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David W.
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
ReviewDiane and Patty Dwyer were outstanding partners in preparing, pricing, marketing and negotiating the sale of our 90-year-old family home. Their local knowledge, research, and extensive experience were a significant differentiator among other local real estate groups. The engagement was complicated with multiple fractional owners and an out-of-state trustee. They handled every step with honest guidance, (incredible) patience and professionalism. I highly recommend them to handle your acquisition or sale.
Toddbull97
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review I needed to sell my mother's home fairly quickly. Patty, Diane, and Alexa took care of everything and made it easy on me. I'm very grateful to them for everything they did.
Duncanb29
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Dealing with Diane and Patty was a pleasure. They delivered on so many levels that selling my home, though very complex, was actually relatively easy. The vast number of transaction details required were more than I had ever anticipated; however, Diane walked me through each in a very expeditious manner. Meanwhile, aEURoebehind the scenesaEUR? the Dwyer team cleared out all of the many things I had aEURoejust leftaEUR? and then brought in teams to clean all rooms, resurface the floors, and prepare the house to be shown. Within a few days they had a buyer with a very clean offer and we closed in record time. Thank you for a job well done!
Zuser20160730103533807
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review The Patty Dwyer Group at Compass Realty in Burlingame did a fantastic job preparing, marketing, and selling my elderly mothers Hillsborough home. We cannot recommend them highly enough! The Patty Dwyer Group operates as a team, though Patty and Diane Dwyer are engaged in every detail of every element of the Groups work. Their mantra is, aEURoeWe all push each other hard to get the best result we can.aEUR? And they got a great result! As a result of their great work, the bottom line sales price exceeded expectations. We interviewed several experienced and well-known local realtors, before choosing the Patty Dwyer Group. All the realtors estimated a sales price that was remarkably similar and we used that as the listing price. But because of Patty and Dianes preparation and marketing work, we received five written offers and sold the property for more than ten percent above asking. Finally, Patty and Diane were very pleasant to work with. They were always gracious and respectful of our wishes. One or both of them were always available to take a phone call or respond to a text message. Communication was excellent. It was always service with a smile. My mother and I recommend them very highly and without reservation. You wont find a better real estate team in the area.
Cimeron M.
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Patty, Aris, Alexandra, Diane and the whole team at Patty Dwyer Group did a spectacular job at preparing our house for sale, marketing it, and getting it sold very quickly for a fantastic price. Their professionalism, hands-on help and list of on-call contractors made it all happen very quickly and efficiently. Thanks to Patty's extensive experience buying and selling homes on the peninsula, as well as her expert eye and great taste, she provided us with specific advice about cosmetic changes, repairs and small upgrades to our home and landscaping to help make it a hot property that would generate a lot of interest and sell for the price we wanted. She's incredibly skilled at identifying the most attractive qualities of a home and determining the best ways to showcase those features. We are so glad we listened to Patty and her team and took their advice - they really know what they're doing and their recommendations were all spot-on. Patty recommended the right contractors for the jobs, got quotes for the work and scheduled them. Since we weren't able to be there ourselves, Patty went above-and-beyond for us by overseeing the work of the contractors on our behalf, and she was really on top of them to make sure everything turned out exactly right - she's very detail-oriented. She even hand-watered our flowers during a heatwave to make sure our plants looked their best. Everything turned out beautifully and she made our house look gorgeous, inviting and highly desirable. Patty also developed a really smart strategy for our open house that generated an overwhelming amount of interest and foot traffic - far more than any other home for sale in our area. Within a few days of listing, she sold our home for a price that made us really happy and she and her team helped keep everything with the transaction extremely organized and clear. She and her team have always been really proactive, quick to respond to any questions we've had, kept us on track even when things got busy. A few years back, Patty also helped my sister-in-law buy her home and later sell it as well, and did a phenomenal job with both of those transactions. It's no wonder why Patty is such a sought-after realtor. She's truly incredible and we're so grateful to her and her whole team.
Daveg360
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review In this fast-paced market, you need a true competitive edge, and Diane and the Patty Dwyer Group are the perfect secret weapon. We bought two properties in 2021 in two different parts of the Bay Area with Diane and I can't think of anyone or any group who could have done a better job than Diane and the Patty Dwyer Group. And I was incredibly impressed by the personalized level of service throughout the process. The relationship doesn't end after the close of escrow, Diane and the Patty Dwyer Group have continued to be our consultants, advocates and advisors as we transition into our new home.
