What Clients Say about Ann
One of the best realtors in Sonoma
“One of the best realtors in Sonoma - knows residential and investment properties...has developed many properties as well. Excellent negotiation skills as well as knowledgeable about complex financing options and contacts. We have purchased numerous properties from her as well as sold a number of Sonoma properties where she was extremely helpful and skilled....” – Gary Radzat
We are two very satisfied customers!
During January through March of 2019, we contracted with Ann and Ben Harris to consult with us and pre- pare, list and sell our house in Forestville California. We were completely satisfied with the process and the working and professional relationship that was experienced and especially the results from the sale of our property.
After an initial meeting and assessment of our property, Ann and Ben and members of their team took con- trol of mentoring us through the stages of 1) preparation of the property 2) addressing any defects 3) estab- lishing a listing price 4) marketing and managing visitations and 5) eventually decision making from the multi- ple offers we received.
Ann was always available to answer our questions and did not hand us off without maintaining control. Prior to getting the house on the market she brought in resources to help us prepare for the open house and visit- ations as well as fix some structural issues after inspections. All the team members were excellent to work with and competent in their areas.
Her marketing plan had us accelerate our listing time to earlier in the year than we were thinking, but it was the right approach at the right time. After she listed and marketed the property, we had 15 individual visits in 5 days and 80 people show up for a two-hour open house on a Sunday. We had 5 solid offers to sit down with her and consider the next day on Monday. Ann cleared any contingencies quickly and allowed us to ac- cept a simple clean offer. These marketing efforts allowed us to agree to a sales price of $51,000 over the asking price of $699,000. The house visits and open house sales process for us was completed in less than one week.
Ann continued to support us through the closure and escrow process by working with the buyer to negotiate us spending more time in our home before moving. She attended our title and escrow signing and continued to follow up on all details and questions we had.
We recommend Ann and Ben Harris to anyone needing experienced real estate professionals. Their knowledge of the local market and business sense of timing and pricing allowed us to maximize our sale.
We are two very satisfied customers!
Bill and Sandy Dry
After an initial meeting and assessment of our property, Ann and Ben and members of their team took con- trol of mentoring us through the stages of 1) preparation of the property 2) addressing any defects 3) estab- lishing a listing price 4) marketing and managing visitations and 5) eventually decision making from the multi- ple offers we received.
Ann was always available to answer our questions and did not hand us off without maintaining control. Prior to getting the house on the market she brought in resources to help us prepare for the open house and visit- ations as well as fix some structural issues after inspections. All the team members were excellent to work with and competent in their areas.
Her marketing plan had us accelerate our listing time to earlier in the year than we were thinking, but it was the right approach at the right time. After she listed and marketed the property, we had 15 individual visits in 5 days and 80 people show up for a two-hour open house on a Sunday. We had 5 solid offers to sit down with her and consider the next day on Monday. Ann cleared any contingencies quickly and allowed us to ac- cept a simple clean offer. These marketing efforts allowed us to agree to a sales price of $51,000 over the asking price of $699,000. The house visits and open house sales process for us was completed in less than one week.
Ann continued to support us through the closure and escrow process by working with the buyer to negotiate us spending more time in our home before moving. She attended our title and escrow signing and continued to follow up on all details and questions we had.
We recommend Ann and Ben Harris to anyone needing experienced real estate professionals. Their knowledge of the local market and business sense of timing and pricing allowed us to maximize our sale.
We are two very satisfied customers!
Bill and Sandy Dry
We are so happy we found Ann!
“Ann found us our dream property, and negotiated a price within our budget and below the listing price! Almost unheard of in the highly desirable west Sonoma county. She is so knowledgeable of the area and was such a pleasure to work with. We are so happy we found Ann!” – Jon Backus
Ann’s organization is grounded in positive attitude, caring and kindness that we found more valuable
My husband and I would highly recommend Ann Harris and her team at Coldwell Banker. We came to Ann with the need to sell a house of 45 years which held the memories of our children and grandchildren, as well as years of creating a well-loved home and gardens.
We were essentially adopted by a village of highly competent people with skills that ranged from design to construction to clearing and eventually sales. Ann had a deep referral base that tackled each issue that arose. Her quality resources: a surveyor, attorney, inspectors, designer, contractor, handymen, painter, carpet installer, stager, mover and more—were all put to task focusing on one goal: To economically bring our home up to the most sale-ready house that would attract the best potential buyers and move us towards our dream of retiring in New Mexico.
