Heather Maresca

Residential and Luxury Specialist

(425) 417-6243

As a John L. Scott broker, my mission is transactional excellence and client satisfaction. I work tirelessly to make your home buying or selling process as efficient, and stress-free as possible while providing you with optimal returns on investment.

Meet Heather

Some might say that Heather Maresca has real estate in her blood - she grew up with real estate broker parents and has been in the industry herself since 2006.

One of the keys to Heather’s success is that she treats every transaction like it’s her own. Working with experienced and first time homebuyers, she actively listens to everything her clients say, taking the time to get to know them and making note of the smallest details that can impact the transaction. Heather works out of the John L. Scott Seattle South Lake Union office and specializes in Magnolia, Ballard, Fremont, Queen Anne and Wallingford neighborhoods in Seattle.

When not going above and beyond for her clients she enjoys road and mountain biking, hiking, long walks, cooking, baking and spending time with loved ones.

Customer Service Driven

With a combined 55+ years of professional experience, we understand the importance of providing timely and exquisite client service. Our skills complement each other with Heather being a home marketing and sales expert and Kern with years of senior executive roles in finance and accounting. This broad spectrum of knowledge combined with over 40 years of living in Western Washington gives us unique insight for your home buying or selling experience.

Always Act Like It's Your Own Home

I believe to be the greatest assistance to you. I should behave as if I was buying or selling my own home. I will always be your advocate and never forget how deeply personal the transaction is for you.

Business Built On Referrals

I am committed to my clients and they in turn refer me to their friends and family. My business is 98% referral based. I enjoy the people I work with, staying in touch long after the closing. If you or someone you know is considering the sale or purchase of a home, please feel free to give me a call or send an e-mail. We would love the opportunity to work with you or any of your friends or family.

Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/heatherandkernrealestate 


 

Seattle

Seattle is a fantastic city for a lot of reasons, but one of the best things about it is the natural beauty that surrounds us. Nothing beats a crystal clear day when you can see the Olympic Mountains and Mount Rainier. But even on rainy days which, yes, we do have a few of here, the views of Puget Sound and Lake Washington are breathtaking. Seattle has a rainy reputation, but our best kept secret is how spectacular our summers are. While a lot of the country is sweltering with heat and humidity, we're basking in the perfect warm days and our long summer days allow us to enjoy water sports, hiking and cycling and tending to our gardens. In the winter, skiing and snowboarding are only an hour away. People recognize Seattle by the Space Needle and Pike Place Market, but we also have a thriving arts and cultural scene, great art museums, symphony, opera, and ballet.

Reviews

Google Reviews


Heather is the best agent there is. You can't find someone as knowledgeable, sincere, and friendly as her. Heather has helped hundreds of buyers in the Greater Seattle Area.

We were first-time homebuyers using the VA loan in this crazy market with a limited budget. However, Heather accepted the challenge and wanted to get us a beautiful home to raise our family.

We made offers on multiple homes. Heather would stay late sending out our offers the same night. There were times when we were frustrated from losing houses to other buyers. But, she was very patient with us and assured us that we will get our dream home.

Heather's concern was protecting us rather than making a quick sale. She would advise against buying a property if it was a bad investment. I doubt any agents care about her clients as much as Heather does.

We were looking for a broker, but we found a great friend in Heather. We are now proud owners of a beautiful home (with a view) in a great neighborhood in Federal Way. We couldn't be happier with our home. All thanks to our friend, Heather!

We highly recommend Heather Maresca! Anyone would be fortunate to have her as their agent. :)!” 
- Deepika Sharma


I can’t imagine any agent out there better than Heather. She is honest, kind, hardworking and is an expert on Seattle real estate. She works in the best interest of her clients and truly wants her clients to find the home of their dreams. She will always go above and beyond if it means a better experience for her clients. The seattle market is complex and I was so appreciative to have Heather who could help us navigate it so seamlessly. Now that we’ve bought our new home, our family misses Heather so much that our daughter keeps asking for a FaceTime with her. Just make things easier for yourself and choose Heather as your agent.” 
- Megan Parisi


