The absolute best agent for Chevy Chase DC. She knows the turf and the market. Kimberly understood our needs and was very responsive to them. I would highly recommend her to my family and best friends. My house was listed and sold in days.
Because of Kimberly’s great knowledge of the neighborhood and her very efficient style, I received multiple offers after the first open house. She was especially helpful in getting a painter for my home and having beautiful photographs taken of it as well. I would highly recommend working with Kimberly!
Kimberly is a true professional! She has a huge network of vendors to get repairs done quickly; is expert at pricing; goes all out for marketing. Highly recommend as a seller’s agent!
Kimberly did the most amazing job with selling our house. She was so familiar with the neighborhood, and she priced our house exactly right. We got exactly the offer we wanted within a week or two of going on the market. All of the details fell into place, and we didn't have to do much at all. Her staging company was super easy to work with, and they made the house look really beautiful. This was the easiest sell I could have ever expected. I would recommend Kimberly to anyone looking to sell their house in the area. Spot on service. Super responsive communication. Easy scheduling. It was just a really stress free and easy experience.
We just bought and sold home with Kimberly representing us on both ends. She helped us work through some tough negotiations with the folks we sold our house to such that we felt we ended up in a good place. She was incredibly responsive throughout the process and continued to be so after both transactions had finalized, helping us follow up on closing loose ends. Finally, Kimberly was a pleasure to work with. If you are buying/selling in Chevy Chase, I wouldn't use anyone else.
With Kimberly, her word is her bond. She knows the market backward, forward, up, and down. We had to quickly put our house on the market and she guided us through the process from the moment we met. Her communication style is direct, clear, and friendly. If we had an inquiry, she answered it promptly and completely. In addition, she was delightful and has a great sense of humor--and calm! We can't say enough about Kimberly. If you have a chance to work with her, DO!
We had a great experience with Kimberly selling our old house (to a builder who will expand it) and purchasing a new one. She was knowledgeable, unfailingly pleasant (even when we were being maddeningly indecisive), and a tough negotiator. Her particular genius is for understanding pricing, on both ends of the transaction. I’m not sure another agent could have steered us so expertly to the bid that won us our beautiful new house. I hope never to buy or sell another house for the rest of my life. But if I do I’ll hire Kimberly!
Kimberly has an impressive knowledge of the market and gave us excellent advice on pricing and listing our Chevy Chase house. I was especially pleased with her responsiveness: when I left a voice mail or e-mail I knew I would get a response promptly. She even sent some handwritten notes: you felt you were working with a friend, not a corporation. I highly recommend her.
We interviewed 3 agents when preparing to list our house in AU Park for sale. Kimberly was the first we interviewed, and we almost cancelled the other interviews after meeting with her. We did go through with the other interviews, but neither of the others was able to change our minds. One of our major concerns was finding companies to perform some work on our house to prepare it for sale. Kimberly recommended a great landscaper who changed our yard from grim to gorgeous. She also recommended an excellent roofer who was able to diagnose and fix a vexing water infiltration problem. Kimberly priced our house exactly right - we had 2 offers in less than a week - one at full price with no contingencies. Kimberly was easy to talk to, professional, and responsive in all of our interactions. Working with her was a great experience.
We have worked with Kimberly for the past year during our downsizing search for a condominium. Kimberly's strong knowledge of the DC real estate market and years of experience helped us evaluate the properties we visited. We purchased our new home and sold our current house, for over the asking price, with Kimberly guidance. We appreciated her level-headed advice and would highly recommend Kimberly.
From 2009 to the present, Kimberly has been my agent to sell three homes, buy a condo, and find a tenant. If you want someone who will guide you through every step of your transaction carefully, decisively, promptly and with incredible attention to detail, this is your agent. Kimberly is intelligent and an excellent listener, responds quickly to your call, text or email, knows the answer to everything, and will not waste your time! If you are selling, she knows how to keep your fix-up costs down and will provide realistic pricing advice. In sum, she is a gem!
If you didn’t hire Kimberly Cestari when you sold your house in DC, you made a huge mistake. Or, at least you missed a great opportunity. My wife and I have bought and sold a few houses in our time, and the best Realtor experience we ever had was with Kimberly. We had been watching her career and reputation grow over the last many years, starting when we bought our first house in Chevy Chase, DC. Even then her signs were everywhere and we kept meeting her at open houses. By the time we decided last Fall to move to MD I knew that we had to hire Kimberly. Her reputation was stellar in every respect, and as she handled what turned out to be a somewhat difficult sale process, she lived up to that reputation. She is the consummate professional in manner, knowledge, experience, judgement, attentiveness to detail, and availability. Her recommendations of painters, movers, inspectors and other vendors were all very good. Her advice on staging, pricing, and marketing our $1.4 million 100-year old Craftsman style house was spot on. It resulted in what we regarded as a full-price offer rather quickly despite a softening market at the time. When our buyer began to make unexpected (and in my opinion, unreasonable) demands prior to closing, she deftly handled the negotiations with the buyer’s agent with firm professionalism on our behalf, and with grace and tact. Although I believe she had ample opportunities to comment negatively about the other side, she never took those opportunities. As we were selling our DC house, we were also buying a house in MD. The two transactions were related which meant that Kimberly fielded many unanticipated calls and requests for information from the MD sellers’ agent, even as she was putting out fires for us in DC. Please consider Kimberly Cestari when you decide to buy or sell a house in DC. She deserves your business.
