I called Meridian Surveys after the title company's survey partner quoted me a ridiculous amount…read morefor a boundary survey and to top it all would not be able to meet my closing date. Michael at Meridian provided a solution in which I would get a preliminary drawing to get me through the early closing hoops, and for the boundary survey he provided a date that would be just in time for the final closing date. In the end Meridian Survey provided the boundary survey two weeks prior two closing and at a great competitive value. I highly recommend Meridian Survey, give them a call and get your quote!

From the owner: Since 1991, Meridian Surveys Inc, has been the go-to firm for residential, commercial, and…read moregovernmental land surveying projects. Surveying projects are different. But, our surveyors have the ability to scale the services to meet your specific needs, no matter the size of the project. We offer boundary survey, topographic survey, ALTA survey, limited rights for property use survey, elevation certificate, and global positioning survey. Call us today!

As the owner of a real estate staging company, I have used Steve, owner and operator of Whysall…read morePhotography, for several years now to photograph special, niche listings. His talent is that special blend of science and art that not only makes a listing highly marketable, but also captures the essence of the property. Recently, I hired Steve to photograph an impromptu wedding of a dear friend that was being held at my house. Keenly aware that my experience as a professional home stager in no way qualifies me to act as a wedding planner, I was very worried that the event would fall short of the bride's expectations. In addition, I was concerned that my modest house would not provide an adequate backdrop for Steve to capture the special moments of the day. I have always been a huge fan of Steve's work, but now my appreciation of his expertise and artistic talents is even greater! Upon arriving, he performed his usual "walk-through" to determine the positive attributes and challenges of the venue. Very quickly he established a strategy for shooting the wedding (no rehearsal...totally "off-the-cuff"), and within the first hour was in his "artistic groove" as I like to call it! The resulting wedding photos are nothing less than magical; it looks as if the wedding took place at a five star hotel! Thanks to Steve's artistry, my friend has a wedding album filled with beautiful memories.

Steve worked with us to help us achieve our goal of getting some outdoor family photos. He was…read morepunctual, found us a great location by a nearby river, put us at ease, and took some awesome photos despite wind and a bit of rain. He was easy to communicate with, and delivered as promised. He even got into the water (in November!) to help us get a few shots of our son on the rocks in the river. He was also kind, considerate, and even thought to let our son be the lighting assistant for a few photos, which went a long way toward holding a teenager's interest. We are very appreciative of Steve's professional handling of our photo session and would highly recommend him to anyone seeking a professional photographer.

Amazing company, extremely helpful and got me through my relocation stress with ease!read more

Mackintosh Realtors were an amazing help to me during my relocation. Growing up in MD you see…read moretheir signs everywhere but it's not until you work with them that you see how great they really are.

My experience was positive. I submitted a property improvement request to build a patio, and it was…read moreapproved in under a week. They were professional and very efficient for me.

My experience with Jennifer Pascal, a property manager with Clagett Enterprises was very negative…read more I was offered a lease that contained illegal clauses and did not respect Maryland Landlord Tenant Law. The lease contained typos and was never corrected / updated according to the Law. 1 clause stated that I was responsible for rodents and pests that may appear in the townhouse, 48 hours after occupancy. During Showing, Jennifer stated that tenants are not responsible for the care of the small lawn. Yet the lease stated the opposite. Getting Jennifer to correct the lawn care and other lease clauses, was a nightmare. There was a "Possession Clause" which stated that the property may not be available, upon the beginning of the Lease term, even though rent has been paid. The Lease was 1 sided and sketchy. When I asked Jennifer for a law-abiding lease, my request was denied.

Lavelle & Associates did an incredible job on my not so regular sized lot! Once I requested service…read moreonline through Yelp! I received an immediate email explaining how the survey process works and the full transparent costs were presented at the time. Definitely contact Lavelle & Assc for any surveying needs. For me it helped establish the property line between me and my neighbor, before any construction was to begin.

