Linda Rosenbloom – Coldwell Banker

In just about a week I’m going to be a suburbanite and I’m actually excited about it. When we got pregnant with kid #2 we decided life was getting a bit complicated in the city and it was time to trade in our cozy condo for a house in da burbs. While we have many friends from the North Shore, my husband and I aren’t from the area so wanted a North Shore realtor to show us around. I got a couple referrals, chatted with a bunch of realtors and decided that Linda Rosenbloom was most likely to find us our dream home.
I really enjoyed chatting with Linda, but the main reason we went with her was that she lives in the Glencoe area. We were interested in checking out several areas of the North Shore, but after a bit of research most interested in Glencoe and thought we’d have the best chance of finding a home in Glencoe with someone from the area. We thought right because Linda was a wealth of info about Glencoe. She not only educated us about homes in the area, but also about schools, kids activities, restaurants, etc. It also helped that she has a daughter with kids the exact same age as ours so she knew what types of things we’d be interested in. After our first house hunting with Linda I felt like a Glencoe expert… and was absolutely exhausted after checking out 14+ houses!
Linda quickly got an idea of the type of house we were looking for and on future outings narrowed it down to 3 – 4 houses that she felt fit our needs. She always made good use of our time, which was much appreciated with a toddler at home, a baby on the way and our crazy work schedules. As the few months of house hunting went on we narrowed down our search to Glencoe and Highland Park. By the end of our search we had found a few good options, but fell in love with a home in Glencoe that was no longer on the market. It was a long and somewhat stressful negotiation process, but Linda helped seal the deal… and I appreciated her low-​key and calm demeanor during it.
I felt that Linda truly wanted the best house for us rather than just make the deal. After our first inspection she didn’t feel that we had gotten as thorough of an inspection as we deserved and insisted we get a second one to make sure there weren’t any issues with the house. When we were deciding between putting offers on a few different houses she provided very honest feedback about what she thought was the best option for us. She also only only showed us houses within the price range we gave her and anything more were houses that I had requested to see from all my redfin house stalking.
I’d highly recommend Linda to anyone looking for a house in the North Shore, especially if you hope to end up in Glencoe with this (soon to be) suburbanite.