• Ambassador Drive • Sandringham Road • Trevor Court • Georgian Court • Esplanade Drive •
This
community remains Brighton's premier neighborhood, renowned for its
stunning homes, thoughtfully landscaped properties and convenience to
town, country, expressways, clubs, private and public schools.
Residence run the gamut from sprawling English tudor estates to
contempoary wonders constructed within the last five years. An active
neighborhood, Houston Barnard's residents include joggers, cyclists and
"amblers" who treasure the quiet steets and lamp-lit sidewalks and who
look forward to Garden Club meetings as well as the Annual Neighborhood
Picnic each fall.
At Home in Houston Barnard . . .
From homebuyers, Dr. David and Dr. Diana Hsi:
"Jamie
is the premium agent for high-end residential property sales and
purchases. She intimately knows the Houston Barnard market and will
find your dream house. Jamie not only sells you the home, but also
introduces you, so that you become part of one of the best communities
in Rochester, NY.
Enjoy a sampling of the Grand Homes listed and/or sold by Jamie Columbus in the Houston Barnard neighborhood over the years.
"I sell Houston Barnard Homes because I love the neighborhood."
• 18 years living on Ambassador Drive and Sandringham Road
• Two years Chair of the HBNA Association and five years on the Advisory Board
• Long term membership in the Garden Lover's Club of Brighton
• HB historian, collecting years of data, maps, photographs; HB Advisor to Landmark Society
• Network of family, friends and clients in the HB area.
"I find buyers for the homes I list."
• My current listings provide marketing opportunities with my new HB listings, and potential
buyers
• My approach is to find buyers using my Personal Network vs. a Retail approach - waiting for
buyers to find me.
• My contemporaries comprise the largest "market" niche, providing a built-in HB buyer pool.
• My passion for HB helps sell this neighborhood over other neighborhoods buyers consider.
• Having sold dozens of HB homes, holding the record for sales, listings, and sales of my
own listings enable me to compare and contrast homes for buyers as I have first hand
knowledge and accurate data.
• My focus on selling primarily HB homes provides depth of knowledge that helps clients
make hard decisions.
• Having completed a graduate business education, I am able to communicate, connect with
and educate savvy buyers and their agents.
"My experience with Houston Barnard homes promises each homeowner..."
• A strategic and successful marketing process
• The most effective representation of buyers and sellers
• The highest sales value obtainable in the marketplace
• My years as a professional photographer and painter have proven relevant for adding value when preparing a home for sale, and staging a home for presentation.
• My comprehensive record of historic HB market data provides a guide to effective pricing strategy.
• Homeowners know that they will obtain honest, candid, thorough responses to their questions and concerns.
• My team promises the highest level of customer service -- covering the bases to meet the challenge of addressing needs for
• Timely communication
• Strategic and comprehensive marketing with state-of-the-art design
• Empathic and personalized process
• Follow-through adminstration until closing
Having extensive experience listing and selling HB contemporary houses, I am able to address both buyers' and sellers' considerations.
Sellers sharing values/experiences with their realtor make for a trusting long-term relationship over the listing period.
Year after year, I have worked hard to create a friendlier HB neighborhood by developing an active board, informative directories, welcome parties... all which enhance neighborhood value and open doors when real estate issues (such as boundary agreements, school swaps) arise.
SHHHH....
Of late, many Houston Barnard homes sell within their first day or two on the market. For this reason, we suggest you contact Jamie to:
• Apprise her of your buying needs
• Be in the loop prior to homes going on the market
• Learn how to prepare yourself for a successful purchase.
Many thanks for doing such an outstanding job on the sale of our Rochester home. You handled every detail in a truly professional manner. Selling a home and dissolving its content would normally be a stressful task. You have turned it into a pleasant experience. We appreciate your professionalism and artistry in showing our home without us being in Rochester. From putting together a wonderful catalogue to showing the house with perfect lighting, flowers in vases and playing Vivaldi, you made people feel hey wanted to stay! Thank you for selling our home in record time and being there every step of the way. We shall highly recommend you to anyone who is considering the sale of his or her home!"
Fondly,
Vivianne and Wiland Knebel 151 Ambassador Drive
"Dear Jamie,
We want to thank you for all the good advice and hard work you put into the successful sale of our house on Trevor Court Road. As the market for housing has continued to soften we have had countless people marvel at the fact that we sold our house and closed within five weeks of putting it on the market and at a price which was above the price for similar houses in the Houston Barnard area. Your knowledge of the market certainly helped us to understand how to price the house for sale and still feel confident we were receiving full value. Most importantly, you were practically a miracle worker in putting together a team of people to do all the necessary fix ups and used your artist's eye to prepare our house to look its best and market it to attract buyers. Your incredible energy and enthusiasm for our house and our neighborhood kept us upbeat, and focused.
Jamie, we can't think of anyone who could do a better job. Thank you."
Sherre Levene 141 Trevor Court Road
"Dear Jamie,
We have been working with Jamie Columbus over the past several months and can’t begin to express how helpful she has been to us. It is hard to encompass all of her knowledge and relationships she has in the Houston-Barnard neighborhood. We met Jamie last fall at on open house and casually mentioned our interests in a future house to her. She began to provide us with useful information about the houses in the HB neighborhood, homes that had sold in the last few years, and houses that she had personal knowledge were going to be potentially for sale. Jamie also provided interior pictures of houses that have sold recently that helped us to better understand how the selling price is established for many of these mansions, as well as what different styles the interiors presented in contrast to more “traditional” homes.
We spent quite a bit of time with Jamie as she worked effortlessly to find something that fit our style, something she was picked up right away. She was actually able to find the PERFECT house for us; a house that was not even for sale. Jamie presented the current homeowner with our offer, and continued to work with her over a period of time, convincing her that this was a great opportunity that she wouldn’t want to pass up. Now that we have a singed contract with the current homeowner and are waiting to close on this house, Jamie continues to keep in touch with us a few times a week. Although her job could technically be done until closing, she continues to actively help us set up architects, builders, designers, painters, etc. Jamie truly is an endless source of knowledge and help.
Her inside knowledge of all the happenings in the HB neighborhood has provided us with numerous opportunities that we would not have had is we worked with a different agent. Jamie has been able to show us both interior and exteriors of several homes in this neighborhood based on her relationship with previous clients and friends in the area.
We firmly believe she is the ideal person to work with if you are looking to get into the HB neighborhood!"
Sincerely,
Betsy& Devon Marrinan 240 Sandringham Road