Nancy Jenkins

Alison Barges makes real estate look easy! Not only did she find us an amazing house to buy, she also priced and marketed our condo for a super fast sale! During the home-​shopping process, she found properties with all the features we were interested in and helped us make informed decisions. From start to finish, she was amazingly helpful and communicative. Alison is knowledgeable, organized, hard-​working and fun! We loved working with her to buy and sell our homes.

My wife and I were looking to buy in the Burlington area because we had just taken a new job. This was going to be our first house so we sought out recommendations and Alison Barges was the first person recommended. We could honestly not have been happier. Being from the Burlington area she knows it very well. She was always easy to reach, answered all of our numerous questions, and masterfully guided us through a the home-​buying market and process. She met with us via phone before we moved to the area and went through our wants/​needs and had developed a plan of action that included seeing some 25 – 35 homes/​condos. By making herself available for numerous long days she was able to help us immediately become familiar with the area and feel comfortable with where we wanted to live. Because she thoroughly explained the process when it came to our first bid we felt comfortable with the situation. We ended up in multiple offer situation on our bid, and through Alison’s local knowledge and availability we were able to win the bid and still come in below the appraisal value. I would definitely look to Alison again for future home buying or selling!

Alison Barges was wonderful when we purchased our house! She was so patient while we looked for the perfect home for our family. I recommended her to other people who I know were extremely satisfied. Alison made buying our first home fun and took the stress right off our shoulders, thank you Alison!!!

So our experience was a while ago, but we used Nancy and her team 3 times. When it comes to knowing what to do to sell a house or to get you the house you want, Nancy absolutely knows what she is doing.
We tried several different realtors in the area before coming to Nancy. We were extremely impressed with the method and process that she use to determine the right price to list a house at, how to market it, when it is time to adjust the price, and lastly negotiating the sale of the house. If you’re looking for a realtor and not sure who to use, ask her to come out and take you through the process she uses and ask other realtors for how they determine these things. I’ve never seen a realtor that is this methodical about coming up with that magical first listing price (which can really screw things up things right from the start even if everything else is perfect). that combined with thei extremely aggressive marketing to get your listing in to the hands of as many prospective buyers as possible in as short a time as possible usually leads to a fast sale at a price that is a couple percent higher than what the others can offer.
In addition, (at least when we used her), she really had things well thougth out in terms of the services she offered, which included ih-​house financing and a moving truck for loan (for free) for local moves. She and her team made things so easy that once you have used her, you become really a bit spoiled when you move away and have to use someone else!
The one thing that you need to be ready for is that she and her team move at about light speed compared t most real estate agents, so once you engage, you better be ready to get your house in basically perfect (show-​ready) condition and keep it there until you’ve got a signed contract. That takes a lot more work than some peopel maey realize before getting into it.

Well… we moved away from Burlington and are now in Indianapolis. Hopefully, we are rooted now. When we left, that house we bought with Alison’s help… we sold it. Guess who we called to sell it — Alison Barges of the Nancy Jenkins group. See below for more details…
We worked with Alison, Carol, Kelsey, Joanna during this transaction (I am sure there were more in the background as well). The team at Nancy Jenkins was professional, attentive, honest, and simply put — excellent to work with.
Prior to listing our home, Alison worked up the best price for our home. She met us at our home and explained the reasoning for the listing price and the method used to calculate that price. It was presented perfectly. It made sense and was right on. It very thorough and well thought out. It showed the science behind coming up with that perfect listing price.
After listing, the team reached out to us, introducing themselves, explaining their role. The communication could not have been better. It was both proactive and reactive. Meaning, they reached out to us first. And, whenever there was a question on our part or something needed for the listing or sale, they were on it! The team’s response was quick, complete and accurate.
Overall, I would suggest the Nancy Jenkins team to everyone. We have used them to both buy and sell. When you work with this team, you will see why they are number 1! This team knows Vermont and they know real estate. When you work with Nancy Jenkins, it is a relief knowing you have a strong team working for you keeping your needs and best interest as number one priority!

My husband and I worked directly with Nancy in 2013 to sell our home in Bolton, and would recommend her whole-​heartedly to other sellers. She is deeply knowledgeable about the Chittendon county market, thinks strategically about selling, and provided us with clear and direct advice throughout the entire process. Her office provides lots of ancillary services, and Benton, her photographer, did a wonderful job taking pictures of our home for the listing.