The Barnes’ of Barfoot & Thompson

“Selling your house is a stressful process especially right before Christmas. My perception of real estate agents before meeting Kath to be honest wasn’t great. Hot market, knock up a for sale sign, run some open homes and walk away with a commission cheque. After meeting a number of different real estate agents from various companies, I went with Kath because of her outstanding knowledge and good old fashion work ethic. Kath has changed my mind about real estate agents, the amount of work she put in staggered me, from comprehensive appraisals, weekly written reports, notes on the buyers, brochure drops, promoting the listing to other Barfoots agents…… the list goes on. I was thoroughly impressed with the process of selling my home. Lastly in a market which had softened slightly, I was extremely happy with the result we got at auction. Bottom line, I would recommend Kath at the drop of hat and you will be sound in the knowledge that you have a real estate who is truly working hard to get you the best possible result.”

Dayle and Kath were incredibly helpful when both selling our previous home and looking for our new family home in Grey Lynn. They quickly became our trusted advisors thanks to their extensive local knowledge and relentless persistence to find us ‘the one’ despite 8 months searching! Their building industry contacts were also invaluable when considering a couple of properties! We highly recommend the Barnes!

I was also impressed with your hard work throughout the campaign. The whole process from start to finish was completely stress free and your communication and interaction with my tenants was very much appreciated. I have no hesitation in recommending you as an agent who works extremely hard to get the best outcome for your vendor.

“We are so grateful to Kath for finding us our dream home. We had actually given up our search and decided to stay put, however, Kath kept our requirements in mind and kept searching for us. By extending our search by a few kilometres outside our existing search area, Kath was able to find us a property in a better area and that we would not have even known about.
Throughout the process there was no pressure from Kath, and what was most valuable was that prior to making our offer, Kath spent some time with us looking online at comparable properties in the area and previous sales statistics. As we ended up in a multi-offer situation, this helped us make sure we put our best offer forward and ultimately secure the property.
We would have no hesitation in using Kath again.”

Kath did a fantastic job selling our property, a historic building in Ponsonby and we are very pleased with the sale price achieved. Kath was very proactive in driving the sale of our property. She kept us well informed and gave us good advice and guidance at all times. She is trustworthy, and I would happily recommend her to anyone with property to sell.

As first home buyers my wife and I worked closely with Dayle and Kath who were crucial to making a daunting process easy and more importantly, successful. They were excellent to work with and we felt they truly had our best interests at heart to the extent of supporting us at auctions of no benefit to them. Anyone looking to buy or sell I would look no further.

We would very much like to take the opportunity to thank Kath and Dayle Barnes with the marketing of our property 22A Marsden Ave, Mt Eden Auckland.
Our home was rented to five young students and negotiating open home times and photo shoots for marketing purposes was not at all easy. Kath handled this challenge beautifully – working closely with the girls – even negotiating a fixed term contract to safe guard them during their tenancy and subsequent sale of our home – a stressful time for all parties.
We were presented several offers, at varying stages of the sale campaign – and we appreciate Kath and Dayle working alongside of us and sticking with us, especially when times did get tough – which invariably can happen in the emotional sale of a property.
Dayle and Kath were professional and innovated in their approach to keep the wheels rolling. As a result of their tenacity we indeed have come away with a sale we are proud of, to purchasers (a young family) who we hope will enjoy the home as much as we have.
I have no hesitation in recommending Kath and Dayle Barnes to friends or family. We would be pleased to use Kath and Dayle for repeat business either purchasing or selling.

We found them to be highly professional, motivated, honest and we really appreciated their on-going communication, updates and we felt they went beyond the call of duty during our marketing and consequent sale.
Rick and Adrienne felt very comfortable and confident with Kath and Dayle’s knowledge, expertise, down to earth and friendly approach. They were also instrumental in our buying the perfect property during our sale, we cannot recommend them enough.
We have no hesitation in recommending them to other-would-be buyers, family and friends.

I would like to take the time to thank you for the amazing work you did to sell my first home. As this was my first time selling a property I was extremely grateful for the way you supported me through the process – from your easy engagement, realistic appraisal and regular updates through the 3 week sales process, it made it as stress free as possible at time which would normally be a high stress period. Not only did you support me, but from what I understand went the extra mile for potential buyers with waiting umbrellas on rainy days and driving people up and down the driveway so that they could enjoy what could be their next home.
I would highly recommend you both to anyone looking to buy or sell – or both!

Kath and Dayle are a force to be reckoned with. As combined, they have exceptional attention to detail and sales acumen and they are also great people. We were always kept up to date with where things were at with potential buyers and ended up selling at the top level of our expectations. We are very happy vendors!