Matt S.
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Diane is and was absolute pro through the house buying process. Where she was awesome:- Helping us narrow down which neighborhood (helping us envision living in that area both today and in future years)- Working with us to define what our house criteria should feasibly be.- Guiding us on a compelling offer.- ALL OF THE THINGS WE NEVER THOUGHT OF...the process of the offer, the process of the close, the vendors that we needed to be talking with to be ready for move in.Ultimately, buying a house was stressful, but Diane (and the rest of the stellar Dwyer Group) made the process as simple and enjoyable as possible.PS - please don't read my all five star review as hyperbole. It was really that positive of an experience.
Michelleabela90
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review While setting out to buy a home for the first time can be daunting for anyone, we were so thankful to work with Diane and felt like she was the best person to have in our court throughout the whole process - especially as we continued our search during the pandemic. She didn't miss a beat helping us adhere to the rapidly changing safety protocols. With traditional open houses canceled, Diane always made herself available early in the mornings or in the evenings to make sure we could quickly and safely tour potential homes while not interrupting our work from home schedules. I'll never forget how she went above and beyond to do a video chat walkthrough of one prospective home we couldn't get into fast enough. This promptness and dedication meant we were able to get our bids in early - something that did not go unnoticed by sellers and gave us a competitive advantage in this ultra competitive market. We were especially impressed with Diane's honesty. She helped us walk away from a home that would have been a very risky investment for us even though on the surface it ticked all of the boxes on our wish list. Her first hand perspective on the neighborhood we ended up moving to proved to be invaluable. While touring our home with her for the first time, she filled us in on her experience living just a few blocks away, painting a complete picture of what life would be like living here. In the end, we believed in and followed her advise to lead with our best and final offer - a decision that helped us to secure the home dreams the same day we submitted our bid. Five stars is not a high enough rating for Diane and the team of the Dwyer Group.
Datkins0223
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Working with Diane Dwyer to sell our home was one of the best decisions weve ever made. The list of things that are made challenging by Covid is a long one indeed - so we weren't sure that selling our home at this point in time was even doable. Diane made it clear from the start that if we wanted to give it a go she would put in the work to get everything done from arranging for cleaning, staging, junk hauling... I believe she even watered the plants on a regular basis for us. Diane has such a calm, friendly and knowledgeable demeanor that you just know everything is going to be ok. We had many discussions re strategy, pricing, bang for the buck on home improvements - and we didn't always agree. Dianes ability to discuss and weigh options and really listen to how we felt was awesome. She was able to navigate our opinions with her finesse and in the end we all got what we wanted. Our house sold in 9 days and for a record price per sq ft on our street. We would work with her again in a heartbeat and recommend her without hesitation.
Monica S.
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Shealagh made the process of buying a home so easy and seamless!!! As first time home buyers - we really appreciated her walking us through the process in detail and answering our many many questions. She was super responsive at all times and always looking out for our best interests. Even after closing she has continued to be a helpful resource and we would definitely recommend her to our own friends/family. Would give more than 5 stars if I could!!
Prjmneswe
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Diane Dwyer has our highest recommendation. Our son and his wife worked her for their successful house hunt in Orinda and they were thrilled with her knowledge and negotiation skills. They bought a house that has made them very, very happy. At their recommendation we used Diane for our search in Orinda (to be near our son and his family). We were very pleased with Diane's work on our behalf. During the Covid restrictions Diane was always ready to take us to safely see houses of interest to us. She accurately identified houses that she thought would fit our criteria and responded quickly to our questions about houses we saw on-line. Diane is an expert on the Lamorinda area and knows the other agents. When we identified a house we wanted to bid on, Diane successfully helped us negotiate a very good price. After we bought the house, Diane has kept in contact and has provided excellent referrals for work that needed to be done on the house. We really enjoyed working with Diane and highly recommend her.
