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.

We have been doing business with Kimberly Cestari for many years. She is a top seller in the Cleveland Park neighborhood and everything was above board with her. Her knowledge of the neighborhood, customer base and home value are wonderful. Cleveland Park is an upper income, family oriented neighborhood in Washington DC. The potential buyers needs an agent that cater to such a demographic and Kimberly perfects fits it. Kimberly was able to sell our house with a few weeks of it being listed.

Selling a home can be stressful. Finding a buyer, coming to a price, and having this happen in a timely manner is not easy. Having someone that is dedicated and knows what they are doing makes all the difference. Kimberly Cestari is a pro. She knows the metropolitan DC market, as well as all the in’s-and-out’s of marketing, negotiating, and closing the deal on a house. She was always available to answer our questions; is quick and efficient in keeping the entire process moving; always does what she says; and, is dedicated to getting one’s house sold. We never had to wonder if she was doing all she could to sell our residence. She always gave 100 percent. If you want to engage a true pro in the sale of your house, one that will make the whole process so much easier, we highly recommended Kimberly Cestari.

My family sold our house through Kimberly Cestari and we could not have been more satisfied. She guided us through every step of the process: preparing the house, setting the price, generating a gorgeous sales brochure, running the open house, responding to the offer, securing the professional services required for all of the fixes requested after the home inspection. There was no question or concern that was too small or pesky for her to address. Her advice was always savvy and practical, her responses consistently swift. Even after closing, she was available to help us deal with loose ends. Our house, on a busy corner, wasn't the easiest sell, but you wouldn't know it by how quickly sold. The depth and breadth of her experience has left her with such a thorough knowledge of neighborhoods and of the market that I can't imagine it could be matched by many others. Her professionalism and her amiability made what could be an extremely stressful experience pleasant for us. Our recommendation is enthusiastic and unconditional.

Prior to meeting Kimberly, I had made two real estate purchases with a discount broker. But when it came to selling my house for top dollar, there was no way I was going to trust anyone but the best realtor in our zip code--without a doubt, that is Kimberly. Hands down, she has the most knowledge of the Chevy Chase area so that my house was priced right the first time (no price reductions or long wait on the market!). As a result, she was able to sell our difficult-to-sell house for above list price. We liked her so much that we also used her services to make a home purchase. We weren't disappointed as she stepped up to the challenge of a complicated short-sale. With both of these transactions, she was incredibly patient and responsive with us. She even helped us after the purchase with paint colors and recommending professionals like painters and cleaners. We are very pleased and would highly recommend her for anyone looking for a tough negotiator and tireless advocate in their real estate transaction.

We had an excellent experience working with Kimberly. She is meticulous about the details in all documentation and helped to find us savings that would otherwise have been overlooked. Kimberly made the house buying and selling process smooth sailing from beginning to end!

Quite simply, there is no better real estate professional for NW Washington DC and close-in Maryland. My wife and I found Kimberly through a co-worker and consider ourselves lucky to have found such a dedicated and knowledgeable professional. Kimberly lives in the area and knows every street and neighborhood. She takes care of all the details so that you can focus on the important part: picking a house you will love. Kimberly was always available and made helping my family a priority. I could not recommend her more. If you are looking for an agent in this area, you've found her.

Kimberly is one of the best real estate agents in the D.C. area, and knows the market in upper NW like the back of her hand -- neighborhoods, people, and specific homes -- from her years of experience as an agent here. She helped us purchase a house this summer, and did a terrific job helping us work through some (modest) hurdles with the seller. She was thorough, and firm, and we worked together well. She called in favors to get a top-notch inspector out to the house quickly, and she helped us work through title insurance and closing. She's also exceedingly responsive -- impressively so. We've worked with a number of other realtors, and she is by far the most responsive. Top notch marks across the board. I'm a tough customer, and give her my highest recommendation.

I highly recommend Kimberly. With her expertise and her matter-of-fact demeanor, she takes the stress out of selling and buying a house. Kimberly knew exactly what I needed to do to show my house at its very best, and she knew exactly how to time my showings and open house so that as many people as possible attended. Kimberly expertly guided me through each step of contract negotiations through settlement. She patiently showed me a dozen houses and was instrumental in my purchase and settlement for my new house. One strength is communications--she promptly answers each text, email, or phone call, and she deals with other agents with the utmost professionalism. Overall, Kimberly is an expert agent whom I highly recommend.

Kimberly is the consummate real estate agent - extremely knowledgeable, proactive, organized and professional. She delivered on all her representations and was very responsive to our questions throughout the process of selling our home. Plus, she is very, very nice to deal with - overall, an outstanding agent!