Laura Baliestiero

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Laura is a delight to work with and very competent. She has great advice I am glad we listened. Her insights on timing, pricing, staging, and got us 2 fantastic offers within a day of listing. The people she referred us to sell, consign, clear out the house were all fantastic too. She was calm when things went sideways; encouraging and helpful the entire process. She also knows the details well enough to proactively get new smoke detectors in place before the town's fire chief inspection so it's smooth sailing. We appreciated her help immensely and highly recommend her.

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Laura sold our home in Carlisle, MA two months ago. We had built our home and lived in it for 44 years, so this was our first experience selling a home. But we definitely chose the right realtor. From day one Laura was extremely attentive, knowledgeable, and helpful which we really needed as we were also making a cross-country move. She had a wonderful group of people around her as well. Everyone did their part in a timely and efficient manner. We felt like we were her only client at a time when the real estate market was booming and everyone was working non-stop. The Laura B experience really is special.

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OMG, where to start? We purchased our home in 2019 from a seller whose agent was Laura Baliestiero. Working with Laura was a pleasure -- and we knew, when it came time to sell the home, Laura would be our first phone call.That time came in 2021, at the height of the sellers' market. Laura was our first -- and only -- phone call, and calling Laura was the best decision we could have made. We called Laura on a Saturday, she came over on Sunday, the home went on the market 17 days later, and, 4 days after going on the market, we accepted an offer for $400K more than we paid for it -- and there is no question that the price we got for the home was because we had Laura as our agent. We've bought and sold several homes in the past, but none was as expertly managed as this.First, and possibly foremost, Laura provided expert advice on what changes we needed to make to the home (we had the hardwood floors stripped and resurfaced) and what changes we did NOT need to make to the home (my wife had a laundry list of things she wanted to do before putting the home on the market). Laura's recommendations greatly improved the home's "showability" (is that a word? it is now) while also ensuring that we didn't overspend -- and increase the time to market -- by making unnecessary changes to the home.Second, Laura told us exactly what needed to be done to stage the home, both for pictures and for showing. This included exactly what furniture to remove from the home, what furniture to leave in place, and what needed to be moved. Then she brought in her stager to stage the home.Third, Laura's team is simply superb -- her stager, her photographer, the other agents on her team -- everyone did a terrific job, and was equally terrific to work with. The workmen that Laura recommended to perform the necessary upgrades did beautiful work. By the time the home was ready to show, it really looked fantastic. Heck, I would have bought it all over again!Fourth, Laura's formula for listing the home and reviewing offers is EXCELLENT -- and like nothing we've seen before from other real-estate agents. I don't want to give it away here; all I can say is that (1) you need to work with Laura, and (2) when she explains her listing, showing, and offer-review process, a great big lightbulb will go on and you'll say, "Wow, that makes a LOT of sense!"Between offer acceptance and closing, Laura continued to provide excellent advice -- and also worked hard to ensure that the process stayed on track to get to closing on schedule. In fact, she did a better job of managing the schedule than we did, and we had only one home to manage! :-)And finally, even after closing, Laura stayed in touch with us as final details were wrapped up.I cannot stress this enough: Had we not worked with Laura, our home would not have performed as well in the sale. Simple as that. How MUCH less it would have performed is anyone's guess, but it would have been less.Laura is wonderful to work with. She's smart, she's organized, she knows the real-estate business, she knows the knows the local market, she knows her sellers and she knows what buyers want, she has a remarkable team, and she has what is clearly a well-thought-out and very effective listing and showing process. And you're not "just another client"; we always felt as if we were Laura's only clients, even though it was the height of the real-estate craze in Massachusetts. In fact, by the time we accepted an offer, Laura was a friend of the family.If you are planning to sell a home anywhere in Laura's service area, she should be your first phone call. Really, she should be your only phone call.Laura is phenomenal, and no one else comes close.

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We worked with Laura on the recent sale of our home in Acton, MA. We could not be any more complimentary of her and her process. She is a master of her craft and was a joy to work with. She made the process easy, fun, and enjoyable. She is a tremendously hard-worker and was extremely responsive and communicative throughout the entire process. We couldn't be happier with the result and would give her the strongest recommendation possible. You will not be disappointed if you choose to go with Laura. She is the best.

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Laura Baliestiero was an incredibly asset to our family in both the home buying and selling process. She was clear, knowledgeable and direct. She was understanding and worked well within our parameters. She connected with us as people and genuinely cared about us as a family. And, it felt like she was ALWAYS available. As someone who also works in the service delivery space, I admire Laura for her hustle, attention to detail and care for her clients. If going through this process again, I would not even think to consider using anyone else as my agent in the Metrowest Boston area, and I would recommend her to family and friends without reservations.

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Laura Baliestiero took charge of selling my sister's condo after my sister died, and she accomplished the sale with great skill and sensitivity. Since I live in a different state, Laura took on so many tasks to clean, clear out, and prepare the condo. It was such a comfort to have her help. She is empathic and warm-hearted. She helped so much with what could have been a very painful and onerous process. I highly recommend her.

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We almost think of Laura as part of our family these days, having helped us to buy a Condo nearby, to sell our much loved hom, to help our daughter find a new house, and to help our daughters boyfriend sell his house. She seems to be always available , always helpful, always so knowledgeable and right on the money . She was just always there for us.If it was possible to give her a ten starred review, We would!

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We first met Laura when we bought our first house from her 12 years ago. Although she was the sellers agent, she continued to stay in touch with annual holidays cards over the years. We were impressed with her persistence and continued efforts that she was the first person we thought of when it came to sell our home and move on to something bigger. We started working with Laura to prepare our home for sale pre-COVID 19 and she stuck by us throughout the pandemic. Laura was patient with us and honest about the unprecedented real estate market we all were faced with. Lauras work ethic and professionalism is unlike anything we have seen. Shes very responsive and made every effort to meet our needs and requests. There were many instances where Laura went above and beyond for us, particularly during times of transition to ensure our family was ok. As we get settled in our new home, we have no aspirations to move again; however, if we do aEUR" Laura will be our first call. We highly recommend Laura to anyone looking to sell or buy!

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We are one of Laura Baliestiero's repeat customers; she has helped us to sell 3 homes and buy 2 homes. Laura's kindness, patience & knowledge really helped us to find our perfect home. Laura took a real interest to the challenge of house-hunting, especially during this crazy housing market, by listening to our reasons for selling our home and also what we were looking for in a new home. She was able to help us find the perfect home for the next stage in our lives. Thank you Laura, you are fabulous!

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Laura is like no other realtor with which I have had experience! With her knowledge, wisdom and experience you know you have a leg up on the market. She gives you complete trust that she is there to support you and do what is best for you and your family! She actually advised us several years ago not to put our house on the market and because we waited we were able to reap the benefits of today's market with huge success. She is a gem and anyone would be lucky to have her on your team!