Testimonials

Lauren and team set the platinum standard for the home selling experience. Aside from her outstanding acumen and execution of the luxury real estate market and sales process, it is her authenticity, honesty and exemplary communication skills that set her apart. Lauren is whip-smart, one step ahead, tenacious and brings a confident energy that is priceless. From our initial meeting to closing escrow, I knew I was in the best hands possible. Thank you to the entire team!

Lauren Forbes and her team are the ‘go to’ realtors if you want to buy or sell your home in Manhattan Beach. We’ve worked with them on the purchase and sale of 3 different properties in the past year and are continually impressed by their market expertise and professionalism. Lauren is extremely diligent with the contractual elements of the transaction and their team manages the process from start to finish very smoothly. I highly recommend Lauren Forbes Group if you are looking for the best real estate agents in the South Bay.

My wife and I were incredibly fortunate to have been advised by the Sarsen team on our recent Greenwich home purchase. Buying a home can be trying under the best of circumstances, but doing so at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the midst of a buying frenzy and limited inventory made it exponentially more so. Carolyn and Jack were extraordinarily responsive to our questions and available to us morning, noon and night throughout the entire process and beyond. They have been invaluable in helping us navigate unfamiliar territory -- literally and figuratively. We love our new home and community, and truly could not have done it without them. I cannot recommend the Sarsen team highly enough!

We first met Holley Madden when she sold our house 6 years ago. She did an excellent job dealing with the unique needs of a high profile client such as managing the details when we were not around and going the extra mile to make sure things happened on tight timelines. We got top dollar for our home and would use her again on a future house sale or purchase. We have referred her to many others within the NBA community and they have all been very happy with her.

Holley Madden was our Realtor when we moved to Houston. She is extremely knowledgeable about the different areas of the Houston metro area and did a great job of understanding our commute time tolerance. Her extensive connections with service people (pest, builders, plumbers, landscape, etc) made moving into our house super easy and efficient. She is my go to person, 3 years after we bought our home, for resources on anything we need to do in terms of improvements. We value her knowledge and experience!

Holley was one of the first people we met when we moved to Houston. I spoke with her on the phone and immediately felt comfortable putting my trust in her to find a new home for my family. She was extremely diligent, respectful, resourceful, knowledgeable. She was really the full package for us! If Holley couldn’t get it done, she knew someone who could. I was impressed about how she really understood how to bring both our individual needs to the forefront to find a home that we could both be happy with. We would undoubtedly recommend her to anyone searching for their dream home in the Houston area, and we are now happy to call her a friend!

Eli and his team are just amazing, we can’t recommend them enough! They helped us buy our first home and the whole process was smooth and as stress free as buying a first home gets. We felt supported and confident knowing we had such a great team backing us up. Eli knows his trade so well, he seems to have a sixth sense. He knew what we wanted better than we did. He talked us out of homes that weren’t right for us and even from homes we were considering that were over our budget. But when we emailed him about a listing that we were looking at, he immediately called us saying that this was the one (spoiler alert: it was!), even though it was well under our budget. Sal guided us through the rest of the process. He negotiated a good amount under asking, during the historic sellers market of spring 2021 no less. Saying that we were impressed is an understatement. All throughout the transaction Sal was always available to answer all our questions and give us advice in a very clear, professional and friendly way. Also special mention to Percy running operations behind scenes very efficiently. We never felt like we were alone when working with such a great team. Everything went extremely well with no hiccups whatsoever. We can now call ourselves proud homeowners thanks to Eli, Sal, Percy and the whole team. Will definitely recommend them to anyone we know that’s thinking about selling or buying a home.

Jacklyn was a pleasure to work with, she is sharp and brings with her a deep knowledge of the business. She grew up in the area and her history of the community was a genuine asset because it provided her with an understanding of the subtle nuances of each local market as well as an enormous amount of connections in the area. We were in the middle of a challenging market during the sell of our house, she was extremely perceptive and advised us wisely to make appropriate adjustments that proved to be successful. As offers came in she was effective in negotiating the terms through the counter process, and we ultimately ended up with a deal that both were parties were very happy with. Jacklyn also assisted us with the purchase of a new home which was not a straight forward deal, because the parties involved had unique requirements. She was diligent and guided us through every step of this complicated process. The short timeframe that we were asked to close on was extremely tight and Jacklyn was vigilant at engaging all the groups involved and managing expectations. Throughout all these series of events, Jacklyn always accessible, made every situation comfortable, effortless and was competent in all transactions.