Quotes from Bob's Clients....

For years, we had a dream that someday we would find our 1800’s Victorian dream house on the coast of Maine overlooking a bay and a lighthouse. In the fall of 1995, after several visits to Maine looking on our own, we decided to get serious and seek professional help in our search. We wrote to the Chamber of Commerce in Belfast seeking a real estate company, found Green Keefe Real Estate and called. Bob Fenton answered the phone and the dream of a home in Maine started becoming a reality.

We explained to Bob what we were looking for in great detail. Bob’s professional demeanor, friendliness and “can do” attitude immediately led us to a decision to retain him as our buyer’s agent. In a short period of time, Bob mailed us our first list of candidate houses. Over the next 30 days, Bob refined that list in consultation with us and when we went to Maine in September 1995, we had a firm search plan.

Bob Fenton was everything we had anticipated from our phone conversations. He was a friend and neighbor who also happened to be the model of professionalism in real estate. Our home was on Bob’s list!! From that point on, Bob’s assistance with negotiations, helping us find financing and generally representing us “on the ground” led to closing on our dream home on 31 January 1996.

Bob’s involvement with our dream did not end there. He has continued to be our man in Maine, doing everything from helping to get renovations started to recommending professional tradesmen for specific jobs. In addition to the professional side, Bob has become a true friend.

Our congratulations to Green Keefe Real Estate for having agents like Bob Fenton and the aura of personal customer service he brings to your profession. In a world becoming increasingly self-centered, it’s a bright spot to find someone like Bob who takes so much pride in his work and manifests that pride in commitment and dedication to his customer’s needs. We and Green Keefe Real Estate have benefited greatly from the efforts of a true professional, Bob Fenton.

Joe W. Rigby
Major General, U.S. Army

Colleen C. Rigby
Management Analyst, U.S. Army

Initially, we were looking for land as an investment for our retirement at a later date. Our intentions were to move when we found employment. Obviously we had not thought the whole process through. We had been wandering up the coast on our vacation and were in Belfast. My brother lives in Fairfield and had suggested that we look in this area for the job opportunities, “from away” acceptance and general retirement. We had been in Belfast several times before and it’s appeal had grown each time. For the hell of it, we wandered through your doors. It was Bob Fenton’s “up”.

We explained what we were looking for and what our goals were.. His questions quickly helped him establish our “wants”, price point and location. His computer search gave us an immediate pool of possibilities that we investigated that day. From his observations, he narrowed our “wants” to a more refined short list. He arrsanged (on very short notice because of our vacation restraints) more tours. We came back two days later and had a full tour of mid-coast Maine.

As it happened, during that tour, we found a house that met our needs, our price range, and our location requirement. Immediately, Bob went “to bat” for us and started negotiations as our broker. Buying a house is difficult enough, but when one is living in Virginia and does not have a plane of their own, the difficulties are compounded. We were skeptical, and sure that this deal would fall through because of the distance factor. It did not.

Because of Bob’s negotiations, we accepted a contract (from Virginia), gave Bob power-of-attorney, and settled on a pre-established date of December 1st without a hitch.

Being in retail, service is the difference between a successful company over the long term and one that falls into a sink hole. Prices are becoming competitive and the companies that stay on top are the ones that provide the old fashion concept of service. Bob does that.

We are going to become new residents “from away”. He has made us feel very comfortable with the Belfast area and has provided assistance ranging from recommendations for contacts in the professional area to looking afeter the house until we arrive. Our long distance status has been reduced to that of being “next door”. We do not plan (depending on job our search) on being able to move before early spring. What a great relief to have Bob so close to keep an eye on things!

My congratulations and sincere thanks to Green Keefe for having the quality of agents that Bob represents. Our monetary contribution to his Christmas resources is below his worth. I suppose this is our gain and his loss. In the long run, it will be your gain and I hope his gain. You have not heard the last from those of us “from away”.

The best of the holiday season to you, your company and our sincere gratitude to Bob who has opened the gates to a future with a new life.

William I. Kent, JR.
Donna L. Truver-Kent