Ann shepherded us through a prolonged, complex easement issue, preparing the house for sale and the actual sales process during a time when the interest rates and global economics were becoming less in our favor by the week. Ann’s depth of knowledge from creating the most sale-able product to construction to insured easements was impressive and constantly essential to keeping us on track to meet our goal of getting the best price for the house.
The team exemplified the best in communication both in availability and focus. By text, phone or in person Ann and her team answered our seemingly constant questions large and small, made appointments with workers, got bids for needed work, and kept clear records and receipts. Of special note is the constant coordination of her team. Additionally, they were, without fail, pleasant and efficient. The high quality of work and staging, along with excellent advertising proved highly successful.
However, more important than all their advantageous business qualities was that Ann’s organization is grounded in positive attitude, caring and kindness that we found more valuable than even their efficiency. She and her team are motivated by the satisfaction of helping people successfully manage what is a highly stressful life event. We can’t imagine what this tremendous challenge would have been without her and her team.
The result: our home sold in one week from listing, far above our expectations. But better yet, we came to see Ann and many of her team as friends. They met and exceeded our expectations in so many ways. We feel so very grateful for having the opportunity to know and work with them.
Fred and Annie Bush Sebastopol, CA. 95472
We were essentially adopted by a village of highly competent people with skills that ranged from design to construction to clearing and eventually sales. Ann had a deep referral base that tackled each issue that arose. Her quality resources: a surveyor, attorney, inspectors, designer, contractor, handymen, painter, carpet installer, stager, mover and more—were all put to task focusing on one goal: To economically bring our home up to the most sale-ready house that would attract the best potential buyers and move us towards our dream of retiring in New Mexico.
Ann shepherded us through a prolonged, complex easement issue, preparing the house for sale and the actual sales process during a time when the interest rates and global economics were becoming less in our favor by the week. Ann’s depth of knowledge from creating the most sale-able product to construction to insured easements was impressive and constantly essential to keeping us on track to meet our goal of getting the best price for the house.
The team exemplified the best in communication both in availability and focus. By text, phone or in person Ann and her team answered our seemingly constant questions large and small, made appointments with workers, got bids for needed work, and kept clear records and receipts. Of special note is the constant coordination of her team. Additionally, they were, without fail, pleasant and efficient. The high quality of work and staging, along with excellent advertising proved highly successful.
However, more important than all their advantageous business qualities was that Ann’s organization is grounded in positive attitude, caring and kindness that we found more valuable than even their efficiency. She and her team are motivated by the satisfaction of helping people successfully manage what is a highly stressful life event. We can’t imagine what this tremendous challenge would have been without her and her team.
The result: our home sold in one week from listing, far above our expectations. But better yet, we came to see Ann and many of her team as friends. They met and exceeded our expectations in so many ways. We feel so very grateful for having the opportunity to know and work with them.
Fred and Annie Bush Sebastopol, CA. 95472
For us as Ann’s clients, she made it fun and easy to work with her.
Ann Harris just sold our home for us. The sale was a 12-day process from beginning to end. Day 1 the house was available to show to clients. Day 12 we closed escrow. We received numerous offers. The one we accepted was $205,000 over asking price.
We attribute this almost immediate sale and amazing price solely to Ann. She is a real estate agent extraordinaire. Here are the ways in which she provided exceptional service:
Getting the House Ready to Sell
Ann arranged and oversaw almost all the work that needed to be done on our house. Early in the process, we confessed to Ann that we didn’t have the enthusiasm to do the numerous repairs or improvements. Ann offered to take that on —and she did. Based on the recommendations in the inspections that were done at the beginning, she worked from those to outline projects, found the people, arranged for them to do the work, and supervised the quality. We basically only had to agree to let these folks arrive on a certain day and time and later write the check.
Ann has close working relationships with competent professionals in Sonoma County for any kind of home-related work. Each of the professionals Ann sent our way did an outstanding job. In addition, they were quick and met Ann’s schedule. Finally, because they were working through Ann, it seemed to us that the prices were much lower than what someone else might charge.
We were able to leave the area on a 12-day vacation immediately before the house went on the market. Ann oversaw the painting of the inside and outside of the house; installation of new carpet; hardwood floor work; interior re-design of ex- isting furniture, wall hangings, and décor for maximum presentation; a total landscape makeover; and a thorough cleaning of the entire house. We came back to find our home “picture perfect” and ready for sale.
