Testimonials
 
25 Cardiff Way, Castle Hill

14 May, 2013

 

 

Dear Craig,

 

The property sale is complete!

 

Thank you so much for your support and your willingness to help whenever you could.

 

I really appreciate the extra efforts you made and your very professional manner.

 

I was fortunate enough to have chosen Gilmour Real Estate & yourself, to market my property and will happily refer you when given the opportunity.

 

Many Thanks.

 

Sincerely,

 

Di Chapman - May, 2013

 

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Sale of White Cedar Drive, Castle Hill

Hi Grant

 

I just wanted to thank you and the Gilmour team for the excellent result on the sale of our home. You all made what has the potential to be an extremely stressful exercise into an experience that turned out as rewarding as you predicted. It really is a credit to you and your team that everything ran just like clockwork.

 

Some of the things that were standouts for us included:

-         your suggestions for those few minor touch ups that were required prior to selling to ensure we could maximise the potential of the property;

-         being kept informed by you and the other Gilmour reps about the visits to the house during its brief time on the market and the care with the security of the house and welfare of our pets while showing people through;

-         the marketing campaign was effective and really highlighted the features of the property to appeal to a broader market;

-         your calm, professional demeanour, fairness and integrity at all times but especially when things hotted up and got very interesting;

-         your experience and knowledge of the local real estate market was evident throughout the whole process as there were no surprises;

-         the sales result was a great reward for both our hard work in preparation and your efforts in selling our home.  

 

Thank you again Grant for another successful property sale with Gilmours

 

Kim and Derek Ainscough - April, 2013

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Thank you to Craig and the team

Thank you for the help and assistance selling the property, we were very impressed with the Gilmour agency and your sales team.

 

Your availability to take our calls and always answer our emails was excellent.

 

You delivered what you indicated was possible, so we are very appreciative.

 

Thanks

Mark and Sue - March, 2013

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11A Tower Court, Castle Hill

To Craig,

 

Thank you firstly for selling our very much loved home. We enjoyed living in our duplex for the last 6 years but knew it was only inevitable with 3 young kids we would need more space so began our journey to sell our home in order to upsize.

 

Through a referral from a friend and our mortgage broker we only heard positive remarks about you. We knew if we wanted our house sold you were definitely a good candidate for the job.

 

We appreciated the fact that we were able to go on a holiday whilst our house was on sale. We felt so confident that it would sell and you reassured us everything would be fine & there was nothing to worry about. Good communication was vital when you're in a different state selling your home and we felt we received that right down to the last negotiation.

 

More importantly we got the price we wanted if not better and with the home selling after the first open we couldn't be happier with that result! Everything has been smooth & flowing and having an experienced professional agent like you has definitely helped.

 

Thanks again,

 

Kylie & Darin Johnston - February, 2013

 

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55 George Mobbs Drive Castle Hill 2154

Dear Craig

 

Just a quick note to thank you for handling the sale of our property recently. This is the second property Gilmours have handled for us in the last 15 years and on both occasions we have been very happy with how the sale was handled and by the attitude of all the Gilmours team.

 

Selling a property is always a bit stressful, but your assistance and advice has certainly been appreciated.

 

Catherine & Bill Mooney - February, 2013

 

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Dear Grant,

Dear Grant,

 

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you, and the team at Gilmours, for the fantastic outcome your achieved with respect to the sale of our house.

 

As you recall, we dealt with you when we bought the house 16 years ago. We were impressed then and vowed we would come to you when it was time for us to move.

 

We were absolutely stunned with how quickly the house sold, and at a price that was well above our expectations. A superb job from Gilmours - in particular Grant McEnally!

 

It goes without saying that as and when we move again, we'll be back at Gilmours looking for you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Duncan & Christine - December, 2012

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To Whom It May Concern

Our initial contact with Simon Kowald of Gilmore Real Estate was by a phone call after viewing property on the internet.

We felt very confident with Simon after our first meeting with him. Simon went out of his way to help with inspection time to suit.

Simon was very professional and handled the negotiations well with our best interests in mind.

