I would like to say how impressed I was with Jackie Wood in the way she helped me find my new home. She looked after my needs very well from the start to finish and I am very appreciative of that. I was moving from the mainland to Vancouver Island and in particular, the Duncan/Ladysmith area and settled on a mobile home in Ladysmith. Ms. Wood was able to provide me with a number of units to view and was very professional and helpful and patient in the way she showed me what was available and the way the viewings were scheduled until I found the right one and was comfortable with that. Ms. Wood is a top notch Realtor in every respect and I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone looking to buy a new home. Thank you again Jackie.

Neighbourhood Knowledge 5 / 5.00, Experience 5 / 5.00, Professionalism 5 / 5.00, Negotiation Skills 5 / 5.00, Property Knowledge 5 / 5.00, Communications Skills 5 / 5.00, Contact Expectations 5 / 5.00

Did you get the home value you desired from this transaction? Yes

Would you use this professional again? Yes

Jackie Wood is an amazing realtor! Her knowledge of the housing market, and her ability to navigate any challenges, in the buying, and selling of properties, is second to none. She is intelligent, kind, and above all else, professional. She is quick to act, on any challenges or concerns, but at the same time, she is calm, and patient when required. I am so grateful, to have met her, listed with her, and would love to work with her again!

Neighbourhood Knowledge 5 / 5.00, Experience 5 / 5.00, Professionalism 5 / 5.00, Negotiation Skills 5 / 5.00, Property Knowledge 5 / 5.00, Communications Skills 5 / 5.00, Contact Expectations 5 / 5.00

Did you get the home value you desired from this transaction? Yes

Would you use this professional again? Yes

Jackie was amazing to deal with. We purchased two properties from her about a year apart. One of our particular property purchase was a bit complicated and seemed to require a number of changes/modifications with dates (our fault) and Jackie was constantly pleasant, patient and professional. She responded to us in a timely manner with clear communication and seemed to really care about our needs. I gave a 4.5 on negotiation because we actually knew what we were going to pay roughly on both purchases and hence there was not a lot of negations to be had. I would HIGHLY recommend Jackie Wood and look forward to using her again.

Jackie was amazing. She went well above and beyond in service knowledge and very friendly with no pressure and always got back to me right away if she missed any of my many calls. I could not ask for more and will definitely use her on any future sales and plan on referring her to anyone I come across in need of a realtor. Realtors dont always have a good name but in her case she is the best of the best.

Jackie is knowledgeable and easy to work with. I sold an apartment in Duncan, for more than my asking price. The process went smoothly and she did most, if not all, of the work.

This house has been such a blessing for our family and for my sanity. The space, the trees, the proximity to beaches and forest. Thanks Jackie for all your help in making this happen!

Thanks Jackie, we really appreciate all your time and effot spent in helping us find our new home. Both Jon and I are looking forward to living on the island.

I have worked with Jackie Wood for a number of years and highly recommend her as  an effective real estate agent.
She is very professional and pays attention to detail. I enjoy working with her.

My husband and I starting looking at our various options at Arbutus Ridge homes for our retirement dreams 4 years in advance before being able to purchase. We contacted Jackie Wood from Pemberton Holmes to ask questions, and show us some homes for consideration. She was aware we were not ready to purchase immediately, however, to keep us informed, she kept us up-to-date of homes coming on the market as well as what they sold for.   Always informative, patient, and a pleasure to work with, Jackie is a seasoned, professional realtor who was excellent to help us through the entire buying cycle.   If we make a decision to relocate to another home, we would definitely reach out to Jackie again!

Jackie was the listing agent for our oceanfront lot.   She was successful is selling our lot in less than 90 days at full list price.   We highly recommend Jackie Wood if you are seeking an excellent and highly efficient real estate agent to sell your property.

I was very happy with Jackie’s prompt response to our many questions. She was always willing to help us and provided very good service over a period of 10 months from our first contacting her to the time of possession. I would strongly recommend her services to anyone wanting to buy a home in the Mill Bay to Parksville corridor. Full story below.

We are Bill & Dianne Stoutenberg. We are both retired and spend the winter in Sun Lakes, Arizona and the spring/summer/fall in Calgary, Alberta.

Last April 20, 2011 we came back to our Calgary area acreage on April 20 to 2’ of snow on our driveway and had to snow blow the driveway 3 times by May 5. This convinced us to look for a house on Vancouver Island. I searched the internet for a realtor and found Jackie Wood with Osborne Realty. I liked them because they had an easy to use website and had numerous property listings. Jackie put me on her computerized listing service and I was able to view houses for sale in Mill Bay, Arbutus Ridge, around Duncan, Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Nanoose.  I started asking Jackie many questions about the housing/areas and she promptly answered all our emails. We then narrowed our search to Mill Bay, Arbutus Ridge and Parksville.

We decided to take our 5^th wheel trailer, Dianne’s dad (Art) and our dog to the island on May 10. We camped at Parksville and toured the areas around it.

I had made arrangements to see Arbutus Ridge the next day but had to cancel that morning as Art had a heart attack. We rushed him to Nanaimo hospital where they got him stabilized and found out he had two plugged arteries.

Jackie rescheduled the Arbutus Ridge viewings and I was able to see them the next day.

Art was then taken to Victoria to have 4 stints put into his arteries.

We were able to see a few houses in Mill Bay before we left for Calgary. Jackie was always accommodating and went out of her way to meet our schedules.

We left for Calgary on May 17 without having purchased a house and continued to monitor the computerized listings throughout the summer and fall. We had more questions on various houses and she always answered them and even got floor plans I had requested.

In September I saw a listing for a new house at French Creek (just outside of Parksville) that tweaked our interest. We monitored the progress of the house and finally in early December we asked Jackie to view the house for us. She did a thorough review and sent us many extra pictures. We then started negotiating through her with the builder to buy the property.

The negotiations reached a point where we had to view the house before we bid any higher. We flew to Victoria on Dec 10 and on Dec 11 we viewed more houses at Mill Bay and Qualicum Beach. We then looked at the French Creek house and were very impressed with it. Jackie had done an accurate job of describing it to us and did not over state it.

That day we raised our bid for the house and the builder accepted it. We met with the builder the next day and did our deficiencies inspection.

There were several forms to fill out and Jackie helped us with these. We were in Sun Lakes completing all the paper work and the process went quite smoothly.

Jackie helped us locate a lawyer and we took possession on January 13.

Regards,

Bill Stoutenberg