Heather helped us with a smooth relocation to the Seattle area during the height of Covid-19. She was so helpful, patient, professional, and encouraging. We were not familiar with the area and she patiently showed us home in different areas until we were able to narrow down our preferred location. It has been a pleasure working with Heather.” 
- Amy Coverston


"Heather was a breath of fresh air. My family and I moved from the east coast and a move like that can be stressful. Heather was very accessible and knew what we needed, before we knew we needed it. We found our dream home and it was all thinks to Heather. The picture is a view from our balcony. Highly recommend....” 
- Butta


If you need a realtor, please give Heather a call! She is the best! Very knowledgeable and experienced at all fazes of buying and selling your new home!”

- Fred Yamaguchi


 

Facebook Reviews


Heather was amazing. Her knowledge and expertise was critical to my family relocating from the east coast. We found our dream home because Heather went the extra mile. We are extremely grateful and highly recommend...”

- Watson Fam


Heather was amazing. Her knowledge and expertise was critical to my family relocating from the east coast. We found our dream home because Heather went the extra mile. We are extremely grateful and highly recommend...”

- Watson Fam


My wife and I were relocating to Seattle and Heather helped us find the perfect home in record time. The current real estate market in Seattle is extremely fast paced and it was daunting at first since we were first time buyers. Heather elegantly guided us through the process, adapted to our 'style,' and helped us close on a home in two weekends! She is extremely knowledgeable, organized, and professional. I would recommend Heather to anyone who has real estate needs in the Seattle area. Thanks again!”

- Andy Parisi


Heather was courteous, professional, and extremely communicative through the process of helping us find the right place for us. We live in a different city, and she was very helpful. Heather goes above and beyond professionalism! I would definitely recommend and look forward to working with her again! Thank you Heather and Kern”

- Sherrie Hall Ferguson


When I was thinking of selling my condo in Kirkland, the first people I had thought to connect with were realtors Heather Tetzlaff and Kern Maresca from John L. Scott Realty. They came to my house and gave an appraisal of what they thought my home was worth supported by their research into comparables in the current market. They were professional and actually had a strategy as how to best market my home. I listed with them and have been more than satisfied with the job they did. My home sold for 10% over the asking price, which more than covered the real estate commission. They helped me stage my home and were there for me all through the entire process. Escrow will close next week and they are in constant contact with the buyers agent to be assured that everything is moving right on schedule. I am so happy with them and so fortunate that they are my realtors. With the extra money I got for my home, I will be able to make the renovations to the new place I am purchasing at really no additional cost to me. You can't ask for a better outcome than that!”

- Nancy Grant


Yelp Reviews


It was a such a delighting experience working with Heather and Kern that now they are my go to agents for all my real estate needs. We recently closed on a house in Kirkland after searching for several months. Patience, knowledge and understanding client needs are some key factors that I look for in an agent and I was not disappointed finding such qualities in both of them. They have never shown any dissatisfaction or impatience showing several houses to see if they meet our needs without any pressure. Me and my wife are both happy with the process we went thru and highly recommend them for anyone considering to buy a house. Thank you Heather and Kern for all your help.

- Sanketh A


Our family moved from Spokane to the Seattle area and thankfully found Heather! She took us to 50-60 homes and not once did she seem annoyed or too busy for us.  She is amazing at what she does and only wanted the best for our family. Her knowledge, patience and kindness was more than we could ask for and would recommend her 1000%.

- Kallie E


"Heather and Kern have been amazing in helping my wife and I find a house and go through the purchase process.  Knowing we had some time constraints because my wife was going to be leaving the country for an extended time for work, they met with us on Valentine's Day and drove us all over the Seattle area looking at places.  We managed to find a place we loved and they helped us put together all the paperwork that night, finishing up at around 7:30pm.

They were very informative, they took a lot of time to answer our questions, and have been very thorough with their communication since the offer was put in.  It's obvious they both care about helping us and it's made the home buying process a lot less stressful than it could've been.

If you're looking to buy a home in the Seattle area, I can't recommend these two enough!"

