Phil has made selling our house a pleasant and a rewarding experience. Phil took

the time to appropriately price our home. We were in a hurry to sell, we had our

price in mind - basically a similar house on our street had sold in just 2 days, so we

figured we would go with the same asking price. Low and behold, Phil

convinced us that our house would sell at a higher price than we wanted. We

doubted him at first - the house sold in less than 3 days at 99% of asking price!

I highly recommend Phil to anyone who is thinking of buying or selling a

property.

Phil - job well done! We can't wait to deal through you again.

Jen and Lou

We went to Phil for his services because we thought, given how much the real estate market has gone up recently, the traditional rates of commission is no longer fair. Phil is down-to-earth, friendly, and responsive in phone calls and e-mail. Most importantly, he helped us find a good home and sell our house for a good price

Cheers

Andy

Philip Stedman is a true professional. He was able to guide us through the process of describing our home and pricing it to ensure that we had an excellent and compelling listing. He monitored every showing of our home and provided us with constructive feedback. He was responsive whenever we called and his advice was always in our best interest and based on a sound understanding of the housing market.

Philip never talks down to you and is an excellent listener. He is forthright and honest and epitomizes good client service.

We sold in under a month and got the price we had hoped for.
[Jim Roy]

In short, Mr. Stedman offers first class service at a very competitive commission rate.

I highly recommend Mr. Stedman's services whether you wish to sell or buy.

Dear Philip Stedman,

             We would like to start by thanking you for listing our house with you.  Thank you for your advice of getting hardwood floors installed to increase the value of our house. 

 We are very satisfied with your Real estate service mainly because we were able to rely on you 100%, rely on you to give us quick feedback and rely on you to answer every phone call we make to you.  You have made the sell of our home such a positive experience, which we have not had in the past, you made every step less stressful because you helped us with every concern we had. 

Thank you again, we will be sure to call you in the near future and to refer you to as many people possible.  We would gladly except calls for future listings.

Christine and Patrick Viau

and our 3 kids who can't wait to see you again,

Camille, Nicolas and Melodie.

We had the opportunity to work with Phil this spring in selling our house. We tried selling our house privately and after seven long weeks we decided it was time to list on MLS. We interviewed seven agents, all of whom had called or emailed us while we were listed with

grapevine. We were looking for three things in an agent-reasonable commission rate, competitive selling price, and someone we could trust. Phil came to meet with us and immediately we were very comfortable with him....he was positive, down to earth, and very friendly. More

importantly, he didn't make us feel that we made the biggest mistake for listing privately first (as other agents did) nor did he try to make us believe that we had to lower the price on our house to sell it. He immediately saw all the great features that we saw in our house and reassured us that our house would sell. We called Phil on Wednesday to say that we selected him to be our agent.

He was at our house on Friday and the house was listed Saturday morning. The house was sold the following Tuesday...in just three days! We got a great price for the house and our moving date.

Thanks Phil for selling our house in record time! You will be the first

person we call if ever we need to sell or buy again.

Take care,

Melanie

(Melanie Jenkins)

Mr. Philip Stedman
Sutton Group

Dear Phil,

Marielle and I would like to take this opportunity to express our extreme
gratitude towards you for all your hard work in helping us sell our
property.

We had tried selling it by ourselves, and then we listed it with another
company without success and it remained unsold for months.  Once we signed
up with you, not only did we start to receive many visits from potential
buyers, but our house sold within less than 2 weeks.

We both thought the superb pictures and accompanying descriptions you
posted on your web-site contributed greatly towards attracting clients.
Your professionalism in bringing clients to our property and explaining
all the features was most excellent.  In no way did we feel any pressure
to make any hasty decisions throughout the entire selling process.  Your
hard working ethics and down to earth charm combined with your
enthusiastic personality, made working with you very enjoyable.  We really
appreciated the fact that you kept us up to date constantly and time never
seemed to be an issue with you.

We would not hesitate in recommending highly your services to anyone
wishing to sell a property.  Once again, many thanks for all your hard
work.

Sincerely,

Roger and Marielle Cauvier

I met Phil through an ad placed in my mailbox. I had been trying to sell my daughter's house through the Grapevine process and after several week of slogging it out on my own, I decided to go with a real estate agent. Phil was not the latest one to come along as anyone who has every tried to sell a house through Grapevine will readily attest. What interested me about Phil was that that unlike all the others, his fee was negotiable; he wasn't stuck at 5% like all the others.

The first listing occurred during one of the deadest part of the season for selling houses (December-January) and two offers were made but none of interest. The second listing brought us into the high season and in mid-March we got an offer with which we could work.

Phil was extremely good at negotiating a better price than the one originally offered (I couldn't believe he got the results that he did); securing a sale that was most satisfactory and, to boot, at a very reasonable cost to me which is just unbelievable considering what goes on out there today.

Phil is what used to be referred to in the old days as an honest man, true to his word and sensitive to the needs of his clients. And this, not because he is locked into a contract that says he has to, but because he wants to.

You can put your trust in Phil; he'll do you a good job and you'll like how much it's going to cost you.

I’m recommending him to all my friends.

Robert G. Castagne

613-261-2827 (Cell)

Dear Phil,

We purchased our present property through you, Phil. We where taken by your professional approach and decided you were the person who could sell our old house. That was the best decision we could have made.

