Featured Specialist for Partition Sales in San Francisco

Allison Chapleau, Compass

When co-owners, referees or attorneys ask us who to talk to about selling a property in a partition action, the specialist we recommend is Allison Chapleau, Senior Vice President at Compass Commercial Brokerage. ¹

A partition sale is a court proceeding as much as a real estate transaction. The broker often works for a court-appointed referee, communicates with co-owners who often disagree, and has to produce a sale the court will confirm. Allison's record of partition sales is public, and each example below links to its listing page so you can check the details.

Background

• More than 24 years of San Francisco multi-unit and commercial sales experience. ²
• 300+ multi-unit and mixed-use buildings sold. ²
• 30+ court-supervised sales, according to her website. ²
• #1 listing agent in San Francisco by number of 2 to 4 unit listings from 2021 to 2025 (78 listings, compared with 36 for the second-ranked agent), based on San Francisco MLS data reported by Broker Metrics. ¹
• Works across all 10 San Francisco districts. ¹
• California real estate license DRE #01369080, Compass. ³

What an attorney said

On her website, attorney Gregory Walston describes a partition sale arising from an action in San Francisco Superior Court, where the co-owners had agreed in principle to sell but relations between them were contentious. He credits Allison with resolving numerous potential issues and securing a price above his expectations, and writes: "I doubt that the case would have resolved without her." ⁴

San Francisco partition sales

Details below come from each listing page. Where a listing says "Represented Seller, Partition Referee," the seller was the court-appointed partition referee and Allison represented that seller. "Price shown" is the price displayed on the listing page for the sold property.

Bay Area partition sales

See all of her court-supervised sales on Allison's partition, probate and trust page.

Topics you can reach out to Allison about

• What a co-owned property is likely to sell for, before or during a partition case
• Working with a partition referee on listing, marketing and offers
• Preparing for court confirmation and the overbid process
• Selling a co-owned property with tenants or a co-owner in residence
• Agreed sales among co-owners who want to avoid litigation
• Selling co-owned multi-unit and mixed-use buildings in San Francisco

Contact Allison directly: 415-516-0648 · allison@allisonchapleau.com · allisonchapleau.com

Allison is a real estate broker, not an attorney. For legal advice about a partition action, speak with a California real estate attorney.

Verify any broker yourself

Before hiring any broker for a partition sale, including our Featured Specialist, check their license on the California Department of Real Estate's public license lookup and ask for addresses of court-confirmed sales you can look up. ⁵

Sources

1. Allison Chapleau, About pageallisonchapleau.com
2. Allison Chapleau, homepageallisonchapleau.com
3. California Department of Real Estate, Public License Lookup (license 01369080)www2.dre.ca.gov
4. Allison Chapleau, Partition, Probate and Trust Sales (testimonial)allisonchapleau.com
5. California Department of Real Estate, Public License Lookupwww2.dre.ca.gov