The Stanaland Group

I am a home seller in Laguna Beach. I tried using a smaller real estate office at first to sell my home. Needless to say, they were unsuccessful. So I began looking at which realtors in the area were the biggest marketers. After all, that’s what I wanted– someone who would promote the heck out of my house.
In comes John Stanaland and my entire experience as a home seller turned from disappointed to enthusiastic. First, John answered my call personally. He then made an appointment with me to meet at and inspect my home. He was on time for the meeting and that means a lot to me.
John is a smart guy and he really knows the local real estate scene. I gathered this about him in our first meeting. Therefore, I have him the listing.
Almost immediately John and his dedicated team, including Arianna and Trevor (Stanakid), got to work. They began holding open houses nearly every single week. Every time, they would walk the home and help to come rely prepare it for showings. I also liked that they would bring several people to the open house to watch my things while strangers roamed the place. That have me a sense of security.
Most importantly, John and his team took the time to understand the less obvious and particular selling points of my home. They then prepared and distributed wonderful literature complete with great professional photos to prospective buyers.
Arianna was the main agent assigned to my home sale. She is a true professional and certainly conducts herself in a manner appropriate for selling high end beach real estate. I felt Arianna was able to quickly understand the intentions of prospective buyers and then acted on the ones she felt should be acted upon.
John’s personal marketing that he spends so much money on week after week is what eventually brought the buyer to my home. As difficulties arose, John and Arianna were there to meet them head on. Today, my home sale closes and the ppf I am receiving makes me very happy.
I offer John and the Stanaland my highest unqualified recommendation. I would not hesitate to use their services again or to recommend them to my friends and family. TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THAT YOU CANNOT GO WRONG USING THE STANALAND GROUP!!!
I saw another posting from what appears to be an angry person. After this very positive experience with John and his team, I find it very hard to believe the negative posting was actually left by a client who utilized his services. I would place my bet that the negative posting was left by a competitor or someone else with a misguided axe to grind.

We are leasees in a house listed by this company. The company either failed to disclose or missrepresented our lease terms to prospective buyers. In one case, this occurred in our presence. We made it clear that no, we were not going to move immediaty if the property closed. The second time was as a sale was pending and the prospective buyer was led to believe the lease was up 11 months before it was really complete. Worst of all, the agency provided our private contact information to the buyer who now regularly has called and «dropped by» unescorted and without prior notice as required.
Based on our experience, this is not an ethical company.

I just want to say that John and his crew are exceptional folks to work with. They found a buyer for my home in 4 days and got me a whole lot more money for my home than i originally expected.

John was the buying agent for us and treats people TERRIBLY!!! There are many agents out there. Save yourself time and headaches. Go with another realtor. The absolute worst customer service you will receive!

warning: John Standaland and Chris Sirianni are the worst team you could ever hire! I supposedly hired Chris but for some reason, he didn’t have his own signs so he put his «partner’s» signs up (really, it appears they were his broker’s signs apparently so that it looks like they get more listings!). Many agents told me that this team didn’t return calls when they were trying to show my house, and that they were basically unresponsive, which explains why my house didn’t get a lot of activity. Further, agents said that they don’t show this team’s listings because they can never get ahold of them! My home was in Newport but was only listed with the Laguna board which is where their office is. They could list with both boards but of course, since they were on the «do as little as possible and hope other agents sell their listings» plan, this didn’t happen. When I asked to cancel my listing (which they agreed to), they then they did not remove my listing from the MLS, which means it looks like my house was listed with them until it expired. Therefore, when I went to list again, it looked like my house was not off the market for 90 days. They never handled the paperwork required to complete a listing cancellation and never came to pick up the sign in my yard. WORST experience and communication EVER. List with anyone BUT them. I am filing a grievance with the real estate board. Do yourself a favor and make a different choice for your real estate needs.