Mike von Dehn

Mike was a pleasure to work with and very knowledgeable about the housing market and trends in our area. He provided us thorough information prior to and during the selling process. Subsequently our daughter has used Mike to purchase a home and we would definitely use and recommend Mike again.

My husband and I bought our first home in June of 2014. We began house hunting by attending open houses on our own, and happened upon Mike at an open house that he was hosting for a client. We knew quickly after meeting him that we wanted Mike to be our agent. Mike is not arrogant, or pushy, or a know-it-all, or a stereotypical "salesman" type of guy. On the contrary, he is an honest, professional, hard-working, humble individual who listens to what his clients want in a house. The character of those that we do business with is important to us and Mike has it in spades. He enjoys his job, he works hard at it, and it shows. By the end of our months-long hunt for a house and several offers later (we're rather particular and not willing to overpay for a house), Mike had become a friend that we could trust to guide us through the largest purchase of our lives. As newbies in real-estate, we were quite green. Mike did not pressure us on a single occasion. He gave us advice when we asked, and he made sure that we were truly comfortable with all of our offers (giving us his frank opinion as to whether he thought we had a chance, going over strategies, but never insisting that we should go higher). When we made our first offer on a house, we were under a tight time constraint, and Mike had mere minutes to get the paperwork signed and get to the house to present it. However, he could sense that we were not comfortable signing until we had read through all of the clauses of the purchase agreement. The time crunch didn't phase Mike one bit, he wasn't rushed, and he didn't express any sort of anxiety about the situation, he simply took us through the agreement clause-by-clause…and then rushed as fast as he could to the house. Another thing that we truly appreciated was that Mike quickly picked up on our comfort-level with respect to risk. While so many agents now seem to advise clients to put in offers without conditions, and to put forth offers that are exorbitantly higher than the value of a home, Mike cautioned us against both, advising us that there would always be another house (and he was right!). We always went in with conditions and we only ever offered what we were comfortable with. We bought a house that we are tremendously happy with, for a great price and in a downtown location - we couldn't have had a better (or more fun) first home buying experience. Thanks Mike!

We met Mike Von Dehn at an Open House when we were just beginning our house search. We knew right away that his honesty, attitude, knowledge of houses, the housing market, and specifically the housing market in Guelph and its different unique communities were what we were looking for. While we could only afford a house in Cambridge at the time, he helped us through that search and found us an amazing house. With Mike's knowledge and expertise he then helped us stage and sell that house a few years later in order to finally move to Guelph. We will never go with any other realtor again and I really encourage anyone (especially first time buyers) to go with him. He truly cares about this community (giving to local charities that support children) and his clients. Anyone who has ever tried to buy a house in Guelph knows that multiple bids often mean multiple disappointments. Mike felt all of those disappointments along with us, gave great advice, and ultimately landed us a house that we love so much. If you aren't sure of what realtor to go with, 100% go with Mike Von Denh at Trillium West. You won't be disappointed.