Spire Group – Justyna Czekaj

Justyna is the best broker we have had the pleasure to work with! She is extremely knowledgeable, professional and upfront! She didn’t waste our time with apartments that didn’t match our criteria. She was patient with our needs and helped us find a great place we absolutely love!
If you are looking for knowledge, professionalism and a great personality to work with — Justyna is the broker who has it all! In NY it is hard to find a broker who you can trust so we absolutely recommend Justyna!

Justyna was amazing. I gave her a short list of what was the first important characteristics for my first apartment and she delivered!
First I spent a day with justyna to see what inventory was available and so she could understand was I really was looking for. Justyna then spent another day with me in hopes to sign a lease that same day and that is how i found the perfect first apartment! She really listened to what I wanted and didn’t force a certain building on me.
To this day I recommend Justyna to coworkers and friends because I know she can find what they are looking for and not lie about her inventory or price.

I have apartment-​hunted in New York City, Boston, California, and Hawaii, and I can easily say Justyna is the best broker with whom I have ever worked. She found the apartment of my dreams, in a perfect location, at an amazing price! Throughout the process, Justyna continually amazed me with her excellent inventory, remarkable professionalism, and attentive customer service (more on each below).
Some background on my search: I looked for an apartment in NYC over the course of three weeks using multiple brokers. I was very picky (preferring condo finishes) and constrained by a moderate budget.
*Inventory: Justyna’s apartment inventory was easily the best I encountered in NYC. As I’m sure you’ve seen, many realtor websites will attract you with a model unit in a building, only to show you a cheaper/​lower-​quality option in person. That is not the case with Justyna’s inventory — what she shows you on the Spire Group website is exactly what you’ll see. Often I’d see a listing and remark, «This must be BS,» only to be proven wrong when I saw that exact unit in person.
*Professionalism: Justyna was an absolute joy to work with. She was very attentive to my search preferences, immediately identifying the features and finishes I was looking for. She was extremely efficient with my time — when we looked at units, she lined up 5 – 6 units a day in a particular neighborhood all within 30−45min of each other. We never sat idle waiting for appointments to begin, yet the pace was leisurely and more than adequate for viewing each unit. She was extremely knowledgeable about her market — she knew how inventory and pricing would move with the season, which managements would negotiate rent, and what options to flex during negotiation.
*Customer Service: Throughout my search, Justyna represented my interests outstandingly. When I finally applied for an apartment, the management company had actually given away my apartment and tried to push me into another (lower-​quality) unit. While most brokers would’ve accepted the new deal and moved on to the next client, Justyna spent numerous hours advocating for me. Her insight into the management company and the apartment situation was invaluable, and I wound up getting the exact unit I wanted per the original terms of our deal.
I will certainly use Justyna for my next search, and I highly recommend her for yours!

I highly recommend Justyna as a broker. Not only is she professional and knowledgeable, she also never made me feel pressured to rent a place, a trait I can’t say for other brokers I worked with. Justyna responds quickly to emails and is always courteous in her exchanges. She made the apartment-​hunting experience a lot less daunting!

I have worked with Justyna for 2 years now and I can comfortably say that she is the nicest and most professional broker that I have met in NYC. Through my apartment searches, I have interacted with at least 10 – 15 different brokers and none of them have come close to having the level of professionalism that Justyna has. She is both reliable and knowledgeable and always responds whenever I contact her with a question. On apartment viewing days, she has a full schedule with every place planned perfectly for us to see. When an issue came up with one of our applications last year, she was immediately there and fixed the problem for us.
If you are looking for a broker to help you find an apartment in NYC, I would highly recommend that you contact Justyna!

I have used a broker every time I have moved in Manhattan in the last 15 years (this is move number 5). Not once have I liked my broker or thought that they did a really decent job. It always felt very transactional and took a very long time. Justyna wowed me within a few minutes of talking to her on the phone. She took the time to get to know me a little and what I was looking for. It turns out, I was looking too far in advanced and she politely let me know it would be very difficult to find anything at this time. A month later, I get a friendly phone call asking if I am ready to start looking again (I really didn’t think she would remember me during the hectic Summer move schedule). Within a day, she helped me find the apartment I currently live in and love. She knew the UES extremely well and seemed to have a personal relationship with the management in every building we saw (and there was a lot of them). I have already recommended Justyna to a friend that is moving soon. Without hesitating, I would recommend her again!

Justyna was a great help to us in finding «the perfect place» in NYC. We were relocating from Florida, and were unfamiliar with NYC real estate market. She took a lot of time and patience to show us various apartments and to explain all details about renting in NYC. She really listen to our likes and dislikes and adjusted her showing to make sure we find what we are looking for — not an easy task! :) Besides being a very knowledgeable and professional, Justyna has such a delightful personality and is so much fun to be around! Thank you so much, Justyna!!! Elena & Scott

When my fiancé and I decided to move into our first apartment in NYC we couldn’t have asked for a better experience than we had with Justyna. We had a very specific list of things we were looking for and had a limited amount of time to find an apartment. Justyna showed us a ton of great apartments and she was always prepared for any question we could throw at her. Everytime we contacted her we always heard back extremely quickly even when she was busy. In the end we found the perfect place for us and would recommend Justyna to anybody looking for a spectacular apartment in New York City.
Bottom line, if you want the easiest search with an extremely knowledgeable and honest broker in NYC then choose Justyna, you won’t be disappointed.

With a hectic work schedule and a short timeline on our transition to NYC, Justyna made this move easy. She was very well prepared for our apartment tours and made great use of our time. We didn’t see a single apartment that was disappointing. She was very diligent in her follow-​up and made sure we had all the necessary information to select our new home.
Justyna should be your broker of choice if you are relocating to NYC or in the market for a new place to live. You will enjoy working with her.

Justyna is an incredibly professional and knowledgable broker. She provided my fiancé and I with all the information we needed and more and helped us seal the deal on the apartment of our dreams! With our busy NYC style it was a pleasure how diligent she was in getting back to us and how accommodating she was when arranging times to meet. I have already recommended her to 2 of my personal friends looking for apartments.