Julie Gardner

I am a wife, a mother, a REALTOR, a community volunteer, a weekly blogger, a philanthropist, a comic at heart, a lapsed athlete, a flea-market junkie, a serial renovator, a "before-and-after" specialist, and a prolific chocolate-chip cookie baker. I enjoy a good book, a fabulous "find," an undiscovered treasure, and long walks on the beach - often with my husband and dog in tow. 
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After more than a decade honing my skills (and they are considerable), I moved to Compass in 2018 to offer my clients greater regional and international reach, better and more innovative technology, and a more relevant marketing approach to both buying and selling that are especially important in today's highly-competitive marketplace. 
I currently live in the Crocker Highlands neighborhood in Oakland, having sold our Piedmont home a few years ago, and enjoy working with both motivated Buyers and Sellers alike. Having bought and renovated several homes of my own over the years, I believe wholeheartedly in both the process and the dream of home-ownership. To that end, I work diligently on my clients' behalf and am delighted to help them navigate this exciting journey - whether in short order, or much further down the road. ​

In my spare time, I write a very popular weekly Blog called "A New Perspective," which tracks lifestyle, community happenings and real estate news in and around the Bay Area. 
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Having spent the first half of my adult life in San Francisco, and my second in  Piedmont/Oakland, I am pleased to have discovered all that this side of the bridge has to offer. The East Bay is an extremely vibrant, and eclectic kaleidoscope of people and experiences and I am proud to add my story to the mix. For more about me and what I bring to the process, I invite you to explore my website.

Julie Gardner
CalBRE# 01431765
Piedmmont . Oakland . Berkeley
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Building Community, One Family at a Time . . .

JILL SHORTLEY
Julie's "right-hand woman"

​It's not every Agent that can clone themselves, but I can!

Licensed REALTOR, full-time assistant, and my twin sister, Jill oversees and coordinates the vendors, inspectors and repairs on all of our listings as my exclusive project manager; which may include everything from specifying new lighting, countertops, backsplashes, appliances, floors, paint colors, and hand selecting new plants for the gardens and collaborating with the staging and gardening crews.  She creates and manages the marketing calendar and follows the transaction from from beginning to end.

As a fully-licensed Agent, she can also meet with Buyers and Sellers, draft contracts, analyze the marketplace, show properties and hold Sunday Opens. Jill holds open the Brokers’ Tours as well as assists in all marketing needs, thus your home will have double the coverage, exposure and efforts.