My wife Amy and I retained the Kavanaugh Real Estate Group to market and sell our custom home in Portola Valley, CA in mid-2020. We could not have been more pleased with every aspect of the experience, and would highly recommend them to anyone looking to sell their home – particularly in a competitive high-value market.

We interviewed multiple real estate agents before selecting the Kavanaugh Group. One of the most difficult aspects of the process of selecting an agent is obtaining a realistic valuation (not necessarily the highest valuation), supported not only by comparable sales in the area, but also by the agent’s reputation for accurately setting expectations. This is particularly difficult with respect to higher-value homes, as they are often unique in many respects. Ultimately, we selected the Kavanaughs based on their “justification” of their valuation, which we found more persuasive than those provided by other agents we interviewed.

After selecting the Kavanaugh Real Estate Group, we continued to be impressed by their marketing of our home and their management of each stage of the process (from obtaining inspections to preparing our home for sale, as well as vetting prospective buyers and managing the offer and sale process). We were particularly impressed with their ability to balance two important attributes throughout the process: (1) proactively guiding us through each stage while (2) listening to our concerns and incorporating our feedback.

No sales process is free of obstacles. But we can now look back and appreciate how the Kavanaugh Group handled each of the bumps we encountered along the way. We would use them again in a heartbeat.