Apr 29, 2025
Kathy Curran and Patrick Pinnell
In late 2023 Jane Zennario was the agent for the sale of our former home in Connecticut. It's an unusually complex property, a beautiful historic house (1799) with fairly extensive wooded acreage abutting a State Forest, with a 1971 in-ground pool. There were many both positive and negative aspects associated with it. Among the latter, well water and a maintenance-requiring septic system, and a busy state road in front, mattered to many potential buyers. Among the former, a newly-renovated kitchen and bathrooms, electrical upgrade, and a large home office above the newly-built garage counted for a lot. We interviewed another agent known for expertise with antique home, but Jane won out because of her more up-to-date marketing strategy. Jane masterfully managed the photography and listing, then the visits by potential buyers and agents (we were initially uncomfortable with open houses, but she convinced us -- and was right), finally the negotiations with and sale to wonderful new owners. In the end, the sale was for more than we expected. Everyone involved was happy; the owner family now living there, we as former residents and owners and, we think, the spirit of the old house itself. Heartfelt thanks, Jane!