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Ben Chimes

Ben Chimes
Personal Real Estate Corporation, Chimes Real Estate Group
Vancouver, British Columbia
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25 Reviews
604-222-2262
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Client Ratings & Testimonials
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Experience
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My wife and I worked with Ben on the purchase of our first home together as well as the sale of my previous condo. Ben was amazing to work with! With exceptional market knowledge, complete honesty and a down-to-earth approach he managed to help guide us through what can be a very stressful process (chasing Vancouver real estate!) with relative ease and gave us the confidence we needed. After only a few discussions he knew exactly what we were looking for and wasn’t shy to steer us clear of potentially poor long-term investment decisions, putting our best interests above all else.

In the end, we found the perfect new home and despite an overly competitive bidding process, we won because we had the best realtor in our corner! He and his team also did an outstanding job selling my condo and exceeding any and all expectations.

We recommend Ben to anyone we know looking at making a move in Vancouver real estate, and we look forward to working with him again when the time comes!

Matthew Hendriks
July 5, 2016
Ben and Carey were outstanding. New to Canada and Vancouver, I relied heavily on their excellent knowledge of neighbourhoods and the quality of housing in these neighbourhoods. They paid great attention to detail helping me to identify and correct housing deficiencies. I will definitely use them again.
Ngai Pindell
October 13, 2024
We’ve used Ben’s team to buy and sell three homes over the past 10 years and we are glad to have had his expertise and professionalism to help us navigate the challenges each of the transactions.
Michael Farrell
October 9, 2024
Ben and his team went above and beyond to help us sell and buy our home. We appreciated their knowledge, meticulous attention to detail and care they took to make sure we stayed informed throughout the process and made it easy for us to manage both buying and selling. They were always available to us to answer any questions we had and were transparent in those responses. Their communication skills are top notch and their experience is evident. We love working with them and will again in the future.
Amanda Lim
March 20, 2024
Ben and Carey took good care of me from start to finish in the process of selling my Yaletown condo. They made great suggestions for me to prepare it for showing, brought in a skilled photographer, and even some nice touches to show it at its best. I was completely on board with the sales strategy we agreed on, as I needed a quick sale due to a rapidly approaching close on my soon-to-be new home. Good pricing, good negotiating, good presentation, and good fortune, got a good sale price, and very good closing date😃! This is a concierge real estate service, and based on my experience I recommend them without reservation.
Terri Macdonald
September 26, 2023
Ben and teammate Carey were awesome. I am a repeat customer for a reason. My last property just went over list price with multiple offers with some awesome work by Ben and Carey. I would highly recommend!!
D S
March 5, 2023
Ben is thoughtful, communicative, and knowledgeable. My wife and I enjoyed working with him in finding our first home in Vancouver. Highly recommend working with him and his team at Stilllhavn!
Andrew Fu
February 27, 2023
Ben is super knowledgeable and well respected by other realtors, which helps the negotiation process go smoothly. His team is top notch! Carey is amazing, and I would absolutely work with them again.
Alexander Conconi
February 24, 2023
Selling a home can be more than a simple financial transaction. Especially if it involves separating from a house that has been for many years the family home. Every room carries memories, and it is hard “to let go”. For these reasons and many more, the real estate agent and his team are of first importance. We have been lucky in selecting Ben and his team to help us go through the sale of our home. Ben was highly recommended by our sons whose homes he recently sold. All along Ben was easily reachable, offered good advice and was very professional in every way. Consequently, the sale of our house has been quick and smooth which is what a seller hopes for. This team deserves every 5 stars for their work.
