All paths have led Jill to a career in real estate. From hours spent as a child building sand villages on the shore of Megunticook Lake, to her first job in high school finishing fine furniture, then as the former owner of a local home design and construction company, Jill has always had a sense of the importance of home, beauty, and the environment. She majored in architecture at Wellesley College, took courses in design at MIT and in urban planning and historic preservation at Columbia University, then worked for an architecture firm in Massachusetts before happily making her way back to her roots in the mid-coast. She renovated and expanded her home in Camden where she has lived for over 25 years, raised her two daughters, and thrives being immersed in and serving the community:
Current Member of the Board of Directors, Knox County Homeless Coalition
Serving a three year term on the Town of Camden Budget Committee, elected co-chair for 2023 and 2024.
Member of the Board of Directors, Penobscot Bay YMCA 2010-2023, serving as Board chair 2017-2019, and as chair of various fundraising, planning, and marketing committees. Chosen Volunteer of the Year in 2018.
Past volunteer work includes serving as a Board Member of the Teen Center, a youth basketball coach, and on the YouthArts program committee.
A lifelong learner, Jill has a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from the University of Maine; has taken many courses locally in subjects ranging from accounting, computer aided design, to (currently) Spanish; loves to read; after watching her daughters play for years, she joined a women's ice hockey league; and she enjoys that each real estate transaction brings something new to learn and new people to meet. Her clients appreciate that she does her homework thoroughly, has a knack for connecting people in her broad network, and works diligently to ensure a smooth process from beginning to end.
A broker since 2014, Jill enjoys working full time with buyers and sellers – she has been known to sketch out a new kitchen layout or draw a whole new floor plan that reworks an inefficient layout to help buyers envision a home's potential, and she takes pride in helping homeowners prepare their property so that it shows in the best possible light. She holds herself to the highest levels of professionalism and is proudly associated with the following organizations:
Member of the PenBay Council of the Mid-Coast Board of REALTORS®
Serves on the Strategic Planning Committee for Mid-Coast Board of REALTORS®
Member of the Maine Association of REALTORS® and the National Association of REALTORS®
With vision, creativity, and commitment to expert service, Jill looks forward to sharing her love of the mid-coast and all things real estate with YOU!
"My husband, Ken, and I have been working with Jill this past year to find the perfect property in Camden and the surrounding areas. From the beginning, she’s been excellent to work with—especially as out-of-town buyers.
Ken used to work for FedEx and we’ve had many relocations over the years and LOTS of experiences with real estate agents. Jill has been the best by far.
A little background: last year, we drove 1,100 miles along the coast of Maine searching for our favorite future town, and Camden had our heart. We first saw a property pop up on that sojourn and randomly called Jill. While that property did not work out, she was able to get us in right and away during our brief stay and meet regarding future options.
We’ve been back several times since, looking at land. She has always taken the time to educate us on the “ins and outs” of buying property in Maine. Having her knowledge behind our transactions has been so valuable. Not only is she responsive and a great communicator, but she’s gone above and beyond to provide us with helpful information to make the best offers and decisions.
I’m happy to say we closed on (our home) last week. It’s been a dream to find a property that we can invest in for our Maine future and she made that happen.
Just wanted to share our experience with your firm and Jill.
Looking forward to putting roots down in Camden,"
"It was a pleasure to work with Jill, from the first phone call to Camden Real Estate Company to the closings on our properties. Jill is hard-working, positive, patient, and knowledgeable. She put our needs first while helping us navigate the challenges of buying and selling real estate."
"We’ve had the pleasure of working with our realtor, Jill Delano on two separate occasions. Jill is attentive, thoughtful, and has made the entire experience stress-free and enjoyable. She has an incredible attention to detail and thoroughly investigated the properties that we were interested in, preventing us from making a very big mistake on one occasion. One of the many qualities that sets Jill above the rest is that she holds a degree in architecture. This makes her understanding of a buildings potential far greater than your average realtor. We look forward to working with Jill again in the future."
"We were on our own looking for a house for over a year before we found Jill Delano. We had such little success in finding any house that met our needs, then Jill came to the rescue. From the outset our specific, but ample, list of needs, wants and limited budget undoubtedly made us challenging clients, but Jill’s patience and poise were unparalleled. She immediately went to work, setting up showing after showing to make sure we had many options to choose from as possible. Jill did such a great job at making it easy for us even when we sometimes may not have made it easy for her. When we were ready to settle on something Jill refused to let us settle and went above and beyond to find the house that we really wanted.
We are currently in our fourth month in our new home and could not be happier. Jill has checked in on us from time to time and has made it very clear time and time again that her motives are much more than monetary. Jill truly cares about the people she works for and in the face of adversity she went to bat for us. If the other agents at Camden Real Estate Company are anything like Jill then you are in good hands."
