“When our grandchildren were no longer living in California, we decided to relocate to be more centrally located for visits. We had a beautiful unique property and we felt we knew its worth. Unfortunately, none of the properties in the area or on our street had sold for that amount. We had a million-dollar view, single-story home but we needed someone with an ‘out of the box plan’ for getting us what our home of 20 years was worth.
We had collected real estate flyers from Don Atkinson over several months. His flyers always caught our eye as each one announced another sale “over asking” price. When we received # 6 over asking we knew we would call Don Atkinson.
We contacted Don with our timeline for retirement, selling the house and moving out of California. We immediately sensed what made him successful and learned that the process he and his team use is unique. We followed their direction precisely. This included what we would change or wouldn’t have to change.
When we spoke with other sellers we often heard their agent showed up with a contract, stuck a sign in front of the house, had multiple open houses and continual inconvenient viewings with very little results…often asking you to discount when the house didn’t sell fast enough.
Don knew exactly what we wanted and moved forward with brave fortitude. He is a master at architectural and other photography and we were literally blown away by the way he was able to capture in pictures the beauty we also saw in our home. The Marketing materials were incredible. We saw Don nearly daily making sure everything was just right…did we need one more photo to capture it in this light and the follow up to make sure we were following the plan and on track for the big grand open house.
In the end, as planned, we had one grand open house resulting in multiple ‘over asking price’ offers. We were able to choose the terms they suited our situation the best. Although we, Don, and First Team, had been planning for weeks, the sign went up one week before the grand open house. We spent one weekend at a nearby hotel for the grand open house and that would equal our total inconvenience. No people wanting to view your house at all hours while you are trying to keep it in pristine viewing condition for extended periods of time.
The grand open house had over 300 people show up. Our neighbors referred to it as an event and many of them came to us after to say that meeting Don and seeing the result of his work had completely changed their minds about using real estate agents. One neighbor, who for work moves frequently, said they had always used the cheapest agency they could find but we had completely changed their mind on that going forward.
We offer our highest recommendation for Don Atkinson. If you are looking to sell your home or even just thinking about selling your home, you need to talk to Don first. As Don says it doesn’t cost anything to just have him come in and look and give his advice and recommendations!”