Market Trends, Absorption rates, Home-Prices, and Staging¬ Franziska is passionate about the language of Real Estate and her clients best interests in this, sometimes overwhelming, world of buying and selling a home. She believes, knowledge is power, and knowing the market is crucial in guiding them with their (often biggest financial) investment. Part of that is constant continuous education to stay on top of market ups and downs, contract changes, housing trends, marketing, or neighborhood developments, so that her clients can relax and know that they are in good hands with their home. Franziska is an Associate Broker and Vice President with Blanchard and Calhoun and has been a successful Realtor with the Greater Augusta Association since 2005 - numerous top producer awards and happy customers, speak for themselves. She is licensed for Georgia and South Carolina, Military on the Move & Relocation certified, and an active member of the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, as well as member of the Augusta Choral Society. She has lived in 3 countries, but calls Augusta home. Outside of work, she loves to travel, read, and cook, but most of all she is a proud mom of two and happy wife of one. Doing what you love is freedom, loving what you do is happiness. (Lana Del Rey) I love real estate and I love helping buyers and sellers. I don't take that lightly. I know they have a choice when they decide on who is helping them with their house. I am honored every time I gain that trust. I am a problem solver, straight-talker, with an eye for what sells, and what the market wants. Sugar-coating is not in my DNA, the German native says. I will always give you honest guidance & advice. If that is what you are looking for, I am your Realtor.
Franziska is amazing to work with. She has guided us through the process of purchasing and selling two properties. We encountered numerous challenges this time and she was there every step of the way. She went above and beyond to keep us informed, on track, and ultimately successful!
We love Franziska! If we wish to buy/sell another house in the future at Augusta we will definitely go to her in a second. We relocated from California and spent ~a year watching the housing market, paid 3 visits before we bought our house. Franziska was so patient and extremely informative from the beginning to the end. At my first visit, she gathered our general interest of housing style, price range, our household information, our living style including everyone's specific needs, our work style, etc. everything that helps to find a house that fits our needs, and organized a list of areas and houses to see before I even arrive. She spent > 5h driving me around and thoroughly introduced all these areas including neighborhoods, school districts, housing styles, traffic, etc. While we were touring, she also listened to me about my feeling on these areas and houses, my preference, my family members's likes. On our second visit, I took my entire family including parents and our young boy to the house hunting tour. Based on my first visit Franziska was able to narrow down the list and suggested only the houses that potentially meets our interest, as well as adding our picked houses into the list. She was so considerate. She took care of everyone and listened to each one of us for our preferences, which was not easy to do with such a big family group. With her help we were able to lock down a few areas that we liked. On the 3rd visit, we already had our picked houses before arrival. Franziska was always super responsive. She communicate a lot with us and acted fast in booking house tours as soon as we have our eyes on them. She also send us houses that fits our interest as soon as they came onto market. She was never impatient on my requests, even sometimes I have last minute requests and wish to see the same property multiple times. At the final steps of purchasing, she really thinks for us and speak of our best benefits and had given us great advices. We highly recommend her to everyone.
Working with Franziska was a breeze in our stressful relocation house hunting journey. She understands our needs, responds and acts quickly in a hot market. She's very professional as a realtor, gentle and thoughtful as a friend, punctual and reliable as an individual. While we're taken good care of, she's never pushy. We highly recommend Franziska and will find her again if we are going to buy or sell a home here.
Miss Franziska was amazing throughout the entire thing even when shenanigans happened and they're ups and downs and goods and bads she was there 100% the entire time ! AMAZING JOB!
Franziska is absolutely the finest quality of an agent.
Franziska has gone above and beyond our expectations. She works hard in a timely fashion to make sure that we are well taken care of, and it's easy to see that she has her client's best interests at heart. We are very pleased with the service she provides, and we recommend her every chance we get. She has been so good to us - she's like family to us.
Franziska is great to work with, whether buying and/or selling, Franziska is there every step of the way.
Franziska has assisted us in the past on real estate prior to the current deal. It has been wonderful working with Franziska. We look forward to working together again in the future.
Working with Franziska is a great experience! She is very efficient and professional. Highly recommended!
I always love working with Fransiska! She helped me buy and sell my first home and she made both processes so smooth and easy!
Franziska was wonderful! She helped us navigate out first home sale. She was always available, very responsive, and patient! She made the process stress-free and went above and beyond to help us. Plus, she had incredible knowledge of the area and the market.
Throughout the entire selling process Franziska demonstrated her complete knowledge and understanding of the real estate market in Augusta/Martinez. She provided timely and thoughtful insights on pricing and marketing our house. I highly recommended her to my family and friends. She helped make the selling process a breeze.
We trust Franziska. She has helped us sell twice in the Augusta area and I highly recommend her. My wife trusts her and appreciates Franziska’s communication style a lot. Because we’ve worked with her before and trust her eye and advice, when she asked us to roll up a rug for photos or update some throw pillows - we jumped to do it! We were out of town during the showing process but had complete trust in her. She kept texting feedback and calling to update us on offers without us having to ask what was happening. She’s the best!
