Amy contacted Martelli & Co after viewing some homes on her own but finding the process was time consuming. She wanted someone to represent her best interests in finding a good quality home, filtering out those that weren't good, and help her to identify a home that would comfortably fit within her budget.

Karin worked with Amy to refine her brief and focus on what was most important, namely an excellent location near the CBD, secure and well built, an area to entertain friends, and in a safe neighbourhood.

Over the next two weeks we viewed multiple homes for Amy, narrowed down the selection to the three best homes, and arranged private viewings. We decided to pursue a generous 120sqm brick and tile home in the beautiful suburb of Northcote Point, with views to the CBD and excellent scope to add value.

Thorough due diligence was required including bringing specialists to the property to ensure Amy was purchasing a secure home, and carefully studying the property files and raising queries that the agents and lawyers had missed.

An in depth knowledge of property values in the area meant we could guide Amy on how much she should pay, and where she could maximise value. In a very popular auction, with six other groups bidding, we secured the home for Amy under the hammer within $1,000 of our appraised value.

Amy now has a warm, sunny, well built home in the heart of Northcote Point, purchased below her budget, and allowing her to use her savings to modernise the home in time.

"Deciding to work with Alex is probably one of the best decisions I've made. I was really struggling with the housing market in NZ and was so relieved after I had my first meeting with Alex - she made me feel like it was possible to still have a positive and successful experience finding a home in Auckland. I can't thank Alex and her team enough as they helped me find (and win at auction!) such an amazing property.

I think I would have been too intimidated to attempt an auction without them and I wouldn't have secured my fantastic property. Not to mention the hours and hours and hours they saved me with all of the inspections, quotes etc. that they helped organise along with their solid advice. It was absolutely the right call and I hope I get to work with them again in the future."

- Amy