Her life of traveling the world means she works with different standards and expectations, and she herself is incredibly driven to be flexible. And that's where the fundamental connection immediately came: selling together, wanting to experience the process as something light, being accessible to each other, and acting with taste, decisiveness, and knowledge. She enjoyed it. So did we.
"Your lack of bias, the flexibility of switching gears, and the fundamental understanding that communication is primarily about listening—that's where both Helen and Heather excelled." She laughs. "Yes, I know I'm demanding, I'm very aware of that..."

Because I wanted to sell a high-end property, a friend who was a former real estate agent recommended Carla van den Brink, among others. I submitted quotes to three real estate agencies. I chose Carla van den Brink, represented by agent Susan Bosma. She estimated the highest selling price for my property: a substantial difference compared to the other agents.

It seemed like an impossible quest: a two-bedroom apartment with a small garden in Amsterdam. From the very beginning, we'd always preferred Amsterdam Noord. We'd been searching for our first home for quite some time when a friend connected us with Susan. We hit it off right from the start.

Six years ago, during a working visit to Amsterdam, he fell in love with the city, and that romance continued happily when he moved here two years later. After years of successful business here, he was able to leave renting behind and buy something. Not only for himself, but certainly also for his cat, Gijsje. And that they are now the owners of something beautiful and wonderful is partly, if not primarily, due to Heather's expert advice and her timely intervention when a wrong choice threatened to be made. With a caring and steady hand, they were guided through everything, a financial disaster was averted, and all other obstacles were overcome. Thank you, Heather!