Why Work With HST?

Brian was great to work with! Very knowledgeable and responsive to my needs as a first time home seller. Brian was committed to getting me the best price and skillfully negotiated with the potential buyers. Always available to answer questions and help me line up contractors for repairs and inspections. I would highly recommend Brian whether you are buying or selling. He will always put you first.

My sisters and I consider ourselves very fortunate to have had Brian McCarthy as our real estate agent. He was highly recommended to us by a Concord, MA real estate office where a dear friend of ours works, and that recommendation was well deserved. Our father passed away after living 49 years in  his Mansfield home. The task of cleaning out his house and preparing it to sell was daunting. Brian was extremely helpful at every step of the process. He is very knowledgeable about all aspects of the business, and answered all our questions patiently and thoroughly. He is available by phone, email, and text, and is quick to respond when we need him. He is well connected; he recommended reliable and reasonably priced contractors for cleaning and repairs. He ran interference for us as needed. This was especially helpful as we do not live near the property. He gave us sound and rational advice for pricing the house and was able to get a buyer very quickly at close to our asking price even though the house needed a lot of updating. With three of us involved in making decisions, Brian was cooperative and respectful of that process. The house was owned by a trust, and he recommended a good attorney to help us with the sale. I highly recommend Brian, as does a local attorney friend of mine, who also hired him to sell her house a few years ago.

Brian was truly helpful and patient with an extremely difficult sale.

Our experience with Brian, selling our 216 yr. old house was very positive. Brian did push us (in a good way) to complete a few improvements, such as finishing painting the rest of house and barn. He was great at communicating with us through the whole process. When some inspections/work were needed,  Brian’s suggestions for professionals to do the work was always right on. We would (and have)recommend Home Selling Team and especially Brian McCarthy to anyone looking to sell or buy a house in our area.

Dear Brian,

   Thank you so much for representing me as my EXCELLENT Realtor for the sale of my home at 57 Brookside Lane, Mansfield Center, CT 06250.

   Not only were you so knowledgeable, professional and supportive, but those capabilities were accentuated with your fantastic personality! 

   I truly felt that I was one of your valued Home Selling Team members, who all worked so diligently to conclude the timely sale of my home.  

   With utmost appreciation, 

I'm moving from the UK to Connecticut, to take up a position at UConn, and after emailing a pretty routine enquiry to HST, started talking more with Brian McCarthy about our needs (deciding between buying a house, or buying land and building) and how to proceed. Brian is incredibly proactive (when I first emailed that enquiry, he googled me to find out some background about me) and the ongoing process of finding somewhere appropriate has been both painless and enjoyable. He has what seems like endless patience, and excellent advice (I have, to be honest, 'validated' that advice by talking to others I know at UConn). When we visited, he drove us around a ton of properties, and is now really well 'calibrated' to what we're looking for. I cannot recommend him enough. He's made the whole experience of moving country considerably less daunting. He has access to all the properties that I can see on other websites, as well as an ear to the ground and a list of all sorts of useful contacts. Having talked with some other Realtors, as well as with friends and future colleagues at UConn, I feel really lucky to be working with Brian. I would recommend using him and his team to anyone who is moving to UConn (or the surrounding area).

As first time home buyers, we had a wonderful experience with Brian! He was thorough, informative, and timely. A really nice guy who was also able to give us a lay of the land and put us in touch with the right people every step along the way, from lenders to landscapers to contractors. We couldn’t be happier!

Thanks for use of the moving truck, it was awesome! It holds at least 5 times as much as my pickup and was surprisingly good on gas. It made moving the awkward items much easier.

I cannot say enough positive comments about my experience with Brian. He went above and beyond to help us through the buying and selling process, was available at all hours, answered all of our questions and truly knows anything and everything about the industry, the area and the process. He is one in a million! You can’t do better.

Brian is extremely professional, excellent knowledge of land market and prospective purchasers and hard working. Sold property in 4 months. Would highly recommend.