We are very happy with the purchase and the price we paid.

We have found Simon very approachable and friendly and always called back when not available to take your call.

When we entered the office for the first time, we were welcomed by the office staff, who were friendly, and professional

Jeanette and I would recommend Simon Kowald of Gilmour Real Estate to anyone thinking of selling or buying and would certainly deal with him again .

 

Yours Sincerely

Jeanette and Ian Agnew - January, 2013

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Hello Grant,

I would like to thankyou sincerely for your assistance, skill & professionalism in the sale of 38 Orange Grove, Castle Hill.

 

I hope we can keep in touch & in the future conduct more business together,

 

Thankyou again,

 

Kind regards,

 

Rosa - December, 2012

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The Managing Director

Dear Sir,

 

I write, on behalf of my wife and I, to thank you for the service, which your organization provided during the sale of our unit, here in Castle Hill.

 

Our choice of your agency has obviously proved entirely satisfactory, it has been a pleasure to do business with you, and your professional approach to the whole sale process, enabling a speedy conclusion to the transaction has been very commendable and impressive. In this respect I would like to especially thank Craig Alexis for his sterling work; his impetus to the task was quite significant.

 

Buying and selling property is something, which few of us have any real experience of, maybe once or twice in our lifetime do we embark on this type of transactions and invariably we employ an agent to guide us through the processes involved. We feel in these circumstances that we chose the right agents.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

John & Jean - October, 2012

 

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18 Gooraway Drive, Castle Hill

Dear Bruce,

 

We would like to thank you for the courteous, professional and friendly attitude of your staff, throughout the complete process of the sale of our property in Castle Hill.

 

When we decided to sell we contacted Aaron Godfrey, who came highly recommended, with the advantage of using Gilmour's, a well respected local Real Estate agent.

 

From initial contact through to final settlement, Aaron was prompt and attentive, always available and nothing was a problem.

 

We had a figure we wanted to achieve for the sale and the advice we were given on presentation and marketing helped us achieve this.

 

There was an existing clientele to market the property to, and once ready for sale, our property was purchased by buyers who had attended the first weekend

of booked appointments.

 

It was a fantastic result for us as their offer was accepted within days of the property going on the market

 

We still reside in the Hills district and would not hesitate to contact Aaron and Gilmour Property Agents if we chose to sell again and would recommend family, friends and neighbours to do the same.

 

Brian and Pamela - November, 2012

 

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Dear Grant,

Just a short note to say a big thank you. On the successful sale of our house for well above what other real estate agents estimated what we could hope to achieve.

 

You realised the quality of the renovations we had done to the existing cottage and advised us that as our home was unique, suggested a good strategy to follow for the great result that we did achieve.

 

We would again like to thank you for all the advice and professional way you and the staff at Gilmores handled the sale, and guiding us through the process.

 

You never doubted we could reach our goal even though our house was different from the norm.

 

We would have no hesitation in recommending Gilmours and Grant in particular to anyone wishing to sell or buy their property.

 

Thanks again for all your help and the bottle of wine.

 

Regards,

 

Ron & Barbara Sharpe - October, 2012

 

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128 Excelsior Avenue, Castle Hill

To Whom It May Concern,

 

We cannot recommend Gilmour Property Agents highly enough to potential clients. From the first day that Craig Alexis came to our home after our first phone call we found the Gilmour team to be highly professional and focussed on selling our house. Knowing we were busy people they ensured they kept us in the loop when prospective buyers wanted to view our house during the week. We were very impressed with the speed of Gilmour team's response to our desire to get our house on the market quickly and to generate a groundswell of interest. From the excellent photographer to the rapid generation of the online advertising the entire Gilmour team worked rapidly to have our home at the top of search results.

 

Using their excellent database of prospective buyers and targeted marketing strategy, we had 9 serious buyers view our house in 3 days, with the first offer being made 48 hours after our house was on the market. Craig and his team used their extensive experience to ensure the highest bid won and the buyers were ready to exchange contracts that same day for a price that exceeded our expectations.

