Piedmont - California

Julie Gardner

Compass

Inner Circle Member (2024)

Leading 100 Honoree (2024)

Here are a few of Julie 's recently sold listings

2940 Avalon Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705
$5,000,000 3,899 sq ft Bedroom(s) 5 Bath(s) 3.5
58 Crest Road Piedmont, CA 94611
$4,800,000 4,111 sq ft Bedroom(s) 4 Bath(s) 4.5
132 Hillside Avenue Piedmont, CA 94611
$4,500,000 6,587 sq ft Bedroom(s) 6 Bath(s) 7.5

Bio

I am a wife, a mother, a REALTOR, a community volunteer, a weekly blogger, a philanthropist, a comic at heart, a lapsed athlete, a flea-market junkie, a serial renovator, a "before-and-after" specialist, and a prolific chocolate-chip cookie baker. I enjoy a good book, a fabulous "find," an undiscovered treasure, and long walks on the beach - often with my husband and dog in tow.

After more than a decade honing my skills (and they are considerable), I moved to in 2018 to offer my clients greater regional and international reach, better and more innovative technology, and a more relevant marketing approach to both buying and selling that are especially important in today's highly-competitive marketplace.

I currently live in the Crocker Highlands neighborhood in Oakland, having sold our Piedmont home a few years ago, and enjoy working with both motivated Buyers and Sellers alike. Having bought and renovated several homes of my own over the years, I believe wholeheartedly in both the process and the dream of home-ownership. To that end, I work diligently on my clients' behalf and am delighted to help them navigate this exciting journey - whether in short order, or much further down the road.

In my spare time, I write a very popular weekly Blog called "A New Perspective," which tracks lifestyle, community happenings and real estate news in and around the Bay Area.

Having spent the first half of my adult life in San Francisco, and my second in Piedmont/Oakland, I am pleased to have discovered all that this side of the bridge has to offer. The East Bay is an extremely vibrant, and eclectic kaleidoscope of people and experiences and I am proud to add my story to the mix. For more about me and what I bring to the process, I invite you to explore my website.

510-326-0840 julie@juliegardner.com

Testimonials

We just closed on our home today with Julie Gardner as our Realtor.
Julie is extremely knowledgeable about the market and guided us through
every step of the home-buying process...
Celena C.
Thanks for laying out the next steps through escrow, and for the good counsel, in your letter.

BA and I couldn’t be happier with the result of your and Jill’s combined efforts in selling 6120 Harbord! We loved working with you and really appreciated how you both managed every step of the process from developing the pricing and sales strategy through staging and promoting the home to representing us in final negotiations.

We think of you as not only as top real estate agents in the area but as good friends too. When escrow closes, we’ll hoist some lattes in celebration!
Andrew A.
Julie Gardner has been stellar to work with! To me she is the perfect combination of tough cookie and soft heart - you want an agent who is going to advocate for you, be on top of any contingencies that could happen and deal with them immediately, get you the best and fairest deal possible, and our experience has been that Julie has done all of the above. At the same time, she understands how personal one's home is, is open to working with - and around - her client's personal life and preferences, and always has a positive attitude. That's the balance I want in a real estate agent!

I also admire that she's worked with her clients throughout these past tight, uncertain years - we had a house that wasn't selling (an albatross!) and she stood by us with solid, candid advice, went above and beyond to make the sale happen. Over the last 25 years I've bought and sold houses in many parts of the country, so many agents have crossed my path - I would recommend Julie to anyone!
Bettyanne G.
With Julie's expertise, organizational skills and lightning speed, we were able to get our house impeccably staged and on the market with record numbers at the first open house in 17 days and were under contract 9 days later! She is an amazing force who has everything under control and stays on top of all the details around the clock. Accessible, savvy, sensible, diligent -- Julie lives, breathes and thoroughly understands the Piedmont market, neighborhood dynamics, and strategies to maximize curb appeal. What a joy it was to work with her; she IS as good as it gets.
Carol S.
Julie Gardner is the best! As first time home buyers, my wife and I needed a lot of guidance, and Julie was there for us every step of the way. We initially had a different real estate agent, and eventually decided to make a change based on a referral. We are so glad we did. What a difference! Julie was always incredibly responsive to both emails and voicemails and always took the time to answer my many questions, quickly and thoughtfully. She also never pushed any houses on us and worked hard to make sure we found a place that met all of our needs. We love our new place, and could not have found it without Julie. She was also terrific during the negotiation stage. She consistently went above and beyond.
Brian C.