Ariel Trouche

Ariel Trouche specializes in selling residential real estate in historic Charleston, the surrounding islands, and beaches. Her love affair with Charleston began as an 18-year-old while attending the College of Charleston. She had visited a friend in her senior year of high school and decided that C of C was the only place for her. Luckily, her parents loved Charleston too and thought it would be an ideal place for her to spend the next 4 years. One evening at an oyster roast, Ariel met, fell in love, and eventually married a seventh generation Charlestonian with an exceptionally large and lively family. They have three active boys that keep me engaged and up to date with what is going on in our local schools. With five brothers and sisters’ in-laws and fourteen nieces and nephews residing in the greater Charleston area, she has a unique perspective on what it means to live and work in the Charleston area with an extended family that covers many different age groups with varied professions living in many neighborhoods from downtown Charleston to James Island and Mount Pleasant to its beaches.

To be a good realtor you need to be able to listen and have patience. (Three boys has helped me with that one.) Ariel listens to what her clients are looking for in a property and guide them to the right community or area that best suits their needs. You need to have patience because it can take time to find the right property in just the right neighborhood. For many people choosing Charleston as their home is an extremely easy decision, the hard part is often navigating the area and discovering where they want to live because there are so many wonderful choices. Historic Charleston is one of the most walkable cities in America. They have five distinct beach communities and even more islands with golf all within a 20-mile radius to downtown Charleston each offering their own original personality and lifestyle.

Ariel’s background is business and marketing with an emphasis on the internet - so real estate is a natural fit for her. She loves helping her clients identify the right property. If the inventory is not there, she finds it. Three out of the last six transactions she closed were off market properties. She believes a lot of her success comes from being able to match her buyers with the right home. It takes intuition, getting to know their personality and understanding what is important and laying out a game plan to make it happen for them. For many of her clients this transaction may be the single largest investment - so getting it right and having the expertise to do it really matters.

Ariel work hard when negotiating a contract, be creatively and can think freely to put a deal together or to keep it together. Experience is one of the most important aspects of this business. Ariel makes sure that all the details of the transaction run smoothly for her clients from the initial offer to closing and communicate every step of the way. She helps her clients make informed decisions not only about purchasing a home but about the area and the communities and what makes them special. Whether it is the golf, the tennis, the boating, the beaches, the history, the arts, the cuisine that brought you here, she is excited to explore various communities and properties that will be a perfect fit.

Repeat and referral business is the best compliment, and she has clients that she has been working with a long time Through the years, her client’s needs change as their families gets larger or smaller and it is a great compliment when they reach out to her.