"One word:  Wow.  If someone is going to sell a high-end condo in Seattle, you are clearly the one.  With the one/two punch of your keen, informed and aggressive market analysis, razor sharp marketing skills, and team of stagers and video and photography production crew you surround yourself with, we were able to set a new record for the building, generate multiple bids over a million, and sell for hundreds of thousands over asking price – all within 5 days, with a 7 day close. On top of that, your responsiveness and nimbleness in taking care of every element of the sale, allowed me to be traveling for work out of the country, and have 100 percent confidence that everything would be taken care of perfectly – and it was.  We simply could not recommend you more highly.  Absolutely stunning work."

Seattle Home Seller, 12/17

"Denise was very patient with us as we searched for our home.  She was attentive and flexible when we found homes we liked and gave great advice throughout the process.  She is very knowledgeable with not only the home purchasing process, but also in scoping out potential issues and helping clients to see the full potential of the home. She quickly responded to our questions and made us feel like she was looking out for our best interest.  We look forward to working with her again in the future and would highly recommend her to any family or friends who are looking to purchase a home!"

Georgina & Ryan Murphy

"We met Denise when buying a condo in Edmonds for a relative.  We were so impressed, we asked her to look for a condo downtown for us.

Denise was ALWAYS available, ready and willing to show us anything.  We almost bought a condo once, and she was gracious when we backed out on the last day.  In the end, we bought a condo in a very complicated situation and she was amazing.  The details, legal paperwork and number of attorneys involved meant she really had to be on top of it all, and she was.  She communicated with all of us intelligently and constantly.  I don't know how she had time to do anything else for weeks.  We are now in the position of needing to rent out the condo for a year, and Denise was the person we turned to for rental management.  She has had to coordinate repairs, provide us contracts, and take care of a million details to do this.  We feel extremely confident in her abilities and appreciate her immensely."

Lynn and Howard Behar

Gabriela Parks on behalf of her mom and dad Cesar Norieg:  In May of 2012 during an open house I listened to voicemail message that went something like this: “I just need to let you know that my father is not able to sell his home and if he calls you, do not list it or discuss real estate with him!”  The voice was on the edge of angry and I thought to myself, who the heck is she talking about.  So, I called her.  Come to find out her Dad, who they recently discovered had dementia, had flown back from the east coast after his daughter had convinced Mr. and Mrs. Noriega to move to the east coast so that she and her family could take care of them.  Mr. Noriega refused to stay and headed home he said to sell the house.  After talking to Gabriela, we came up with a plan that I would just go meet with him if he called.  He had found my number on a For Sale sign just around the corner and he did call.  I worked with him and he felt in control during a time in his life where control was really not his in many venues.  It took us several months to get the home ready for an open house and there were many challenges with Mr. Noriega’s memory.  When I showed up for the first open house he did not know who I was and why there was a sign in his yard.  Each day, I re-introduced myself and each day he took another step into the darkness.  During open houses ALL of the agents and their clients knew the situation and everyone went above and beyond to show their respect for Mr. Noriega and his declining health and challenges.  It is both a heart warming and heart-wrenching story, but after several months we did successfully sell and close the home and Mr. Noriega moved to the east coast to be with his family. We listed the home in Phinney for $340,000 in July of 2012.  After receiving a solid all cash offer for the house in “as is” condition, we had to take it off the market because Mr. Noriega would not leave the home.  The buyers waited patiently and we brought it back on in October 2012 and closed before the end of the year.

"Denise Seavitt was wonderful, kind, and compassionate when assisting me in the selling of my Fathers home. She dealt amazingly so with his dementia and with the journey that we all went through form open house to closing.

Her ability as a realtor is surpassed only by the inner core of who she is as a person.. Love her and would highly recommend her to anyone.

She found the most awesome buyers and went to make the entire process of selling my childhood home almost painless."

Gabriela Parks

Mid-century Modern home located in West Seattle just minutes to the Morgan Junction and the Fauntleroy Ferry.  3 bedroom, 1.75 bath home that is about 2300 square feet.  Many many updates to the home.  Listed for $489,000 and it sold within 7 days for $494,000.

My buyer was very well qualified and we hit the pavement hard to find the right home for her. As with many well qualified buyers we saw many homes come on the market and sell within a week or less for much more than asking.  The first home she made an offer on the home was listed for $469,000, we came in at a little over $500,000 and there were 19 offers on the home, it sold for close to $600,000.  The next home was also a multiple offer situation and we were one of the top 2.  She was getting frustrated and ready to take a break.  Suddenly we saw a great house in Seward Park that had just come back on the market.  It had gone under contract 3 times and all 3 offers failed, and the sellers were never told why.  They hired a new listing agent and we went in with an aggressive offer.  Yes, they had just put over $20,000 into the house to fix a few items up, but it was not sold.  The original list price was $534,500 and we negotiated a price of $525,000 with $5,000 towards closing costs

Unit 2401: Listed for $2,573,000 and sold for $2,200,00 with 2 additional parking spaces.

Original purchaser bought as a pre-sale and made it a custom home, yet when it was finished, could not close.  I negotiated an assignment from the original purchaser to my purchasers then helped them rent it for a year while they put together the remodel plans for the home.

Unit 2408: Listed and Sold for $999,000 with 1 additional parking space

 Same buyers as 2401, they wanted a little bit more space so they are joining part of 2408 to 2401 and then I will help them sell the remainder of 2408 in 2014.  Prices were being increased and we were able to get it for the old price plus an extra parking space as well.

Unit 309 – Listed and sold for $408,000

 An international investor wanted to find at least 2 properties while in Seattle.  The goal was to located condominiums in high demand areas that had strong growth potential and return on investment.  After looking at several properties over the course of 2 months we located 2 that were a fit. One of them was in the Escala. I was able to help them purchase the last 1 bedroom in the Escala that has it’s own private foyer.  We were able to close quickly and find a qualified tenant within 30 days. 

Meridian Park: Sold for $294,950

What a find! A 4 bedroom home with refinished hardwood floors, fresh interior paint, crown molding and baseboard, remodeled bath, new roof and updated systems for under $300k! Spacious home with great room concept btw the kitchen, eating space and family room. Large lot with privacy and lots of natural light. All the plumbing is copper including the main line. Shiplap floor with 3/4 plywood. Garage/shop area is big enough to hold 3 cars w/220, anchoring system in the floor and upper storage (38X24).

Note from the Buyers Agent: 

I usually describe the offer right here, but first, I just want to say I hope your clients appreciate how fortunate they are to have such an excellent agent representing them.  I think it's fair to say that it is quite uncommon to find a professional who is both thorough and discerning in  in any profession, let alone real estate.  Yet, it is clear that you have both qualities in abundance.  My clients have taken care to include many of the things important to your clients, so I am sure your clients will accept the offer, in which case I am looking forward to working together.

As I mentioned above, my clients have included many elements in this offer which will appeal very strongly to your clients.  It is clean and straight forward, but beyond that, I think your clients will appreciate the 15 day close (or fewer), the lack of closing costs, the unique structure of the inspection contingency which allows your clients to take advantage of previous inspections/agreements, the generous earnest money, to name a few things.

Furthermore, David is a PhD professor at Seattle Central Community College and has been for the last 30 years.  Janella and he already live together, so your clients do not need to worry about a repeat of previous experiences.