About Melanie

After searching extensively online, we finally found a property that we were interested in putting in an offer, but we lacked an agent and a lender. We found Melanie via referral from another client who has closed multiple transactions over the years with her. After calling Melanie out of the blue, she wasted no time in viewing the property within hours, meeting us after work the same day to tour the property privately, and moving forward with getting disclosures so we could make an informed offer on the house. Melanie's extensive network of vendors allowed us to get a home inspector who is also a contractor onsite by the following Monday to look in...

I was absolutely dreading the prospect of selling the family home in Los Altos and finding a decent place on the coast. A friend recommended Melanie Kemp and I tentatively scheduled a meeting. (I understand now why almost all of her clients are from referrals.) Everything has been a whirlwind since then. Melanie not only brought in an astounding well over list price allowing me to retire, but also powered through two really difficult buyer situations to find me an unbelievably beautiful beachfront home at Sunset Beach (only 14 hours later). I was totally skeptical of the process going into this but Melanie laid out exactly what she was going to do, ...

Melanie Kemp has represented us in 2 home purchases and 2 sales over the years. She is very knowledgeable about the Bay Area real estate market. She understands pricing strategy which is key to getting quality and possible multiple offers. She is lavish in her use of marketing tools such as drone video to showcase the home's placement and surroundings, glossy brochures with helpful descriptions, and targeted emails and web posting. She studies sales in the immediate surrounding area so you are up to date on comparable home sales and the competition. She is skilled at preparing a home to shine and knows how to showcase its features. After meeting wit...

Melanie has helped us buy and sell homes in the Los Gatos/Saratoga area over the last 15 years. The most recent was 3 weeks ago. Without a doubt, she is really strong. Now, since a lot of people say that about Melanie, let me give you some specifics that differentiate her services: 1. She worked to build a 'strategy' on when to sell and how to price our home. She explained the plan, got our agreement, and stuck to it. We sold in days. 2. She coordinated pre-marketing inspections to provide prospective buyers with full transparency on the property. 3. She has a very strong resource network that she brings to the transaction. She helped to source stru...

Melanie just helped us find our dream home and we couldn't be more pleased! We were only in town for less than a week and she was able to organize dozens of showings so that we could make the most of our time and get a feel for the market. She was extremely efficient, thorough, and an absolute pleasure to be around. She made this process seem more like vacation than work. Once we found the home we knew we wanted, she was amazing. Her can-do attitude as well as her binder full of contacts allowed us to close in record time. No one thought that we could possibly arrange all of the necessary inspections as quickly as she had promised. They ate their wo...

Our family's estate in Atherton -- Though I had heard many stories of high-end realtors listing properties and then turning all work over to assistants, this was never the case with Melanie. She answered every phone call and every email from the trustees, attended every show, participated in every conference call, and personally worked with every buyer's agent. Along the path of our journey there were many times when another realtor might have delegated tasks or responsibilities, but never did this happen. We hired Melanie and we got Melanie. This is in stark contrast to reports of several friends who have sold houses in town over the last years. Me...

Kudos to Melanie Kemp at Coldwell Banker in Los Gatos, CA. Meeting her was fortuitous for us. Melanie guided us through the sale of our home in Saratoga only to just as easily transition us into a smaller home in Monte Sereno. She is always an advocate for her client, honorable, knowledgeable, and very tenacious. She has exquisite taste and has an encyclopedic knowledge of both construction and tradespeople. We relied on Melanie for all aspects of our sale, purchase, and move. She completely supervised and directed the staging of our home which ultimately was responsible for selling it. She reads people clearly and treats them in a very natural way,...

Melanie handled the sale of our Los Gatos property as only a true professional can. We got the price we wanted and the sale was completed in a reasonable time frame. Melanie was there from start to finish advising and organizing everything from landscape design, staging, inspections, and on down to the necessary repairs. Her marketing skills and experience left no stone unturned. She uses only the best pros for staging, photos, virtual tours, newspaper ads, and brochures. All of our open houses were well attended with enthusiastic buyers. Once the offers were in, Melanie was a tenacious negotiator who skillfully got the buyer to agree to our terms. ...

Our sale was a bit of a challenge as we went off on a three-week overseas trip to South America while the house was being negotiated for sale with multiple buyers. Melanie was in constant email and telephone contact and even set up an iPad app where we could review, and initial and sign off documents whenever we had an internet connection. We signed off all the paperwork and closed the sales deal while eating lunch in a South American airport! Melanie is not only a top professional in real estate but is also a joy to work with. No matter what the issue or concern she always had an idea of how to solve it and a positive upbeat attitude. I enthusiasti...

Melanie Kemp sold our house in Monte Sereno. It was a contemporary home on a sloped lot. She hosted about 15 open houses and had lots of follow-up showings. She was eager to work with clients and offer possibilities to keep them interested. Her list of contractors and tradespeople was solid and they were able to help with electrical issues, moving, staging, appraising, or just handyman issues to help throughout the whole process. She was always professional and very prepared. Melanie is sharp and tenacious and someone you would want on your side.