Dianne Norris, 2019
I met Greg through a business associate that highly recommended him for various unique real estate services that he provides. I was moving out of my home of 37 years and it required a lot of time and updating for today’s market. But first I wanted Greg to represent me in buying in a 55+ community that I had wanted to live since I had read about it. It is the Crest by Wegman’s in Alexandria. I asked Greg to research how I could buy there, which meant it would need to be built and I was buying from my impression of the model. As it turned out very quickly, I bought the first home to be built and Greg worked with me the entire 8-month period of construction. Greg not only met with the Developer and I every meeting but Greg helped me select all the finishes in the house as this is another skill set of his, he loves the design aspect and was quite good at helping me make decisions. I am in the home now and truly love it. But while this was going on Greg was helping me get ready to sell my long-loved home. This took just about the same time frame of 8-10 months and it was a huge undertaking with 37 years of belongings in a large home. Greg has many very resources that were invaluable. One in particular, who helped remove truckloads of items I wanted to declutter; he came more than 4 times over the process as I did this in stages. In the interim, Greg wisely suggested that we gut all the baths as buyers like NEW and the house to be what he coined “barefoot ready”. He selected all the finishes, products and materials, even all the paint colors. The results were stunning and made a huge difference in the appearance and updating my home. I had begun to remodel the Kitchen a few years ago but Greg recommended additional updates, creating more of a peninsula, introducing a new Granite to compliment mine, recessed lighting, new pull hardware, etc. The results were also stunning. Along the way he brought in his Landscaper to help us prepare the exterior which was my love with this house, and a furniture painter as Greg was helping me update what to keep and not keep for my new Home. He even helped me buy new furniture and is still helping me well beyond the 2 home settlements. I don’t know how I could have done all of this without Greg’s sage advice not to mention almost a year of his time, he was always there as needed. All the while we laughed all the way and he helped keep my wits and sanity about this huge endeavor. He also introduced me to many of his clients and took me to his other Listings as he was helping them in a similar way. I could not recommend Greg any higher than with as much praise as I have tried to share with this recommendation. You will love working with him, he makes this arduous undertaking a fun process. We’ve become quite good friends.
