I have waited almost 6 months to write this review. I do not like writing extremely negative reviews...never want to do it in the heat of anger, want
to think clearly and carefully before speaking. I wish I had seen some of these reviews before the closing on my house..(.although it was the buyers
who hired him, based on the referral of the real estate agent ,more
about him in another review) But I feel I should spare someone else , the
nightmare I was put through at the hands of Mr. Sawhney, the real estate
agent he works with, and his accountants , he so "kindly" referred me to
I am afraid of being threatened..I am 73 years old, lpst my husband of almost
50 years to cancer 3 years ago...nearly broke me.. I had to sell this house.
I did my best to hire good people, but I am ashamed, I clearly did a very bad job, became a fullblown victim.but at least would like to spare someone else
the same fate.
Because I am an American and the house was in Canada, the border was closed to me because of Covid...so the sale and the closing became far more
complicated. Mr. Sawhney was not properly prepared.The, October 2020
closing which was done via ZOOM was a near catastrophe..Mr Sawhney had
no idea I was a foreigner so the complicated and extremely important paper
work and documentation for taxes was not done until the very last moment.
He blamed the real estate agent, his friend, Mr. Simon Marcil for not telling him...he was so furious I thought he was going to have a stroke..I was confused and
even more stressed. I did not find out , until the middle f the closing that this
real estate agent doubled his fee from 2 1/2 % to 5 %. Yes I signed the new contract, he only sent me the back page..Never imagined he would have doubled his fee without telling me..I never would have signed..At that point, I expressed shock...Mr. Sawhney said, coldly," do you want to stop the closing"
I just wanted it over with., smarting from this betrayal and my own overly trusting nature (Mr. Sawhney later told me
"you should sue him for all he's worth, I would.....I have a lawyer I could send
you to" Yes, I know the drill..you would take a big cut...instead he said he felt
so badly, that he was going to refer me to HIS personal accountants...I really
should have learned my lesson by now, but I did not have an accountant yet,
did not really understand the system at all. His accountants charged ME EXTRA for what they claimed was all their "last minute" desperate attempts to file some very important forms., and turned out to be even nastier and more inefficienr Thank God , I saved the email papertrail
from this whole drama.
The papers were barely filed ontime, he and his NIGHTMARE accountants
turned it into a major drama..Am not going to say much more, except to say
to others, even if someone else hires the Notaire, do you due dilligence..
He does the bare minimum, no help, no real guidance, and as the review
above me said, "cold, arrogant etc" Maybe he was having a bad day, but
based on my experience, look around.....you can do a LOT better...just
my opinion. read more