What clients are saying

I have worked with Silver Creek Real Estate Group for years.  My professional relationship with the realtors their have turned into friendships. There is a feeling of family when working with them.  They know the Plateau and they can find the right home for all of their clients. Once you find your dream home, their professionalism continues as they walk you through the closing process with ease.  They have great supporting staff and they are just a wonderful firm to work with.

We had an amazing experience working with Jochen Lucke to sell our home. From day one, Jochen was professional, honest, and incredibly knowledgeable about the market. He walked us through everything — brought in a great photographer, and made sure our listing truly stood out. Thanks to his strategy and attention to detail, we received an offer and ultimately sold our home. Jochen made the entire process smooth and stress-free, always keeping us updated and handling every detail with care. If you're looking to sell your home, we highly recommend Jochen. His experience, communication, and dedication make all the difference.

It's been said that selling a home and moving is among life's most stressful situations, but whoever said this has not worked with Jochen Lucke of Silver Creek.

From the day my husband and I chose him to be our seller, to the day shortly thereafter when we closed, the process was seamless and professional.  We followed his lead, with confidence, regarding pricing, showing our home, and following up on inspection details. Jochen has an enviable contact list of the very best tradespeople who respond immediately to his calls.  This meant that there were no unnecessary delays in our very efficient closing.

Given Jochen's considerable involvement in our community, it is no surprise that his reputation as the premier salesman of local real estate is unparalleled.

I don’t usually write testimonials, but because of my recent experience working with Jochen, I felt compelled to express not only my gratitude but also to share my experience with others. When I met with Jochen to discuss selling my home, I knew immediately that he was the right person to help me. Having recently been widowed, it was an emotional decision. Jochen was very compassionate and understanding about my situation, but also very professional and knowledgeable. His guidance during the sale of my house was invaluable. When challenges arose, he remained confident and positive. He helped me during the process of downsizing and purchasing a smaller house. He advised me along the way, and we found the perfect new home. His ability to negotiate and his understanding of the Cashiers/Highlands market, in my opinion, is unmatched. Jochen has not only represented me as my realtor, but he has also become a friend.

My wife and I have had the good fortune of owning several unique and special homes over the years. In the past, when the time came to sell our homes we always used a big name national brand realtor. When we decided to put our Mountaintop estate on the market we spoke to several people and asked who they thought the best realtor would be to represent our property. Time and time again the same name came up...Jochen Lucke of Silver Creek Realty. We interviewed Jochen and within minutes knew he was our guy. And he did not disappoint. One of things that impressed us the most was his approach to presenting the property to prospective buyers. He hired a world class photographer that spent quite a bit of time getting the perfect still shots and videos that were "National Geographic documentary" worthy... absolutely beautiful! So different from the national brand realtors that hire a photographer for a couple hours to get a few photos for the MLS. The brochure he created with photos and descriptions were equally impressive, as well as his marketing plan for maximum exposure in the luxury home market. My wife and I were hearing from friends and family from as far away as South Florida, Louisiana, and New York telling us they had seen the home advertised. As a result of his hard work, Jochen was able to secure private showings of our home to several qualified buyers (note emphasis on "qualified") and ultimately brought us multiple offers that we were very happy with. Don't make the mistake of hiring a national brand realtor that will just list your home and wait for their phone to ring. Hire someone that will work his tail off to represent your home they way it should be represented, cast a big net for qualified prospective buyers, and get your home sold. Silver Creek Realty is world class. Jochen Lucke is in league of his own. If you're looking for the best of the best, he's your guy.

We listed our home with Silver Creek Real Estate Group primarily due to its fine reputation and having previously met its President and Owner Jochen Lucke. We received contracts immediately. When we were experiencing closing problems Jochen stepped in behind the scenes and reached out to both the regional and state mortgage broker managers for assistance. This was a huge undertaking and one that could be accomplished by very few. Jochen is a remarkably influential person and his company, Silver Creek Real Estate Group, is tops in the real estate field.

Jochen is in a league all of his own! We have dealt with quite a few Brokers over the years — buying and selling. Some brokers become friends; some friends become brokers. But Jochen stands out in his amazing skills, talent, connections, and sheer power of personality. Attentive, discrete, highly sophisticated, incredibly intuitive, calm, cool, and collected. Jochen inspires confidence and delivers quick results. He doesn’t sweat the small stuff and makes sure you don’t either. He immediately inspires trust and confidence and then goes above your highest expectations. Peerless!

Selling a home is never easy — especially in unexpected circumstances. Jochen not only sold our house within a week, he made the entire process — from listing to closing — totally smooth, easy and, most importantly, stress-free. We couldn’t be more appreciative, grateful and satisfied. End to end, it was a superb, painless experience. Jochen even helped and guided us in the purchase of our new home in another state, stepping in and filling in the gaps the local agents left. Truly above and beyond the call of duty!

Thank you, Jochen! You absolutely rock! YOU ARE THE KING OF ROCK! Thank you Izaak for the awesome photos and Delaney for the great write up. Most of all, thank you, Jochen for your professionalism, friendship, and genuine care. We’ll recommend you wholeheartedly to anyone looking for a property in the glorious North Carolina Mountains.

We have worked with Jochen on three sale transactions just recently. Jochen is a consummate professional. He was a strong advocate for us and he provided expert counsel based on his experience and knowledge of the real estate industry. We appreciated his responsiveness and problem-solving capabilities. Jochen is a pleasure to work with and we highly recommend him. Thank you, Jochen.
 

We used Jochen for the lot and property sales at Cedar Hill Subdivision in Cashiers. Our experience was very positive. He is well known and his firm has a big presence in the local market. He was knowledgeable and helpful in the initial pricing of the properties and also good with the negotiation of offers we received.

Once under contract he was diligent in getting us to closing. A consummate professional and one who I highly recommend. 

While we have known Jochen for many years and valued our association and friendship it was only after retaining Silver Creek Real Estate Group that we came to know firsthand what a fine organization you and your team have built.
From the start, beginning with the photo shoot, video and sales counseling on through qualified showings and the closing, all services were comprehensive and very professional.  Excellent marketing of our property.
You helped us prepare for each showing and stayed to answer questions and then close up the house.
Every person we dealt with at Silver Creek was very professional and helpful.
We got good feedback on every showing and counsel on what actions needed to fine tune the offering.
Thank you so much for all you’ve done to ease the process of selling our home. We have and will continue to recommend Silver Creek Real Estate Group as a premier team for buying and selling on the Highlands-Cashiers plateau.