Recent Sales Information
I have a detailed database of all recent sales by property agents in the Lower North Island.If you are curious about a house in your street or suburb, feel free to flick me a quick email. If the sales stats are available, I am happy to provide you with the details.
Renovation Advice
I am amazed at how often homeowners invest large amounts of money in updating or expanding their current home without giving a thought as to how this will affect the selling price. It may be that you are planning to stay in the same house for many years to come, but I have seen how quickly the best laid plans can become unraveled with the need to sell being a part of the result. I am more than happy to make a quick visit with you at your home and comment on your renovation plans. I have personally renovated a good handful of homes and have some great contacts with local tradesmen and building services.
Email me or call me on 0274 374351 for a quick chat. This is totally free and no obligation. What do I get out of it? I get the opportunity to expand my own knowledge of individual homes in the area and meet new people who may become clients down the track. It also gives me a buzz to talk about new colours, kitchens, bathrooms, and renovation plans.
Market Appraisal/Evaluation
If you would like a free, no obligation appraisal of your home, please email or call me on o274 347351. I will provide you with:
* an individualised market report on your property including
- recent comparable sales
- properties currently on the market
- a suburb report
- an idea of where your property sits
- options on increasing value pre sale
* a strategic marketing plan
* a monthly Property Market Report including statistical information from REINZ
If you are interested in an appraisal of your property, continue to my online form and fill out your details.
Listing Your Property
If you decide to list your property with me and my team – you will receive great customer service, over a decade of Wellington property marketing and negotiation expertise, and online excellence.
I also provide many things other agents do not, including:
# Photography experience. Having been involved as a photographer in the wedding/events/fashion industry, I can bring a trained eye and apply it to the pictures of your home for use on the web, on flyers, and in window displays.
# Web design and Search Engine Optimisation skill - The writing is on the wall for print media when it comes to marketing property for sale in New Zealand.Have a read of the following articles
I have spent much time in the last year and a half upskilling myself in electronic media including social media networking (facebook, linkedin, twitter etc). You will get the benefit of this in the promotion of your property. Most agents have been left behind in the switch from traditional marketing forms to web based.Web based marketing including email database mailouts is much more efficient and less costly than print media advertising, saving you money while exposing your property better. WIN WIN!
As an example of my skill in this area, consider my own website (the one you are currently visiting!) which has been designed to feature highly in internet search engines such as google, bing, and yahoo. Try it now!
Enter “real estate agent wellington new zealand” into google – Look for my name or my website northernsuburbs.co.nz. I should feature at least once in the organic results on the first page – the only individual real estate agent that does out of more than 18 million results! I have no way of directly manipulating these results. My site beats the sites of many multimillion dollar companies who have spent tens of thousands of dollars to “web gurus” to get them into the search rankings.
# Database - I will use my database for marketing your property via weekly and monthly emails.
# Social marketing integration via twitter, facebook, linked in and through my regularly updated and well read local blog (this site)
# Serious buyers that are vetted through my Exclusive Buyers Service to filter out the “just lookers” and support the “definitely buying” people.
#strategic marketing and negotiation advice with the benefit of 12 years of experience at the property coalface in North Wellington.
Exclusive Agency Benefits
# At least a month of complimentary weekly advertising in the Property Press with heavily negotiated upgrades available if you want to stand out from the rest.
# Massive complimentary web exposure on no less than five websites including trademe , realestate.co.nz (NZ’s most comprehensive property website), our corporate sites firstnational (nationwide) and guardianfirstnational (Wellington only), sella.co.nz, and a feature on this website www.northernsuburbs.co.nz .
Did you know that a number of major real estate companies in Wellington do not advertise on trademe and/or realestate.co.nz? Make sure you pick a company that works with BOTH!
New Zealand Referral Network
First National has a large network in New Zealand made up of more than 100 offices from Kaitaia in the far North to Riverton in the Deep South. There are also many hundreds of First National offices across Australia which can be referred to if you are purchasing across the ditch. If you are thinking about selling your property anywhere in New Zealand, please give me a call or email me for advice. I have a huge referral network and I can put you in touch with the best and brightest in your area. I love talking property so call me at anytime for a chat – 9382654 A/hrs or 0274374351.
My Award Winning Team
The First National Team has been operating in North Wellington since 1985 with the flagship office in Johnsonville and a very successful secondary office in Churton Park. Both of these offices, consistently achieve results placing us in the top five offices in the First National franchise. We also have two fluent speaking Chinese agents in the team which gives us the ability to sel your home to a market niche that is VERY active in the area currently. Within the team there are some very decorated and experienced agents. We are certainly the kind of team that you want working for you and not for the homes that are in competition with yours in the market place!
Though I will be your first point of contact, my award winning team of 16 salespeople are all active in the house market in Wellington with a specific focus on the suburbs from Chartwell in the South to Churton Park in the North and everything in between including Khandallah, Ngaio, Broadmeadows, Johnsonville, Grenada Village, Paparangi, and Newlands. Each of these salespeople have their own databases of current active buyers who will be contacted about your property. As we have been in the industry for a long time we have built extensive relationships with complimentary businesses.
We only refer the best of the best. We appreciate and demand excellent customer service
The businesses include:
* Valuers
* Builders and landscapers
* Lawyers or conveyancing firms
* House Washing and property maintainance
* pre purchase building inspection services including moisture meter testing
Letting and Property Management
We have a dedicated two person team that cover everything from causal letting (finding a tenant for your rental) through to full Property Management including tenant vetting, property maintenance, and debt collection.
Please contact me with details of your specific requirements. We are bound to know someone who can help with any problem.
