*this review is for Valerie Foster Filiberto*…read more As a first-time homebuyer, I came to Val with an ambitious goal: find and close on a condo within two months to avoid renewing my lease. It was a tall order, but Val and I got to work immediately, and she delivered! We searched listings together, and Val connected me with properties and opportunities I wouldn't have found on my own ~ she has access to a private network of properties not yet listed on MLS that only the elite top 10% of sellers are invited into, super cool! She guided me through every step, from tours and offers to inspections, negotiations, and closing. What stood out most was how strongly she advocated for me. She never pressured me beyond my budget, welcomed every question, and made sure my concerns were addressed. Val was knowledgeable, approachable, and incredibly responsive--often calling me back immediately and sending follow-up emails before we even finished our conversation. My attorney and father were also impressed by her communication and professionalism. Val made an intimidating process feel manageable and protected my interests throughout. We successfully closed within my timeline (even earlier!), and on closing day, she surprised me with cookies and a beautiful jar--the sweetest first gift for my new home :) I couldn't recommend her more highly to anyone looking to purchase a home. she truly cares about her clients and does honest business with all involved parties. I'm so grateful she was recommended to me! thank you so much for everything Val!!!

To say Val Filiberto with A&S Realty is the best is an understatement. Val was recently my agent…read morefor the sale of my condo in the North End. She was extremely knowledgeable about the neighborhood and selling process, professional, responsive, and kept me on track with all the things I needed to do along the way. She made the process smooth and fun! I highly recommend working with Val if you are considering buying or selling in the greater Boston area.

Alex was really great to work with! As first time home buyers, we relied on her a ton to answer…read morequestions and help us navigate the process. She was patient, knowledgeable, and helpful throughout the process!

Ed and his crew did a great job with selling my place. I would recommend them. They're also…read moreextremely nice, which makes the experience pleasant. They're very fast as well. I mean, what more can you ask for?

It's unclear to me that this is actually a functioning business. I have tried calling and emailing…read moremultiple times during business hours for two weeks and have yet to have any success getting ahold of a realtor. Would recommend going with a company that actually wants to speak with customers for your Boston rental needs

I flew into town with a mandate and a deadline. Find a new residence which I love, execute a…read moresigned lease, and have a move in date for the following week; all of which needed to be completed in 72hrs and on Memorial Day weekend nonetheless.... Impossible you say?! Well to that, I assure you that you have not yet met Chrissy. For if you have, you have likely already experienced perhaps the most seamless and personable rental process in history. Not only was she very easy to speak to over the phone, but she was empathetic and accommodating with regards my constraints (I emphasize this as it was a holiday). I have a habit of moving at a fast pace, which was pushed into overdrive considering flight-determined deadline. While this can, from time to time, throw most people off or be a little overwhelming, she managed to get everything done with the highest level of professionalism and in record time. As for my new home, it is day 9 of my occupancy and I couldn't be happier. Really, I couldn't have found a better place to live. Thanks Chrissy!

Awful experience, AVOID!! Gina Nascimento was a horrible…read moreproperty manager, she was rude and irresponsive to repair requests. They also refused to return security deposit when moving out, and only gave parts of it when we threatened them to go to small claims court with them. When we requested receipts, they basically backdated the itemized statement with no explanation.

I wish we looked at their reviews before working with them. We had a very similar experience to all…read morethose reviews talking about dishonest agents and wrong listings being shared. Our family was moving cross country and we were a perfect victim of the scam of this company. The place advertised by them that we rented was nothing like what we saw in the listing and promised by the agent. It was HORRIBLE!!! We have a child and I am 6 months pregnant in the apartment ( which the agent knew about) and the apartment looked like a hazard to any child! We simply could not move in into that place in the state it was.. so it cost us so much more to store our container of belongings and move twice instead of once. Moreover, our email to the agency was not even acknowledged. So once they get their commission you will never hear from them again! Especially if you have any issues! STAY AWAY FROM THEM!!!

Their realtor Sarah Martin had published a rental ad of my apartment with her as listing agent. As…read morethe building owner - this is news to us as I've never met her? I've called both her and her office to take down the listing and despite some empty promises nothing was done. Stay away from this business who obviously ok with having fraudulent listings to get business.

As renters, we had to deal with one of their agents Sarah Martin, as she was showing our apartment…read moreto potential renters. She is rude, unprofessional, and I suspect she lied to us. She kept telling me that she couldn't contact me using my phone number, but I was able to contact and be contacted by everyone else. We had three visits with her. Because we have a cat in the apartment, we wanted to be there during the visit, which is not a huge requirement. She agreed to it prior. The first visit went ok, although she arrived 5 minutes early and somehow left before coming back, and did not give us a 24h notice. During the second visit, she said she could not receive my messages and supposedly I did not receive hers. She warned my partner 5 minutes before the visit, and I arrived while they were still visiting the apartment. I asked to sort out her problem contacting me but she said she didn't have time. I gave her my email, that she used to book the third visit, again with less than 24 hours notice. For the first visit, she arrived earlier than announced, and finished the visit before I came, all without contacting me to mention she was there. I waited for 20 minutes at the apartment after contacting her by email before receiving a message saying they had already left. No apologies, nothing. She told my partner I didn't have to be there during the visit. Overall she gave me the impression that she didn't want us to be there during the visit and was trying to be sneaky about it, instead of telling us. The two stars instead of 1 is because her manager made her stop the visits at our apartment after I contacted him. He didn't apologize in any way though, so I'm being nice here. We had no issues with the other real estate companies that showed our apartment. If I was you I would not use their agency, there are plenty of good ones around.

