This is the best title company ever. I love them and have used their services many times. I am so…read morehappy with everyone there. Thank you!!

Connie and the team at Carbon Search and Settlement were awesome. I've closed at a lot of title…read morecompanies in my 20 years in real estate and every time I called or emailed, they were helpful and had a cheerful attitude and willingness to serve. Would recommend closing here if doing any real estate transaction in the Carbon County area.

Do not buy a house from these folks. They blatant lie or conveniently omit the details of what…read moreyou will pay upfront, yet, you are required to give them a 5% deposit to hold your lot. Stupidly, I signed a contract, chose a lot based on their marketing materials; which were a blatant lie. The marketing materials said the lot backed to "open space." it did not. The lot backed up to the back side of 12 town homes. -- not open space!! So I had to change my lot, which cost me an extra $17,000 because the new lot had a $32000 premium. Oh and I had to put 5% down on this amount as well. That was the first of many "extra" costs that TOA charges over and above their standard cheap house. -- Note: Someone at corporate is making a lot of money on the backs of senior citizens. -- I wanted to make sure I could put a porch and landscaping in the back of the house. I made an appointment with their sales person, who was eager to sell me the house, but could not answer if I could put my own landscaping/porch in the back of the house. She stated that I had to wait until I went to my design appointment -- which, surprise, couldn't be scheduled until FOUR months after I signed the contract. She also conveniently failed to mention that the back yard items I wanted would require me to pay an extra $2000 for a custom house , and also I would not be given any costs estimates for any extras I wanted in the house until this meeting as well. I also found out that becasue I needed a custom home, my settlement would be backed up by three months from the original estimate date. I was asked to sign a contract that it would be backed up. Stupidly, I signed it. She also said I could not put in a patio on the back of my house, using my own vendor, after the house was built because of Township Rules-- this was a total lie. They just wanted to charge me double what their third party contractor charged by going through TOA. At the design meeting, I was told I could put landscaping in the back yard, but the HOA would not take care of it. Something TOA boasts in the marketing materials-- that you have no maintenance. -- Again, blatant lie. They also do not let you choose what plants are planted in the front of your house. Again, not mentioned until the design meeting. When I went to the design meeting, it was obvious that the house was so basic that any thing included in a "normal" house, was an extra charge -- for example, an exit door at the side of the garage was not included in the base house. Only cheap windows were included in the base house. This was a blatant "bait and switch" situation. Show you a beautiful house, but none of it was included. Also, after the design meeting, I found out that all of their vendors that you chose materials from, were at over 50 miles away, and one was even in Virginia-- the house was to be built in Lancaster County PA. TOA had no showroom set up to even look at materials because it hadn't been built yet. At this point, I knew I did not want to deal with these people any longer. They were obviously just out to make a lot of money off of their lies and half truths. I will update this post, after I meet with their attorneys.

As we decided to 'downsize' our living situation, we chose Traditions of America at Saucon Valley…read more We have lived in the area for a long time and knew the surroundings and wanted to remain close to friends, church, etc. Traditions made choosing the model of our home and the few structural changes quite easy to do. The sales staff was knowledgeable and replied to all of our questions quickly. The design department offered many pleasing choices for floor, cabinets, and bathroom finishes and Nancy was great to work with and offered some good suggestions. We have been in our new home for only 3 months but are very pleased with the final result!

