Doug Francis

I have known Doug for about 10 years now. I met him when I was planning on moving from MD to VA to be closer to work and a few co-​workers recommended him. Doug helped me find my first Condo in Centreville VA which was a 2 bedroom 2 bath which I ended up getting at a great price.
A few years later when the housing market was out of control I called on Doug again to help sell my Condo which went very smoothly and I almost doubled what I had paid for it. I then moved into a newly built condo where I happily lived for the next 6 years. In 2011 I got married and my wife and I decided we wanted a larger place. We contacted Doug again, this time to help find us a larger place and to help sell the new condo.
Doug was very patient through our constant mind changes in what we wanted. Did we want a single family home, did we want a TH, did we want an End Unit, did we want a 2 car garage? Luckily we were able to find that 2 car garage end unit TH just down the road in Centreville, close to where my first condo was. With the new townhouse closed on we had to get our condo ready to sell.
Doug made numerous good recommendations to help open up the unit and show off the true amount of space, when we finished his suggestion that place looked twice as large. We put the Condo on the market and within 10 days we had an All Cash offer on it.
Doug was extremely helpful throughout the whole process and we would definitely use him again for all our realtor needs.

Doug has been such a huge help to us since we moved to Northern Virginia six years ago. When we first moved here from Philadelphia, we didn’t know the area too well and were searching for our first home. We thought we were going to have to live further out to afford what we wanted, but Doug found us a great townhouse within walking distance of my husband’s office. We loved that home, but we recently expanded our family and wanted to find a larger home with a yard, and Doug came through yet again helping us with buying a great new place and with selling our townhouse. The home we bought wasn’t even on our list that we created from searching online, so I think he knew what we wanted better than we knew ourselves! He helped us get a great deal on the new house, and he sold our townhouse for a great price within just a few days. Yes, you read that correctly — our house was under contract in less than a week. And it sold for much more than any others had recently sold for in our neighborhood. This was our first time selling a house, so we were a bit nervous, but Doug made the process very easy. He gave us simple suggestions for getting the house ready to sell, and took beautiful photographs for the home listing. He also printed out really nice little booklets, with lots of photos and a brief description of our home, for people who looked at the house to take home with them. I still can’t believe how well everything worked out with both buying a new home and selling our old home — thanks again Doug!!!