The designer that Ann has on staff spent several days turning our house into a spectacular showcase. She ingeniously pared down the furniture to give each window in the house an unobstructed view of our gorgeous property. It felt as if she brought the outdoors into the house. Our place had never looked so beautiful.
Knowing the Real Estate Game
• Ann strongly encouraged us to get all our inspections done at the beginning. We balked a bit at this, but the result was that when it came time to sell, the inspections were already done and available to the buyer AND all the suggested repairs/ improvements had been made with receipts to verify this to the buyer.
• Ann timed the market perfectly. When she listed our house, there was nothing else in that price range and size on the market.
• The description of the house and photos were phenomenal. I even went, “Wow!” when I saw how beautiful our house and property looked.
• The open house attracted over 65 groups (couples, families, realtor/client). We figure we had close to 200 people in our house that day.
• The paperwork was a breeze. Ann prepared everything and until the day of closing when we had to go to the title company, all other documents were signed with DocuSign, an amazing program where you just click where it says to click, and you’re done!
Knowing How to Work with Others
• For us as Ann’s clients, she made it fun and easy to work with her. We had lots of good laughs together and really enjoyed getting to know her.
• Ann has been an agent long enough to know everybody and anybody connected with the real estate business and has solid working relationships with them.
• Ann is also thoroughly familiar with the folks that do the behind-the scenes work to get a house ready to sell, and again, she has long-standing and excellent working relationships with these folks, too.
We couldn’t be more thrilled with Ann and our house-selling experience from beginning to end. I can recommend her with the ut- most confidence that she will provide better service than you ever imagined.
Marianne Arden
We attribute this almost immediate sale and amazing price solely to Ann. She is a real estate agent extraordinaire. Here are the ways in which she provided exceptional service:
Getting the House Ready to Sell
Ann arranged and oversaw almost all the work that needed to be done on our house. Early in the process, we confessed to Ann that we didn’t have the enthusiasm to do the numerous repairs or improvements. Ann offered to take that on —and she did. Based on the recommendations in the inspections that were done at the beginning, she worked from those to outline projects, found the people, arranged for them to do the work, and supervised the quality. We basically only had to agree to let these folks arrive on a certain day and time and later write the check.
Ann has close working relationships with competent professionals in Sonoma County for any kind of home-related work. Each of the professionals Ann sent our way did an outstanding job. In addition, they were quick and met Ann’s schedule. Finally, because they were working through Ann, it seemed to us that the prices were much lower than what someone else might charge.
We were able to leave the area on a 12-day vacation immediately before the house went on the market. Ann oversaw the painting of the inside and outside of the house; installation of new carpet; hardwood floor work; interior re-design of ex- isting furniture, wall hangings, and décor for maximum presentation; a total landscape makeover; and a thorough cleaning of the entire house. We came back to find our home “picture perfect” and ready for sale.
The designer that Ann has on staff spent several days turning our house into a spectacular showcase. She ingeniously pared down the furniture to give each window in the house an unobstructed view of our gorgeous property. It felt as if she brought the outdoors into the house. Our place had never looked so beautiful.
Knowing the Real Estate Game
• Ann strongly encouraged us to get all our inspections done at the beginning. We balked a bit at this, but the result was that when it came time to sell, the inspections were already done and available to the buyer AND all the suggested repairs/ improvements had been made with receipts to verify this to the buyer.
• Ann timed the market perfectly. When she listed our house, there was nothing else in that price range and size on the market.
• The description of the house and photos were phenomenal. I even went, “Wow!” when I saw how beautiful our house and property looked.
• The open house attracted over 65 groups (couples, families, realtor/client). We figure we had close to 200 people in our house that day.
• The paperwork was a breeze. Ann prepared everything and until the day of closing when we had to go to the title company, all other documents were signed with DocuSign, an amazing program where you just click where it says to click, and you’re done!
Knowing How to Work with Others
• For us as Ann’s clients, she made it fun and easy to work with her. We had lots of good laughs together and really enjoyed getting to know her.
• Ann has been an agent long enough to know everybody and anybody connected with the real estate business and has solid working relationships with them.
• Ann is also thoroughly familiar with the folks that do the behind-the scenes work to get a house ready to sell, and again, she has long-standing and excellent working relationships with these folks, too.
We couldn’t be more thrilled with Ann and our house-selling experience from beginning to end. I can recommend her with the ut- most confidence that she will provide better service than you ever imagined.
Marianne Arden
