Sarah Schoenfelder Harrison is truly a gem within the multitude of real estate agents out there in Austin. Over our two years + of working with her, she’s shown passion, perseverance, and an incredible drive to make sure we never wanted for anything.
My husband and I first met Sarah when we were brand new to Austin. Looking for an immediate change, we had just a few weeks to find a rental in Austin. She took over the search for us and showed us every available home rental in Travis Heights and Bouldin Creek that came up. Without much time, she still found us a large home to operate our business from, a large yard for our dog, and a location in our ideal area of Bouldin Creek. She even helped us negotiate the price down with the upgrades necessary for us to move in (new carpets, stairs – don’t ask -, paint, etc). We were thrilled.
Fast forward a year later. John and I knew we were in love with Austin and wanted our own home. Newly engaged, we contacted Sarah immediately and started our search. She was wonderful to educate us on what we could get in our budget and got started right away with sending us homes to critique so she could know our exact style. We only came with one major caveat : find us a home only in Bouldin Creek, preferably between Barton Springs and Mary but no farther than Oltorf. We laugh about this with friends, but Sarah didn’t even bat an eye even though we’d given her about a 10×4 block area to find us our dream home. I’m pretty sure we looked at every house that came up for sale over the full year it took us to find our perfect home. She didn’t question at all when we took a few months off when we were overwhelmed with the wedding, still keeping an eye out for that dream home, and when we came back ready to look again, she started off like we never left.
Then a month later we found it: A brand new home in the perfect location, just in the beginning stages of being built. We had traveled to Santa Monica for work and even though a full price offer was already on the table, Sarah sold the sellers on us and our story, pulled up the necessary contracts in less than a day and had us signed and negotiated for a purchase before we were even back in Austin. She even negotiated time for us to see the home when we got back and talk to the sellers with a good faith cancellation period since we were not in town. I’d love to say all the process was easy over the next six months in building the house and getting what we wanted, but being first time home buyers we were easily overwhelmed with false promises and the process of buying. But Sarah became our “Bulldog”, fighting and negotiating for anything and everything we wanted and standing up for us when we didn’t know how. She made sure we were treated fairly and came out on top.
Today we are finally all moved into our dream home. We are so incredibly happy here and only have Sarah to thank for it. We’ve faced a few road bumps even after the closing, but Sarah has continued to go to bat for us. She has given me recommendations on everyone from landscape to plumbing to painting, and is always the quickest to offer up a kind word and check in on the progress of anything going on. Working with Sarah was a true joy and I can honestly say she became a friend in our journey to home ownership. You will not find a canned real estate agent with Sarah. She will work tirelessly on your behalf with only a smile on her face and joy in her heart. Thank you Sarah for finding us our forever home. John. Larry, and I couldn’t be happier.
Deja B.