I had trouble with this group. Jessica was my selling agent and very hands off. I didn't know…read moreanything when we started the process of selling and I believed that Jessica knew what she was doing and I trusted her, she is very convincing. Her approach however is a little hard to swallow. As things moved forward I felt Jessica was very disconnected from us and learned that she was spending a lot of time in broker classes and not with us on a personal level and I didn't like that. We didn't have much guidance regarding presenting our home. I felt that their answer to everything was reduce. Granted we started in the beginning of winter which we were NOT discouraged to do but non-the-less were reminded on multiple occasions that was the reason the house wasn't selling. The other agents in her group were okay. The mortgage lender they work with was helpful in spite of a lack of communication and confusion regarding funds. My buying agent Kimberly Rosado was nice. She was also the go between for Jessica most of the time. I spoke to her more often than any. Even though she constantly reassured me they were putting all their efforts towards our cause, I often felt in an her attempt to deal with my concerns, she was placating me on both ends which made me feel uncomfortable. I did all the house searching myself. The system they had us set up in was sending properties that were in the wrong areas, unavailable because they were mobile homes or foreclosures, and the price range was unworkable. They refused to set us at the price point we were looking for and the homes we could have bought were not sent to our attention. They couldn't fix this. We needed a contingency agreement and were originally told this was the norm and people did it all the time but I got no help from their end finding a home. I would see something on Realtor.com and give the info to my agent, then she would call and arrange a showing. She was nice enough but she didn't do anything to help FIND a home for us, and when we were all done, she told us she had a housewarming gift and would drop it off in the morning at our new home but ... nothing ever arrived and she hasn't spoken a word to us since. Even though she said she goes by here all the time. Many times e-sign documents would be difficult to open or they wouldn't get them to us in reasonable time so Joe could get it signed within the time allotted. We ended up being homeless because they delayed telling us some paper wasn't completed and because of the delay we sold 5 days after our original settlement date. Ended up in a hotel. We were assured in the beginning that generally they did the sell/buy settlement on the same date at the same location but with three cats in the car we drove all over the area from office to office for both the sale on Friday to the purchase on Tuesday. It was chaos and there was no representation for Joe at the sale table and had he not known how to do this (accounting degree) he wouldn't have noticed an error that could have cost him a couple hundred dollars. The buyer agent for the buyer of our home made a $900 mistake in the price our home and we had to $300 of that too. All in all I don't think Jessica's negotiating skills are questionable as we had to pay 5% closing for the buyer as well. At least Kimberly got us half closing for our purchase. Which is fair. I often felt like we were second priority because our budget started out much lower than it ended up being and I believe they put more effort into higher end clients. I am sure "I" found our forever home, now I should never need another agent again. If I do I would NOT use this group again. It's sad when after closing on the purchase of your new home and the buying agent tells you she has a housewarming gift for you and then she just blows you off. It just confirms the BS they dished out to us. I would say that sums up most of this process. I can't recommend these people to anyone who needs to be walked through it. It's not how they do things.

Jessica Vooz is smart, driven, honest, and reliable. She has helped us buy, sell, and rent homes,…read moreand will be a lifelong partner. I can always count on Jessica for any questions or issues that I have with my rental property, and she is always able to get the job done.

Sean did a great job for us in selling our home in Center Valley, PA! We were in a time crunch and…read morehe sold it the second week it was on the market. He struck just the right level of advice and guidance balanced with strong work ethic and follow up. He was also masterly in the offer negotiation process to help us get the best price we could. It was a great experience working with him. I HIGHLY recommend Sean!!!

Peter was awesome. He worked with us on finding the right home for our specific needs. We looked at…read morea lot of homes and Peter was patient, knowledgeable and very professional and courteous. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a home. (or selling one)

Cheri is my go to Realtor! I would not consider an one else . She has always been very…read moreprofessional, helpful, honest and very knowledgeable the entire adventure of selling a house for me. The first one was my own home she sold for me in 2008. then this year 2021 She helped me sell another home . This last home had some challenges but it was a very pleasant experience . She assisted me with all her expertise. I would highly recommend her to anyone selling or buying a house. her years of experience and her work ethic shine. Cheri is my GO -TO REALTOR.

I have been living here for over 8 years. Nice place to live. My apartment is large for a 2…read morebedroom compared to other complexes in the area. If anything needs fixing, I just submit online and maintenance is usually at my door within 15 minutes. Landscaping is kept up well, all the roofs and balconies have all been recently replaced. The folks in the office are great/responsive with anything you need or if you have concerns. I have not had any issues here.

Find somewhere else, because you don't want to stuck in red leaves in autumn and white snow in…read morewinter, they don't do their job at all. also because you don't want to have a poisonous talk with the evil lady in the leasing office, and you don't want to get all your deposit cut with terrible excuse, although you did very good cleaning, just skip this bad apple, every other apt nearby is better!

Don't bother going to Valley Estate Services sales, and PLEASE READ if you are even considering…read moreusing them for your estate. The owner, Amanda, is a crook who goes through and takes all the best items for herself and her employees before the sale. I recently went to one of their sales and arrived very early as there were some items in the photos online that I was very excited to purchase. I was one of the first people in and went straight to where I knew these items were, but mysteriously they were nowhere to be found. I searched the entire house, but they were not there. Extremely disappointing and unprofessional. After this incident, I did some more digging into the company, and found that this is a common theme. Items mysteriously disappear, they are almost never honest with their clients, increasing commission should they decide to be present during the sale to deter them so that they can continue to take items. I have never felt the need to write a review before, but what Amanda's company does is outrageous. I am genuinely shocked that Valley Estate Services is still in business.

I would love to put a zero star rating. This was the worst experience I have ever had with a…read morebusiness. The woman who owns the company screamed at me threatened me if I didn't leave items in the estate sale that she was going to take me to court. All I did was change my mind that I decided I wanted to keep a lawnmower and she threw a fit screaming yelling threatening me. Then she told me she had the lawnmower sold guaranteed for $3000. She ends up selling it for $2000 of which I only got $1500 and told me that my entire estate only made $525 in all with multiple buildings other equipment furniture etc. do not trust this woman horrible business person awful human being.