This is a quote that a client of Fiona Mackenzie’s used when explaining why he had chosen Fiona and Kellands to sell his property. Not surprisingly, we love it, as it describes the essence of Kellands and our salespeople. We continually strive to achieve the best result for our clients, while never losing sight of how emotionally draining the process can be for vendors and purchasers. We have never been good at “crowing” about our successes, preferring quietly getting on with the business and safe-guarding our client’s privacy. It is easy to get media attention if you are happy disclosing who your clients are, and how much they have sold their properties for, but this is not who we are.
But we have had some fantastic results over the past year, some of which I would like to share with you. They reflect the care and determination to do the very best for our clients, and what is very noticeable, is the number of sales that have been achieved by our salespeople working together, a testimony to our team culture.
Grey Lynn has certainly been the “darling” of the Auckland property market. Martin Dobson & Charles Collins have been very successful with over 38% of the sales over $1.2 million being either listed and sold, or sold by them. Fiona Mackenzie, Rob Cochrane & Tim Collins Smith have also been very active in this market, and when combined with Martin & Charles’ sales, Kellands have, in total, sold 53% of all sales in Grey Lynn over $1.2 million and 54% of the value. With the large number of salespeople and agencies working the Grey Lynn market, this is an amazing result. Tim & Ross Hawkins have also sold the iconic Screenworks building on the corner of Richmond Rd, at auction, for $1.8 million, 42% above the latest CV.
In Herne Bay, Martin has sold the most expensive house in that market over the past 12 months, in conjunction with Sotheby’s, and 50% of the sales $4 million plus, continuing the strength that Kellands has always had in this market. In the over $2 million price range, Fiona & Martin have sold 30% of the total sales value, again a fantastic result in a highly competitive real estate market.
In Westmere, Kellands has sold the two most expensive properties this year, with the efforts of a strong team of Fiona and Martin for 8 Rawene Ave, & Fiona, Martin, Matt & Blair for 30 Rawene Ave.
The apartment market has seen some great growth in terms of numbers of sales and prices achieved. Matt Baird and Blair Watson have certainly been part of this, and to date, have sold over 50 apartments this year. Whilst we can’t confirm this is a record for a sales agent selling existing apartments, I am sure you would agree, it is an amazing number of sales. As reported in the last Ktalk, many of these sales were well above the current CVs.
In the top end Orakei market, Karen Moore and Ross Hawkins have sold 40% of the properties sold over $2.5 million, and they have both had some very successful sales across their specific markets. They have also worked their purchaser base extremely well, and been involved in a number of sales across the company listings.
Fleur Denning continues to make her mark on the Parnell market. Her dedication and focus in her local area has seen results well above CV, and her local knowledge of the Parnell market is second to none. Fleur is dedicated to Parnell and sits on the committees of both Parnell Heritage and Parnell Community.
Jane Horgan lives and works in the St Johns Park area, and her results in this location are proof of having a strong local knowledge and a belief in the area. Jane has achieved the highest per square metre rate for land and buildings in her area in sales over $1,000,000, achieving over $2,000 per square metre.
Anna Chandler has taken on the hard ones this year, whilst still establishing her positioning in the eastern suburbs market. Many of her listings have been the ones that have been languishing after failed campaigns with other agencies. Anna has taken them on, breathed new life into them, and then sold them, much to their vendors’ delight.
The Coastal market, including Waiheke Island, has continued to be challenging this year, but the very recent sale at Lang’s beach by Ross & Martin in a competitive tender situation, has been a highlight on the coastal market sales results.
Waiheke Island is also getting hotter. Charles Collins and Karen Moore have recently sold a property in a multi offer situation at 12.5 % above the latest Council Valuation. A result which goes against the tide currently, and again, a great team effort.
In summary, we love being a small boutique company, which proves everyday we are big enough to do the business, but small enough to care.
Statistics are obtained from the Real Estate Institute, Kellands data.
Whilst we believe them to be accurate we cannot verify this and take no responsibility for any inaccuracies.
When you tumble into something head over heels, you may as well formalise the arrangement. For Fiona Mackenzie, signing the deal on her Freemans Bay property was akin to a marriage. As a real estate agent, she was no innocent when it came to choosing this lifelong “partner”. Set on the fringes of Western Park, the house was built in the 1920s, possibly for the park caretaker. Its design appealed to a deep-seated memory from her childhood.
