Andre Alves – Re/Max Hallmark Realty

We recently used Andre and his team to sell our home in Leslieville. From our first meeting we were impressed by his professional demeanour yet comfortable and welcoming personality. We felt relieved and confident drawing on his expertise and experience to assist us in this very large decision. Every detail was taken care of and we had a very positive experience. We had very positive feedback on a personal basis from family and friends based on the preparation and staging of our property as well as what I understood to be positive responses from the general public at the open houses and the house sold immediately. There were no negatives. I highly recommend Andre if you are considering a sale of your property in the near future.

As a first-​time home buyer, I had zero clue about anything to do with real estate. Upon the recommendation of a friend, I relied on Andre to help me navigate the Toronto real estate waters.
And navigate he did! Andre was patient, listened to my needs, and found ideal properties to match my tastes and budget. Crucially, he not only recommended great places to live, but also which places to avoid. His knowledge of Toronto real estate is second to none.
Andre was prompt with every interaction, whether it was replying to an email or showing a property. I’ve never worked with another agent, but the horror stories I’ve heard from friends about their fly-​by-​night agents made me VERY happy to have Andre.
When it came time to actually make a purchase, Andre recommended a great mortgage broker and real estate lawyer to help me complete the transaction.
I highly recommend Andre and would not hesitate to use his services again! All in all a great agent and a great person — affable, hard working, and knowledgeable. Hire him!

There are just not enough positive things for me to say about our experience working with Andre. We were referred to Andre from a friend who’s worked with him on several housing sales/​purchases and was very happy.
To be clear, Andre helped us purchase our first home so I’ve not worked with other real estate agents. However, prior to deciding to work with Andre, my husband and I interviewed two other agents who’d both been referred to us. As this was a big transaction for us, we wanted to make sure we had the right person helping us. After that initial interview we felt Andre was that person.
Before looking at any properties, we met Andre at his office to review a standard purchase agreement. We went through each clause and were able to ask questions. When we were finally in the bidding process, this made it much less stressful, since we were comfortable with the language and the discussion could be all about bidding strategy.
Andre is friendly and easy to get along with and knowledgable. He gave us space to establish our own assessment/​feeling for each of the properties we saw, but was sure to point out things we may not have noticed. I can honestly say that after a few months of working with him, I learned so much more about houses in the Eastend and felt much more secure in our decision to buy than I had at the beginning.
Some quick operational things that he did: he picked us up at our house and drove us to and from each viewing, he was able to turnaround showings within 24 hours, he dug around to find background on properties we were interested in without us asking, and he sought out insight from other professionals (lawyer/​mortgage broker) for some out-​of-​the-​box properties we considered.
He never rushed us. We got to the point about 25 houses in that we felt we ‘should’ bid on something. He actually talked us out of it. He could tell we weren’t sold on the property and made sure to explicitly let us know there was no rush. His mantra was that «The right opportunity will come along». He reminded us that since we weren’t in a rush, we just needed to be patient. He was right.
After looking at about 50 houses, we found the one that was right for us. Andre flew into action as we saw it on a Sunday and offers were Monday. He kept us in the loop during the day on the number of registered offers. He had papers drawn up and came to our house to talk through the bidding strategy. We ended up closing on that first house we bid on.
After closing, Andre helped us navigate the process of getting a mortgage and provided referrals to lawyers and mortgage brokers. We ended up working with the lawyer he referred.
And now, that it’s been a month and a half since we took possession he’s still checking in and asking how he can help us get settled.
We ended up with our first home being much more than we expected and Andre’s guidance made that possible. If you’re looking for someone who is genuinely invested in helping you to find a home that meets your needs. I highly recommend you work with Andre.

Andre was the absolute best to work with. My partner and I were first time buyers and really didn’t know what we were doing or what type of property would work best for our needs and the reality of our budget. Andre was patient, explaining everything about the process and giving advice along the way. When the actual search started he cast a wide net of different property types, bigger projects as well as move-​in ready homes, and different neighborhoods in the city.
Because we didn’t know exactly what we wanted and weren’t necessarily on the same page as a couple when it came to home vs. location, we had prepared ourselves for the search taking up to a year, especially with how aggressive the Toronto market is, but with Andre showing us so many different options we were able to narrow down what we wanted quickly and ended up finding a perfect first home within 3 weeks.
Andre was responsive whenever we had questions or needed his opinion, often calling within minutes of me sending an email. He never tried to sell us on a house, but gave us objective opinions and ideas for dealing with different things.
When we decided to make an offer on a house after sleeping on it for a night, he moved at lightning speed to get the offer together and helped us put in an aggressive bid that secured the house for us even though the sellers had been going back and forth with another interested buyer. When an inspection uncovered a few issues, he helped us go back to the seller with a revised offer.
Even after we moved in, Andre continued to go above and beyond, hooking us up with cleaners to deal with a mess the sellers had left behind, checking in to see how our bathroom reno was going and even coming to see it once it was complete.
We would definitely work with Andre again. He was patient, knowledgeable, and we never doubted for a second that he was working with only our best interest in mind.