About Stackly
A small team selling family homes in four towns, started by a parent who kept getting asked about school boundaries.
From a kitchen table in Naperville.
Doug Strandberg spent twenty years planning school buildings for suburban districts west of Chicago. When his own kids started at the neighborhood elementary, other parents began asking him which streets fed which schools.
He got his license in 2012 and opened Stackly from a rented desk in a shared downtown office. The first listings came from families on his own block.
Carmel came next in 2016, then Ann Arbor in 2019 and Madison in 2022. Each time we hired someone who already lived in the town and had walked its school routes.
Four towns, ten years apart
2012
Naperville, from a rented downtown desk
2016
Carmel, when Renee joined
2019
Ann Arbor, with Nico
2022
Madison, with Anjali
What we hold to
Boundaries before bedrooms
We confirm the school assignment for every home we list or show, and put the source on the listing.
Real minutes, not map minutes
Walk and drive times on our listings are timed on a school morning, not guessed by an app.
Plain numbers
Taxes, HOA dues and any special assessments go on the first page, so the monthly cost is clear early.
Stackly so far
The four of us
Email any of us directly. If your town belongs to a colleague, we pass you over the same day.
Doug Strandberg
Founder, Naperville
Planned school buildings for twenty years before opening Stackly in 2012. He still answers the main line most mornings.
Renee Calloway
Agent, Carmel
Ran the PTO at her kids’ Carmel elementary for four years. She knows the roundabouts and every carpool line by heart.
Nico Ianniello
Agent, Ann Arbor
Came to Ann Arbor for grad school and stayed. He coaches under-10 soccer and books Saturday tours around the games.
Anjali Mehta
Agent, Madison
Taught fourth grade in Madison for six years. Parents ask her about class sizes as often as closing costs.
Come by the Naperville office
We are on the first floor of a low brick office building off Diehl Road, close to I-88. Parking is free, and there is a box of crayons at the front desk for anyone under ten.
- 1855 West Diehl Road, Suite 140, Naperville, IL 60563
- +1 (630) 418-2275
- families@thestackly.in
- Open weekdays 8 to 5 Central, with Saturday tours booked ahead.
Plan the move around the first bell.
Tell us the town and the first day of school. We’ll plan back from there.