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Anika S.
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
ReviewWe bought our house with help of Zaharra the process took only 3 weeks. She joined us in all the open houses and arranged showing in the evening. She is very good at keeping the communication channel.
Clare R.
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review We purchased our first home thanks to Andrew and had a great experience with him. As a first buyer we needed explanations on the process and what to be careful of and Andrew has been patient and honest along the process which helped us make the right decision. During the negotiation, he spent time to push our offer in front with the seller agent and helped us writing a letter to the seller to make the offer more personalized/human which apparently helped a lot. We definitely recommend Andrew!
User6966656
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Our family used Ian to both sell and buy our new home. As you can imagine this is somewhat of a stressful process. Not only was Ian very personable, he listened to our requirements for both selling and buying our new home, this avoided multiple weekends and late evenings viewing homes that did not meet our criteria. He was/is very knowledgeable of the bay area fast-pace competitive marketplace, ensuring that we avoided any pit-falls during the process. Ian is well organized efficient and always available. Even post-sale purchase of our home we can rely on Ian to be very responsive. Our family highly recommends Ian and will undoubtedly use Ian for any future real estate endeavors. Cheers, the Bush and Williams Family?
Marooz
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Andrew was simply amazing! He is personable, energetic and extremely knowledgeable. We first met him at an open house at our condo complex and since we were planning to sell our condo shortly, we asked if he could stop by and give us an idea of what we could sell for. He and Ian met us and told us exactly what to expect and what they could do for us. We called the next day and hired Andrew to be our agent. Our property received multiple offers after the first open house. Andrew met us at the condo to go over the offers and after building the anticipation, he surprised us with an offer of $75,000 over asking! Needless to say we were extremely pleased. The entire process was exceptional due to Andrews capability and confidence. We would highly recommend Andrew to anyone selling a home, from newbies (like us) to seasoned sellers. Way to go Andrew and thanks again!
Greg56475
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Zaharra helped us from the beginning of the process of buying a home all the way through moving into our dream home in Evergreen neighborhood of San Jose. The process of buying a home is frankly long and frustrating because its so competitive around here, but Zaharra was always responsive to our questions and knowledgeable about the current market and listings. Importantly, she was patient with us as we changed our opinion frequently and figured out our preferences about the neighborhoods and home designs. We ended up making more than 5 offers with Zaharra before our sixth offer was accepted. That means we became proficient at searching for listings, viewing properties, vetting the disclosures, resolving any issues, and finally making the strongest possible offers. Zaharra kept up with a pretty fast pace search. After the offers were made, Zaharra always did her best to give us the leg up with the sellers agent - which was INCREDIBLY challenging for any agent because we were competing with up to 25 offers per house with other motivated buyers. After a few disappointing results in a competitive market, we began to get creative and simultaneously pursued both the hot properties as well as some colder properties up for auction or that were not being marketed well. It was this 2nd strategy that led us to our dream home with a motivated seller, that we were able to negotiate a great deal that was only $50 above asking price. Finally, I just want to give extra credit to Zaharras team led by Ian and Laura Batra for providing some extra muscle whenever it was needed. They acted quickly on our behalf to resolve a few small contract issues that appeared during the closing process, with a favorable outcome for us. Thank you!
Stumpfm
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Ian was extremely helpful and assisted me through each step of the process of purchasing my first home. He is very knowledgeable about the area and was a great asset to have in evaluating my potential home purchase as well as negotiating with the seller. Ian was extremely responsive throughout. I would not hesitate to recommend him.
Shouliang L.
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review If possible, Id give Andrew more than five stars. Andrew is a true professional, always extremely responsive and resourceful in finding solutions for us. For example, we needed to order our own home inspection with very special expertise and within a crushing timeline. He was tireless in making calls and in the end found the right people to conduct the inspection, which gave us lots of insight and leverages in our price negotiation. Hats off to Andrew!
Gregstowe
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review I was particularly impressed with the way Andrew continued to manage the process after the contract was signed. He really persevered to ensure a successful closing.
Iiko22
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Need an agent who willing to text when a call is inconvenient? Andrews your guy! He modern and easy going! He helped my husband and I through every step as 1st time home buyers.
SofienBouaziz
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review We were looking for house since quite some time until we met Ian. He made us visit our dream home and guided us through the acquisition process. Everything went smoothly thanks to him and he took care of the appraisal while we were on a business trip. Ian then went an extra step giving us excellent contractor contacts after we bought the house. I highly recommend Ian, he is passionated, honest, professional, and also very friendly. Buying a house became a great experience thanks to him!
Stripesthetigercub
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review We worked with Ian recently to sell our San Jose home to relocate out of the area. Even with the uncertainty in the market that hit this summer, he was able to help us sell our house for about what we should get for it. Also, during those times of stress, he knew what we needed to do to sell the house as far as updating, staging, and being able to let go. The hardest part when you sell your house is your going from your home to living in an asset. Its quite a difficult experience, and he helped us through it. Our previous agent for buying the house, gave up on us because it wasnt an overnight process. For selling and buying, I would recommend Ian because he does stick with you when things are well or if theyre getting to choppy waters.
Perry H.
