Bondi Beach Home Buyer

Property Type: Renovated 1 bedroom apartment

Property Location: Curlewis St, Bondi Beach

Buyer’s Scenario

After missing out on properties that appeared to sell as soon as they hit the market, this buyer engaged us based on a referral from a previous client of ours.

Feeling overwhelmed by the purchasing process, our client was unsure how to secure a property in the area they wanted – Bondi Beach, which also happens to be one of the most competitively sought after suburbs in Sydney.

With a tight budget and specific location requirements, our client wanted local expertise and negotiating strategies to ensure she wouldn’t continue to miss out properties.

Buyers Agent’s Solution

We inspected a number of properties both off and on the market, our client short listed 5 properties that fit all her criteria for purchase.

A combination of detailed market analysis and building/renovating expertise enabled us to examine the 5 options and focus on the ultimate Bondi retreat, just footsteps from the surf and sand.

Exhaustive negotiations began, and we were finally secured the property for far LESS than the client had instructed us to offer. Our client is extremely happy to have found her new home and with the savings on this property.

Buyer's Comments

"The Eastern Suburbs Real Estate market is vicious for a buyer, good properties often sell within days and there is no time to research to make sure you are buying the right property. I was struggling to buy in Bondi Beach, I was feeling overwhelmed and alone. I had a limited budget and very specific location requirements. I realised that a Buyer’s Agent would give me the help I really needed.

I met with the first 2 buyers agents, and found one local buyers agent was dishonest to me, the other didn’t specialise in the area.

I was then referred to Frank Russo, by a very well respected person in the eastern suburbs real estate industry and after we met, I knew I could trust him.

His knowledge of the local market, and his background as a builder, along with his strategies for finding off-market properties was definitely the combination of skills and knowledge I needed.

Frank worked hard to get me into off market properties, was balanced and honest with his recommendations and relentless with his negotiations. His assessment of strata reports, contracts and the complex selling and negotiating methods used by Bondi real estate agents was spot on.

He was calm and reassuring when I felt down, and didn’t give up when things looked grim.

Unbelievably I ended up in the driver's seat to choose between 5 properties at great prices and did not waste money on strata reports for properties I was never going to get.

He ended up securing me my favourite property, working extra hard to get me the best price. The final price he negotiated was well below the amount I had authorised him to bid to. I was amazed.

I really wish I had engaged Frank when I bought my previous property. He would have saved me a lot of money and heartache and would have identified the well hidden building defects.

I am very happy with the result!

He definitely saved me way more than his fee.

I highly recommend his services to anybody looking to buy property in the Eastern Suburbs. He is a fantastic buyers agent and an honest and wonderful person."

Lynne

Home Buyer - Bondi Beach