of contacts, and would get back to us  with information.
 

We are so happy and excited to have found the home we know will be  the perfect place to raise our son, and live in for many years to come.   We are currently in the process of renovating as we purchased an order  property, and Greg has remained involved by way of providing us with  trusted tradespeople, providing advice when needed, and following along  with our progress.  He is as excited to see the finished product as we  are!
 

There were so many details to look at as we went through the process  of finding a home, including: deciding on an area that fit our needs  and how to be a buyer in a market that seemed to have way more buyers  than sellers.  Working with Greg made the process seem easy, and we feel  like experts now. We can't thank him enough for sharing his knowledge  and making this such a great experience!