What Our Buyers and Sellers Are Saying

Janis and Ellen not only helped us buy our house, they helped us sell it 7 years later...full circle! PHENOMENAL from beginning to end. Highly professional with an impeccable attention to detail. They flawlessly guided us step by step through both the buying and selling process. We highly recommend reaching out to them if you are on either side of the housing market!

We feel so fortunate to have found this team. We worked with Janis remotely for over a year as she helped and counseled us in finding just the right home. I'd say that we are very demanding buyers and purchasing a home from the other side of the country could feel very daunting. But Janis made it such a comfortable process with her easy-going, kind demeanor. We were always especially impressed by how accessible she was. She'd respond to our texts, emails, dm's so quickly! We are also so grateful for the team's depth of knowledge about the community. Not only did we receive exceptional advice in terms of good properties and appropriate pricing, but they connected us to members of the community and we have used a number of their referrals and couldn't be happier with the services provided by these contacts. This expertise, beyond just the home buying process, is worth its weight in gold. In the end, Janis felt like a friend that we'd known for years. I think anyone moving forward with this team will be very happy with their choice.

My Partner and I just bought a house with Janis, and we cannot say enough great things about the team and our experience. It was my first home-buying experience (my partner’s second), so I didn’t know what to expect but Janis and the team made everything beautifully seamless - every part of the process was outlined, explained, and made extremely digestible. We were consistently being checked up on. Overall, we were made to feel like family and were just simply taken care of throughout the entire process. We would recommend Janis’ team to anyone and everyone, and if the time comes to buy/sell again in the future, they will absolutely be the first group we call!

Ellen and Janis Team were superb. Highly efficient and responsive. Marianne did an amazing job repairing the unit to get it ready to go on the market. I couldn’t be more happy with the way this team and its approach assisted me.

We had an amazing experience working with Ellen and Janis. Not only did they help us sell our home in Jamaica Plain, they also made the process so easy and completely seamless. We would highly recommend them to anyone looking to buy or sell a home!

Working with the Ellen and Janis Real Estate Team made our selling and buying experiences seamless! We have bought and sold two homes with this team and can't say enough good things. The team's communication, professionalism, and experience stood out to me and my family. We felt like we could trust every recommendation they made. In addition to a great working relationship, everyone we worked with from this team was incredibly easy to talk to and made us feel like they really cared about us finding our dream home. I refer anyone who is looking for a realtor to this team. Thank you, Ellen and Janis!

Ellen and Janis are not just the agents that sold our home, they are also our trusted friends and were our close neighbors in JP before we moved. We got to know them as neighbors when we were living in the Forest Hill neighborhood and have always been aware of their stellar reputation as real estate agents and their impact on the JP community. But it was not until we engaged them as our agent to sell our home did we fully appreciate their impressive knowledge and expertise, strategic advice and dedication to their clients. Ellen and Janis guided us through each of the steps. From market analysis, setting listing price, planning staging, arranging showings to offer negotiation, document preparation and closing logistics, etc. They were always proactive thinking a few steps ahead, kept us well informed and put our interests first. Their wide connections in the industry also make it easier to coordinate repair work, choose reliable stager and closing attorney, on top of connecting with potential buyers. We are also grateful to have Stephen from Ellen and Janis's Team to help with the showing. His knowledge of the details of the home makes it easier to introduce the home to potential buyers. We would highly recommend Ellen and Janis team without any reservation and would happily work with them again.

Ellen + Janis, along with their team members, were very helpful and responsive this past spring as we were selling our condo in Jamaica Plain and moving to the suburbs! They answered all of our questions and walked us through every step of the process. Thanks for helping us find our next home for our family!

I worked with Marianne Stravinskas during the search for my first home. Marianne was incredibly helpful in walking my husband and I through the process – she connected us seamlessly with services (mortgage brokers, lawyers and inspections) during the home buying process and was incredibly invested in helping us find the right home for our needs. She ensured we navigated the offer process smoothly and quickly, working to understand how we could present the best offer with the elements we had. Lastly, she was responsive and receptive to our questions as we learned the ropes. I would highly recommend working with her.

The Ellen + Janis Team were incredibly helpful at every step of our search and after we found our new place.