I recently needed to find a surveyor to perform a complete survey of a ~4 acre forested…read moremountainside property on which I live in a rural mountainous area, in large part because the landowner and I had realized that it had apparently been over 70 years since a really good/thorough professional survey had been done on the property, and also due to the fact that there are lots of ambiguities about the exact location of some of the property boundaries, which is not at all unusual for heavily-forested mountainside properties in rural areas. This company, Lavelle & Associates, was one of two local survey companies that I called in the hopes of finding a very good surveyor willing and able to do the job (the other company that I called never did call me back...). When I first called Lavelle, my call was routed to the phone of Dustin Lavelle, who, I had been told by a receptionist, was in charge of the survey division of the company (I learned a couple of days later, well after Dustin's return call, that he is the president of the company). My call to Dustin's extension on that first call rolled to voicemail b/c Dustin was not available, and I left him a brief VM introducing myself, explaining what I was looking for, and leaving my contact phone number. Dustin Lavelle called me back about 20 minutes later, and, after basic introductions both ways, he encouraged me to tell him more about the property and about the goals that the landowner and I had for the survey, a task which took at least five minutes. When I was done answering all of Dustin's questions and providing basic information, which means that we were already at least 6 minutes into the call, he then proceeded to take at least 47 additional minutes of his time to explain to me a number of things about the task at hand, including the following: -- he revealed to me that during the early minutes of our call, he had brought up on his computer screen some of the survey maps and other info about the property accrued in county and state records over the past 100+ years, and shared with me some of that information as needed. -- he then explained to me the various challenges that I would face in getting from the prospective survey all of the information that the landowner and I were seeking, simply due to the limitations of surveying rural heavily-forested mountainside properties, and also due to the known deficiencies of the reference points used in earlier surveys done on the property over the past 130+ years. -- he also explained the various challenges and problems that any good surveyor would face in performing a full survey of this type, and in delivering the various deliverables (new markers at all corners, markers at intervals along perimeters, a survey map showing the property lines with respect to a nearby road and creek, as well as depictions of the locations of driveway, house, well house, outhouse, and other key human-made structures/ infrastructure, etc.). -- he then gave me a ballpark range for the fee that any good surveyor would likely charge for the job, an estimate that was quite close to what I had predicted would be the fee range. -- he then proceeded to tell me -- and this is after having spent almost an hour of his time giving me what amounted to a very-high-quality graduate-school-level crash course (and I should know; I spent almost a decade of my life in grad school studying the sciences, and four years studying engineering at the university level...) in rural forested mountainside property surveying and the challenges thereof -- that while he was willing to remain in the background as my resource person, and while he would be willing to do the survey if no one else would do it, he wished to decline the job for now because he felt that he was not the most qualified person to do it. -- He instead referred me to a much smaller survey company in a small rural mountain town located in the same mountain range in which I live, telling me that they had far more experience with surveying this unique type of property than he had. (BTW, I called that company a few hours later, and within an hour of calling I hired that survey company that Dustin had so kindly recommended.) After Dusin's customized mini-graduate-level tele-course in mountainside surveying, along with recommendations, had ended, I was speechless with graditude and appreciation. I asked him if he would allow me to reimburse him by paying a consulting fee of at least $200 for all of the time and excellent advice that he had just given to me, but he absolutely refused my offer, telling me that what he had just done was simply part of his job as a professional, and it was all free of charge. Well, I am a professional myself (multi-disciplinary consulting & R&D scientist-engineer) and I can tell you that Dustin went well beyond the call of duty in assisting me, a prospective customer, and in ensuring that I would have only the best possible outcome! Amazing! Beyond 5 stars!

We cannot say enough good things about Christina! She helped us sell our house in Smithsburg, Md…read moreand it was a huge blessing working with her. She had contacts that helped us get work done on our house at such reasonable rates and she went above and beyond every step of the way. Highly recommend you give her a call if you need a real estate agent!

If you need a real estate agent, seriously look no further. I can say hands down that Christina is…read morethe best! She is so knowledgeable about the market, and I always knew that she was working behind the scenes for our best interests. She explained the process, answered our questions, and never never pressured us into making any decisions until we were ready. We were out-of-state buyers and so she even went the extra mile to visit homes to us and video chatted us while she walked around. Aside from the amazing real estate professional that Christina is, she is also just a great person - trustworthy, patient, and funny! Exactly the type of person you want on your team when buying/selling in this crazy market!

Update after Johns lovely response:…read more Your invoice does not reflect the lies you just said in your response. I was charged: $119 for Sewer $139.16 for water $558 in "Miscellaneous" charges such as apparently mowing the grass lol. And $550 in carpet, not $800. Oh and also, I spoke with the apparent carpet guy, who does not own a business for carpet install. He does not recall installing carpet? He had no idea what I was even talking about and denied owning a company called "Julio Perez Carpet Sale"(that was the invoice you sent me) Also, your other invoices from your "Miscellaneous" charges that you had your "Contractor" perform(installing flooring and apparently unclogging drains) does not have an active license from the MHIC, I checked multiple Times and even searched him by name. Don't worry, I will be reporting him for you. The incident on 7/13 is not the incident about the air I am speaking of, but nice try. You failed to speak on the roach problem? Anything to add? What about that awesome cracked window? I will be by Friday morning to pick up my amended security deposit. Thank you :)