MichaelKing8
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Diane represented us on both the buying and selling sides as we made the move from San Mateo to the East Bay (Lamorinda area), and it was an absolute pleasure working with her on both. We were always impressed with Dianes candor, willingness to go the extra mile, and proactivity as we bought and sold. We never felt pushed or pressured, and always felt that Diane had our best interests at heart. We really valued her opinion, but on the rare case when we had a difference in opinion, she executed our wishes as if they were her own.A few examples:1. Diane leveraged her extensive network to preemptively answer questions we would likely have, or just to get second opinions. This included having someone come out prior to us closing to look under the house to see if there was a bigger issue than something just superficial. She also leveraged her network to check if there were any red flags in the inspection report. 2. Diane invested a lot of time with us during our home search, showing us the different neighborhoods and helping us envision our life in the area, including all the stuff wed want to know with two young children.3. She always had our interests in mind. As we put in each offer, she was in constant communication with us and the selling agent to give us as much context and information as possible to make sure we had the best opportunity to get the house at the best price.4. On the selling side, Diane was great to work with as we evaluated what we needed to do to get our house in selling condition. We were anxious about selling in a pandemic, but Diane was able to get us a price at the high end of what we were thinking pre-pandemic.5. The best way to show how serious we are about Dianes abilities is that we referred our family to Diane as they sought to move to Orinda. She helped them find a house in ~2 months. Cant recommend Diane enough.
Daniela L.
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Last year my fiancA(C) and I bought our first home in Pacifica, California through Patty Dwyer, Aris Markoulis and the Patty Dwyer Group. Buying a house in the Bay Area was the biggest and most expensive decision we could have made. Patty, and her superhero sidekick Aris, made it as pain free as possible. Patty is very direct but low pressure which we love. We have both worked in sales our entire lives and after meeting numerous realtors we were underwhelmed by lack of professionalism, aloofness, questions being answered incorrectly, using sales tactics that tried to make us feel crazy for wanting to pay less, having realtors tell us we couldn't offer lower bids on the homes, etc. Then finally we stumbled upon Patty. She was so real. She had most of the answers off hand. If she didnt have an answer to one of our hundreds of questions she would say she didn't know, ask specialists and get back to us. A huge pet peeve of mine is receiving incorrect answers from people who arent able or willing to admit when they don't know something. This was never the case.We were not only able to get the price down on the house (in an area where prices are always over asking), but the turnaround on the purchase was extremely fast! She connected us with a lender, insurance provider and everyone working on our purchase worked around the clock to keep us on time and in order. Although this was a super high pressure time she kept it low pressure.This was not just a transaction we feel like we are now family and check in with each other periodically. We are so happy she is in our life and absolutely recommend Patty Dwyer, Aris Markoulis and the Patty Dwyer Group.
Soon0
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review i often say "i won the lottery" when i met my wife many years ago...well this time my entire family hit the jackpot when we met shealagh at an open house earlier this year. she was kind, thoughtful, knowledgeable and a great listener...so we asked her represent us in making an offer on that house. after we made it past the initial round of bidding, sheila recommended we stop bidding and said "it's overpriced and i am confident we can find something better for you at a better price." well she over delivered! a month later we found a nicer place that was 10% less in price in a neighborhood with better schools (10 vs. 8) and within walking distance to burlingame ave. more importantly, she steered us away from making bids on the wrong houses multiple times (which realtor does that??).but here's shealagh's real magic. we had to sell our previous home in less than a month (to avoid the july 4th weekend). WITHIN 3 WEEKS shealagh (and her team of contractors and artists, and even her husband) replaced our entire kitchen (cabinets, tops and opening up walls), refinished our floors, repainted the inside and outside of the house, staged the interior, and redid the landscape, took photos and listed it on MLS. she 4x the investment we made and sold our home for one of the highest per sqft ever (+ $1550/sqft). she was at our home almost everyday (and often to midnight) supervising and project managing. what's amazing is that this is par for the course on all the homes shealagh applies her magic to.most importantly, in this journey shealagh has become a trusted advisor and family friend. i highly recommend her to you. and happily write this review because you will thank me.
Cshoaff
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review The Patty Dwyer Group did an awesome job in selling my home. I was given a very short window to get my home on the market any Patty and her team pulled several rabbits out of a hat, including reconciling a discrepancy of square footage with the county records...net result was getting an additional $200k in value to my home. Her team was very caring and responsive, it was like I had a team of big sisters taking care of me from beginning to end. I couldnt be more pleased. *** I JUST HAVE TO ADD TO MY REVIEW HERE! Patty's group gave me a binder with all of my documents including details of all of my expenses in selling my house down to the handyman bill. I'm doing my taxes right now and having this well-organized information is making my life so much easier and maximizing my profit from house.
