Adam and Chimène helped us purchase our first home. Their support made the process easy to understand and navigate. They asked thoughtful questions, offered guidance tailored to our situation, and adapted quickly as things evolved. They were incredibly responsive, no matter how many questions we asked them across a wide range of topics. As a team, they complement each other well, bringing different strengths to the table and their team approach allowed them to be available in person during every sensitive timing situation. They also advocated for us proactively and thoughtfully throughout. Overall, their service was excellent, and we'll happily be referring others to them.

Adam and Chimène helped us purchase our first home. Their support made the process easy to understand and navigate. They asked thoughtful questions, offered guidance tailored to our situation, and adapted quickly as things evolved. They were incredibly responsive, no matter how many questions we asked them across a wide range of topics. As a team, they complement each other well, bringing different strengths to the table and their team approach allowed them to be available in person during every sensitive timing situation. They also advocated for us proactively and thoughtfully throughout. Overall, their service was excellent, and we'll happily be referring others to them.

After an unexpected death in our family and while grieving, we had the sincere pleasure of working with Chimene Pollard and Adam Nousomme to sell our family's property. From start to finish, they were professional, knowledgeable, and personable, making the entire process smooth and efficient. They guided us through each step of a complicated home sale with clarity and expertise, listening carefully to our situation and providing thoughtful guidance and strategic advice that led to a successful outcome. Thanks to Chimene and Adam, we were able to close the sale successfully and with confidence. We are truly grateful for their support and highly recommend them to anyone looking to sell or purchase a property.

After an unexpected death in our family and while grieving, we had the sincere pleasure of working with Chimene Pollard and Adam Nousomme to sell our family’s property. From start to finish, they were professional, knowledgeable, and personable, making the entire process smooth and efficient. They guided us through each step of a complicated home sale with clarity and expertise, listening carefully to our situation and providing thoughtful guidance and strategic advice that led to a successful outcome. Thanks to Chimene and Adam, we were able to close the sale successfully and with confidence. We are truly grateful for their support and highly recommend them to anyone looking to sell or purchase a property.

There is no one other than Chimene I would work with for buying or selling a home. She has a deep and nuanced knowledge of the market and provided expert guidance every step of the way. She took her time explaining every detail of the numerous documents that had to be signed. She was very respectful of my preferences and made sure we found a strategy that integrated all of those along with all of her knowledge and expertise. I felt like I had someone celebrating the big successes as well as all of the little wins with me. Ultimately I both found my dream home (and got my first offer accepted!) and sold my previous home for a very respectable sum. Chimene is the best!! I don't think you could choose a better partner to help you realize your real estate hopes and dreams.

There is no one other than Chimene I would work with for buying or selling a home. She has a deep and nuanced knowledge of the market and provided expert guidance every step of the way. She took her time explaining every detail of the numerous documents that had to be signed. She was very respectful of my preferences and made sure we found a strategy that integrated all of those along with all of her knowledge and expertise. I felt like I had someone celebrating the big successes as well as all of the little wins with me. Ultimately I both found my dream home (and got my first offer accepted!) and sold my previous home for a very respectable sum. Chimene is the best!! I don't think you could choose a better partner to help you realize your real estate hopes and dreams.

Chimene and team helped me sell my home in North Berkeley.I could not be happier with the experience and the result!They are very knowledgeable, responsive, and smart. They listened carefully to our priorities and constraints. They followed-through on everything. They made smart decisions to prep the house for sale - and they took on the herculean task of project managing all those items.In the end, my house received 13 offers and sold for 38% above asking. I credit Team 510 and all their hard work!They also have a deep sense of honesty and integrity that speaks volumes. And it is nicely coupled with a nice spark of competitiveness. They couldn't be better at their jobs!I will enthusiastically recommend them to all my friends and colleagues. I will hire them again when the time comes!

Chimene and Jackie were amazing to work with. We happened to find ourselves in the midst of many new life changes (selling home / new baby on the way) all at the same time. Team 510 were on it from the beginning and made this transition seamless. I'm not usually one to let things go (I might be considered a little bit of a micromanager), but I just didn't have the bandwidth and had to let go and trust Chimene and Jackie. I'm so glad I did because their team painted, staged, cleaned and led the open house with very little help from us. They did all this in record time (I believe a little over a month from start to offers) and worked around our crazy life. They were so knowledgable about the area, the market and the entire process. I highly recommend going with Team 510 and would use them again in a heartbeat :)

We worked with Jackie on the purchase of our first home and could not have been more happy with the experience. She was kind and gentle yet firm in working with two anxious first-time home buyers who had a lot to learn about the home buying process and supported us in ways that went above and beyond the call of duty. We started working with her in mid to late November and closed in January. I'm sitting here writing this from our new home in Fruitvale, which we love...and we never thought we could have. Jackie is a master negotiator and looked out for us throughout the process...and after.

My wife and I were lucky enough to have Chimene's help both in buying our first home and then selling a few years later, when it was time to transfer to another city. We feel so fortunate: Chimene is a warm, straightforward, detail-oriented agent who never loses track of the big picture. Our trust in her was absolute, and as a fellow businessperson, I especially admired her pragmatic and low-drama approach to the counteroffer process (both in buying and selling). She knows her stuff, and consistently, her approach to the sometimes-challenging moments in such a large transaction was to consider the problem from all points of view and find the fairest and most reasonable solution. When we were buying, she helped us put together a strong offer and respond to a difficult counteroffer without over-stretching our finances. She was quick to respond to calls, texts, and e-mails, and always after gathering a complete answer to our question to ensure that communication was efficient. Her process is thorough and transparent, and most of all, proactive: especially as a seller's agent, she made sure that our house presented well, anticipated potential buyers' questions and concerns, and did a lot of information-gathering (via inspections, reports, and other metrics) ahead of time. Although she always left final decisions in our hands, it always felt unnecessary and illogical to do anything but what she recommended. We ended up with many offers on our house and were delighted with the final price and speed of closing. More important than just our gut feel, however, Chimene's network of business relationships in the East Bay speak to her integrity, expertise, and professional reputation among her colleagues. The buying and selling process brought us into contact with mortgage brokers, appraisers, inspectors, loan officers, and general office staff: in EVERY SINGLE CASE we felt taken care of and comfortable with the work these people were doing to support the transaction. And they were just nice folks. It says a lot when everyone around your agent likes her, and is really good at their jobs, to boot. There's a reason Chimene was voted the Best of the East Bay! While friends and acquaintances often grumbled about working with real estate agents in this notoriously challenging housing market, my wife and I felt nothing but lucky and relieved to have Chimene on our side. She truly is the best!