Why Sell With Us?

Selling One of Life’s Largest Assets Requires Careful Consideration

One of the biggest decisions a home seller can make is choosing the right real estate agent with the right brokerage to work with. A home or cottage is one of the largest assets someone owns so maximizing the sale and ensuring a smooth process is vital. Read on to discover why The Janssen Group and Chestnut Park are the best choice in successfully selling your home or cottage.

Sell with the Best

Designated Representation

A dedicated Janssen Group Realtor will listen to your needs and goals, use data and creativity to optimize your property for potential buyers, and stand beside you during every step of the selling process.

We welcome expectations because we hold ourselves to the highest standard and know that our success is defined by yours.

With an in-depth understanding of waterfront properties and buyers in this niche market, we often conduct showings by boat. Selling your waterfront or island property? No problem. The Janssen Group Realtors are competent, experienced boaters. We stand out from our competition by offering potential buyers showing by boat and car for the full cottage experience.

Market-Leading Brokerage

#1 in Sales Volume

Cottage Country Real Estate is a competitive industry with 17 real estate offices operating in the Muskoka Lakes Region alone, yet Chestnut Park Port Carling is consistently #1 in sales volume, outselling our closest competitor by 162%.

Your property deserves representation with the number one brokerage. Chestnut Park is a name synonymous with both luxury and waterfront living throughout Muskoka and Ontario Cottage Country. Demand is part of the real estate market equation and buyers look to Chestnut Park for the best properties on the market.

Capture Relevant Attention for Your Listings by Leveraging a Local Expert's Global Reach

Put your property in front of more potential buyers - worldwide

Chestnut Park’s exclusive affiliation with Christie’s International Real Estate allows qualified properties to List Local and Market Global. Our international network includes 138 Affiliated brokerages in 46 countries.

Instant brand recognition: after 245 years, the Christie’s name continues to command global awareness and provide assurance of impeccable service, integrity and discretion.

Local Connections

Given our network of connections with local professionals we are well equipped to ensure you hire the best services from legal counsel to contractors, we’ve literally got you covered. And, with our long-standing ties to the community our listings are prominently displayed to appropriate local audiences. Respected in the industry, our relationships with media publications and other local Realtors, who have buyers, is an integral part of our marketing strategy.

Fostering relationships throughout the community gives our sellers a strong advantage. Many of our listings are featured in this region’s premiere publication and favorite coffee table magazine, Muskoka Life.

How We Transform Listings

In the ever-evolving landscape of real estate, selling a property for the highest possible price is a common goal for sellers and real estate agents alike. While various factors influence the sale price, one strategy stands out as a game-changer: attention to detail.

With a keen eye for detail, our agents understand what buyers are looking for. We will communicate any preparations, make recommendations, and arrange staging when necessary.

In cottage country’s competitive seasonal real estate market, captivating photos and video of your home are your ticket to success. Enhance your property's appeal with professional interior and exterior shots to attract more buyers and maximize your outcome. But, before the marketing material can be created, it’s important to set the stage.

Eye Catching Media

We work with the best cinematographers in the industry to create jaw dropping specialized content strategically designed to resonate with the most discerning real estate audiences in the world.

At The Janssen Group we understand that each property is unique and therefore requires a tailored media and marketing project to ensure the property is displayed in its best light. We take a strategic approach and look at your property through the eyes of a potential buyer. As local Realtors we know what our audience is looking for. And partnering with an experienced cinematographer results in eye-catching, high-resolution videos and photographs.

Selling Your Home with Strategic Pricing

Pricing your home accurately from the beginning is a critical step in ensuring a successful, seamless sale. When a home is initially overpriced, experienced buyers’ agents will steer their clients toward more competitively priced listings instead. As a result, your listing risks becoming stagnant with fewer showings (and fewer offers).

Setting the right price from the start avoids these pitfalls, ensuring your home receives the attention it deserves.

Experience Matters

At The Janssen Group, we have been trusted experts in Muskoka and cottage country real estate since 1994, delivering unparalleled results for clients selling their waterfront properties. Specializing in Muskoka’s big three, Rosseau, Joseph, and Muskoka, and lakes throughout Ontario cottage country, our track record speaks for itself, as we consistently rank among the top agents in the region.

