LJ Hooker - Batemans Bay

Corner Beach Road & Orient Street, Batemans Bay, NSW
  •   5   (278 reviews)

Meet the team

Get to know the 2 agents at LJ Hooker - Batemans Bay.

Karen Van Der Stelt
Karen Van Der Stelt

Licensed Real Estate Agent / Auctioneer / Stock & Station Agent

  5   (192 reviews)
About Karen
Karen brings over 30 years of Sales and Marketing experience, the last 21 years dedicated to Real Estate Sales. She is a Fully Licensed Real Estate Agent, Stock and Station Agent, Auctioneer, and holds a Certificate in Business Sales. Awards & Achievements: • Top 5% in 2025 - LJ Hooker Captains Club • Rate My Agent Awards – Ranked in the Top 5 ‘Agent of the Year’ for Batemans Bay 2025 • LJ Hooker Group – 10-Year Service Award with LJ Hooker Batemans Bay (2024) • LJ Hooker Captains Club – Multi-Million Dollar Member (Top 10%) in 2023 & 2024 • Rate My Agent Awards – ‘Agent of the Year’ for Batemans Bay & Tomakin 2023 • LJ Hooker Captains Club Diamond Multi-Million Dollar Member (Top 2.5%) in 2021 & 2022 • LJ Hooker Captains Club Multi-Million Dollar Chapter (Top 7% Nationally) in 2016-2021 • Top 100 Sales Agents Internationally in 2016 • LJ Hooker Captains Club (Top 15% Nationally) in 2015 In 2017, Karen was the chosen sales agent for the ‘Red Rose Charity House’ auction in Malua Bay, which sold successfully under the hammer. The proceeds were donated to Cystic Fibrosis Australia, marking one of the highest donations ever received at the time—thanks to incredible local community support. Expertise: Karen is highly experienced in Residential, Investment, Acreage, Development Sites, and Off-the-Plan Apartment Sales, Unit, Land Sales, and Auctions. Her strong communication skills, combined with expert negotiation abilities and a friendly, professional approach, consistently deliver outstanding results for vendors. Her dedication to exceptional service and follow-up ensures lasting relationships and repeat clients. Beyond real estate, Karen is a master multitasker, excelling in her career while balancing life as a wife to a fireman and mum to a soccer-obsessed son. When she finally takes a day off, she loves kicking off the heels and spending quality time with her family at their Malua Bay property. For professional, friendly, and dedicated service, contact Karen today for a chat.
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Rob Routledge
Rob Routledge

Licensed Real Estate Agent / Auctioneer / Stock & Station Agent

  4.9   (87 reviews)
About Rob
Rob grew up in north-western Sydney then moved his family to Batemans Bay over 30 years ago "to give the family a great place to grow up". As a licensed builder for 20 years Rob has a great understanding of what makes up a good home. In his years helping clients build and renovate their homes, Rob developed the ability to listen carefully and understand people's needs. This skill has carried through into his real estate career, where he has delivered many successful outcomes and built lasting client relationships. Calm, honest, and solution-focused, Rob has earned recognition among the top 2.5% of LJ Hooker agents nationwide for consistently outstanding results, and has been honoured with Life Achiever recognition. From the vendor's point of view, Rob's great communication skills and industry knowledge makes the sales process as painless as possible. He prides himself on qualified feedback on the sale's progress ensuring they can relax knowing they are in good hands. Rob is well known in the area for his support of the local youth through his 17 year involvement with the local Army Cadet Unit, as well as Rob and his wife working with Anglicare doing foster care respite. Rob is also a member of Batemans Bay RSL sub-branch. When Rob is not working he loves nothing better than indulging in his love of motorbikes. This passion started when his father bought him a motor bike at 12 years of age. Today if you see a nice looking Triumph on the road with a sensible rider it will probably be him. Call him today to find out!
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Our reviews

  5  
278 reviewsacross 27 different locations, showing 6.
24 days ago
Great local knowledge and a very personable agent

Karen was very personable right from the beginning and showed great confidence and knowledge in the area we were selling. The process was seamless and Karen and her staff all communicated very well. A very easy, seamless process from the date a buyer was found to the date the money was transferred to our account!

Karen Van Der Stelt

Karen Van Der Stelt

  5   (192 reviews)
about 1 month ago
Friendly, informative and helpful.

Karen quickly learnt what we were looking for and didn't waste our time with inappropriate viewings. She was able to provide background information on each place which helped with our decision making. Karen went the extra mile to help us with a problem that arose post sale. We would not hesitate to recommend Karen to buyers and also to vendors.

Karen Van Der Stelt

Karen Van Der Stelt

  5   (192 reviews)
about 2 months ago
Very good experience

V Good advice & communication

Karen Van Der Stelt

Karen Van Der Stelt

  5   (192 reviews)
about 2 months ago
Highly professional and knowledgeable agent with a pleasant demeanour

Karen showed excellent market knowledge and negotiation skills throughout the sales process. Karen’s skills came to the fore, in particular when the initial buyers had a change of mind that may have meant a no sale. Karen displayed a calm and soothing demeanour that guided us through a difficult time and that was greatly appreciated. Her efforts helped enormously to reduce the anxiety we were experiencing.

Karen Van Der Stelt

Karen Van Der Stelt

  5   (192 reviews)
about 2 months ago
Costantly enthusiastic and energetically professional!

Karen gave the home constant exposure with weekly exhibitions, reporting each Saturday with a summary of those who had attended. Given that we started just prior to the crisis in the middle east and faced interest rate rises and then the budget news, I feel she was tenacious, energetic and perseverent with excellent communications and access. What we had hoped was a simple home to sell faced considerable headwind and the revisions on price were carried out constructively with sensitivity and objectivity, we are very pleased with the final result.

Karen Van Der Stelt

Karen Van Der Stelt

  5   (192 reviews)
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Our properties

LJ Hooker - Batemans Bay has 83 properties for sale and sold 90 properties in the last 12 months, showing 4, sorted by most recent activity

For Sale
$475,000
7/12 Old Princes Highway
Batemans Bay NSW 2536
3
1
1
Unit
For Sale
$490,000-$510,000
85A Blairs Rd
Long Beach NSW 2536
Land
SoldNov 2, 2026
$1,050,000
14 Otama Cl
Lilli Pilli NSW 2536
3
2
2
House
For Sale
$1,695,000
7 River Link Road
Mossy Point NSW 2537
3
2
4
House
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