Applause from our Customers

"Dear Laura and the entire Josiah Allen Family,

" Please allow me to take a moment to express my deepest thanks and gratitude for your support of Long Trail’s Rat Pack event. The evening was a smashing success! Most importantly, the event showcased the passion that folks like you have for children, educations, and schools. Our community is uniquely positioned to offer families outstanding educational offerings, and I know from experience that these offerings can drive real estate decision-making. Thank you for partnering with LTS. We are, indeed, very fortunate to count you among the many friends of our school.


—John Suitor
Head of School


"Dear Laura,

"Thank you for your help and ideas for our kitchen/mudroom project. The half wall is my favorite — brilliant! You probably saved us $80,000 and a year of Dan's life from the corporate grind — priceless!

"You're great!"

    —Pam


"Dear Laura,

"You did it. You successfully sold our house and we are so incredibly appreciative. Thank you for guiding Gary and encouraging him and getting him to the closing. As I have said before, you are superb at what you do. You listen, and you go the extra mile, and you really care about making the human connection. Our wonderful house had languished for two sad years, much to our dismay, and in a week, you called with a buyer. You met with us and asked us questions that we had never been asked before: what did we love about our house. What were the special characteristics. Did we want people to take off their shoes when visiting. Ponder fell in love with you instantly and leaned into you — he saves that for special people in his life. He knew right away.

"Thank you so very much for making this sale a reality. Thank you for even enduring the silliness of the "list of items for sale in the house." In retrospect — actually, as I was sitting in Trinity Church on Easter — I began to wonder why you had to be involved in the furniture end of the house sale — what a headache. And Charlie confirmed — it is the worst complication. But you soldiered on and Lillie finally made her choices.

"We have heard from our next door neighbors, Shelly and Bob Friedman, that the Mayersons are thrilled and that the parents are very pleased with their son and daughter in law’s purchase. So everyone is happy and it is done.

"Thank you Laura!
"With admiration and deep appreciation,"

    —Cokie and Lee


"Thank you for all you did for us and for caring. I really loved working with you."
    —Joanie


"I wanted to thank you for all of your help, advice & understanding through all of the all off the ups & downs of our attempt to buy a lot in Danby. I appreciate all of the time you spent & the calming influence you provided when things got 'sticky' in round 1!! Thanks again."
    —Brian & Debbie Keating


"Thank you very much for all you did to make the house sell and see to it that the dream could be realized."
    —Paula and Peter Albertson


"I am delighted to see that Winston and Mary have listed their home in Shrewsbury with you. I suggested that Winston contact you and told him that you were the only realtor in the entire region that I would recommend to him."
    —Polly Haynes


"Laura Beckwith and her professional staff provide exceptional customer service. I have bought and sold many homes with Josiah Allen Real Estate, and I will continue to work with Laura because of her years of experience and dedication to her customers. I trust Laura's opinion of the real estate market and value her advice."
    —Sue Rundle


"Thank you for all of your diligent work! You make the process a PLEASURE!"
    —Monty & Sarah


"I will always use Josiah Allen for all my real estate transactions—whether buying or selling. Laura is the most imaginative, energetic and honorable realtor I have ever met."
    —Bill King, Dorset


"As we sit in our new house, feeling as if it's becoming 'home,' your kindness, expertise and deep caring remind us how much you did to get us here."
    —Neal & Retta Gilbert


"I very much liked working with you on our sale. You are a strategic thinker, easy to talk to, and go full speed for the objective."
    — Michael Bedesem


"I wanted to thank you for the incredible service and kindness you and your staff have provided on our numerous real estate transactions. In more than 30 years of dealing with real estate people never have we had the kind of relationship we have had with you."
    —John Huling


"It was a very pleasing experience to have Josiah Allen working for us in selling our farm."
    —Shirley Moyer