Rich and his team made the experience of house hunting and executing CMAs as stress free as possible during a major life transition. I ended up staying in my home, but Rich helped with house hunting and understanding the value of my home. I cannot recommend them more strongly! Thank you, Rich! 2023
In a difficult market, Rich was able to find plenty of opportunities for me within my target budget. Rich always put my needs and wishes first and coached me through a confusing process. If you are looking for a trustworthy relator on your next home purchase or sale, contact Rich and his team. 2022
We are now in our dream home, all thanks to Rich and The Gardner Group realty team. Finding us a home that suited our family best was challenging in the real estate environment in 2022, but Rich did everything he could to make it happen. We couldn't be more grateful! 2022
We highly recommend Rich Gardner and his team at the Gardner Group for buying or selling a home! The team's professionalism is matched by their significant experience and knowledge of the local market. From start to finish, working with the Gardner Group was easy and enjoyable. They were flexible in working around our busy schedule, prompt with communication and went above and beyond to ensure we were happy with our purchase and sale. Most importantly, Rich and his team reflect the best in a Vermont small business: honest, ethical and kind. The results speak for themselves: we found a wonderful home to move into and sold our home for more than we expected, all within just a few weeks. If you want the best of the best, look no further than the Gardner Group. 2022
We couldn't have been happier with the work Rich did for our family! My mother needed to sell her house after the death of our father, and he was so patient and gracious with understanding the process along with our lack of knowledge in our own process. I greatly appreciate and recommend Gardner Group. 2021
Rich and his team were awesome to work with when selling our first home. The process was smooth and the team took care of everything along the way. Rich is responsive and knowledgeable, there is no other realtor we would want to work with! 2021
Rich was always available and prepared for all the details that came up throughout the process. Rich sold my house quickly and helped me get the new place that I really wanted. 2021
Rich and his team made the sale of my moms home go extremely well this summer. He is exceptionally professional, knowledgeable, caring, quick to respond to bumps in the road and easy to work with. I highly recommend Rich and his team! Theyre awesome!!! 2021
This was our second time having Rich Gardner and his team represent us as a seller. A truly professional, knowledgeable realtor that responds quickly and provides rock solid real estate guidance from start to finish. If your looking to sell your home look no further than Rich Gardner. Thank you Rich for making our home sale a smooth transaction. I will recommend to all family and friends!! 2020
Rich is a hands-on, thoughtful, professional whose years of experience go unmatched. He navigated multiple tough situations like a true professional. His knowledge, expertise and professionalism are unmatched from any other realtor I've worked with in the past. I will not be working with anyone else but him moving forward! 2020
I cannot recommend Rich enough! My husband and I reached out to Rich at the beginning of our house hunting experience. We were not really sure what we were looking for and Rich was beyond patient and helpful. He worked with our schedules to show us a few different houses/neighborhoods until we really locked into what we both wanted. Rich was always quick to respond, offered expert advice, took the stress away from negotiations (from the purchasing of the new house and the selling of our previous house) and always took time to make sure we understood all of the details. He helped us find our dream home, and we even had fun searching for it! We will undoubtedly work with Rich in the future. 2020
It was a breeze working with Rich and his team! In 2013 we bought a condo with the help of the Gardner Group. Six years, one toddler, and a baby on the way, we were ready to move into something bigger. We met with Rich at the end of September, listed two weeks later, were under contract within THREE DAYS. With the help of realtor, Jay McCormack, we made a successful offer on our new house just a few days after that. We moved into our new home before the holidays, with time to spare!
Richs knowledge of the housing market was invaluable in our process. His valuation of our original unit was spot-on and he knew just what we needed for our growing family before we did. His reputation in the community undoubtedly helped with the sale of our condo and his connections to contractors, (painters, inspectors, photographers, etc.) helped get our home ready to show quickly.
Our process from start to finish went quickly AND smoothly. Rich, Jay and the rest of the team kept us on-track and calm through what could have been an otherwise stressful process. We are so happy in our new home and recommend this team wholeheartedly! 2019
If you want someone with real estate in their blood, Rich is your guy. Having 20+ years in real estate (selling, buying, and building) there was no doubt Rich would be our agent when relocating from Colorado to Vermont. We had 4 days to find a home and Rich made the most of that time ensuring we only saw homes that fit our needs. He was incredibly responsive to calls, emails and text messages always making us feel like his #1 priority. Rich made the home buying process a breeze. We couldn't recommend him enough! 2019
It is clear that Rich Gardner knows both the art and science of the real estate market and houses and is best in breed. We definitely made the correct choice when interviewing several real estate teams for help selling our current home.