I'm an investor with just about 20 years of experience and about 2 million in commercial and…read moreresidential assets. I used Boomtown to manage 1 Townhouse to see if i'd give them any others. John is is a good salesman but that's the extent of the praise he'll get. The townhouse I had them manage was a new reno that by Johns own words, "reminds him of one of his own reno's". He even asked my advice on different contractors I use. During initial talks I was clear about what I was looking for in the rental agreement, the renters and the contract with him. I signed up for his "Premiere" price plan & requested renters with at least a 600 credit score, information about their current living conditions and agreed to a 1 yr contract (along with a few other requests). I signed the docusign contract he sent which was for 2 years (my mistake for not reading the contract more thoroughly). He told me we could get $1400-$1450 for rent, which he failed to do. I agreed to drop the price and ended up paying about 10.5% of the monthly rent + the first months rent (which is 2-3% higher than most PMs around Frederick) I waited approx. 2 months & questioned him about marketing then realized he wasn't marketing on MLS & only used free sites. I guess he doesn't want to split the commission or pay to list. In my opinion his choices cost me income. My realtor friends offered to list for free, he stated that he didn't want to & went to sell me on how things were picking up; I gave him 30 days. He just happened to find renters with a lower credit but were willing to pay a few months up front. He swore they were great; This should have been a red flag, but like I said, he's a good salesman. We cleaned the TH a few days before moved in (new carpets, washed and waxed floors, new granite, new paint etc). A few days later, he found some dirt in the corner of a drawer in a closet, some dust on a shower shelf, leftover trim pieces in the shed that I wanted to keep in case the renters damaged what was installed and some random small pieces of trash that probably came from the new neighbor moving in next door. Instead of telling me, he went ahead without approval and hired a cleaner for $200 -I had found on the invoice the following month. Had I been the PM, I'd probably have just grabbed a paper towel and handled it myself. I also found an additional charges for landscaping that wasn't done and had to be reimbursed. Over a month after move in a few other issues popped up: dryer not drying clothes from a short in machine, leaking brand new dishwasher, ants etc. John and I verbally discussed items such as these that the renters would be responsible for, all of which were supposed to be included in their contract but weren't. From that point forward I told them that any discussion between us had to be through email because I don't trust him at his word and his failures were costing me money. I want everything documented. He informed me that I wasn't allowed to work on the property and would only give access to his contractors - I found out later are actually just certified handymen who upcharge: Under $10 = $5 upcharge, $10-$100= $10 upcharge, $101-300 = $20, $301+ = $50 upcharge etc. & they don't supply receipts I received emails from 7 emails/people (Carrie, John, Annie, Katie, Julianne, Repairs and "donotreply"). I'd CC John on the reply. He asked me not to include him on future emails and to direct them to one of the women. The communication leading up to this was bad. The various women who responded to my emails were cordial but never informative unless I asked specific questions John completely failed to do the 3rd month inspection and I didn't get notification for the 6th mo. inspection on time. When questioned about it, they continued to try and call me rather than own up to their mistake and document it. Their excuse was that they canceled inspections and the need to hire someone to help out.They should have been upfront about it and not let me find out months later that they missed their contractually agreed upon deadlines. I told them I wanted out of the contract since they'd breached it. Instead of owning his mistake, John said he had to talk to their lawyer and said something along the lines of , why should he let me out of the 2 yr contract, and what would he get out of it. Again, this show the character of a man I don't want to do business with. More issues lead up to move out. He found no issues an withheld no money from the renters. He gave the renters approval to go in after their contract ended when I happened to be there. The siding had black stain from a smoldering bird nest in the vent, the TH had to be repainted, plugs were overloaded and had burn marks from being shorted out. They partially painted one wall to cover up the dirt with the wrong paint color, they took down a fan and replaced it with a light then put up a broken fan. Contact me to see the communication or move out pictures. Its it all saved.

Brock was recommended to me by my mum who is also a real estate agent. He was nothing short of…read moreprofessional and extremely patient with my husband and my in-laws who were very particular with the type of home they wanted. He spent hours on end on several different occasions taking us to look at properties before we finally settled on a new construction. I cannot recommend him enough! Thank you so much Brock for all your hard work! :)

We originally contacted Cathy because of a Yelp review. Then we got handed of to her son Brock. We…read morekept going back and forth between the two-notably much less experienced. When the time came to make an offer, we were emailed all the documents asking for our electronic signature. They did not go over the documents with us at all- they prefer to put the burden on the client. Lucky for us, I am a law student and was able to comprehend the very dense materials. Also- they did not end up finding our home--we did, through a family member that is now our neighbor--but they still charged the full finders fee. This was my first home purchase so I was not sure of the process but our lender was actually amazing and he helped us through every step of the way.

Sara, Is a top agent that was able to get our house quickly…read moresold. We used her expertise and were able to do this from Iowa. She was able to meet all our needs using technology for the entire process without use ever coming back to MD. I am a career soldier who moves around and wasn't able to come back to MD for the process. Very professional and innovative agent. If you want a great agent who quickly responds check her out. Thanks for the help, Brandon

We used Sara for a home lease. She was a phenomenal help - moving in, during our lease, and even…read moreafter we turned in the keys. Professional, knowledgeable about the area, and incredibly responsive and kind, she certainly exceeded our expectations. We've shared her name with colleagues moving to the area, and if we ever move back, we'll use her as a buyers agent in a heartbeat!