A practical guide to buying in Newcastle while serving in Defence.

As long as it takes for you to feel comfortable to buy. We’ve had clients purchase a property in as little as 1-2 weeks and others that have taken 5 months. Our goal is to secure the right property, not the first property, and we’ll continue working with you until that goal is achieved.

Our boots-on-the-ground approach means that we’ll be there in your place. Our detailed inspection videos typically run for between 7-15 minutes and shed light on the good, the bad and the ugly of every property we inspect. This is your way of getting past the glossy marketing photos and into the cobwebs, so that you can feel comfortable to make an offer, sometimes without having stepped foot in the property yourself.

Absolutely! We often perform mid-week inspections on your behalf, providing a video inspection report for your review that night. If you like what you see, we’ll arrange a second inspection at a time that suits you.

The best part? You only spend time viewing properties that have already been pre-vetted.

Ahh, the trade secret!

Our Due Diligence Checklist includes more than just a review of Building & Pest Reports. You’ll also find flood & fire risk assessments, proximity to public housing checks, development potential, investment feasibility reports, local amenities & school zones review, and of course a Comparative Market Analysis report.

A Comparative Market Analysis is an analysis tool used by Real Estate Agents & Valuers to determine Fair Market Value of a property. The process involves comparing the property in question to recently sold properties of a similar nature in a localised vicinity. This is where the art-form meets science, as unique factors of a property such as the orientation, slope, internal configuration and quality of finishes all play a part in delivering an accurate estimate.

Our approach relies heavily on data and evidence, rather than opinion, to determine the fair market value of a property, and we do this well in advance of implementing a negotiation strategy on behalf of a client.

Three simple factors; experience, frameworks and relationships.

Experience: Where most property purchasers negotiate on 2-4 properties in their lifetime, our team could be negotiating on 5-8 properties a week. Every conversation is in essence part of the negotiation so it's critical to know what to say and when to say it.

Frameworks: While every negotiation is different, the principles remain the same, which is why we follow a detailed framework to exhaust all possible options to reduce the purchase price before making our initial offers.

Relationships: Without a relationship, it's unlikely you’ll uncover the information you need to implement an effective negotiation strategy. Having developed robust relationships with agents across our areas of focus, you can be assured that if there's valuable information to be shared, we will acquire it.

If your buyers agent was personally incentivised to recommend one property over another, it’s hard to believe that purchasing that property will be in your best interests. That’s why we’re not affiliated with any Real Estate Sales Agency, and never will be. We’re proud of the fact that we’re 100% independent, because this allows us to deliver optimal results for our clients.