For the sale of our home, Rich used data to determine list price and prepare us for potential time on market. We had a high volume of traffic and multiple offers. Rich helped negotiate a price and terms that allowed us to stay in our house until the new home completes (several months later and allowing us to enjoy another summer on the lake). Additionally, he has a network of contacts that helped us at every turn from preparing the house to crafting the lease to quickly turning around inspection items. Rich managed a fast closing with some tricky negotiations while shielding us from the stress of the home selling process.
He has always been forthright, honest and focused on our best interest. When a concern was raised, Rich listened and was responsive, committed to providing professional, high quality service. We wanted a realtor with who smart, skilled, and experienced so it was a nice bonus that we also got to work with an exceptionally kind, good humored, good person. We give Rich our highest endorsement and recommendation. 2019
Our experience with Rich Gardner and his team was terrific from the first point of contact through our closing. We filled out an online inquiry and had a call within 15 minutes. Rich came to our house for the consultation and, refreshingly, was the only broker who visited who had not already decided what our home was worth. He brought no comps with himjust wanted to see the house and what it had going for, and against it. The three other brokers we had in to compete for our business brought sales plans and comps with them and had already decided where in the real estate pecking order our house fell. After spending 90 minutes learning our house, asking detailed questions and describing his process, he scheduled a meeting with us for a few days later (this was over a major holiday so likely would have been sooner) in which we visited him at his office and he presented his plan for how best to sell our house and position it price-wise. It is important to note that we were selling our house in an off timeright after the new yearand were worried about traffic and interest. Honestly, Richs suggested list price was higher than the other three brokers and by quite a bit. We were worried that our house would languish on the market and we would have to cut the price. We laughed with Rich that he had to convince us to list our price higher since I am sure that his arguments with potential sellers is the opposite. Rich assured us that our list price was do-able and backed it up by showing us apples-to-apples comparisons of homes in our area that had sold. Everyone on Richs team, especially Allison and Rebecca, were terrific to work with. Every time we had a question, someone was there to answer it. The follow through/follow up was amazing. The pictures of our house were beautiful. Now for the best part, our house sold the day it went on the market for more than the asking price with another offer as a back-up on the same day. Clearly that doesnt always happen, but even selling a home in an off time of the cycle, Rich knew what he was doing. Our closing went well (we were dealing with terrific buyers and they had a great agent, as well) and was smooth with no big surprises. Rich has integrity and his team will earn your respect. We highly recommend Rich and the Gardner Group.
We had the fortune of working with Rich on the original purchase of our condo and the sale. Rich is extremely knowledgeable, approachable and responsive. He takes the time to gain a genuine understanding of his clients wants and needs and truly has their best interests at heart. He also has a great team behind the scenes. We would definitely recommend him for any realtor needs! 2018
Grandma Jane Martin from ReTribe, a buyer from Underhill, VT
I'm not a fan of realtors generally speaking (sorry) but Rich was fantastic. He is patient (a need in order to deal with the likes of me!) and clear, knowledgable but fine with letting me know when he didn't know. He was super helpful with connecting us with other professionals we needed. Like Terry at Union Bank, etc. He answered his phone. He communicated with others in a timely fashion. Never ever pushy. He was always calm cool and collected, and ready to crack a joke or more likely, to wow you with an amazing metaphor. (That's his superpower). I can't recommend him more highly. 2018
Rich and his team were great! Extremely professional and answered all of our questions. The support staff really make the home selling process easy. They kept everything on track from start to finish, communicating updates between us and everyone else in live time.
Rich was amazing. He answered my emails and calls promptly, and always had great guidance for what we needed to do. We were selling from a long distance, so there were a lot of details that we could not tend to ourselves, and he handled all of it, making the process ridiculously easy for us. His advise was always spot on, and we had multiple offers within days of listing. I would highly recommend Rich and his team. 2017