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May 2024 by Bill Dunlap
Julie Hall and Violaine Cunningham did a fantastic job for us in the preparation and selling of our Kirkland residence. They listened carefully to us, provided a solid plan, and worked closely with us to prepare the property for sale in a way that made sense. Julie and Violaine were able to leverage their many contacts to help us quickly engage quality oriented, reliable, and competitive specialists to help us get things done; timely to the market. Julie and Violaine provided encouragement and kept us on track throughout the process. Violaine prepared the staging for the house, and Julie led the marketing, sales, and negotiations during the sales period. Julie thoroughly evaluated and established the initial price, effectively negotiated with multiple potential buyers to achieve a final purchase price that was above asking. The closing process went smoothy. We highly recommend Julie and Violaine.
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February 2023 by Erika C.
We have used Julie twice to sell our homes. She is absolutely amazing. She knows just what the house needs to sell. She is proactive in reaching out to potential clients, fixes odd jobs around the house to help sell the house and is great at communicating the status of the house. I would definitely use her again to sell our house!
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July 2022 by S. S.
I do not recommend Julie as a buyer's agent for first time home buyers, those unable to view a property in person, or are new to the region and climate. her best quality was assertiveness and speed to view homes and get realtor info during a market where home showings sold out before interested buyers could get in to see in person. Ultimately for our needs, the decision to work with Julie was a disaster and cost us time, emotional anguish and a lot of money. A lot. Given how anyone we tell our story to including other realtors says, "well you're not using her again! Right?" I feel it's time to share our experience. We worked with Julie for many months 2020/2021 to buy (then quickly sell at a loss) our first home. This was at the tail end of covid while travel was restricted and discouraged and vaccines were just coming online. I toured some places with her in person during visits from out of state but also virtually thinking I was saving a long drive and being responsible because Julie understood our needs. She didn't provide video tours with me but instead would describe things or send video clips. In contrast her assistant Allison gave great video tours and clearer feedback on homes. I should have explicitly asked for video tours. But I shouldn't have had to ask. I was shopping in the luxury market and even Redfin was doing them. Reflecting back, I think because Julie was remodeling her own home and enjoyed that process she was dismissive about the difficulty and costs involved in buying a home that had problems. We were willing to do some remodeling on outdated finishes or floor plans and could afford unforeseen costs so it felt okay to take some risks. But we wanted a move-in ready, watertight home without moisture damage. I explained how I'd lived in a moldy place and was sensitive. It turned out that regardless of our ability to afford correcting what turned out to be bad DIY, deferred maintenance, and poor construction, We learned that we didn't want to. our new home required 80% of exterior replaced as well as the alleged "2 year old roof with warranty" because it was void since no flashing replaced. Julie did communicate that interior finishes and quality were not great like the flooring which we intended to replace or the paint which we also would expect to change. She said she spent over five hours on the property. I incorrectly assumed that meant she had been using that time to inspect it as a realtor would to help me make an informed decision. I was incorrect. Even simply saying that she thought I should visit in person given the condition would have been helpful. If she had only opened the strange wet bar sink cabinet and described the (to be polite) DIY shenanigans or sent a photo, we may have passed entirely. It was one of many red flags. Problems were visible in person. Certainly if she had mentioned the mildew smell evident upon opening the front door, we would also have paused and likely avoided a lot of heartache. Certainly not have overpaid by as much. Ultimately, the home was borderline tear down for us after consulting many professionals, bids, and hiring an architect. for a time we thought we might choose to make lemonade out of lemons and end up with something really stunning. However the scale of project was not what we thought we were buying, even if we repaired the bare minimum. Julie regularly dismissed mold and mildew smells saying that a home just needed new carpet and paint or to "air out"; was dismissive of my concerns of the risk to buy and cost to repair and replace stucco and Dryvit siding on homes we looked at; on more than 1 occasion encouraged us to bid at or over asking on homes that had a record of difficulty selling and price reductions. One sold for about 120k under asking (after a huge price reduction already). She failed to obtain accurate parking rights information on a home that we passed up because we had incorrect information. If you expect your realtor ON YOUR BEHALF to walk completely around the exterior of
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April 2022 by Eddy T.