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review I cant say enough great things about Ian. 2 years ago we purchased a house in San Jose. Ian was the listing agent at that time. Fast forward 2 years and because of a job relocation we were in the seller?s seat and looking for an agent that knew the downtown San Jose area. Our home was also a multi family residence so it had quite a bit of additional red tape. Ian made the process as easy as it could possibly be. Prior to the sale, Ian took care of home photos, video, staging, and countless hours of hand holding for us. Ian sold our home in record time -- before it even went on the market. What more could you ask for?
Saikiran G.
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Categorizing the Association with Ian Batra during the process of getting a house. Information & rightful choice :: This is the key area, where Ian has done a great job. As a first time buyer, the key component is to educate the buyers and drive them in the rightful direction. Ian was always there to provide a better education on the house, area, current value, future values and provided some key info to make some important decisions on finalizing few decisions. ( Yes or No ) Responsive & Negotiation Skills :: He is always there to respond to any questions any time and his knowledge and assessment are very good, which was key for the right price negotiated on this property. We were about put a 15K more on this and his judgement/assessment of market has saved this amount for this house. Other important key factor was his marketing strategy. I liked his approach which is buyers choice being 100%. He never hurried the decision or he never provided a biased assessment to get to his goal of getting a property. He is very supportive in providing quick contacts to the contractors, bank loan officers, which was immense help in making quick judgement and loan closure for this house.
Sf49ers01
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review I cannot thank Ian enough for what he has done for my kids and I. Ian is an exceptional agent, and I am 100% satisfied with his services. He is extremely kind, honest, knowledgeable, and dedicated to his job and getting maximum value for the sale of our property. He had outstanding ideas for getting our property ready to sell, and making the impossible?Possible! My suggestion is that if you are even remotely interested in buying a home, talk to Ian Batra first. I promise youll be doing yourself a favor.
Andy H.
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Ian came highly recommended and did not disappoint a bit! He made the entire experience of buying my third home easier than ever. With his help I was able to bid on my dream home and closed the deal quickly. He also gave me valuable tips for the future of my rental.
User1681020
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Ian helped my family purchase our first investment property. He took the time to get to know us and our preferences. He is super patient and we never felt pressured for a sale. I will be using him for my next property purchase and recommend Ian to all my family/friends.
Bequila888
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review My husband and I know Ian Batra and his wife Laura for 5 years and we sort of mention to him that we have an interest in selling our house in Sunnyvale. He then made a point of making an appointment to come to our home and just checking out the entire house. He then proceeded to make some suggestions and recommendations in order to help make our house presentable. He also helped us find our new home which we have had in such a very short time. Within the span of one month or two our house went on the market. The open house came and went and within one week, we had multiple offers. Before we knew it we had to make our decision to an offer with which we gladly accepted and so we are on our way to our new home. Ian was a very good, conscientious and caring Agent and very knowledgeable on the Real Estate environment and we were very happy and grateful for his help. My husband and I highly recommend him to all.
Basketballguy
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Ian has great skills as real estate professional, in the house serach process Ian became a close advisor, he was quickly able to outline risks if any and also advantages in short/long term that allowed us to take decision with complete knowledge of the deal.
Sanjaygupta9
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review I worked with Ian on buying my home and it was a fantastic experience working with him, he pays attention to your need and have excellent skills to maintain his relationship with sellers agent in a very professional way and dignity.I am pleased to refer him to any of my friends.
Aaron K.
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review Ian was a great help to us as we sold our first house. He really put in the time to explain what he could do to help market and sell our house, and then his execution was very impressive. I recommend Ian to all my friends, he is a real asset to have working for you when selling your house.
ShilpaSachdev
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review We met Ian through the Intero website when a few properties we were interested in got listed in the market. Ian was amazingly patient and dedicated to the cause of finding us a house till we laid eyes on the right one, till we got the "feeling" you get when you walk into a place. We'd meet him almost everyday of the week after work hours to go house searching. And it amazed me how patient he was with us! Being very nitpicky about the house we'd buy, we went through at least 50 houses. And if there was any other real estate agent, I think they would've abandoned us long ago. But not Ian Batra! Another wonderful trait he has is his amicable personality. He would instantly charm the seller's agents, immediately putting us in the good books of the sellers, thereby increasing our chances of winning the bidding wars. His knowledge about the market, the going rates of houses now and before, which area is desirable vs not is just so impressive. We acted on his advice at almost every turn and that is what bought us this beautiful 3 bedroom condo. He's got the whole package - very impressive listings, contacts of mortgage brokers, sound advices - the whole nine yards. Don't think twice, give Ian Batra a call now! My husband and I vouch for it.
User171638
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review I have been searching for an estate style home in Saratoga. Ian took me out and showed me a few properties, I plan on using him to purchase my property. He was driving us around and showed us how the backstreets connect , and seems to have a lot of knowledge about Saratoga and all the shortcuts. My wife and I need a space and a high end kitchen that we can entertain guests and host parties. Ian knows a lot about appliances, layouts, and building materials. He also offered to set me up with contractors who can remodel if we find a house that we like, but is not perfect for our needs.
User6297506
Review for Member: Ian Batra
Zillow
Review I purchased a Condo in Sunnyvale recently and Ian helped me through the process and did a wonderful job. He was always made time to show me condos and houses during the week and went the extra mile to understand what I was looking for and recommend condos accordingly.The market was pretty competitive and I had two bids rejected. In both cases if I'd listened to what he said it was likely we would've gotten our bid accepted. We finally closed on a lovely condo and he was really helpful and handled the whole process very professionally.
