Bedbury Realtors

When Team Bedbury first came to meet with us in our condo that we were trying to sell, I was instantly impressed with their preparation. Bob handed us a hard cover book, that had analysis on comps, information on recent sales of comparable properties, charts that showed relevant metrics, etc. All of this before ever stepping foot in our home and before the first discussion about them representing us. Bob and Kat are very detail oriented and compliment each other’s skills, making them a fantastic team. They always answered every question we had for them, no matter how small the question may be. And believe me, I may have had a few dumb questions. They always made time for us and kept us updated, every step of the way. Bob, Kat & Ali always went above & beyond. Team Bedbury always prioritized our schedule and made things as easy as possible for us. They have an excellent team of contractors who did a great job painting, cleaning and staging our place. We loved the colors so much, that we’re using it for our next place. Above all, Bob, Kat & Ali are wonderful people. They love what they do and it shows. They helped sell our condo and buy our single family home. We enjoyed working with them and would highly recommend them to buy or sell your home.

As a retired couple who had lived in our beloved Palomar Park home for 28 years, when it came time to sell our home, we found ourselves in a difficult situation. We had been out of the housing market for so long, that all the rules had changed. We were way out of our depth, and quite nervous about selling our home. We first met Bob and Kat at one of their wonderful Open House’s in the neighborhood, and were so impressed with the spotless and impeccable home and the friendly, open atmosphere they presented. When we sat down with them, we found them congenial, plain-spoken and clear -- and they came with wonderful local references who we knew well and trusted. We liked them initially, and then as we came to know them better, we found that we could rely on their high standards of integrity, kindness and honesty. In our experience, they treated everyone involved with courtesy, professionalism and integrity. Kat and Bob helped us with every aspect of preparing our home for sale. They were patient with explanations, very helpful with excellent resources – painters, gardeners, stagers, contractors – who could showcase our home with beautiful and impressive results at reasonable cost and timeframe. They anticipated and prevented problems, followed up on innumerable details, and assisted with contractor communication as needed. Their extensive experience in the local market gives them an eagle eye as to decisions that affect what buyers really want in a home – down to details on lighting and appliances that make the final result so very appealing. They helped us decide on a reliable buyer with an offer that far exceeded what we expected, and needless to say, we were thrilled! Both Bob and Kat went way beyond expectations in so many ways, saving us money and time in the process. This included resolving issues to avoid additional payment when a subcontractor ‘s work had to be redone, using their influence to expedite a slow lender, and caring for our home and preventing damage during El Nino’s historic downpours after we had moved out. Their communication was superb throughout – we heard from them at every detailed point until issues were resolved -- and always caring, positive, clear and friendly. We came to be very fond of both Bob and Kat, as well as feeling deep respect for their skills, and we thoroughly enjoyed our time together. Needless to say, we recommend them very highly! Virginia O. Redwood City, CA

This year we were informed that due to a job, we would need to relocate to Southern California. We knew who to call to sell our home, Bob and Kat. Throughout the entire process to sell the home, Bob and Kat worked with us to create a time table to prepare the house for sale, and did a great job of making our home look amazing, from the interior walls to the landscape design. During this process, we were also moving and not living in the Bay Area. They worked with our hectic schedule and did a great job of looking after our home when we were not present. They have an amazing team and a wealth of knowledge. Bob and Kat are dependable, dedicated, and go the extra mile for their clients. They are a great team to work with and we would highly recommend them.

My husband and I met Bob on a whim when we called him to see if he could show us a property that he was representing. We had been looking for an agent to represent us, but after looking for a few months we had not found one that seemed like the proper fit. However, when we met Bob he was welcoming, honest, and very informed about the property and the general area. We decided to meet with both Bob and Kat in a more formal setting and see what Team Bedbury could offer our house search. The first meeting lasted an hour, but after the first ten minutes I knew they were the perfect agents for us. They seemed genuinely interested in helping us find a home that suited us and not just a home. Our budget was not large for the area, but Bob and I hit the ground running on the first week. With his knowledge I quickly became used to the price points of homes in the area and really got a feel for the market. I wanted to see a lot of houses to really figure out what we wanted at this stage in our life, and Bob was on board with weekly or biweekly meetings so that I could accomplish this goal. He never rushed or pushed me and always lent an experienced ear when I mused about potential resale of a specific home we were viewing. One Friday night, three weeks after our search had started with Bob and Kat, a Top Agent Network email was sent to me with an off-market opportunity, and I knew we had to jump on it. We asked to view the home immediately, and, due to Bob’s persistence with the seller’s agent, were the first people to view the home. We saw it twice that weekend, and by Wednesday, just five days later, were under contract. The house we now own far exceeds our expectations of what we were hoping to purchase, and it is all because of the work of Team Bedbury. I now know that in a real estate market like this one, it is imperative to have an excellent team in place to even stand a chance at purchasing a home, and Bob and Kat are beyond excellent. I recommend Bob and Kat to every one I speak with about real estate, because I know that if you have put in the hard work to save up for a down payment in this area, then you deserve the best real estate agents on your side.