Julie is an exceptional broker and one that will work harder than anyone to make your dreams come true! This is our second time working with Julie. She first helped us get out first home back in 2016 and our experience with her was absolutely outstanding. Since the purchase of our first home, Julie has stayed in contact with us throughout the years which shows how much she cares about her clients. So it was a no-brainer to decide to reach out to her when we were thinking on buying a bigger home as our first house didn't meet our needs once our family expanded. We reached out to Julie on early 2021 to ask her about the possibilities to sell our home and buy a bigger property around the area right when the market was already extremely competitive and the inventory was at an all time low. Without hesitation, Julie put together a plan for us and got us in contact with a mortgage loan expert to see what realistic options we had for our budget without leaving us house poor. Soon after we began house hunting, we found out about a new development that would soon be listing new properties in our desired area. Before the first listing became available, Julie was quick to act and found out the necessary information to recommend to us how much we should offer to secure the house. Based on Julie's intuition and expertise, we were able to secure the first house from that community, beating the highest bid by only a couple thousand dollars. While we signed the agreement of sale in May of 2021, the house would not be ready until March of 2022. During that time, Julie remained engaged with the community consultant throughout the development of our future home to keep track of the progress of the construction. While we waited for our new home, the equity of our first home skyrocketed. And as the closing date of the new house approached, Julie was back in action to draft a plan to sell our first house and make sure we didn't have to move to a temporary location before we could close on the new house. Up to this point, we had only seen the amazing job Julie did when it came to helping us buy a home but not when it came to selling a house and WOW, did she blew our minds. Julie advised us when it would be the best time to list our first home and came up with an initial listing price that was already $100K more than what we were hoping we could list it for. Before listing the house, Julie got us in contact with a staging agent and helped us get our home in impeccable conditions before it became active. A week before we were planning to list our house, we noticed that our neighbors had just listed their house through Redfin, which happened to be the exact same model, with the same floor plan, same elevation, and on the same street as ours. That home sold over the weekend and sold for just $5K more than its original listing price and got very few offers. When we learned about that we got really nervous but, luckily, we had Julie on our side. We continued with our plan and listed our home the week after our neighbors did. The only difference is that we got an offer for $95K more than what our neighbor's house sold for just a week before. In addition, the buyer waived any inspections, and agreed to let us stay in the house for a full month for free so that we didn't have to temporarily move to a difference place while we waited to close on the our new home. We might not have gotten the 1% commission discount that Redfin offers but that is nothing in comparison to what you might get with the expertise of someone like Julie. At the end, we received a higher offer for our previous place that what we payed for the new bigger house. Julie is professional, knowledgeable, charismatic, responsive, intuitive, and honest. Having someone like her on your side is the best decision you could ever make when it comes to buying or selling your home. She makes an extremely complicated and stressful process feel like a breeze. We couldn't recommend her enough and will 100% continue to work with her in the future.
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February 2022 by Phillipa Leseberg
Julie is one of those professionals that many broker colleagues aspire to be! Even though we hale from the same office at Windermere Yarrow Bay, I am constantly amazed by her willingness to reach out and help whenever & however she can. I recently posted a request for awesome referral brokers in the Tri Cities and in Oregon. Julie not only reached out right away with great options for my clients, but called the agents ahead of time to ensure that they knew I would reach out. You are a stellar person and awesome agent Julie, and I'm very happy to know you!
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December 2021 by Nelly B.
So grateful to Julie for all of the hard work she has done to not only help us sell our home, but to find our dream home as well. The selling process went smoothly because she is knowledgeable about the market. We had communicated our selling needs and Julie was able to negotiate the terms. She was also able to get us into the home we love with her resourcefulness and tact. We are endlessly grateful to have you as our agent and couldn't be happier with the way everything worked out.
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March 2021 by Wendy R
I’ve been thinking about selling my condo to buy a house for well over 10 years. I had multiple starts and stops, where I either couldn’t find what I wanted and lost steam, felt like I was being pushed in a direction I was not comfortable with, or lost confidence in the financial process and walked away in fear. Then 2020 happened, and I was lucky enough to meet Julie Hall. Julie listened to all my concerns, guided me through the things I was most concerned about (money!), and was flexible through the entire process, helping me to find the perfect home for me and my two dogs. We’ve been in our new home for 6 months now, and I can honestly say we’re happier than we’ve ever been.Julie is a consummate professional. Honest, forthright, and willing to explain every step of the process and the market. She brought the right team to the table (lender, stager) and negotiated harder than anyone I’ve worked with in the past. A testament to Julie’s skill...I was able to purchase my new home without getting into a bidding war, or even getting close to the review date. Hands down, best agent I’ve ever worked with.
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February 2021 by Wendy R.
