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Allie's Reviews
7/12/26Jose Escobar
6/13/26Alli Yee
Working with Allie and Terry at The Art of Home was one of the best decisions we made when selling our Oakland home.
We originally met them at an open house years before we were ready to sell, and from the beginning we were impressed by how thoughtful, strategic, and knowledgeable they were about the Bay Area real estate market.
Our home had several challenges that naturally limited the buyer pool. The primary suite was located two levels away from the other bedrooms, the backyard was a steep uphill slope, and some areas of the house felt darker than buyers typically prefer. We had maintained the home beautifully and completed many updates over the years, but Allie helped us understand exactly which improvements would create the greatest return on investment and which projects would simply add expense without increasing value.
Rather than recommending a costly remodel, she focused on strategic improvements. Together we added two skylights to dramatically increase natural light, partially opened a wall between the kitchen and living area to improve flow, and updated the fireplace with beautiful tile. The changes were relatively modest but completely transformed how the home felt. It became brighter, more open, more contemporary, and more appealing to buyers.
What impressed us most was how involved Allie was throughout the entire process. She personally hosted every open house, spoke with buyers, gathered feedback, and carefully monitored buyer interest. Her understanding of buyer psychology and negotiation strategy was remarkable.
The result was exactly what she had hoped to create: strong buyer competition. After only five days on the market we received multiple offers. Allie skillfully negotiated with all parties, created additional competition through multiple counter offers, and ultimately secured a sale price nearly $100,000 above what we had originally told her was our dream number.
If you are looking for a Realtor who combines design expertise, market knowledge, strategic home preparation, and exceptional negotiation skills, we cannot recommend Allie highly enough.
6/3/26Sun Bae Kim
Allie is one of the rare people who combines creativity, strategy, negotiation skills, and emotional intelligence at an incredibly high level.
What was remarkable about working with Allie was that she saw the value of our home long before the market did.
The house had extraordinary views, an incredible layout, and a truly special location, but it also had significant deferred maintenance. The windows were in rough shape, parts of the home needed foundation work, and the kitchen really needed updating. Even the primary suite had a challenge buyers commented on repeatedly: the primary bathroom occupied the prime view side instead of the bedroom itself.
When we first went on market in the summer of 2025, the response was disappointing. We received only one offer, initially below asking, which eventually came up to around $2.34 million. We stayed on the market for quite a while and nothing materially better developed.
At that point, many agents would have told us to accept the market’s verdict and move on. But Allie believed deeply in the intrinsic value of the property. She kept saying that despite the condition issues, the combination of the location, layout, and views made the home worth over $4 million. She encouraged us not to settle for less simply because the timing was wrong.
Instead of chasing the market downward, she advised us to pause, wait for a stronger spring market, and reposition the house thoughtfully.
We did not spend a fortune preparing the property. In fact, the improvements were surprisingly strategic and restrained. Allie helped redesign and refresh key visual moments in the home. We updated one bathroom, replaced the kitchen countertops, added a backsplash, and made a few carefully chosen design decisions that dramatically changed how the house felt.
One thing I remember clearly was the kitchen hood. I initially did not want to replace it, but Allie felt strongly that the existing hood visually interrupted the views and made the kitchen feel heavy and cluttered. She pushed for a flush-mounted hood instead, and she was absolutely right. That single decision transformed the feeling of the space.
When we came back on the market in the spring, the reception was completely different. We quickly received a strong preemptive offer in the mid-$3 millions, but Allie believed there was still more room. She strategically used that momentum to bring in additional buyers, and soon we had multiple serious offers around $3.7 million.
Then came the negotiation.
Rather than simply accepting one of the strong offers, Allie multi-countered the buyers at $4 million. One buyer moved up slightly, but the other increased all the way to $4,060,000.
The difference between where the market initially seemed to place the house and where it ultimately sold was extraordinary. And it happened because Allie understood not just pricing, but timing, presentation, buyer psychology, and negotiation strategy at an extremely high level.
Other agents openly said they could not believe what she achieved with this property. But Allie never lost confidence in what the home could become in the right market with the right strategy.
“Most agents react to the market. Allie understood the market well enough to know when not to listen to it.”
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