Michele & Daryle Lum
September 8, 2021
Ben is an exceptional realtor who is honest, extremely knowledgeable and very easy to work with. He made meaningful suggestions for the listing and was thoroughly professional. Ben and his incredible team collaborated diligently to sell my home and I am grateful for all of their hard work. Overall, it was and excellent experience working with Ben and I would highly recommend him without hesitation. Merci!
Alex Lum
August 18, 2021
As first time buyers in the Vancouver market it was very helpful to have an agent who was patient with us as we learned the process. When the initial learning process was out of the way and we targeted a specific property the Agent switched gears and the strategy and advice used to obtain our property is surely the reason we are happy new home owners.
alex beauvilain
February 1, 2021
I can't say enough good things about Ben. He guides you every step of the way in buying or selling a property. He is pleasant to talk to, professional, patient and knowledgeable. He goes above and beyond for his clients. He handles the little bumps with great diplomacy. Thanks to Ben and his team the process of selling my house and buying a new property was exciting and easy to navigate.
Ilse Meersman
January 30, 2021
Ben Chimes listed our house this past fall, provided exceptional service and far exceeded our expectations. He was personal, very professional along with honest and trustworthy. I would whole heartedly recommend Ben Chimes.
Rob Kavelaars
January 14, 2021
We were referred to Ben by a real estate agent in another market. Ben helped me and my (then future) wife buy our first home in 2015, a condo in Olympic Village. 5 years later, with a kid and another on their way, we went back to Ben to help us sell that condo and look for a larger place to call home. Once again, we were very happy with the overall experience and service that Ben and his team provided. He was very happy to address my many questions at every stage and provided helpful comments to many of my unique perspectives, which helped alleviate much of the anxiety in timing the sale/buy. He helped us through our initial search criteria and was patient when we broadened it from looking at East Van duplex/townhouse to detached homes in North Van, South Surrey, Burnaby, and New West. While his experience and knowledge of the market and transaction process were very helpful, what I valued most and I believe is unique to Ben as a realtor, is his knowledge on construction. It was extremely helpful to hear his take after we went through a showing on quality of workmanship, maintenance concerns (interior and exterior), in addition to functional layout considerations. With Ben's experience in the industry, he has a lot of connections and provided us very good recommendation on a home inspector, notary, moving company, cleaners, and probably mortgage broker if we hadn't already engaged with one. The photography team he used in our listing was top notch and the photos definitely made the condo show its best yet faithful self. When it came to negotiation, we honestly felt like Ben was trying to get us the best deal possible, not simply trying to make the quickest deal. All three transactions were a bit different and Ben offered advice to our favor each time and succeeded in the negotiation. Ben and his team (mostly working Anna) were extremely fast and accurate in setting up appointments, confirming showings, and completing and processing the paper (digital) work. We wouldn't hesitate for a second to use Ben again in the future and we've already recommended him to a friend.
Michael Yalowsky
December 28, 2020
We highly recommend Ben and his team. They are professionals, always on top of the communication, have great advice. We sold our condo and bought a townhouse, the process is stressful but Ben and his team helped us making as smoothly as it can be.
vincent papaix
November 22, 2020
Thanks to Ben and Anna for the quick and successful sale of our condo! We really appreciated how efficient and smoothly everything went with the staging, open houses and contract signing!
Cat Lisloon
January 5, 2018

