Alison helped me determine the value of a piece of antique furniture. I highly recommend Alison for…read moreany of your appraisal needs for items that are found in the home. She was extremely knowledgeable, very professional, efficient and kind!

I just recently had the pleasure of meeting Alison when I needed an Appraiser to assist me in…read moredetermining Market Value of a mixed assortment of old and current items. She makes a big impression with her Knowledge and expertise and can help connect with buyers in many fields. Her service is invaluable if you are selling or downsizing. The price was more than reasonable and money well spent. she is very personable and made the whole experience Fun! Highly recommend.

Have owned a condo in a block managed by Cornerstone for 4 years and in those 4 years, there has…read morebeen 4 different property managers. Currently a carpet installation project (paid for last December) is stalled for need of a follow-up report. Apparently, the PM nor the company owner are not responding to our Strata Council's requests. If you have low expectations, this is the company for you.

We moved into a small building that was managed by Cornerstone and were not impressed with their…read moreservices from the very beginning. Our property manager was often not in the office with no one to cover for him. Items raised to be looked into would simply be ignored and the annual budget seemed hastily pulled together. We've been informed that Cornerstone has a reputation in Victoria for pulling stunts like this. We have since fired them and hired a new property manager and the level of mismanagement that has been discovered is astounding. If you are at all considering using Cornerstone as your property manager I cannot recommend highly enough that you look elsewhere.

I've been happily attending Maynard's auctions for 15 years, and am happy to add a bit of balance…read moreto a ridiculously skewed set of review data. Number one: All auction houses have a Buyers Premium on auctioned goods. This occurs without exception across the globe, as auction houses are not charitable institutions; they are businesses. At an auction, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder, and there is no guarantee that your goods will circumvent fundamentals, and sell at an appraised or retail level. In fact, unless the goods are highly coveted, you can be reasonably assured of a disappointing outcome. Given this, no auctioneer would give a guarantee on a positive outcome, but would venture a conjecture; something that you cannot take to the bank. Auctions serve the purpose of liquidating masses of goods quickly. If you feel slighted that the clapped-out tat you dragged down to the auction didn't generate a king's ransom, then this is only a confession of your naïveté. As an example, let's examine the sale of a Persian rug. Depending upon its pedigree, it isn't uncommon for a rug to sell at auction for a tiny fraction of its retail value. This is normal. If the rug was an Isfahan signed rug, it will sell for considerably more than the bazaar grade rug, but unless it is rare Isfahan rug, or several bidders go mad, it will never sell for more than the retail rate. The bottom dropped out of the antiques market a decade ago, and there is not even a hint that it will recover anytime soon. This means that the once highly coveted Scottish Victorian chest of drawers you bought for $2K at auction in the late 90s/early 2000s can barely be given away for $100 today. Lastly, and this should be painfully obvious, a little research will go a long way towards staving off disappointing outcomes. If a set of Noritake China sold for x amount of dollars at auction two months earlier, you can be certain that when you trot your set in that the audience will not spontaneously burst into a standing ovation when yours appears up for bids. Like the laws of Physics, common sense always prevails over infantile wish fulfillments.

Over the years I have have bought all sorts of furniture, art, jewellery,rugs you name it I bought…read moreit. As far as I am concerned I got a great deal on whatever I won at the auction. No issues whatsoever. If you are bidding on an item I suggest you look at in person and then place your bid if it suits your fancy. Photos are not the same as looking at an item in person. That is true no matter if it is an auction, a hotel or some vacation destination, photos are only 1/2 the story both good and bad ..