As a former first-time home buyer I heartily recommend Kathryn and Bob Bedbury to anyone who is looking for a realtor in the Peninsula area. They are both so good-natured and knowledgeable, and such a huge help in the purchase process. Kathryn also has a terrific instinct for real estate. I literally would not have found my current home if she (based on just looking at the front of the house) hadn’t suggested that we take a detour from the search we were on that particular day to look at a home that had not shown up on our multiple listing searches and was nowhere on our list of properties. Left on my own, I would have passed right by the place without a thought. Of course, that home turned out to be this great place that I am now proud to call my own. So, by all means strongly consider Bob and Kathryn if you are searching for a new home. I know that I look forward to working with them should I ever need to explore the home market again.

Sue met Kat at an open house in the neighborhood, and was impressed with her energy and quick attention to Sue's questions about what to do with our house in San Carlos. We were unsure whether to sell or rent our house, and Bob and Kat showed us the strengths and weaknesses of our options. Whatever resources we needed to prepare our house for sale and to move, they gave us recommendations for great people to take care of all our needs. When we were hesitant to proceed, Kat was always patient, and she alerted us to sell when the market was hot. Within a few days, we had an all-cash offer with no contingencies and at more than our asking price. Because of the Bedburys' great knowledge, advice, and attention to detail, our house sold for much more than we would have thought was possible. Thank you Bob and Kat for a great selling experience, and for being honest and true professionals. Thank you Team Bedbury!

here are many fine real estate professionals in the Bay Area, but Bob and Kathryn Bedbury are truly exceptional. Two years ago my husband and I met them at an open house, and while the particular home they were showing was not for us, they took notice of who we were, and what we were looking for, which was a private retreat in a quiet setting, surrounded by views and native plants, only minutes from our work – a fantasy from our perspective! Kat stayed in touch and true to form, kept reminding us that our dreams truly were “non-negotiable.” We were faced with a somewhat daunting task. After all, we were buyers in a seller’s market, where multiple cash offers, the new norm, would surely trump our sincere, but more realistic offer. But Bob and Kat thrive on challenge. They showed us home after home, noted our reactions, and listened to us. All the while they refined their understanding of who we are, and exactly what we were hoping for. Meanwhile, they put us in touch with their financial team, and helped us get our paperwork in order, so we were prepared to submit an eventual offer. Then one day we all realized we’d found “the one,” and Team Bedbury moved into high gear. In the blur of the next few days we had been pre-approved for a loan, prepared an offer, and written a letter to the owners, hoping to convince them that we were the perfect caretakers of their family’s home. In the end, thanks to Team Bedbury’s professionalism, experience, wisdom and strategic support, we won the home over two very competitive bids including that proverbial “all cash” offer. With Bob and Kat, we’ve come to believe that anything is possible with the right team in our corner. And as every good story should end, we are happy to call the Bedburys our friends and our neighbors in this new phase of our lives in the home of our dreams.

We’ve known Kat and Bob for 4 years. Team Bedbury negotiated a great deal when we purchased a new home last year and we didn’t hesitate to have them as our listing agents for our old house this year. We had intended to rent the house out for 10 years but with the market skyrocketing we broached the idea of selling it to Kat. Once we gave Kat the go ahead she swung into full gear. While our tenants were still in the house Kat arranged and completed as much of the inspection and “fixing up” work as she could. She was always sensitive to the needs of our renters. She had a lot of recommendations for things to fix and redo and we started to get nervous at the mounting costs. However, we decided to trust her professional opinion especially in light of the open houses we saw and the quick sales she was getting with other homes. Kat dealt with all of the scheduling and identification of the contractors. In the end we shouldn’t have worried at all, the house looked beautiful. The photographer that Kat brought in produced outstanding photos and the marketing material made the house look fantastic. Although the house looked beautiful we still had to deal with the tough parking situation in Palomar Park. Team Bedbury came up with a novel solution, to run golf carts from Clifford School to the house. This also turned out to be a great idea. The first, and only, Open House was a huge success and delivered 6 offers in 4 days, we accepted one of them. The price we received for the house was beyond expectations and more than made up for the cost of the fixing up. Through it all Kat was very responsive, returning calls/answering emails/texts immediately. The entire Team is very professional and a pleasure to deal with. While we probably won’t need them as realtors soon, they will certainly remain our friends. Our best advice to prospective sellers, use Team Bedbury and take their recommendations!

