| To
Whom It May Concern,
Earlier this year, my wife and I purchased a new
home in the
Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach. Our new home, is one of the
most delightful and charming streets in all of Long Beach.
It is a block that
allows one to feel like he or she has stepped
back in time to an earlier and
simpler era. A bit of the history
of our home will demonstrate how instrumental
our Broker,
Julaine Waggoner, was in fulfilling our ultimate dream. We
had lived in a beautiful home in Rancho Palos Verdes, with
an unobstructed
Catalina view, for 22 years. We wanted to
downsize and simplify our lives,
but still hopefully wanted a
new home with character and charm. Julaine worked
with us
for months, helping us look both in Long Beach and some
adjacent
areas, including Rossmoor and Cypress.There was
a relatively new development
in Cypress that was liked. Julaine, demonstrating her creativity , ingenuity,
and tenacity, prepared
a flyer which she circulated to homes in the area which,
although
not on the market, she thought we would like. Indeed, one of the
recipients of the flyer contacted Julaine. Although her Cypress
home was very
desirable, with a most beautiful back yard and
pool, we eventually decided
that Cypress was too far away
from our daughter, son-in-law, and grandson.
Thereafter we concentrated on the Belmont Shore, Bixby Knolls and
Virginia
Country Club areas of Long Beach. Sometime
before Christmas, Julaine had us look at a house
(in Bixby Knolls, which we
didn't get)...Shortly thereafter,
knowing that we really loved the ...block,
Julaine again prepared
flyers about having motivated purchasers and circulated
them
among the houses on (that) block) in which she thought we
would have
an interest. A few days later, in a state of utter
excitement, Julaine contacted
us to tell us she had a response
from one of the homeowners! She would not
tell us the location
of the house until she further pursued the matter with
the owners,
but she was very excited.
To try to make a long story somewhat shorter, during the time
we had been
looking at the first house...my wife had seen
another house that she just
adored, and could only pray
might be the type of house we would eventually
find. After
several days, Julaine advised us that she was far enough along
in the disucssions with the potentila new sellers to have us
come over and
see the house and talk with them. We were
going to meet them on a Sunday.
We asked Julaine for the
address so we could drive by on Saturday and at least
see
the exterior of the house. Lo and behold, when we drove by
the house
on Saturday, it was the house- the quaint and lovely
French Country Cottage
which Susan had already fallen in
love with. Susan literally sobbed tears
of joy as we first viewed
the house. After a short series of negotiations,
the deal was
made, and we moved into our dream house... Susan
and I cannot say enough about the creativitiy and
ingenuity of Julaine as
our Broker. If there are other brokers
who are prepared to work as hard as
she did, we're not aware
of them. Julaine was a joy to work with, and we could
not
have been more pleased with her efforts and professionalism
on her
behalf.
David Waller |
