“We had an outstanding experience working with the Gretchen Coley Group, especially Claire Guentz and Julia Sawchak, on both the sale of our home and the purchase of our new one. On the selling side, Claire provided excellent guidance on staging and small touch-ups that made a big difference. Thanks to her strategy, our home sold in less than 24 hours after hitting the MLS. On the buying side, Julia was an absolute pleasure to work with—fun to tour homes with, highly knowledgeable, and refreshingly honest. She consistently looked out for our best interests, even steering us away from homes we liked when she identified potential red flags. Throughout the contract process, both Claire and Julia were incredibly communicative and made what can often be a stressful experience feel seamless and manageable. We are now happily settling in our new home and truly can’t thank Claire and Julia enough for helping us get here. We would highly recommend them to anyone looking to buy or sell a home.”
E H · April 2026 · Verified Google review
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The Gretchen Coley and Coley Group experience was perfect. We felt 100% supported from our introductory meeting all the way through and beyond closing. Gretchen and her team were extremely patient with us and masterful in navigating what seemed like an impossible seller's market. The closing process was smooth and The Coley Group helped organize move-in projects, utilities, HOA logistics, etc. We couldn't be happier with our home and neighborhood! Thank you Gretchen and Team!
snabernstein · Zillow
I can’t express enough the amazing experience we had working with the Gretchen and the Coley Group! Gretchen sold our house in 3 weeks for 400k more than what our realtor last year listed our property. If you’re looking for a concierge experience- this is your team! They organized my estate sale, staged my home, and invested in a true online marketing plan (driven by her own in house marketing team) and provided me with metrics showing their efforts. We finally found a true real estate expert!
melanie lopresti · Zillow
We moved from Chicago to North Carolina in mid June. We started looking end of March & came across this neighborhood survey connected to The Coley Group. We took this & a realtor named Carly reached out to us & everything took off from there. We received personalized recommendations for neighborhoods, houses & ways of life we were interested in. We were introduced to Compass where we browsed hundreds of houses & eventually created a list of homes we loved & booked the trip to NC. Carly was awesome and put together 3 full days of showings in the 3 areas we were looking at. By the second day we found a home we loved, put in an offer & it was accepted by the end of the day We wouldn't have been able to do ANY of this without Carly & The Coley group; especially while living in Chicago. They tailored everything to our needs & have kept in touch even post move from free pizza delivery to a housewarming gift (wine, glasses etc.). We couldn't have asked for a better transition & they made it possible!!
Amanda Ducharme · Google