A Family’s Big Move Made Simple — How Doorifi Helped the Cloyds

With four kids aged 3 to 15 and two full-time jobs, Crystal Cloyd and her husband, Jack, had little time or energy to deal with selling their first home in Manalapan, NJ 07726.

Jack, a long-time football coach on one side of town, had accepted a new position as head coach at a high school across the county. The kids wanted to be in the same school as their dad, so the family moved into the new district — but that decision left them with a grueling 40-minute commute between their home and the schools.

Crystal, who manages marketing for a national restaurant chain, first tried another online real estate company to sell their home, but the experience was frustrating from start to finish. Communication was poor, and when her original listing agent left the company, no one told her for over four months.

“It left a bad taste in our mouth,” Crystal says. “It was six to seven months of our lives wasted.”

Trying to keep a house with four children “show ready” at a moment’s notice was exhausting, and the search for a new home that met their exact location, size, and budget criteria was slow.

A Chance Sighting

One day, Crystal drove past a home for sale in the new school district and spotted a Doorifi sign in the yard. It looked perfect in terms of price and size, so she called the number on the sign, gained instant access, and toured it that same day. She knew it was “the one” — but they still hadn’t sold their current home.

That evening, while the family was eating dinner, a Doorifi Home Advisor called to ask how they liked the property. “I told them, ‘Well, we love it, but we still have our house,’” Crystal recalls. “And they said, ‘That’s okay, we’ll buy it from you.’”

Cautious but intrigued, Crystal agreed to let Doorifi make an offer on their custom-built home. The offer came back strong, and the couple decided to take advantage of Doorifi’s trade-in program.

“I value my time and my sanity, and we thought the offer was very fair,” she says. Best of all, they could skip showings, cleaning, and staging — all they had to do was pack and move.

“Just try it out. They make an offer, so that part is done, you find your dream home, and then you move in. It’s that simple.”

A New Chapter

From the moment they toured their future home to moving day took just 30 days. The kids spent the summer making friends in the neighborhood, and Crystal appreciated the peace of mind when Doorifi replaced the roof, gutters, dishwasher, and stove on the new home — upgrades they had negotiated during the sale.

It was a win for the whole family: Jack was closer to work, the kids were closer to school, and the long daily commute was gone.

“We definitely won in the end,” Crystal says. “We literally would not have gotten the house if it hadn’t been for Doorifi.”