We first met Bob and Kathryn through our aunt and uncle who recommended their services when we were planning our move from Atlanta, Georgia to the Bay Area. During our home search, it was difficult for us to be there in person and so Bob and Kathryn accommodated our unique situation by providing us with extensive information on homes we would be interested in. They were always ready to answer any questions we had, were very professional and were a real pleasure to work with in our search. They helped us find the perfect home that met all our needs and were able to help us secure an excellent deal on it. Many of our friends thought we were crazy to purchase a home on the other side of the country without having seen it but with the help of Bob and Kathryn and the trust that we (and our aunt and uncle) had in them, we were confident we were making the right decision and happy to save ourselves an extra trip. The Bedbury’s proved us right in trusting them because we absolutely love our house and could not think of a more perfect house and neighborhood for us. Since we did not move into our house until almost 2 months after closing, the Bedbury’s went beyond what we expected of them and helped us with many aspects of relocation and managing our house from watering our plants to connecting us with services we would need for our new home. They really made us feel like friends rather than clients in making sure everything was taken care of and we were happy. Thank you Bob and Kathryn for helping us find the home of our dreams and helping to make our move to California go smoothly. We could not recommend anyone better than you two to help people find their dream home!

If you’re looking to buy a home, start with Team Bedbury. We were so impressed with the attention, advice and support Bob and Kat gave us throughout the whole process. Their guidance was absolutely vital. We kicked off our home search pretty nonchalantly, without the support of a realtor. We saw open houses in what we considered to be our price range and frequently checked out Redfin, but never had much luck finding a home that spoke to us. Eventually, after too many open houses to count, my father suggested we work with Bob and Kat – although he hadn’t leveraged them as realtors himself, he knew they were top notch. We agreed to meet with Team Bedbury, and before we even left our introductory meeting we knew they were a perfect fit for us – they know their stuff, and are so charming to top it off. They make you feel like old friends, even when you first meet. Team Bedbury immediately started sending us options we hadn’t yet seen, and it didn’t take long for us to find a house we wanted to put in an offer for. And although our first offer wasn’t a winner (no fault here other than a crazy market!), we quickly moved on to the next one with some cheerful encouragement from Bob and Kat – losing out on an offer is never fun, but Bob and Kat knew just how to get us back on our feet and keep us in the ‘game’. And then it happened – on only our second offer, we won! We’ve now been in our new home for a month and are in love with it all. We have Bob and Kat to thank for such a speedy home search, and for knowing exactly what we needed to do to get our dream first home. We absolutely recommend Team Bedbury, and know that we’ll definitely use them again.

We had always heard that buying a house is the most stressful thing you will ever do in your adult life. Many times we glanced at each other stating, “this is too easy, something must be wrong,” and waited for the other shoe to drop. Lucky for us, it never did... We first met Kat & Bob at an open house to die for; with drop-dead gorgeous views and a perfect layout for a just-getting-started family, we wanted it. Badly. Come to find out...so did everyone else on the peninsula looking for a house. And so our journey began with the Bedburys taking us under their wings and guiding us thru the obstacle course to buying our first home. We had no idea what we were doing, or what we were in for, so we did the best we could with information from the internet and family and friends who had been thru the process before. But in the end, we didn’t need any of that. We just needed to listen to our gut, our hearts, and the Bedburys. We went to a plethora of open houses, many accompanied by Bob or Kat and even made a few offers on the ones that nearly met our expectations of what we were hoping to have in our first home. “Nearly”, because there were always those discussions that went something along the lines of how great the kitchen was, but how not-so-great the neighborhood was. And so we would put together our package and sign some documents and have the conversations with Bob or Kat about how much we wanted to offer. They knew the market all too well, and would give us their best guess on what our odds were...and they were right. Every. Single. Time. We were never truly heartbroken when we discovered we didn’t get a home, because none of those homes were really the one for us. Bob and Kat told us several times about the story of their journey and the “feeling” you have to have when purchasing a home. We hadn’t had that feeling yet and really wondered if we ever would... And then we found it. A sunny Sunday afternoon in Half Moon Bay, we stumbled upon The One. We were prepared to hand over all our savings and beyond to make sure our family could be a part of the community, the neighborhood and live in the perfect house for us. We called up Bob and made an offer way out of our comfort zone. And then the most amazing thing happened...he said he could get it for less than what we wanted to offer for the house! We were nervous, because we knew that if we lost this one, we would grieve for some time. In the end, our gut and our heart reminded us to trust Bob and let him lead the way. When we received the call on Veteran’s Day that our offer with VA loan was accepted for the house, we nearly jumped on the couch and acted like kids in a candy store right then and there. We weren’t scared or nervous as we thought we’d be...we were joyous beyond words. Running into Bob & Kat that March afternoon 8 months before we purchased our first home was no mistake. And now as we sit in our living room, writing this letter, we wholeheartedly thank them for the peace and joy they have brought to us by helping us find Our Home and for guiding us truthfully, honestly, and kindly, every single step of the way.

We cannot thank Bedbury Realtors enough for the work they did to get us our new home. With their guidance, we were the winning bid out of several offers and still came in under appraisal value. Winning the bid was the "easy" part of OUR process. The lending process was everything but smooth. It was ONLY because Team Bedbury had forged such a positive and active relationship with the selling agent, that we were able to get through all the delays and extensions that came from using an out-of-town mortgage broker we chose (against their recommendation). Next time we will definitely take your advice... lesson learned there. Their professionalism, persistence, advice, experience, knowledge, talents, and smiles throughout the entire transaction was refreshing. We loved working with them.