You know that feeling of awe when you are flipping through the pages of Architectural Digest's best-designed homes or your favorite Pinterest Boards or the many gloriously gorgeous homes on Houzz?
We want every property we represent to elicit a bit of that response. That's where DKG design & staging comes in. The Donna Kerr Group design team lives and breathes beautiful property marketing, from start to finish. We start with complimentary staging, including updating objects, decor, bits of furniture as needed et al – at no cost to our sellers. We know that to make the property truly stand out it has to be presented in its best light. It has to have that unforgettable unique sparkle.
The cornerstone of our marketing approach is our wide-angle, high-resolution digital photography. Buyers search for houses online so your pictures must be exceptionally appealing to draw enough interest from the buyer to schedule an appointment. We know just how to arrange the furniture and photograph the room from its best angle to maximize the allure of your home. Every photo we take is then enhanced in post-production to make sure every photo conveys just the right emotion.
We decided to go with Andrew after he sold another home on our block for over $25k more than the price that our current realtor at that time recommended we list ours. We were not disappointed with our decision to switch to Andrew. Instead of whitewashing our house, the design team at the Kerr group gave us specific recommendations that helped us update and stage the house in a way that resulted in a offer that at one point was even higher than the price we listed the house, and a close we received well beyond what we would have gotten if we had gone with our original realtor. There are other realtors that do great when it comes to the amount of sales each year, but I don't believe that we would have gotten the attention and care from them that we got from going with Andrew and that type of care gave us better results.Beyond money, we were glad we went with Andrew because he is a very professional realtor as well as a genuine guy who we came to trust. We're now in the process of using him to purchase our next home.
Such a great experience with Donna and her team. We were under contract on our new house in California and needed to get our home in silver spring under contract ASAP with above market price. We contacted Donna directly expressed our concerns, then she came up with a plan and explained her process. Her design team had a meeting on site came up with some options for staging and some new upgrades.We had the work and staging done, lots of pre sale marketing and had the house on the market in 2 weeks.We had multiple offers after our open house and under contract with in a month:-) we sold the house for above our asking price. And she managed it all with us in California. Sorry but five stars are not enough for the Kerr team.
Donna's awesome team came in and gave great recommendations, helped us with renovations and staged our house and it sold in 3 days! She then helped us buy our new house that we are in love with! Great person to work with! Highly recommend!
Donna has put together an amazing team. She is professional, organized, knows everything about the local market and has become a friend. She provided a formal market analysis in a binder that pitched how she'd market my home – I was hooked. She suggested ways to get the most value from my home and was never pushy. She turned over my staging and minor renovations to her incredible design team (thank you Cara!). The design team came up with great ideas, teamed me up with contractors, met contractors at my home, and provided me with competitive bids for each step (saving me a lot of money). At the end of the process, I really didn't want to sell the house it was so nice. After a few open houses completed coordinated by Donna, the house was sold. I got what I wanted and the new owners have a beautiful home. I strongly recommend you contact Donna Kerr if you're selling (or buying) a home in her area.
We sold our home with Donna's help in 6 days. She's an expert in our neighborhood and very good at staging to make the biggest impact. The marketing materials were also done very well. The entire team was very pleasant to work with.
We had an excellent experience selling our house with Donna Kerr. It was a smooth, organized, and well-executed process. Donna and her team, particularly her designer Jen, made recommendations to improve the decor prior to marketing the house that made it more appealing. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Donna's group to anyone looking to sell.
Donna was excellent as our realtor when we recently sold our house. She guided us the entire time, making sure the process was smooth. Her office did all the landscaping, painting, and staging for the house, and it showed very well. The house ultimately got an offer within two weeks and closed at 5 weeks, which I think is pretty fast!
Donna and her team did an excellent job, from start to finish, with selling our house. She has very good advice and knows our neighborhood and the market very well. Our designer Jen Clark staged our house and supervised some sprucing up of the house and yard and did such a great job that we had an offer after only 3 days on the market!
We signed with Donna Kerr to sell our home in Silver Spring, MD. We chose to sign with Donna because of her obvious knowledge of the local real estate market and her impressive marketing approach (her marketing materials truly set the bar). Cara, an interior designer on Donna's team, was immensely helpful in suggesting how to best prepare our home for photos and planned open houses. Little did we know that staging was provided at no cost to us for areas of our home that weren't suitably furnished or arranged. Donna listened to our objectives for selling and did not push us to list at specific price. And, her team was always courteous in scheduling activities like showings, inspections, etc. around the schedule of our 7-month-old son and his sleep schedule. Ultimately, Donna and her team helped sell our house after three weeks on the market and we are extremely pleased with the outcome. Do not hesitate in considering the Donna Kerr Group for your real estate needs.
Donna and her team did a great job selling our house. They worked with our schedule, staged our house beautifully, created a comprehensive marketing package, and provided invaluable assistance working through the negotiations with our buyer. We would recommend Donna Kerr to anyone looking to sell.
