Here's what my clients are saying: John's reviews
Crystal H.
John is the best. Super helpful and knowledgeable. As the first time homebuyer, he was extremely helpful in guiding me through the process. He helped me locate a lender, an attorney and had resources to assist with locating people for home inspection, water testing, and well inspection. He was always eager to see any property I was interested in with a very little notice. Was able to get me into the house I ultimately purchased before anyone else was able to even see it. Like I said, it’ll be kidding. John is simply the best you couldn’t find a better person to help you find your new home.
Ann P.
John is thorough, knowledgeable and was extremely committed to getting the best offers for us. I highly recommend John as a strong, dedicated agent.
Kim F.
John went way above and beyond supporting me through selling my home and buying my new home. He was very knowledgeable about the market and answered all of my questions as we went through many, many homes. He doesn’t live close by, but was always willing to drive and meet me even if the house was out in the woods. John does A LOT of behind the scenes work that we will never know, but with all of that said, i was able to see my home to a couple out of state and find my new home! I would highly recommend John to any of my friends and family!
Jessica G.
A year ago, we relocated to Connecticut. We spent months attending open houses, engaging with realtors, and exploring our options. Despite our efforts, we weren’t making any progress. One weekend, we visited an open house hosted by John. He stood out as the most genuine and professional realtor we had met during our search. He took the time to truly listen to our aspirations of becoming homeowners. He introduced to Rosie, and the rest is history. John and his team exemplify sincerity and professionalism in this industry. Thank you for supporting and directing us through each stage of our home purchasing experience.
Dawn W.
Jay was always in touch and helped me navigate through a challenging time and market. I had limited time to find a new, affordable home that could accommodate everything my family and I needed. He was always there and supportive. Amazingly, we did it. Thanks, Jay!
Michelle G.
Deciding to sell our home and relocate was one of the hardest decisions for our family. John was like our guardian angel during this time. He guided us every step of the way—from when to list, how much to list for, to staging, and so much more. He takes the time to explain how the market works. Because we followed his advice, we sold our home in less than a week with multiple offers, and walked away with a higher asking price. We wish we could’ve taken John with us to our new state, but he kindly recommended someone we could trust. John, there’s still time to move! We truly appreciate his professionalism, knowledge, and empathy throughout the process. We highly recommend John to anyone looking to sell or buy a home. We wish John and his family the best!
Genesis S.
John was patient, understanding, and always available. Thank you a million times from me and the boys!
Chris K.
John listens to everything you are looking for and does his best to find exactly that. He works efficiently and doesn’t stop until you are satisfied. He’s answered every question we had, and at all hours of the day and night. Whenever we had doubts, he was right there to reassure us. We can’t thank John enough for finding us our home!
Chris I.
Jay is very knowledgeable, accommodating, and made the purchase of our first home pretty painless. He was always available to talk and was an excellent go-between for the lawyer and seller’s agent.
Mike C.
I purchased my home using John as my buying agent, so it was an obvious choice after that process to use him as my selling agent. He is straight forward and responsive. I would recommend him to family and friends, and that speaks for itself.
Nancy-jo F.
Jay went above and beyond to help me prepare to sell my house. He had great suggestions and because of them, I had an offer the first day! If you are looking for a Realtor who is conscientious, detailed oriented, and willing to help in any way, Jay is the Realtor for you.
Karen E.
John has all of the qualities you would want and need in an agent. He is honest, hard-working, responsive to all texts, emails and phone calls, and extremely knowledgeable. He gave me suggestions on what I could do to sell the house quickly for the most amount of money. He explained why he was making these recommendations. I followed everyone, from preparing the house for sale to how to price it and everything in between. The end result? Because of John’s expertise, I received multiple offers, all well over the asking price, within days. He was there every step of the way, right up until the day of the closing. I would highly recommend choosing him as your agent.
Carla S.
I contacted John Smolenski when I knew I needed to find an apartment in the New Haven area for a reasonable rate. He responded immediately to my initial query, and within a week and a half, he had shown me four great possibilities. Less than two weeks after I made my initial outreach, John had found me the perfect little townhouse in the Cove area of New Haven, which is exactly where I wanted to be. John is warm, knowledgeable, thorough, and efficient. If I were looking to purchase a property, I would trust no one as much as I have learned to trust John. I highly recommend him!
Bill and Laura G.
Jay did an excellent job for us! He was very responsive and took care of every detail. We asked many questions, and he was very patient with us. He also had great recommendations for an inspector and painter. We will recommend his services to everyone.
Liz P.
Jay has been one of the most personable agents that I have worked with. Actually, I sought him out because he was selling a neighbor’s home, and I liked how thorough he was—very caring and easy to work with, yet not pushy like most are. I would definitely recommend Jay to a friend or family member. Thanks for being caring throughout this process, as it was a very delicate time for me.
Caliegh W.
Jay was attentive and kept a pulse on the market, finding exactly what we were looking for. Thanks to Jay, it was a seamless and quick process!
Christine M.
Jay was very responsive and a pleasure to work with.
Kevin and Charlene B.
Working with John have been such a pleasure. His dedication, commitment, patience, mannerism, and customer service skills are beyond exceptional. John, I just want to say thank you for making our house purchase experience seamless. I would definitely recommend you.
Thomas Z.
Very professional! Kind! And will go beyond expectations! Highly recommended realtor!
Raul A.
Accommodating, Detailed, Personable.
Bill and Julie S.
This is our 2nd time using John. He made both our rental experience and home buying experience possible. Given our unique circumstances both were something we thought we could never achieve. John made it possible. I recommend him without hesitation and encourage anyone who thinks their dream is not attainable to give him a call!
Virginia A.
John was most importantly honest. He expressed my desires clearly to the other realtor.
Bill and Julie S.
John was very patient with us and never gave up the search to find us what we needed! John took great care to make sure that he was on top all the way to the end of our transaction and then still continues to check in on us, to make sure everything is going well. I recommend John to the novice buyer to the most experienced, he will make sure all the I’S are dotted and the T’s are crossed.
Chris B.
John was so helpful in every way imaginable throughout the entire process.
Tova and Chris K.
We had spoken to a few realtors previously in our search for an apartment and they would send us listings that were not within our parameters. John not only listened to us, but he went above and beyond to verify that the listings matched what we were looking for and found us the perfect apartment on the first try. He explained the process thoroughly and answered all our questions, worked with us to find a time to view the apartment, checked in with us throughout that week to make sure all the paperwork was going smoothly, checked in throughout the moving process, as well as a few weeks after we moved to see how we were settling in. We have been in our apartment for 4 months now and are still absolutely thrilled that we were able to find such an amazing place to live so quickly. John will be the first and probably the only person we contact when we begin looking to purchase a house.
Derrik W.
John was on top of every step of the home buying process. He had exceptional attention to detail, was on time or early for everything, and helped explain complex parts of the situation so we felt comfortable making such a large investment. I’d recommend him to anyone.Accommodating, Detailed, Personable.
Thom P. & Jane F.
I used John for the sale of my mother's home (a 1962 build), and after following John's suggestions for reasonable updating, the home sold in 4 days for more than $50K over our asking price. Following that success, we recently engaged John to help us buy a new property in CT while we were living out of state. His timely updates of listings that met our frequently changing criteria resulted in our purchasing a new home that we love. In CT's extremely competitive housing market, having a hard-working and smart agent like John should serve you very well.