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December 2020 by Fedor Sherstyuk
Buying our first house took a long time and throughout the whole this process Irina was with us. For all this time we never felt left alone and yet we never felt any pressure.Irina remained patiently attentive to our requirements and priorities and to their occasional change. Every our "no, we don't like this house" was accepted without objections - and search continued.Irina's network, her vast and detailed knowledge of the whole home purchasing process, of general situation on the market, of local schools and of home insurance were critically important resources along the whole process - both before and after the purchse.Irina helped us a lot in communications with our loan officer and with home insurance (latter was couple of weeks after contract close and was extremely important)We are immensely grateful to Irina for her effort!
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December 2020 by Susan Aoki
If you are looking for a diligent, honest, and detailed realtor in the bay area, I highly recommend working with Irina. We initially engaged with Irina over a year ago in hopes of buying a new home. However after several months of reviewing the market, we decided in renting for short term and selling our current home first. Irina was truly understanding of our change in choice, and quickly switched gears for us in planning the sell of our home. She was not pushy, she listened, and provided guidance.Irina also brings with her a vast network of relationships with contractors she could trust, with reasonable prices. We wished we had known her when we did some of our small home projects ourselves! She provided us simple recommendations for modifications, accurate estimates, and a through timeline with deadlines. She was great at covering all the details and took away the stress in making sure everything was done according to her timeline she laid out. Because she was proactive, we really never had to worry about deadlines.We feel really fortunate she and her team represented for us, especially during market changes. Irina strategized market price, and her expertise proved to be helpful when we received offers to weigh the pros and cons as well as with negotiations. We are happy with the ultimate result and the timing of close. We look forward to working with her again in the future when we are ready to buy! She's someone who cares about the impact, and we feel as if we've gained a knowledgable friend.
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December 2020 by Dina Lagun
We are very happy Irina helped us to buy our first house in San Jose. She was always available and ready to give a professional and detailed answer to our numerous questions. Irina is very easy and pleasant to communicate with, she led us through the whole process from the beginning to the very end and we felt secure at every moment. We would highly recommend Irina to others.
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December 2020 by Evgeny Shirykalov
We just moved to a home which we bought together with Irina. This is our first home in the US and we had not any experience. Irina did her best and her work was the most important in our home buying. Any questions were resolved as soon as possible, we always had all information about interesting homes, and the result is our new home in a very good neighborhood.
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December 2020 by Mikhail
Irina is kind and sympathetic. Not only we received her professional help whenever we needed it, but we got a sincere support through all the processes of buying a dream house. She is the kind of person who pays attention to all the details during the process and after. All her suggestions and advice were clear and helpful. All our questions and doubts were immediately thoroughly discussed and resolved. There was absolutely no pressure from her side which is extremely important - she helped us to find what we wanted, not what would be faster and easier for her. Now, 6 months after the purchase we are happy that we bought the best house in the best place at the best price! And that was the best sign of Irina's professionalism.
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December 2020 by Marina K
I want to thank Irina for her exceptional professionalism. Also for her patience, efficiency, and tact. Irina did a wonderful job communicating with me throughout the whole process, explaining everything, answering my questions, and giving great advice. She took care of filling out all the paperwork as well, staying on top of all the nuances involved. As a result, the process was smooth, efficient, and stress-free. I'm enormously grateful for her honesty, attentiveness, and expertise. I'll be recommending her to everyone I know.