The work of Donna's team was remarkable. They knew exactly what to do to increase the value of my house through selective renovation, including building an entirely new kitchen. Their highly effective use of internet marketing, spectacular photographs, and a compelling brochure sold the house in 9 days for $45,000 above list price! Jenny, Lewis, Jen and Donna were a pleasure to work with and kept in touch on a daily basis. In addition, they managed all the contractors who did the renovation work. This is an awesome team and I recommend them highly. I have attached a photo which is fairly low resolution. Let me know if you need a higher res version.
Jeff Reese from the Donna Kerr group exceeded all of my service expectations. Jeff was available, prompt, and—most importantly to me—kept me updated on every detail of my home sale throughout the process. He made selling my home while I was out of state easier than I imagined it could be. The Pure Energy staging team helped transform my home from what I considered to be a 'dog' into something that sold for higher than asking price within hours of being on the market. I am a military physician and Jeff is the ideal agent for physicians and military service members because of his ability to surpass even the most demanding expectations. Jeff Reese and the Donna Kerr Group truly offer concierge-level real estate services and I give them my highest recommendation.
I have sold 7 houses in 5 different states over the last 35 years. This was the fastest sale of them all, probably because of the painting, tiling and cleaning that Donna had me do before the house went on the market. This was also the first house that I have had staged and that probably made a difference as well. There were a few bumps with the home inspection and related negotiations, but Donna was patient and helpful all the way. The pictures Donna took of the staged house were beautiful and she did a great job with marketing too.
I had a great experience working with Donna Kerr. She helped me sell my house faster than I could have asked for. Her staging experience is what really set the house over the edge. I really enjoyed working with someone with her expertise.
Jeffrey Reese recently my home at 10713 Glenhaven Drive in Silver Spring, MD. It was a pleasure working with someone so knowledgeable and professional. The home sold within a week due to Jeffrey and his assistant Jennifer Clarks dedication and experience. I would highly recommend him and the entire Donna Kerr Group.
I had a most positive experience with Jenny Dodd and the Donna Kerr Group.I told Jenny I was in a hurry to sell my house, and she sold it in twodays for list price! I attribute the quick sale to Jenny's hard work.She swiftly created a comprehensive marketing plan, staged my home,and scheduled an open house.Jenny was available and responsive to not only me, but also to thebuyer's agent. The entire process could not have gone any better.
We would definitely use Donna again.. in a heart-beat! The staging was masterful, the advice and guidance was not only on-point but also calming. We listed our house during a tougher time-of-year, but she did an awesome job and we are thrilled with the result. She is really impressive! She even performed project management services with regard to work that we needed to get done to list the house. Her firm is truly full-service! Truly an amazing value.
We were pretty strapped for cash and didn't have a lot to throw at fixing up the house. Donna and her designer Jenn were able to help us really make the most of a tight budget. They were also masters at helping to eliminate sentiment and emotion from the process, keeping our eyes on the goal, which was to attract a buyer. I really enjoyed working with Jenn and the house looked amazing when she was done with it. The marketing of the house was superb. I felt very confident in Donna's ability to negotiate on our behalf. I felt like she really listened to our concerns. There were times when I wanted to push an issue and I felt heard and respected as she talked me down, and confident that she understood me and would relay my concerns in a constructive way to the buyer. This was key, since we were selling the house from 1500 miles away. Donna was very good at weathering the occasional emotional outburst and calming our frustrations. Days before closing, we had a major flood in the house. Disaster! Donna kept everyone calm, got professionals in to do the work, and ultimately everything still went through. Donna calmed ruffled feathers, eased our minds and coordinated a not-small population of contractors through our home. She earned every dollar she made on that sale and kept all of our senses of humor intact. She closed on our house in what felt to us to be record time, at a price we were comfortable with. I would certainly work with her again in a heartbeat.
Donna and her team of designers did an excellent job with my sale. The design recommendations made the house pop and they were fast and courteous. Quick time to a full price offer, even during the government shutdown!
Donna Kerr has set up a fabulous team of herself, a designer and a close working relationship with a construction firm to make the optimum improvements to my 31-year-old home at the lowest possible cost. She did it quickly, with little effort on my part. The results were that I got lots of interest and sold at more than the asking price in a short time. I was delighted with all of this!
The Donna Kerr Group have very professional and dedicated people that know how to make the home buying/selling process easier. When Donna Kerr helped us sell our home in 2009, we turned to her again when time came to sell our coop. Given that the property was in Maryland and our current residence is in South Carolina, they were able to handle and schedule any needed repairs, sprucing up, and removal of furniture that we were unable to handle. We were kept informed about all showings, contracts and resulting settlement processes. Their design team did a wonderful job showing off the property with a clean contemporary look and feel. Because of their dedication, the property sold the same week of the open house. We would highly recommend the Donna Kerr Group to anyone in the market to buy or sell a home, condo, or coop. They are the best.