Hamilton Company has such a wonderful maintenance staff that cares for Hamilton's vast properties…read morethroughout the state. Sadly, I know the bottom line is: making money. I would highly recommend anyone to do their homework on the vast properties they have because there are a lot of issues that involves with management stepping up and doing the right thing by the tenants and people that are part of the community. - From a previous Hamilton renter & son of a former Hamilton employee

One of the worst places I've ever stayed & definitely not worth what we paid…read more ONLY PRO was the location - a double edge sword. Centered in a great area HOWEVER - CONs would be the location as well. Directly across the street is a homeless shelter and we got to enjoy a ton of arguing and fights at all times of the night and early morning. Lots of ambulances and every morning between 6:30-6:45 AM. we woke up to construction right outside the bedroom window. The building is poorly insulated and you get to hear everything. Hope you're not a light sleeper! DAY 1 the bathroom flooded due to the toilet not operating/flushing properly. The maintenance guy who came to look at it just put the lid on top of it and walked away. DAY 2 another maintenance guy came who admitted he was not a plumber so I helped him. Showed him the toilet needs a trip lever and a float for the flapper chain, which is on the instructions that is directly underneath the lid of every Kohler toilet. He swapped the trip lever and quickly left so we had to assume it was fixed. That would be a big NO. I adjusted the fill valve to the proper height. I bent the new trip lever so that it would work since it was the wrong one. Adjusted the flapper chain and made it so it will flush just have to hold the trip lever down the whole time. I alerted the property manager, they said they would send out another person. DAY 3 an older disgruntled man shows up, he was arrogant, condescending,and extremely rude. Making comments about me being a plumber longer than me and not knowing what I'm doing, even though the directions for the toilet are directly under the lid and I showed them that. He continue to insult me even though he was incorrect so I told him to go ahead and leave. I called management asked them to have a supervisor or someone important to give me a call about the way I was treated and crickets. They were supposed to send me the check in instructions. They didn't. I called and left several messages. I texted the phone number several times. For an entire hour I got no response. I walked into one of the buildings where the address was supposed to be and that building's desk person knew exactly who I was supposed to talk to and ended up getting me a hold of somebody right away. They completely ignored me, but this guy had a different number for them. They misplaced my info & online info form so I had to do that again. They falsely advertised this place. They gave us an address in between 2 buildings. They have over 200 pictures online and 3 of them belong to this crappy condo and of course they only put the best pictures of this dump online. This condo is subpar, it's got lipstick on the pig. It needs a serious renovation, a lot of things don't work correctly or at all. This place is gross and the management is absolutely horrible.

Rich Rosa was fantastic. My wife and I were searching for a north-of-Boston home while living on…read morethe West Coast and Rich made the process SO much easier. 1) Great communicator with excellent attention to detail 2) Great at anticipating questions and getting you in touch with good professionals for different parts of process (home inspectors, RE lawyers etc) and helping you find a good one. 3) Great at raising questions that a home listing won't tell you (what is the home near/not near? busy street?) 4) He's not just firing his own ideas at you, he listens and works with what YOU want. If you're an engineer type like me, he'll give you a spreadsheet market analysis, if you are are more mood and feel, he will speak to that. 5) Great negotiator 6) Super punctual and responsive, we pulled off a 30-day closing window which wouldn't have been possible w/o Rich's professionalism I could go on. So glad we found him.

Rich was a great agent as he helped us buy our first house! He helped us navigate the process from…read morestart to finish. He was very thorough when looking at houses with us and pointed out things to look out for that we would have otherwise missed. He worked diligently on our behalf from the time we hired him as our agent through closing. In that time we saw quite a few houses and made several offers, but not once did we ever feel pressured by Rich - he very much works for his clients and is not at all pushy, which we sincerely appreciated! I would recommend Rich to anyone looking to buy a home in Greater Boston!

Are we ever going to receive an explanation from you folks why the most qualified member of our…read moreSummit Place board of trustees was thrown off the board by your "property manager." Also, why, all of a sudden has Summit Place gone from being part of Thayer Associates "portfolio" to, according to the "property manager," an "association of yours. We're paying upwards of 800 dollars a month for our property to be "managed" and most of my neighbors believe this whole ordeal has become one big mess. A "big mess" that could have been avoided if the most qualified member of the SP board or trustees had not been removed by the "property manager."

Horrible; mismanagement; zero response to unit owner complaints and/or correspondence. Refuses to…read morepost unit owner financials monthly; refuses to collect unpaid condo fees in arrears which is completely unfair to the owners who pay.