We were under pressure to sell our old house so we wouldn’t have two mortgages to pay at the same time. And you came through right on time! Your positive attitude and clever marketing stategies worked exactly as you promised. Your enthusiasm and good nature helped us throughout the wait for the right buyers. Communicating with us on a daily basis provided us with encouragement. All the fine pictures you took for the internet and the information pamphlets you provided where excellent. All these details contributed largely in selling our home, but most of all, Sylvie and I beleive that your exuberant personnality was the main contributing factor.

We have been boasting your keeness to all our friends and relatives. Sylvie and I would like to thank you for making our lives more enjoyable. We highly recommend you to anyone who is serious about any realestate investment.

Sincerely,

Raynald and Sylvie Sinotte

Dear Potential Clients,

We would like to share with you our experience selling our house in Ottawa this year. As you may know the High Tech recession affected many in Ottawa and like many others we decided to move back to Toronto in July of Last year.

After trying to sell for 6 months with the so-called 'best listing agent' in Kanata we were deeply disappointed. We felt that we were just one more listing on her list. We received weekly reports and had many showings but there were no personal attention to our property and we didn't sense that that agent really worked with us to close a sale. Disappointed we tried Grapevine and the paper. But as we had to leave town to start our new jobs we had to decide on a Real Estate agent again.

Several Real Estate agents called and tried to get our business. We interviewed them all and the only one that we liked from the beginning was Phil Stedman. Phil didn't make big promises. He knew the reality of the market in Ottawa; he was an experienced but down to earth person. With Phil we felt like a team.

Phil told us his strategies. He took us around our neighbourhood to see other homes for sale. We sat and compared the homes to ours.  We got a sense of the strengths and weaknesses of our home. We discussed the pricing. We discussed the strategies. We discussed what he can do for us to help us sell and help us maintain the house while we were already leaving town.

Phil did all he promised and more. Phil not only showed our house, had Open House almost on a bi weekly basis. He kept an eye on the house for us. He was the one checking that the snow removers did their job. He helped keep the house shiny, he cleared the path to the entrance door during the winter. He came in periodically to check the house and gave us some good suggestions on how to rearrange furniture to make our home show better.  We worked as a team.
After each showing Phil called and Emailed with the feedback and we discussed what should be the next step. We were constantly communicating with Phil despite the long distance. 

Despite the market condition, Phil brought us offers and sold the house in a short time.  Phil negotiated well for us. We received almost our asking price and the whole sales process went very smoothly.

We hope our story helps you learn a bit more about Phil Stedman so you can make an informed decision when deciding on your real estate agent. Good Luck in your sale and purchase of a new home!

Regards,
Goldie and Jacob Shabtay

Phil Stedman made buying and selling our house a very positive experience.
He was as determined and enthusiastic as we were, and he took the time to talk to us about our wants and needs. Mr. Stedman provided us with an exceptional amount of prospective homes to choose from in all areas of Ottawa. He also gave us invaluable advice as to locations and resale value. Then he, with all his resources presented us with a few homes that he thought would suit us best. We found our dream home and he made sure we got the best deal.
As for selling our home, he made a few recommendations and it was marketed and sold in 10 days at 98% of the asking price. That says it all. All the details and paperwork were completly and professionally taken care of.
I would not hesitate, and will call on Mr. Stedman for all future real estate business. I intend to pass his name and card on to all my family and friends.
 
Phil, a genuine and sincere Thank You.
It's been fun.
Eric & Debbie

HI,
Thanks Phil for selling our home. After trying to sell our home on grapevine and interviewing several other realtors we finally decided to hire you to sell our home. While other homes in our area sat on the market with little or no activity we continually had people through for showings. We appreciate the helpful hints and encouragement to keep us going. Your approach to keeping us in the loop and helping us make the right decisions while selling our home certainly paid off. Thanks to you we can now move into our new home and start building new memories.
Thanks again.
Ken and Carrie Randall

To future home sellers/buyers.

My wife and I decided to sell our condo/apt in December of 2005. At first we attempted to sell privately, but this was very unsuccessful. During this time we were deluged with phone calls from numerous real estate agents, and we found many of them to be rude, aggressive and less than truthful with their approaches.

In the meantime we received a letter in the mail from Mr. Philip Stedman of the Sutton Group. Mr. Stedman outlined his business offer to us should we decide to list with him. He also listed his experience in the industry and left it by wishing us luck, but that if he could be of service to us he was more than willing to discuss his offer. He also provided a source for references.

Subsequently I called Mr. Stedman and thanked him for his casual and professional approach. I was very impressed with Mr. Stedman and I advised him that if the need arose, we would consider his services.

In the second week of March, Mr. Stedman came to our condo, outlined his business offer, marketing strategies, and his opinion on the current condo real estate trends. We signed with Mr. Stedman on March 22^nd, and within days we were fully listed, including photos on MLS.

The lengthy feature sheet with photos exceeded all our expectations, and was a piece of obvious professionalism.

For the next two months we had numerous showings.  Then on June 8^th Mr. Stedman received a call from a prospective client, Mr. Stedman showed the apartment that day and by Sunday evening June 10^th, we accepted an offer. During the negotiations, Mr. Stedman provided invaluable assistance to us.

We both found Mr. Stedman to be a friendly and professional real estate agent with a refreshing approach and obvious successful strategies.

There is no doubt, that if we ever need these services again, we will not hesitate to call Mr. Stedman. 

Bob and Marie Pulfer.