Franziska was great to work with.
Franziska was very knowledgeable of the area and the market. She recommended staging options that appealed to many potential buyers.
Franziska was very knowledgeable of the area and the market. She recommended staging options that appealed to many potential buyers.
Franziska was very knowledgeable of the area and the market. She recommended staging options that appealed to many potential buyers.
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Franziska was great to work with. Very responsive and worked hard for us.
Franziska was great to work with. Very responsive and worked hard for us.
Franziska was great to work with. Very responsive and worked hard for us.
I would choose Franziska every time! She represented us as buyers and she did an excellent job of -giving us realistic expectations -immediate feedback -attention to detail -providing expert knowledge in all aspects of the process and even related services -intensive house hunts to help us find what we needed and more! Franziska is a go getter and she is serious about the job. I don’t feel that I missed out on anything with her and we are leaving this adventure with a better knowledge of home buying and home-owning considerations, not to mention a first home that is better than what we’d hoped for! Respect Franziska’s expertise and lead and you won’t be disappointed!
I would choose Franziska every time! She represented us as buyers and she did an excellent job of -giving us realistic expectations -immediate feedback -attention to detail -providing expert knowledge in all aspects of the process and even related services -intensive house hunts to help us find what we needed and more! Franziska is a go getter and she is serious about the job. I don’t feel that I missed out on anything with her and we are leaving this adventure with a better knowledge of home buying and home-owning considerations, not to mention a first home that is better than what we’d hoped for! Respect Franziska’s expertise and lead and you won’t be disappointed!
Franziska is so much more than just an amazing realtor...she works tirelessly around the clock for you, fights for you, inspires you, teaches you, and, in our case, has become a very close and dependable friends! Over the past 8 years, Franziska has walked us through the process of finding two different houses...both of which have been dream houses for us. With our first house, we were overly eager to dip our feet in the house hunting waters even though we couldn’t buy for another YEAR. Instead of doing the practical thing and telling us to get in touch when we were financially ready, she devoted so much of her personal time over that year showing us DOZENS of houses and helping us discover and compromise what we were looking for. And when the time came for us to buy a house, we knew EXACTLY what we wanted and felt such confidence with her by our side as we went through the process! 7 years, 1 wedding, a couple job changes, and 2 babies later, we knew it was time to move into a larger house closer to where we worked. Franziska was our first call and walked us through many houses, giving us her expert advice and honest opinions...based on her truly caring for us and knowing us so well, not on making “a quick sale.” We went under contract with a house that got flagged for some issues during its appraisal and she fought unbelievable hard to get us every penny of our earnest money back when we chose to terminate. We are currently in our dream house and owe it all to her. Franziska is patient, EXTREMELY hardworking, organized, knowledgeable, and exactly the person you would in your corner when finding your dream home! Thank you, Franziska, for being outstanding!
Excellent service, and with respect to question of using Blanchard and Calhoun Insurance Agency and/or Augusta Mortgage Company - that was never an option of interest to us as we have moved out of State.
I met Franziska several years ago. During my interaction with her I knew that she would be the person that I wanted to help me when I decided to move. She certainly lived up to my expectations!!
Mrs. Valerius navigated us expertly through the entire process. She was timely and precise. She communicated with us in person, telephonically and electronically. Recommend her real estate expertise to others with enthusiasm!
This is the second time we worked with Mrs. Valerius for a real estate transaction; first time as a seller, this time as a buyer. Mrs. Valerius is very knowledgable about Augusta area and the real estate business in general. Within an hour of contacting her about the property, she provided us with detail information, average market value for similar properties, areas of concern, etc. She helped us with the steps involved from inspection to closing and provided guidance to protect our interest. Thank you Mrs. Valerius.
Franziska was awesome to work with. She was knowledgeable, professional, and honest. She was also very good about communicating with us during the entire process of selling our home. We believe that these qualities helped sell our home within a month and would highly recommend her.
Franziska was fantastic, we bought our home with her a few years ago and then were glad to work with her again when it was time to move. Strongly recommended!
Franziska is such an awesome agent to work with! She helped me buy my first house and sell the same house (over a 4 year span). She taught me so much and truly a joy to work with. She helped me through the entire process as a first time buyer and first time seller. If I’m ever in the market for a house again in Augusta I will only work with her. Thank you so much for everything Franziska!
Franziska is very prompt, courteous and professional. When we ask to see a property she always gives us relevant information about the area, the property itself and its potential. As real estate investors in the Augusta area, we are pleased with her service and are grateful for her patience.
Franziska was the absolute best real estate agent! I looked for my first home for almost a year and she was professional, proactive, supportive, and helped guide me through the entire process! I would highly recommend her for anyone selling or buying! 5 stars!