- Derek C


Zillow Reviews


Heather was the absolute perfect person to sell our home. Her extensive knowledge of the market, strategy for listing and selecting the best buyer and attention to all details can't be stressed enough! Her extremely hard work on every aspect from our first phone call to her made her a pleasure to work with. She is a true gem!”

- Cindy Vander Laan


Heather was amazing to work with. I met her during an open house for a condo she was selling in 2017 and reached out to her when I was ready to buy my own place. She was knowledgeable and thoughtful and quick to respond to my many questions throughout the process. There were some issues with a vendor who was supplying a resale cert for my condo and Heather jumped in to help mediate that process. I highly recommend Heather (and Kern).”

- zuser20170627094020436


Heather is fantastic. I had many challenges in getting my home ready to sell. Heather led me through the process. She is a top notch professional who puts her clients needs and concerns first. I will have Heather help me with all my future real estate transactions. I highly recommend Heather.

- clutternot


Heather has the experience that no one else I know has. She worked with me, or , rather, she took her time to make sure everything in the house was ready to go, and, then some. Please don't hesitate to use Heather, as, I know you will be more than pleased with her results.”

- Dfmmj


I was 1500 miles away and Heather handled everything for me. She found all the subcontractors for me and was available to give them entry. She was very much on the ball.

- Dgaloha


Heather was fantastic!! She worked with me throughout the entire process. The flyer she produced was excellent as was the photos that she put together for the flyer and the web site. The staging was perfect for the area and helped sell the unit. We had open house on Saturday/Sunday and Tuesday we had an offer that was more than the asking price. She was able to negotiate everything that we discussed and then some. Heather helped all the way through the closing. I could not have asked for better service and professionalism.

- Tierst


Heather coordinated the renovation of my older condo that had been a rental for 20 years. The results were amazing. Within days the condo was staged, photographed and listed. The flyer was top-notch. There were several offers and the sale was made at higher than asking price. An otherwise daunting experience was made easy thanks to Heather's expertise. She is a joy to work with and always available to answer questions and keeps everything moving smoothly. I would not use anyone else for my next transaction.”

- Janmichael909


We cannot recommend Heather and Kern enough. They are a wonderful team. They came to our home and walked us through the entire process, then gave us enough time to think, and decide on our own timing and pace. When we found a home we loved, Heather was there within 8 minutes –on a SUNDAY. She immediately went into action and spoke to the owner’s agent, getting more information for us and I’m sure already thinking about an offer. Kern arrived later on, and did what I call a flash-inspection of the property. They jumped into action like you could not believe. We had an offer in and accepted in less than 24 hours. Less than 7 days later, our home was in the market (Heather helped us get it ready that fast!); and it sold within 4 days, for more than 20K over asking price! We moved into our new home last week. FIVE weeks after we saw it. FIVE weeks. They were always there for us, as realtors, therapists, and honest critics. They fought hard to get our offer accepted, and even harder to get us the most money for our old home. We don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon, but if we were, you can bet we would work with them again!”

- LenAF4


Heather is an amazing real estate broker. Her knowledge, expertise and understanding of the market trends helped us buy a home in Magnolia. She was always available to us, either by phone, text or email and responded promptly to any questions we had. I appreciate that she took the time to get to know myself, husband and three boys and what our needs were in a new house. When it came time to make an offer, she exceeded all our expectations; she had our best interest at heart and remained a strong advocate for us all the way to closing. She made the entire process seamless and we look forward to working with her again.”

- User0613653


Besides being extremely knowledgeable in real estate and very detail oriented, Heather also cares about getting her clients into the right home for them. Throughout the process of buying my first solo home, she was a great educator, cheerleader and sounding board. She was always quick to respond to my questions, took her time with me, and went above and beyond for my little family.”

- Erickson kb


Heather is very easy to work with. Due to her suggestions and her knowledge my condo sold in under seven days and at a price well above the asking price. Highly recommend her if you are buying or selling your home.”

