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My husband and I were renting a tiny condo downtown with our 4 month old when we set out looking for a home. Toronto was hitting the very peak of the market and the weather was just becoming intolerable at the end of the fall. We initially enlisted the help of a real estate agent from a company that we thought had a progressive approach to house-hunting but we were disappointed by their very lackadaisical attitude.  I needed someone who could match my intense scrutiny of every single listing. I’m a lifelong city-dweller and I was desperate to find a home in one of Toronto's hot neighbourhoods.  My husband and I realised that we needed a serious agent.  We came to Lidia via a recommendation and when we casually asked her about a listing that we were interested in, she responded right away with a  wealth of information.  She’d seen the house and she gave me facts about it that I didn’t know could be obtained. That particular place had already sold but we knew we’d found the right person to help us in our hunt.  Lidia was confident, insightful and took the time to walk us through exactly what was available within our price range and where we might have to make compromises.  She helped us prioritize what was most important to us and listened with sincerity to our reservations.  Every listing that we mentioned to her was met with a quick response and all of the facts; if a seller was accepting bids the next day, then we’d see it that night, and that was exactly how we ended up buying our home. About a month after we’d started our search with Lidia, we found a listing that was within our price range and the seller was accepting bids the following day.  It met what we had now realised was our most important criteria: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a decent school district and a location in a great West End neighbourhood that was close to the subway.
At this point, we were aware that we’d have to make a couple of sacrifices, and we did so knowing the trade-offs.  Lidia met us at the house both that day and the next, and we went over every aspect of the property with a fine toothed comb.  Once we’d made the decision to go for it, she walked us through the bidding process with expert clarity.  She gave us frank advice about how much money we should put on the table and used her knowledge of the market to stop us from over-bidding by a substantial amount.  Remarkably, the price we ended up paying for our home was the exact amount that Lidia had told us the place was worth when we first walked through.  Lidia guided us through our home-buying process with care and utmost attention to every detail.  She was patient, incredibly knowledgeable and willing to help us manage our expectations. We’ve been living in our home for four months now and couldn’t be happier with our purchase!  We couldn’t recommend Lidia more highly.

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