Douglas Elliman Real Estate – Brooklyn Heights

not worth words…

Ewa Mydlarz from this Douglas Elliman office helped me purchase my first co-​op and I couldn’t be happier. She found me a diamond in the rough, helped me negotiate an incredible deal, and made the whole process as easy as possible. Fun, friendly, knowledgeable, highly recommended! I referred my friends to her and we’ve all been happy.

Agent to avoid: Ewa Mydlarz
If you must, get everything in writing. Don’t take verbal assurances.
Be sure everything is double-​checked re: repairs, condition etc.

My husband and I recently bought an apartment with the help of Myrel Glick, and we couldn’t be happier. As first time home buyers we were very nervous about the whole process and Myrel made us feel comfortable throughout the whole thing. She was very patient though all of our questions and through multiple offers, but finally we ended up with the right place. Thankfully, this was through a personal contact of Myrel’s, without whom we would not have been successful. She was also excellent at helping us precipitate the closing process, even though we were dealing with a notoriously slow co-​op board.
Thank you, Myrel! You’re the greatest.

Myrel Glick helped my wife and I buy our first apartment in Brooklyn. She has a remarkable knowledge of real estate in Brooklyn and was a guiding force in helping us find a place that fit our needs. She was instrumental in helping us secure the contract even though there were 10 other offers on the apartment. and coached us through the entire closing process, which would have been totally overwhelming without her. She also has a great network of contacts that she recommended for financing, legal and even renovation work. We were very pleased with each of her recommendations, and I couldn’t recommend HER more highly.

We spent about a year trying to find a larger apartment allover Brooklyn but ended up buying our neighbors place down the hall. What the apartment search did give us is Myrel Glick and Marty Ellman. Having met Meryl at an open house, I knew she was the right one to sell our place in Brooklyn Heights.
As architects, my husband and I already took great pride in our apartment. Myrel and Marty came in and gave us a laundry list of improvements — and they were right! It looked great when we were done, and combined with their photographer’s skills, brought in over 70 prospective buyers during a 3-​week period.
We ended up with more than 10 offers, and Marty and Myrel did a lot of legwork to qualify each one. They also have great street smarts and did not lead us down a path of risky offers. We went into contract quickly and sold over asking at the highest selling price for a 1-​bedroom in our building.
In the end we got exactly what we were looking for — professionals who knew the market, the process, and acted quickly and efficiently to get us a great price with very little hassle. I recommend Marty and Myrel wholeheartedly!

I registered with Martha Ellman. Apparently, she made some assumptions about my ability to purchase an apartment, and communicated with me a total of once. I purchased a condo thru another broker who didn’t prejudge me.

This is a review of Myrel Glick. She was the realtor who we signed up in San Francisco to help us sell our house. Being naïve, we eagerly accepted her assertions that she could sell our house for more than $ 500,000, even though other brokers came in under $ 300,000. She neglected to post ads for open houses in the paper (oh, the Chronicle must’ve made a mistake), brought someone over who made us an offer of less than $ 200,000 (even though our house was listed for $ 500,000 and plenty of other crap.
Dealing with her was a whirlwind of promises that never came to be. We finally sold our house after six months (we were just about to switch brokers) for $ 279,000 — which was the correct price for a house in our neighborhood.
The final straw was the day after we closed. Our balky water heater chose that day to give up the ghost. We called the new owner and let him know and apologized profusely. As a way to make it up to him, we agreed that we would leave all the firewood in the yard (that we were planning on taking). Dear Myrel, however, called me and basically accused us of having a broken water heater for days and not mentioning anything because we didn’t want to screw up the sale.
Beware of her. She will do ANYTHING to get a sale. We were naïve, didn’t do our homework, and she took full advantage of that fact.

If you’d like someone who will fuck you around for a week while he waits for a landlord to answer on another application he put in at the same time as yours, this is your company!
Never mind that you saw an apartment not through this broker, but through the current apartment resident, who not only is paying a fee to this broker, but recommended you to the landlord. Or that you should have had your application in first.
Go on and get your hopes up while they find whoever will pay the highest fee soonest. It’s awesome. You and your wife and unborn baby can try to find another place to live. No worries.
Count on us avoiding ever having to use these guys again. I’d recommend you do the same.

I worked with Allan Gerovitz at Prudential Douglas Elliman in Brooklyn Heights. Allan was a real pleasure to work with. We wrapped things up extremely quickly — he got right back to me, showed me the place, and within a day I signed the lease. Allan is refreshing, direct, honest, and willing to go to bat for you to bargain with the owner (for example he made sure that carpet replacement went into the lease). He gets good listings because he has owners that have worked with him for a long time, and he likes to get to know you and has a great sense of what property will fit your personal situation. I even offered him slightly more money for his broker’s fee but he declined. All around a great experience and I’d recommend Allan without hesitation.

I worked with Harry Maria and Jhosmarty Castillo at the Williamsburg branch of Prudential Douglas Elliiman (490 Driggs Ave. Brooklyn NY 11 211). Their branch isn’t listed on Unilocal,so I’m reviewing it here.
I contacted Harry via email late one evening and had a call back from him early the next morning about an apartment he had available in Park Slope (the neighborhood in which I was looking) that matched what I was looking for. Long story short, I saw the apartment that day, put a deposit down the next and signed the lease 2 days later.
Harry and Jhosmarty were SO friendly and down-​to-​earth. They dealt with the management company to negotiate on my behalf in regards to me not having 100% of the money required to move-​in and were able to work everything out for me.
I hunted on Craigslist for weeks and saw nothing but shady brokers listing apartments for less than I knew they were worth, or crappy apartments for too much, photos of apartments that weren’t representative of the actual apartment, etc. I had read horror stories about Rapid Realty and other smaller, less reputable brokers. I was exhausted and didn’t want to search through crap anymore.
I had always been hesitant to work with Realtors with higher fees (12%, 15%) but I now understand that you get what you pay for and it’s worth it if you experience high anxiety around finding an apartment. They aren’t pushy in the least and are willing to whatever they can to help you –always with a smile. Worth every penny.
I now have an adorable apartment in Park Slope that is just what I had hoped for.
Thanks Harry and Jhosmarty!

I would only review this office based on two people –Madelne and Greg Williamson. They are the two best realtors in the Heights.
This Mother and son team know their business and will not waste your time with useless info or properties you don’t want to see. They are also just good people to boot and very easy to deal with. Makes the whole process almost, dare I say it, easy…