First National Real Estate Golden Plains

19 Milton Street Bannockburn Vic 3331
  •   4.7   (178 reviews)

Meet the team

Get to know the 2 agents at First National Real Estate Golden Plains.

Rene Pompe
Rene Pompe

Director / Sales Consultant

  4.7   (99 reviews)
About Rene
Director of Landmark Harcourts Bannockburn, Rene is dedicated and enthusiastic. Rene's professional approach and keen local knowledge combine to raise the bar when it comes to Real Estate services and negotiation. His enthusiasm and professionalism is second to none and combined with his sense of humour and innovative ideas, it is assured that Rene's standing within the community will continue to grow. Rene started his career in Real Estate seven years ago and has achieved high results for his vendors plus helped many clients fulfil their dreams of owning their own home. During this time Rene has also been able to build lifelong relationships with clients.
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Owen Sharkey
Owen Sharkey

Auctioneer / Licensed Real Estate Agent / Sales Consultant

  4.8   (89 reviews)
About Owen
Owen Sharkey lives and breathes real estate. With a passion that developed almost two decades ago, with the development of a personal property portfolio both locally and internationally, and building background. Owen provides a distinctive insight into the industry. A local having been raised in Geelong and past student of Geelong Grammar, he has approached the real estate field in an energetic and active manner. This is evident by his acceptance of the prestigious Geelong REIV’s best new entry to real estate in his initial year. Fundamental in recognition of Owen’s professionalism and ability to perform in real estate, is the accomplishment of the REIV’s licenced agent’s course. Owen is recognised within the REIV as an outstanding agent/Auctioneer in his league, having been awarded the REIV achievement award both regionally and within Victoria, and as a finalist in the Overall Australian awards. (REIA) Owen is a husband and father of 3 girls and enjoys an extensive community involvement in both Geelong and the Golden Plains Shire. Owen brings to Landmark Harcourts an impressive experience from many realms and will be sure to impress you. To achieve the greatest results you need to be dealing with agents such as Owen Sharkey.
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About us

Our mission is simple: to deliver an exceptional, personal service and the best possible outcome for every client we represent. At First National Golden Plains, we pride ourselves on precisely setting and achieving exceptionally high standards.

Our reviews

  4.7  
178 reviewsacross 36 different locations, showing 6.
Seller review
Recognised the value in our house and our goals and worked with us to achieve both
about 1 month ago
Recognised the value in our house and our goals and worked with us to achieve both

This is the second time we have used Rene to sell our properties. Each time we have achieved better than expected in both price and timely sales. He has represented us 100 percentage and helped us reach our sale goals. Thanks Rene and Owen.

Rene Pompe

Rene Pompe

  4.7   (99 reviews)
Seller review
Excellent experience from start to finish
3 months ago
Excellent experience from start to finish

Rene shared great knowledge of the real estate industry and local area. It was an easy conversation initially to establish what the goals were and a plan going forward. He always responded promptly and we felt very well informed throughout the whole process.

Rene Pompe

Rene Pompe

  4.7   (99 reviews)
Seller review
First Class Professionalism
3 months ago
First Class Professionalism

We were very impressed by the professionalism of Rene In all our dealings Rene always communicated clearly, was readily available providing timely, balanced and clear advice It was a pleasure to deal with Rene and he fully met (and exceeded) our expectations selling our property quickly at a price at the top end of the market range I would not hesitate to recommend Rene to prospective clients

Rene Pompe

Rene Pompe

  4.7   (99 reviews)
Buyer review
Through Professional !
4 months ago
Through Professional !

Top Bloke To Deal With, I Purchased a House Through Rene He Will Go The Extra Yard For You ! Highly Recommended . Kevin

Rene Pompe

Rene Pompe

  4.7   (99 reviews)
Buyer review
Professionalism combined with empathy
4 months ago
Professionalism combined with empathy

Rene is well-versed in real estate. He has the experience to be able to work equally well with both the vendor and the purchaser alike, to achieve the desired outcome for both. I have no hesitation in recommending Rene. He is a master at his trade.

Rene Pompe

Rene Pompe

  4.7   (99 reviews)
Seller review
Educational
7 months ago
Educational

After property being on market for close to two years ( no fault of agent) we finally got a buyer after significant negotiations and price drop. We met with buyer soon after signing but things went south from there. I won’t detail the buyer problems but have to say once deposit was paid and agent was paid it was very clear agent was now working for buyer not us. Buyer and her conveyancer had repeatedly been dishonest with us so we were very cautious about offering an early occupation of property as requested before balance of payment. This triggered a very aggressive response from our agent trying very very hard to convince us to let buyer in without payment. After getting some information on buyers background and past property deals we established she was very manipulative and untrustworthy. We offered early settlement to get her in, this was agreed to but a day before new settlement date agent calls us and tells us her finance has been delayed and it’s all our fault and we won’t be getting settled until possibly 3-4 weeks later, and because this is our fault we should let her move in without paying first! This triggered heated discussion with agent that was incredibly rude and clearly 100% supporting buyers wants not ours. Again we denied access before payment even with agent trying verbal scare tactics like saying squatters can move in and trash the place, we didn’t budge. Instead we investigated and found finance hold up was caused by buyer trying to apply for tax exemption triggering an audit on her loan and other property’s. We called agent to advice but no answer so we told agent by message with no response. Interestingly an hour later all is good again with buyers loan and settlement was done the next morning. This adds weight to our suspicions that buyer was just trying to get in for as long as possible without paying. Our conveyancer has since contacted agent with no response and we got a brief message asking about a door key and no response since.

Rene Pompe

Rene Pompe

  4.7   (99 reviews)
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Our properties

First National Real Estate Golden Plains has 32 properties for sale and sold 54 properties in the last 12 months, showing 4, sorted by most recent activity

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