Zuser20170912202917457
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review When tasked with the tricky combination of Bay Area real estate + first time home buyers, Diane had her work cut out for her. We were referred to Diane after a discouraging offer denial. She was so helpful throughout the entire process from home search to closing and we could not be happier with the experience. Everything went smoothly and all concerns/questions I had with the offer process were addressed promptly. We were able to close quickly with no issues at all. I would recommend Diane to anyone hoping to buy a home stress free.
User07548
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review As first time home buyers, we couldn't have been more fortunate to have come across Patty and her team. By referral from a friend who had just worked with Patty in buying a home, we went to Patty with one that we liked and she helped us understand the process of buying and kept us grounded through the end. Patty is calm, professional, sincere and honest. She and her team really do their homework! With all the information and expertise they provide, we truly felt that they were looking out for our best interest. Never did we feel pressured, and most of all, we appreciated that they left the decisions to us and was supportive whichever way we went. Patty and her group had referrals for all sorts of services needed along the way - mortgage lenders and inspectors to contractors for work once we bought the place - all of whom we were pleased with their services provided. Patty usually gave us several reputable options to chose from, so it wasn't as if her team was just referring a buddy or family member. Patty and her group seamlessly coordinated every appointment and step through inspections, closing, walk through and hand-over. We received copies of all paperwork in a neatly organized binder...and to top it all off, we received in the mail a copy of paperwork needed to file taxes at the perfect time the following year. It's these small touches that show how considerate and organized Patty and her group are, and when you meet them is when you see the integrity and expertise they have. I can't rave enough about Patty and her team. I'd definitely recommend them and would work with them again (hopefully for a second home some day)!
Sscarara6784
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Our experience with Patty Dwyer was excellent. Her relationship with us was both professional and friendly. Her knowledge of the real estate market in San Mateo and real estate practices in general was current and comprehensive. She staged and marketed our home to best present its advantages. As a result our home sold in a short time for a reasonable price in a difficult real estate market.
Yoyothayer
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review We have worked with Patty several times. We sold a house with her and bought a house within 10 years apart. Patty is very professional and knows the home market like no other. Patty's team is also very professional and is there for you no matter what. By the end of the sale or buy of a house we are a family. The trust is a 100% from the before and to the end of sale. If you want to sell or buy a house Patty Dwyer and her team is the best! Call the Patty Dwyer team for your sale or buying a house in the Bay Area...From the Thayer's
Heidi H.
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review Patty Dwyer and her group did an excellent job for us in selling our home in a challenging market. She gave us good advise on how to prepare our house to show at it's best, she accurately advised us on pricing our home, she worked hard to locate the right buyer and she followed through on the process moving everything forward to a quick and clean close of escrow. Patty's expertise and people knowledge helped everyone stay positive through the experience, both us as the sellers and our buyers. We recommend the Patty Dwyer group highly and would definitely use them again!
BOSlobster
Review for Member: Patricia Dwyer
Zillow
Review If I could give more than five stars, I would! Patty Dwyer is AWESOME. We just sold our house in Bay Area. Without Patty I don't think the process would have been so smooth and worry-free. From beautiful stageing to advertise on market to negotiating offers, she and her team did amazing job for us! My husband and I always feel we are very lucky to have her as our listing agent. If we ever move back to Bay Area in the future, i will for sure ask her to be our agent again.We interviewed two agents before we decided to have Patty as our listing agent. I always remeber the day we first met in our house, she gave us a very honest feedback on our house with positive attitude and smart strategy. I never see anyone who will prepare that well for an interview like that. Her confidence, honest and trustworthy won our heart at our first meet.Even in such a tough housing market, Patty worked her marketing magic and we got two offers within the FIRST week after our house was listed on market for sale! Patty also worked hard to negotiate every detail of the sales process and terms for the sale, and I can honestly say she earned every dime of her commission.What Patty really win our heart is not only her expertize in the real estate field and her responsibilty for her clients, but also her superb personality. I always remeber that one night she tried to call me a few times and want me to call her back as soon as possible, but somehow i only got her messages after mid-night. I called her anyway and did not expect anyone would answer my call. But she pick up her phone and i can tell i woke her up. She talked to me very prefessionaly and kind as always, and told me to relax and get a good sleep. In my opinon, such kind of accessiblity to clients does not happen often these days (most of time, you turn out to speak with a machine).In a word, i highly recommend Patty Dwyer and her team from the bottom of heart! You will not regret for your decision if you just give her team a try. She is much much better than many agents from my point of view.
