Queen Anne Real Estate

We met Sam Konswa in 2016 as he was representing the sellers of our then first home. Out of the blue and during an open house, he gave us a long winded speech about his integrity and honesty, which should have ticked us. It quickly became clear that most of the attractive facts on the listing were simply false (walk in pantry, walk in closet), but above all, the size of the house. Unfortunately for us, we had no idea what 2100 sqft felt like and therefore believed the listing. It only came clear to us after purchase that the Sam had falsified the size, by 600 sqft.. It goes beyond saying, this is malevolent practice, aimed at making money above any integrity. Sam was clearly aware of the discrepancy between his number and the actual one: he and his team created a double entry in Zillow (Zillow has a default entry based on public facts), which would later be deleted by Zillow as clearly incorrect. This cost my young family around 200k as we went with the classic size * price per sqft, and have struggled with the feeling of being robbed every since. When I reached out to him after the sale, he told us this was what "the architect had in his plans", which is false. Our neighbor was the builder and affirmed us that this was a lie. Our agent realized this unfortunately too late and tried to offset a tiny portion of that blow by giving us his commission on the next house. I therefore do not recommend for you or your family to do any business with Sam, whether on the buy or sale side. Edit 08/07 based on Sam Konswa's response: this was not a new construction so the default size from Zillow should have been used (as is pulled from city data). Furthermore, and even in the case where it could have been a new build, the building plans simply don't state this size (again, I checked with the actual builder). But it doesn't matter, someone is just trying to blow some smoke. They should keep it up as it worked for them! Sam is right, my broker should have done their due diligence against malevolent practice such as this one. They had the decency to admit their failure to realize the maneuver, and did their best to financially offset the blow. One thing to note: we were the only bid at ask, as others must have seen through this.

If you need the best Broker in town for a very professional service, no BS and a very skilled negociator, you are at the best place.

Sam and Ashley are wonderful people to work with.