I've been thinking about selling my condo to buy a house for well over 10 years. I had multiple starts and stops, where I either couldn't find what I wanted and lost steam, felt like I was being pushed in a direction I was not comfortable with, or lost confidence in the financial process and walked away in fear. Then 2020 happened, and I was lucky enough to meet Julie Hall. Julie listened to all my concerns, guided me through the things I was most concerned about (money!), and was flexible through the entire process, helping me to find the perfect home for me and my two dogs. We've been in our new home for 6 months now, and I can honestly say we're happier than we've ever been. Julie is a consummate professional. Honest, forthright, and willing to explain every step of the process and the market. She brought the right team to the table (lender, stager) and negotiated harder than anyone I've worked with in the past. A testament to Julie's skill...I was able to purchase my new home without getting into a bidding war, or even getting close to the review date. Hands down, best agent I've ever worked with.
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December 2020 by Sarah Morris
Julie is our go-to for real estate needs - she is professional, knowledgable, and just gets it done. We refer her to any of our friends looking for someone who knows real estate in and out, makes the process painless, and gets you the home you want. She got us into our home and helped our mom purchase her new home recently. We're so lucky to have met Julie through a friend, and now she's our friend and agent-for life! Also, want to not stress about the mortgage process? She's got a partner she works with and just makes it happen - you get the best rate, all the details explained in an easy way, and it all just comes together. It's really like magic.
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December 2020 by Anike Aseperi
FOREX AND CRYPTO/ BITCOIN TRADING INVESTMENT
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November 2020 by Sarah M.
Julie is our go-to for real estate needs - she is professional, knowledgable, and just gets it done. We refer her to any of our friends looking for someone who knows real estate in and out, makes the process painless, and gets you the home you want. She got us into our home and helped our mom purchase her new home recently. We're so lucky to have met Julie through a friend, and now she's our friend and agent-for life! Also, want to not stress about the mortgage process? She's got a partner she works with and just makes it happen - you get the best rate, all the details explained in an easy way, and it all just comes together. It's really like magic.
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November 2020 by Nickey Groff
We were so fortunate to have found Julie Hall when we decided to sell our condo. As our Realtor, she helped us with different scenarios in selling our income property. We had another agent tell us it couldn't be sold with a tenant and with some "out-of-the-box thinking, she proved him wrong.In short, she was always on our side working to make the sale as simple and successful as possible. The best part about working with Julie was that she was always more focused on answering our questions, giving us good advice and finding a buyer that met our needs than she was on closing a deal. We would recommend her to anyone and will continue to use her whenever possible on our future real estate transactions.
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November 2020 by Israel O'Connor
I've known Julie for quite some time now, and have seen and heard so many good things from her clients about her over the years. So as you can imagine, when me and my wife were ready to sell and move into our dream home, she made it happen! She worked very closely with the other agents and made sure that we always knew what was going on throughout the process, and took a potential setback and made it work out in the end...we were so happy we got the house we did, without Julie's go-get-em attitude and work ethic, we probably would have lost out to another bidder. She is an absolute dream to work with, I guarantee you will have a great home buying or selling experience with her and I can't stress enough how much she cares about keeping her clients happy. Thanks for everything Julie!
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November 2020 by Nick Brackney
Mike Tyson famously said, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”. In a competitive market Julie’s tenacity, preparedness, and leave nothing to chance attitude creates an uneven playing field vs. other bids that is the difference in winning the property against even long odds.For the right property, you’re always going to face competition, and escalating price wars are not an exciting proposition. Julie’s expertise meant I not only got the best house we had seen in our time looking, but I didn’t have to match an offer well beyond my own.This was a great purchase experience made only better by the fact Julie is a pleasure to work with and someone who takes a daunting task, seeing many listings, a more relaxed and fun atmosphere. For the busy professional this is the best of both worlds an expert who brings a personal touch. I have recommended Julie to all my friends for years and will continue to do so.
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September 2020 by Nickey G.
We were so fortunate to have found Julie Hall when we decided to sell our condo. As our Realtor, she helped us with different scenarios in selling our income property. We had another agent tell us it couldn't be sold with a tenant and with some "out-of-the-box thinking, she proved him wrong.In short, she was always on our side working to make the sale as simple and successful as possible. The best part about working with Julie was that she was always more focused on answering our questions, giving us good advice and finding a buyer that met our needs than she was on closing a deal. We would recommend her to anyone and will continue to use her whenever possible on our future real estate transactions.
