CL Properties

"Top notch! Carmela and Travis were knowledgeable and thoughtful partners on both sides of my home sale. Their expertise in the current market, the buildings in my neighborhood, and the levers to close a deal are outstanding. The combination of high subject matter expertise and kindness makes them a pleasure to work with. Many thanks."

"I highly recommend Carmela and Travis at CL properties if you are looking to buy or sell your home in the Boston area. We worked with the duo for BOTH the purchase AND sale of our condo at 45 Province and had an exceptional experience. Both Carmela and Travis are incredibly thoughtful and professional. They helped us understand the optimal strategy with as the market conditions evolved over the past 7 years. When we we searching for a condo in downtown Boston, it took us 9 months and 15 property tours until we found the perfect fit. Throughout this process CL properties was patient and continuously provided us valuable information to best inform our decision on a weekly basis. Seven years later, we decided to sell that same property. We had initially selected a different realtor for the sale due to his long-standing history of successful transactions at 45 province. After a few months of working with him, we didn’t have much success and we assumed it was due to the high interest rates creating challenging market conditions. We decided to switch representation for the sale of our condo as we were excited to work with Carmela again. CL properties did a thorough analysis on what they could do differently to result in a successful sale. They completely redesigned all the photos and marketing for the property. They posted the condo for sale and this time we received and accepted an offer within 24 hours of the posting. We couldn’t believe it! We are grateful to Carmela for her hard work and commitment to her clients and for the success purchase AND sale of our condo at 45 Province. If you do decide to set up a meeting with Carmela, please congratulate her on her recent award. She won the Chairman’s Award for the highest performance in the firm and being the top 1% of Boston realtors."

"Dave Costello of CL Properties was a wonderful Real Estate agent during the search and in the purchase of my new home. My wife and I searched for over a year and Dave was very patient in the process. He joined us for many of the open houses and even helped us to coordinate and setup some showings that worked around our schedule when we couldn't make an open house. When we finally did find the right home, Dave did a great job consulting us on negotiation strategies and made us feel comfortable and confident with our decisions on how best to move forward. He was thorough, organized and very responsive in the entire purchase process. He joined me for the entire 2 hour home inspection and was there for the final walk through. I have several friends that have used Dave and this was the 2nd time I've used him to help with a purchase as well. I'm very happy to have a real estate agent in my corner that I know I can trust. Highly recommend!"

"Carmela Laurella is one of the best real estate agents with whom I have ever dealt. [I have bought and sold over fifteen homes and second homes over the last thirty years.] She helped us buy our dream spot on the Harbor at the front of our building and sold our place (in the same building) in just a few days. She had great pictures and created the buzz about how special our place was. She also was able to deal with a VERY difficult buyer of our unit, handling their unreasonable demands over the process of shepherding the sale to the finish line at the close."

"Carmela and Dave were wonderful from beginning to end. They are extremely to knowledgeable about the Boston real estate market. They are very professional and command a great deal of respect in the Boston community. They were very sensitive to our wants and needs and very insightful about how we could find what we were looking for. Throughout the many months that we worked with them (and almost all that time we were doing our search from a long distance outside Boston), they were always available to discuss our property interests, the merits of various alternatives, and to show us properties when we were in Boston. The purchase of our home (Back Bay) went very smoothly from the initial bid to the final closing. In addition, they have made wonderful recommendations for all kinds of local services (e.g., locksmith, moving company, insurance agent, etc). We certainly give Carmela and Dave our highest recommendation!"