“I cannot sing enough praises for Kevin and his patience and abilities as a realtor. We have been looking for our forever house in the Esquimalt area on and off for over 12 years. We had quite a list of must haves 2 bathrooms, garage, and a place for our teenager to hang out with his friends etc. We must have been in almost half the houses in Esquimalt and none had that “this is it” feel or was way above our budget. This search has finally come to fruition recently with the dogged help of Kevin.

What has endeared him to us was his no nonsense approach. We talked about likes and dislikes and he really focused on what we had said and retained a real appreciation of what we liked and showed us houses that were really close to what we were looking for but were just not “right”. We would all walk into a residence and go our separate way and sooner or later would hear one of his “hmms”. We learned that these meant issues needing immediate corrective measures or why did the owners do that? He would tell us straight up the good and bad, never pushing a sale just the issues, and let us decide which way to go. At times after walking into a potential residence he would just turn and say to us this is not for you. Kevin has an excellent grasp of what is entailed to get things to proper working order and we found out he was usually very close when he tossed out approximate costs versus obtained estimates given for repairs.

I would highly recommend Kevin for purchase or selling needs as one would be hard pressed to find a more accommodating, hardworking and dedicated individual with your best interests at heart.”

~ David and Tracey Lowther

“I listed my home with Kevin in spring of 2005. Kevin worked hard to promote my home on the market and to ensure that the exposure was sufficient to generate interest. Although I’ve bought several properties I had never sold one before so this was a new process for me. Kevin did a great job of walking me through the process and addressing each of my concerns. His thorough knowledge of the market inspired my confidence in his ability to price and sell my home at fair market value. The first offer collapsed while I was away with work – just one day before completion and after I had already put an offer on another property in anticipation of a sale. Kevin managed to help me recover from this as another offer came in shortly after – with a minimum of effort on my part Kevin managed to secure the new offer and get the deal through so that I was able to re-submit my offer on the other home. All this happened while I was out of the country and Kevin managed this for me in an exemplary fashion.

After this sale I had the pleasure of working with Kevin on the purchase of a new home. Kevin had some family commitments to tend to as his wife was ‘expecting’ – Kevin worked to ensure my needs (as a purchaser) were met.

In short, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend either Kevin to anyone interested in buying or selling a home in Victoria’s dynamic market; with Kevin I am sure that prospective buyers and sellers couldn’t be better armed to manage their real estate needs.”

Regards,
Jared Hobbs

“Our experience of looking for a home was definitely made as painless as possible by your consistent attitude of patience and respect for our unique needs. We greatly appreciate your effort and will not hesitate to recommend you to anyone we know looking to buy or sell a house. “

Thanks again.
Connie Addario

I moved from Australia to Canada in 2002. I purchased my Fairfield home in June 2004 after having to wait forever to build a credit rating . I loved this house with a passion and spent many months and tens and tens of thousands of dollars renovating it. I had the worst time getting through these renovations due to nosey bloody neighbours calling City Hall every 5 bloody minutes and I had 2 stop work orders placed on me, several fines and my bathroom demolished!!!

When I made a sudden decision to move back to Australia less than a year after purchasing the home I was dreading having to find an agent to sell it for me. I contacted the agent who sold it to me and told him the business was his. He assured me that he would find a buyer quickly for me as long as I put in a second kitchen and laid floorboards in the laundry and preferably the kitchen too. I didn’t want to spend any more money!!! This work would have cost me another $20K!!! He said he had a lot of people on his books that would buy it in an instant if I did this work.. I told him to bring these people through and I would sign an exclusive agency agreement with him just to test the waters before spending the money. Two weeks later I had still not heard from him and I lost confidence in him and his agency so I decided to call some other agents.

Kevin Koetke is a special breed of real estate agent and I would recommend him to anyone who really wants to sell or buy and with minimum fuss and expense.

Jodi Warner J
AUSTRALIA