Buyers Agent Purchase - Maroubra, Sydney

Property Type: 4 bedroom, semi-detached house

Property Location: Byng St, Maroubra

Buyer’s Scenario

Our ex-pat buyers were moving back to Sydney and wanted to purchase a property that would be ready to move into, as soon as they returned.

They had been relying on family and friends giving up their free time to inspect on their behalf, but frustratingly, conflicting schedules meant our clients missed out on properties before they were even inspected.

Additionally, navigating second-hand opinions didn’t get them any closer to finding a home to suit their family’s needs.

With time running out to find a property, they finally engaged us once we were referred by a past happy client.

Buyers Agent’s Solution

We were instructed to search in the Eastern Suburbs and Inner West, and while many properties looked great in professionally shot photos, they didn’t pass our clients criteria once we inspected.

With over 20 years of building experience, we were able to easily identify hidden defects and recommended passing on a number of properties, despite superficially appearing to be in great condition.

We uncovered a spacious, renovated semi, close to the beach and perfect for our client.

The existing tenant wouldn’t provide access to agents for inspections, fortunately, we had inspected this property prior to the tenant moving in, and provided our clients with the thorough walk-through video before any other buyers had access.

We were able to leverage the unique tenant situation to strategically negotiate a better than market value price for our happy clients.

Buyer's Comments

“Frank recently helped my husband and I in our search for a family home in Sydney. We are currently based in London and so needed someone on the ground to help out with the inspections.

Frank did so much more than that! He got to work straight away and set up a portfolio of potential properties that fit out desired criteria. This portfolio was constantly being updated with new options.

After looking at loads of options which were not right for various reasons, he managed to find the winner which was an off-market semi D in Maroubra.

Frank then did some very tough negotiating on our behalf and managed to agree a sale price which was significantly below the market value! Without Frank’s help there is no way we would have been able to find a home at all in this crazy Sydney market, let alone for the price that we managed to get it for.

We are over the moon! Overall we highly recommend Frank to any other prospective home buyers or investors - he is so easy to work with and will always be honest with you.

He gave us his expert opinion and practical advice on a number of places that he felt we’re not up to scratch and hence thought we could do better (the fact he is a qualified builder really came in handy as he could give you a view on the quality of the building and the renovations etc).

We were worried about paying a fee on top of an already expensive home but Frank made his fee back in spades with the saving that he made for us!.

We will definitely be working with Frank again on the next purchase!”

Amy

Home Buyer – Maroubra, Sydney