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December 2020 by James P. Walsh
Selecting Realty Agent Irina Bondar:A lifetime of sound business practices and careful judgments led my wife and me to Irina Bondar, Sereno Group. Ms Bondar is the real estate agent we chose to sell our long-held rental property in San Jose.Choosing Irina was critical for us because, in advanced age, our time had come to exit the market with proceeds to see us through to our conclusion (to use a term). For an agent we sought these requirements: client commitment, competence, experience (but not at the cost of energy), self-possession, a careerist drive, but one contained within a healthy ego. Charm, too, could be a bonus, but hardly a priority. In sales, charm too often is too thin. It chips too soon. Reality is best.Our selection process began with interviews of multiple agents who represented the major, full-service Silicon Valley agencies. We chose Irina Bondar because she met, even exceeded, the requirements we envisioned. Clearly, she was in charge of her competent and pleasing self. Her thoughts on how to market a high quality duplex exceeded standard agent-think. She had refined and sensitive insights into diverse pools of potential buyers: investors, immigrants, techies, etc.Irina fully understood the Silicon Valley market even at the unsettled moment of decision —the early pandemic. She enjoyed a commanding grasp of the comparative sales and was prudent and wise regarding the market trajectory. These competencies were key to setting the correct asking price and, therefore, maximizing her impact at the moment she injected our single property into a massive Silicon Valley market.Bondar was all the better during the complicated, competitive, sometimes nasty business of selling. Irina sheltered us, her “mom and pop” clients, from the less scrupulous. With Irina buffering us, my wife and I even shared a few private laughs at the speculator with a sneaky, pre-sale, low-ball offer whose counter bump-up offer had the gall to ask us to engage in illegal, anti tenant actions.Bottom Line: Under Irina Bondar’s guidance our Mom and Pop’s lifetime investment received multiple offers and sold above the asking price. (She offered to negotiate it higher but we declined with complete satisfaction.) All this for a reasonable, competitive commission. Propelling this success was the high quality staging and fine artistic video marketing (including drone photography of the upscale neighborhood zooming out to pan a clear-air Valley beyond). Our experience with Irina was always pleasant, highly professional, and frequently fun. She delivered what Mom and Pop sought. Security into the future. We wish other sellers and buyers such good luck. Ours came at the gracious and providing hands of Irina Bondar.
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December 2020 by udit deshwal
She understands buyer needs what they want and works on that. I think this quality is enough to say everything.
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December 2020 by niharika saxena
Irina is really good!
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December 2019 by Anna Johnson
I met Irina by absolute chance, and I am so glad I did! As a first time buyer, I was completely daunted by the process and had lots of questions. Irina earned my trust by being patient and knowledgeable. She listened to me and we found the absolutely perfect place in only a couple of months. Her connections in the industry cannot be beat and the team she put together for me made a quick and easy transaction. I will absolutely use her again in the future.
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December 2019 by Chad Froman
Our family was looking to purchase a home in the Los Gatos/Campbell/Saratoga area. As our agent Irina Bondar was an excellent resource during our search. She is knowledgeable of the area, and was on top of scouting out new and upcoming listings. We valued Irina’s prompt response to our inquiries and understanding of the housing market. Not only does she have a good understanding of the market, but she knows a lot about remodeling homes. This was extremely helpful when looking at homes in this area, and determining potential. Irina is a great listener, patient, and encouraging (in what can be a very discouraging process). Most importantly, Irina does not shy away from tough situations or negotiations. She values her clients, and shows them over and over again that they are her number one priority. We highly recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell their home.
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December 2019 by Nick Garner
I can't thank Irina enough for all of her time spent, hard work, and dedication to selling our town home. She is professional, attentive and very easy to work with. She made it simple and stress-free for us to sell the home. We were very pleased and look forward to working with Irina again in the future.
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December 2019 by Oleg Lokhvitsky
Irina just helped us buy our first home. She was instrumental in helping us first timers navigate the murky waters of the real estate market. From helping us ask the right questions, answering late night and really long emails, Irina help us patiently through the whole process. We really appreciated how proactive and supportive she was. She would provide updates for us before we thought to ask.We appreciated in particular how she handled our myriad of questions. Questions were easy to ask and were always encouraged. Answers were succinct and very prompt. She was professional, courteous and thoughtful. We were always pleasantly surprised how much she remembered of our evolving tastes and needs. After viewing a house, we would discuss the pros and cons, which we always found helpful. Many times, she would mention most of our concerns and thoughts with the house before we even spoke.When something was missing in the paperwork, or something looked questionable, she was ready with an update on the document or was already researching the article in question before we even noticed the problem. It was quite impressive.She was always respectful of our budget and location constraints. If she found something slightly above budget or just out of range, she would ask us before sending it over, which we appreciated.Overall, we highly recommend Irina. We feel lucky, especially as first time home buyers, that we had Irina to help us. It's hard to imagine how we would have gotten through this without her, let alone had the process go this smoothly.
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December 2018 by Alexandra Moari
Irina Bondar is an amazing real estate agent because she cares about the client and not the transaction. She introduced me to one of her clients and asked me to preapprove them for a mortgage as the lender. She lead the escrow process like a pro making sure each deadline on the transaction was performed flawlessly. Irina took her time to educate her client on all the possible pitfalls and held their hand during the closing signing. I would highly recommend her to all my mortgage clients in a hearbeat.