 

The entire time we dealt with the Gilmour team we found them to conduct themselves with the highest levels of integrity and professionalism. We would not hesitate to recommend them to family, friends and colleagues looking to sell their property.

 

Regards,

 

 

Glenn & Tracey - October, 2012

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Testimonial for Craig Alexis

My family has sold two properties through Mr Craig Alexis, with excellent results.

 

The first property was my mother's house at Castle Hill two years ago. My mother and I interviewed a number of prospective agents and Craig impressed us with his professionalism and real passion for customer service.

 

Craig gave us a realistic sale price estimate based on his extensive research and knowledge of the local property market. Mum's property sold for a great price on the first week that it was offered for sale.

 

When it was time to sell our property in July this year, I didn't hesitate to contact Craig. Once again, Craig proved to be really responsive to our request for a market appraisal which included a sameday inspection and written market appraisal. Craig gave us all of the tools that we needed to set a selling price and great advice about how to market our property.

 

Craig has an extensive list of clients on his database and he contacted this network of people to advise that our property was for sale. We received an offer within two hours of the house being advertised for sale and through Craig's effective negotiation skills, we sold the property for an increased amount.

 

In both cases, Craig has provided great customer service to our family by always keeping us up to date with the sales process and by doing what he says he will do, promptly and professionally.

 

I would gladly recommend Craig Alexis to anyone who has high expectations of quality service and who wants a great result with their property transaction.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Louise Brown - August, 2012

 

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10 Gindurra Avenue, Castle Hill

Dear Craig,

  

We cannot believe how quickly or place sold & the price that you were able to get for us! We know that it was all because of your hard work. You made the whole process very easy & it was an absolute pleasure having you look after our sale. We also know that you genuinely cared about how we were feeling & that means a lot to us.

 

We would highly recommend you to anyone choosing an agent.

 

Costa & Simone Augerinos - July, 2012

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Gilmour Reference for 17 Gary Street Castle Hill

To Whom It May Concern,

We elected to choose Gilmour real estate to sell our property over two other agents for these reasons:

1. Craig Alexis gave us a very competitive rate on the sale of the house
2. Craig gave us a realistic valuation and didnt over commit
3. Craig advised us of the right marketing strategy for our house, ie: to get offers over $X, instead of starting high and price ourselves out of the market
4. He made it easy for us to decide on Gilmour by coming out to see us on a weekend afternoon, and I could see Craig knew how to sell/close, as he followed a sales process.
5. Instead of suggesting an open home for our smaller house, all visitors were escorted by a Gilmour sales person, which allowed for much better buyer management and to offset any concerns raised by buyers.
6. Through use of his CRM system Craig knew of a discussion he had had with my wife 5 years earlier when we purchased the house we were selling (great record keeping!)

The end result was that we had over 40 people were escorted through our house the first Saturday the house was on the market, and we had 3 interested parties bidding simulataneously. Our house sold in four days and we achieved $16K more than what we expected.

We are firm believers that its the little things that matter, and things like to quality of the sales sign they put up for us all demonstrate that we made the right choice by picking Gilmour.

I doubt another agent would have carried themselves as professionally as Gilmour did.

Kind Regards,

John Glendenning - June, 2012

 

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Property Management

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Slavica Sarafimovska has been handling the lease of our property for the last two and a half years. We found Slavica to be very friendly, polite and well informed regarding the rental market and our property. Slavica was able to secure us a price which we were very happy with and also a tenant who was great.

Slavica was always prompt in informing us of any issues or new developments that arose that may be of concern to us and she always made us feel that we were her main priority and never felt she rushed us in anyway. She always returned emails and calls promptly and was always courteous and pleasant whenever we spoke to her.

With Slavica overseeing things we felt confident our property was being managed with the upmost care, and living several hours away from our property this definately gave us peace of mind.

We would highly recommend Slavica to anyone and feel that she is amazing at her job. The only reason we stopped leasing our property was because we needed to sell.

Kind Regards,

Stacey and Matthew Rose - July, 2012