We wouldn't hesitate to recommend Ben Chimes to friends and family. We were first time buyers and his knowledge, clear communication skills and patience helped guide us through an extremely difficult process - buying in the craziness that is Vancouver! He is honest and trustworthy and will not let you make a bad investment. He genuinely wants to get the right property for you. His knowledge of condo buildings throughout Vancouver is excellent and he also has added construction/renovation knowledge, which we didn't end up needing but was useful in the process of deciding. We are extremely happy with our purchase and grateful for his excellent negotiation skills in helping us get it for a fair price.

Kim Winston
November 20, 2017

I sold my Vancouver condo with Ben Chimes in October 2017, and would highly recommend him.

I sold my property while abroad, so I needed someone I could trust to manage all aspects of the sale at a distance and keep me informed. In advance of my sale, I made a list of real estate agents recommended by friends and colleagues and telephone interviewed the top four. Ben Chimes was the best of all agents we interviewed; calm and personable, offering early tips on the sale, and an excellent communicator.

With the unit now sold, we can say with certainty that we made the right choice: Ben did an excellent/excellent job. From beginning to end, he kept me informed, explained the rationale behind the sales price, the pros and cons of the current market conditions, and the steps he would take to arrange showings. He was quick to reply whenever I reached out. His marketing (which I did not see myself) was clearly effective, because the showings were very well attended. My parents visited the showing he organized and were very impressed with the reception and sales material distributed. As the bids came in, he reviewed them in short order and clearly laid out the pros and cons of each.

Overall, the entire sale process was a very positive experience. I would highly recommend Ben to anyone seeking a real estate agent in Vancouver.

A Berg
November 2, 2017

Ben was a pleasure to work with. He was always in communication with me and was a total professional at every level. I strongly believe that if it were not for Ben I would not have got top dollar for my home and also would not have bought my current home where I am truly happy.

I would not hesitate to recommend his services to all family, friends and colleagues.

Outstanding service!

Margaret Geddes
October 26, 2017

From start to finish Ben was great at soothing away any fears I had about entering the housing market as a first time home buyer. He was well educated about the properties I was interested in and was able to point out all the pros and cons of each. I would recommend Ben to anyone I knew who was looking at buying or selling in Vancouver.

Nicole Wiet
October 26, 2017

Ben is one of the most professional and competent real estate professionals I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with in my life!

Super power: Calm demeanor. I have never seen him flustered or angry, always calm and collected. A truly difficult and critical skill set in today's real estate world.

Truly caring about his client comes across with both a focus on clear, concise and honest communication and being humble. It was clear from day one that Ben knew what he was talking about and yet we never got a sense of any ego, only a professional and relaxed behaviour which instantly put us at ease and reaffirmed we were in good hands.

Ben's presentation was outstanding, clean and sharp marketing and ultimately an amazing sale and purchase result led us to our first home. Add that Ben has a great team working with him made us feel confident that should we not be able to reach him, someone from his team or his personal associate Anna was a phone call away.

I would highly recommend Ben Chimes to anyone I know, without doubt.

Tom Prasol
October 26, 2017


Ben is incredibly knowledgeable and professional. When buying my first home, we searched for months, Ben was consistently patient and gave very sound advice. He helped me find a home I love.

Fiona Etches
August 20, 2016

Ben help us find our dream home, in a great neighborhood, two years ago. We still love it, and him! He persevered with us as we looked at home after home, for several months. We even put in an offer on our house, lost, looked at others, and then found out the first place was still available. Ben facilitated it all. He's knowledgeable, professional, and really goes to bat for you. He's not afraid to give honest opinions and let us know when our expectations were unrealistic. Just a great guy!

James Chen
July 6, 2016

Ben has helped us both buy and sell and we have been more than happy with the service he provides. Professional listing brochures that highlighted our property when we were selling and market trends and analysis presented on the communities we were interested in buying in.

Tyra Luckhurst
July 6, 2016

Ben helped us get into our first home and we couldn't have done it without him!

Grada Johnson
July 5, 2016

My wife and I worked with Ben on the purchase of our first home together as well as the sale of my previous condo. Ben was amazing to work with! With exceptional market knowledge, complete honesty and a down-to-earth approach he managed to help guide us through what can be a very stressful process (chasing Vancouver real estate!) with relative ease and gave us the confidence we needed. After only a few discussions he knew exactly what we were looking for and wasn’t shy to steer us clear of potentially poor long-term investment decisions, putting our best interests above all else.

In the end, we found the perfect new home and despite an overly competitive bidding process, we won because we had the best realtor in our corner! He and his team also did an outstanding job selling my condo and exceeding any and all expectations.

We recommend Ben to anyone we know looking at making a move in Vancouver real estate, and we look forward to working with him again when the time comes!

Matthew Hendriks
July 5, 2016
Ben and Carey were outstanding. New to Canada and Vancouver, I relied heavily on their excellent knowledge of neighbourhoods and the quality of housing in these neighbourhoods. They paid great attention to detail helping me to identify and correct housing deficiencies. I will definitely use them again.
Ngai Pindell
October 13, 2024