What makes The Janssen Group the right choice is evidenced in our success stories.

J. Szeto-Meiers

Jack is honestly the best real estate agent in Muskoka. We bought our cottage over 20 years ago from him yet he kept in touch and was always helpful when we needed help in zoning, finding an architect, new cottage rules, etc. b...

Michael & Frances

Jack, I wanted to send you a brief email to thank you for your excellent service and salesmanship in selling our cottage. It was a pleasure finally dealing with an agent who knows what they are doing and is extremely knowledgea...

Randy Rubenstein

Jack is a very knowledgeable real estate agent in his field and has demonstrated his talents and skills time and time again with every experience I have had in dealing with Muskoka real estate. An agent who truly cares about yo...

Bruce Macdonald

Jack is one of the most experienced agents in Muskoka. His honesty and knowledge of the area will keep buyers from purchasing a property that he knows would be a mistake for them. He can pretty much provide a cottage inspection...

J. Holland

We were referred to Jack by our close friends who had worked with him to buy their cottage on Lake Rosseau. Jack worked with us patiently for several years until we found our perfect island on Lake Rosseau this summer. He is ho...

Mike Guindon

Jack's service was second to none! While the buying process was great and all information was readily available to get us comfortable; it didn't stop once we had a firm deal. Jack continued to provide exceptional service and ch...

J. & H. Abell

I have worked with Jack for over 8 years. We selected Jack to represent us for the sale of our old Cottage and the purchase of a replacement cottage. Jack was selected because of his extensive knowledge of Muskoka properties. W...

David Mikulis

Jack is unique among real estate agents. Most agents who show clients properties will initially follow up with them but then let go. Jack always remembered who we were and what we were looking for. He would send e-mails a coupl...

O. Moysey & K. Patrick

Just a quick note to say thank you for all of your efforts and help in selling our cottage. In the 14 odd years that we have known and dealt with you, we have always regarded you as being totally professional. We appreciate tha...

K. Emerson

I sincerely want to thank you for your patience and guidance during the purchase of our property. We had been searching for almost five years and had worked with three different agents before working with you. At a time when ro...

Lisa Deschamps

It was great to see you both - and finally meet you Carrie! Thank you both for coming by and taking time for a visit. We’re delighted to be able to enjoy our place now, and will always remember the part you played, Jack, in de...

Brian Smith

Excellent efforts and results in selling our Lake Joseph cottage. You did a great job researching and marketing the property, and then continued this professionalism by continually updating us with status reports and efficientl...

Peter Menkes

As we near the completion of our cottage, I can’t begin to tell you how pleased we are with the entire process. Your patience (7 years) with us on educating ourselves to find the right property paid off! I must add that the ful...

Theresa Mersky

Not only have we used Jack for our own RE transactions, we have recommended him to many friends. Not once have we been disappointed in any way. He is exceedingly knowledgeable and works hard both before and after the sale to en...

Mike Leschuk

Jack is an expert at what he does! His knowledge and experience are incredibly valuable when it comes to real estate transactions in Muskoka! Jack helped us (very patiently) search for our property over a two year span. As some...

L. & E. Sellers

We first met Jack during the showing of a property he had listed in Muskoka. As it turned out, that property was not for us but we started a dialogue with Jack about our situation and the nature of the property we were looking ...

Tom Davey

Thank you for all your help in closing the sale of our cottage on Clear Lake. We have had several real estate dealings in Australia, England, the United States and Canada so we are familiar with the fact that problems often ari...

D. Locke

Jack worked patiently with us for several years educating us on Muskoka and the market. We were very happy with the great service and with our purchase of our property on Lake Joseph. We used him again when selling our property...

R. & K. Boehm

Jack and Carrie were awesome to work with. Selling our multi generational cottage was a difficult decision. Jack and Carrie walked us through the process and were in constant communication helping and advising us of the best wa...

Alice Choi

My husband and I are from Toronto and we were looking to purchase our first cottage in Muskoka. Being very ‘green’ to Muskoka, we needed an agent who was experienced and knew the area well. We searched ‘best Muskoka real estate...

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