View all Blake Playford - Comox Valley Realtor 4.9 (38) Real estate agent in British ColumbiaOpen Overview Products Services Reviews Photos By owner About Google review summary Reviews All home17 market12 sell9 knowledge8 +6 Sort by Most relevant Newest Highest Lowest Joshua Knipe 7 reviews·1 photo Despite a “good guy” personality, Blake lacks many attributes of a good realtor. … More Sandra Ledwidge 3 reviews 5 months ago We loved working with Blake Playford in the selling of our two homes. Each time, he made the process so easy and helped us understand what was happening every step of the way. The attention and detail he put into the listing was very … More Blake Playford - Comox Valley Realtor (Owner) 5 months ago Thank you, Sandra! I truly appreciate the opportunity to help you sell your home. It was a pleasure working with you, and I’m so glad we could achieve a great outcome. Wishing you all the best in this next chapter! Peter Waldhuber 3 reviews 5 months ago We are very happy to have our home of many years sold. Being a revenue property with multiple suites made showing the house potentially challenging. Blake went out of his way to work with our tenants respecting their homes and busy … More Blake Playford - Comox Valley Realtor (Owner) 5 months ago Thank you, Peter, for your kind words! It was truly a pleasure helping you sell your home. I appreciate the trust you placed in me throughout the process, and I’m so glad we could achieve a great result. Wishing you all the best in your next chapter! Ben Miller 1 review 5 months ago Myself and my wife bought our first home earlier this winter and Blake made the experience very comfortable and easy on us. During the process we were travelling from out of town to view properties and he always made sure he was available … More Blake Playford - Comox Valley Realtor (Owner) 5 months ago Thank you for the great review Ben! It was a pleasure working with you. Looking forward to doing it again in the future! Joshua Knipe 7 reviews·1 photo Edited 22 hours ago New Despite a “good guy” personality, Blake lacks many attributes of a good realtor. Attention to detail: On multiple occasions I found errors in offers he wrote and I had to ask him to re write them. He lacks attention to detail. Preparedness: Blake was unable to write an offer when requested because he didn’t bring his computer while traveling out of town. The offer was eventually written 5 hours after. I lost a multiple bid situation after someone from that days open house also made a late offer. If the offer went in when requested, before the open house, the outcome may have been different. Blake canceled 6 scheduled viewings on a long weekend because he decided to change his access app before confirming the new app worked. (4 of the 6 homes received accepted offers that weekend) he made no other alternate attempts to gain access on scheduled date. Job knowledge: Blake lacked the ability to properly estimate property values in current market conditions. Leading me to believe 5% lower than asking offers were appropriate. I had to suggest to him the market conditions appeared to be shifting, and that we need to change tactics. He agreed. (market conditions are something a good realtor should always be aware of and be the one informing the client, not the other way around) Communication: Blake did not explain how a multiple offer situation changes the buying process when we got into our first one. Had he communicated that information to me, I believe I could have ended up with a different home. Job Dedication: Despite ensuring me that he had time for me as a client and ensured he would be there every step of the way including possession when I initially asked. He did not show up on the possession date to ensure everything went smooth. He only sub contracted another realtor in when I complained I didn’t like his initial plan of calling him in Mexico if anything went wrong. Blake initially told me he had a clear schedule with the exception of one weekend. Blake then left town on two short and one long holiday in the short period I worked with him. I question if his job or his lifestyle is his priority. Research: Blake failed to inform me that the property behind my property had already been subdivided before I purchased my house. I now have a large duplex 1.5M from my property line. Even explaining to me that someone could legally build 1.5M from a property line would have been valuable information. Blake does have a nice likeable personality. Personality though is not an indicator of job ability. I believe Blake would be better suited working for another experienced realtor until he fully grasps all aspects of the job. $17,000+ commission for a sub standard job is an indictor that Blake wants the easy money real-estate can offer without the hard work and dedication required in making the client happy. Ironically, his mistakes made me up my budget to get into a home and in turn made him more money. I regret not moving away from him when my gut told me to. I do not recommend him.