Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty - Sewickley

"My wife and I were looking to buy a house in the Sewickley area and did our homework on realtors in the area. Jill Stehnach's team kept coming up as we looked at listings and reviews online (Note of advice - some of the dedicate real estate sites, i.e. ones that start with Z and end in "illow", have extensive reviews and stats on realtors, so they can give you a good idea of the people and their professional expertise and strengths). So we met with Jill and a member of her team, Mike Killian. Jill and Mike were amazing. They were always accessible and responsive. They live in the area and are very active members of the community and really live and breathe Sewickley, so we knew we were in good hands and that they could give us realistic feedback and advice and they really understood the local market. They went above and beyond and often had the inside track and heads up as properties came on the market. I highly recommend working with a realtor early on, so that they can give you the professional and industry/market advice needed, and I would whole-heartedly recommend working with Jill Stehnach, Mike Killian, and team."

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"Please Please.....You will see Jill Stenbach signs ALL over town(Sewickley)...Don't let that pull you in. This person is what the Real Estate people say is a "Listing Agent"...she loves to sit with you and do WHATEVER it takes to get a listing.. Absolutely every agent in Sewickley had no surprises when we shared that she was always threatening and a "bully" in her communication with us.....As an example, the buyers "supposedly said they wanted both refrigerators in our home. We said no, we want one of them, her comment back was "Well, if you don't give them both, THEY WILL WALK"....we heard this comment on a consistent basis... At one point, I asked if this was a "dual agency"...was she representing both parties? She wasn't....It was so bad we had to fire her, her stress to us was ridiculous. Then we went to the Berkshire - Hathaway office and shared this(way more instances), with Eileen Maranuk, the broker, who is amazing!!! She saved our deal AND we thought all along that the buyers were jerks...not so, Eileen said at the closing the buyers said, "boy it is so much easier with you Eileen that the OTHER agent". I shared this with some of our neighbors and I was shocked that ALL that had said they had either heard of Jill or worked with her and had so many horrible stories. Why didn't they tell us???? There are so many good agents in Sewickley.....Stay clear of Jill.....!!!!!"