- skw725


We had an extremely tight time situation (3 weeks) to sell, buy, and move to a different condo. She did a great job of staging our place, getting excellent professional photos taken for the listing and fliers. She sold our place in 1 day, for a price greater than the other competing condos in the complex. Then she negotiated with a very difficult seller on the condo we wanted to buy. She was able to get concessions from him on replacing old appliances, met with repair people, and sent countless documents back and forth for changes and updates. We were moved and settled in 3 weeks. She is AMAZING!!”

- lwk5360


"I met Heather and Kern when they knocked on our door. They were walking their dog and introducing themselves to their neighbors. I was impressed with their approach on getting out and meeting their neighbors face to face and asking for a chance to represent us if we sold our home. We did decide to sell our home and Heather and Kern were with us every step of the way, including up to the very last day of moving out of our home. Heather was there when I was loading up the car and as I was pulling away she noticed I left my cell phone. Heather and Kern will work hard for you I highly recommend them to anyone buying or selling a home. thank you for all you did for us."

- Lenahunt


My wife and I just purchased a home in West Seattle and could not be happier that we had Heather working with us on this. Putting this together required a lot of thinking out side the box and what could have been a very stressful process was made smoothly and enjoyable. She was fun to work with, paid close attention to all the details and was always on task. We highly recommend Heather and plan on using her again!”

- Jeffskierka


From the moment I met Heather I was impressed by her positive attitude and professional manners. Within 24 hours Heather presented me with a personalized, detailed package that proved to be extremely accurate for my property. Her attentiveness to detail, tasteful staging and outstanding marketing skills came through with a sale of my property, above the asking price, after just two days of showing. I highly recommend anyone buying or selling a home to consider Heather as your real estate specialist.”

- Swickland5


Heather is a real estate professional in every sense of the word. She is also very caring and personable. She knows her business and follows through on every detail, fully and immediately. She helped us through every step of the process of finding and negotiating the purchase of a perfect home within a very short time frame in a market that is currently very difficult for buyers. Our experience has been that most realtors will either send you a link to a listing site where you have to do all of the research yourselves, or they find multiple listings for you by throwing a whole plate of spaghetti at you that includes houses you want and houses you don't want, hoping that something will stick to the wall. Either way, you have to do a great deal of the research yourselves. Heather took the time to filter through the listings to find potential homes that were appropriate for us, and then took it one step further by doing research on those specific homes before she took us out to view the properties. We can't say enough positive things about Heather!”

- Dance68


Heather is a true real estate professional who is also very caring and personable. She knows her business and follows through on every detail, fully and immediately. She has helped us through every step of the process of finding and negotiating the purchase of a perfect home within a very short time frame in a market that is currently very difficult for buyers. Our experience has been that most realtors will either send you a link to a listing site where you have to do all of the research yourselves, or they find multiple listings for you by throwing a whole plate of spaghetti that includes houses you want and houses you don't want, hoping that something will stick to the wall. Either way, you have to do a great deal of the research yourselves. Heather and her partner Kern took the time to filter through the listings to find potential homes that were appropriate for us, and Heather took it one step further by doing research on those specific homes before they took us out to view the properties. We can't say enough positive things about Heather!”

- Dance93


Heather is a gem...! She made our dreams reality. We created a game plan 1 year in advance with her. With her expertise and knowledge of the market. She created a bidding war for my condo that sold in Kirkland, WA in the Juanita Beach area. Thereafter, she help us purchase a house in Snohomish, WA. She did the comps. in that area and we negotiated $4,000 off the asking price! It was critical to accomplish this quickly. Because I have a 8th grade child that needed to relocate schools... We will always recommend her to future clients. Thank you again Heather for your awesome work!”

- Hantz821


Heather made the whole home buying process extremely easy. From start to finish, she exceeded our expectations in every way. She was on top of everything and is very knowledgeable. She is personable and I would highly recommend her!”

- nicolemsteph


Heather went above and beyond for us throughout the entire home buying process. She really took the time to understand what we were looking for in our first home & never let us settle even though sometimes we were eager to do so. She is always easy to get a hold of & willing to view a house in a timely manner which is especially important in the current market. She is an all around wonderful person & it was great having her on our side throughout this somewhat overwhelming process. I will highly recommend her to anyone in the future with real estate needs.”

- jasonborkowski