The Leslie McDonnell Team

When we decided to sell our condo and move to the suburbs, we really didn’t have an idea of where to look. We have some friends that live in the Vernon Hills/​Libertyville area. It was one of the suburbs I listed off to my husband as we prepared our search. Admittedly, I didn’t study the suburbs all that well ahead of time since it was still so abstract to me. Our real estate agent Kent hooked us up with Leslie and Brittany. My husband and I looked through the MLS listings before deciding on properties to look at.
Since I was on maternity leave, my husband did the initial tours of potential new homes. After we narrowed down our search, both of us headed up to Vernon Hills to look at homes with Brittany. What’s funny was that homes I thought for sure would be winners when I saw them on FaceTime didn’t appeal to me in person. Instead, the houses I preferred were ones that revealed themselves in person better. After our big day of searching, we knew which house we wanted to buy, but had to wait on the movements of our condo. Eventually, we got the process started on a house we fell in love with, a cosmetic diamond in the rough big enough for our kids to have their own room, a playroom (no living room for us yet), near the Metra, and in a neat subdivision.
Once we got the process started, Leslie and Brittany’s team worked hard to assemble our paperwork and get us into the new house. Luckily, the previous owners had left the house, so we even had a chance to visit it with my parents one weekend. One of the real estate agents took time out of her day, so we could tour it. She even kept an eye on our sleeping infant in the car for us. It was fantastic how they went out of their way in just that instance. They also have a stellar list of vendors too. Our new house was repainted within a day of buying it with help from one of their vendors. Leslie’s team also sends out a list of utilities and need to know information ahead of the move to line up services quickly. It helped one day when I sat with my dirty chai at my desk calling all local utilities before moving. Leslie and her team did a wonderful job helping us buy our new home. Her team is truly fantastic. Brittany really got us and understood what we wanted out of our home needs and wants. Going through pros and cons with us of each house over lunch. We bought a semi move in ready house with potential. Brittany helped us look beyond the cosmetic flaws to see a neat house that can be transformed into our own. Seriously, they are the best. If you’re looking for a house in Lake County, go to them.

I read online reviews about this realty team and was quite impressed. Please understand my standards are high. However, my Son was working with a separate realtor that one of Ms. McDonnell’s Team had the listing and I was not impressed. McDonnell’s team was unresponsive to questions and overall totally unimpressive. I would not recommend this agency to anyone.
With all of that said, not sure how Ms. McDonnell earned the awards she has achieved. I would avoid this realtor — OVERRATED.

Best real estate group in Lake County, no question. They’re aces at helping you find a house and walking you through every step from bidding to closing, and even after.

Leslie and your team, you are the BEST. From knowing the worth of our home to the closing we felt like you and your team were right by our side always with our best interests in mind.
Leslie, you are incredible. You never cease to amaze us with your marketing strategies and knowledge of what it takes to get a house sold in a short amount of time. You also handled some major problems for us that we are convinced no one else could have handled. Your solutions resulted in our closing on two different homes and the sale of another.
And you have surrounded yourself with a team of people that are extremely professional, caring and knowledgable. We never worried about what needed to be done, because someone on the team was keeping track of everything for us. If something needed our attention we were notified. When we did not hear anything we were at peace knowing the team was taking care of everything for us.
We were never once treated like anything other than your friend. That is why we chose you, Leslie, and the Leslie McDonnell Team to sell three of our homes and help purchase two others. When we say you and your team are the best we mean that in the largest way possible.