We recently purchased an investment unit of the plan. Chris presented a deal he had negotiated with the developer that made the purchase compelling. His knowledge of the area and general service orientation were first class. We feel lucky to have had Chris involved in our first investment property acquisition.
Chris De Celis
Good balance between representing the landlord interests and the customer perspective.
Steve Cole
Chris and Imam were enthusiastic, friendly and informative throughout a rather long drawn out sale process in a difficult market. Their communication with us was detailed and regular throughout. Although the eventual sale price was a little below what we had hoped, they stepped in and helped us negotiate an acceptable lower price on the property we had targeted, so the result was a win all round. Nice to do business with people you could describe as friends.
Chris De Celis
Steve is an estate agent who never gives up, even in the worst property market of the last 25 years. He always give you a straight answer and is completely professional. Knows the market and always communicates well. The result he achieved was below my expectations but probably in line with the current market and the result of gross overdevelopment and poor planning by the Hills Shire Council.
Steve Cole
We arranged for Chris to handle both our sale and purchase - and are really pleased we did. His skills gained a good price for our sale. He successfully negotiated with three parties (our purchaser, us, and on seller) to create a common settlement date to suit all three. We have been amazed by his willingness to help in all sorts of different ways - issues that I never expected an agent to bother with. He has become a family friend in the space of a few months.
Chris De Celis
We have designed our house in Australia ourselves by 1979 in accordance with passive energy saving principles. A civil engineer built the house by 1980. We both grew-up in Europe where people build houses that should last hundreds of years. At that time, my work involved in pioneering new and high quality building materials (Industrial coatings, silicone sealants, concrete admixtures and adhesive) used mainly on high rise buildings in Australia and SEA. Many of these products were designed to last 60 years and used on our house. As we are getting older we decided to divest of our real estate interests in Australia and to engage Steve Cole. In his job he wears two heads. On the one side, he had to satisfy his client's needs and desires. He also had to read the market forces. On the other hand, he has to maximise returns for the seller. We spent a few weeks in Sydney to read the market ourselves. We realised that in the western part of Sydney property developers started to build low cost, low quality but functional housing. The market peaked by late 2017 where up to AUD 1.2 Mio was paid for housing in our surrounding. When we arrived in Dec 2018 many local home owners thought the market to be about AUD 800K. Recessions are made by people themselves. We sensed that in the community where many home owners talked-down the economy. Once the negative spiral is turning it take years to stop it and to repair it. Steve could only advice but not correct the situation. His regular sales reports were excellent. The downtrend in the Hills District was obvious. At the auction we witnessed one person that seriously wanted to acquire our house for use and not speculation. Steve requested a down payment and reached a selling price of AUD 870K. Given the circumstances he reached the maximum for everybody - he is an excellent achiever for the buyers and the sellers. Thanks.
Steve Cole
Super polite, super straight. No lies. Couldn't speak more highly of Steve. Very professional, and very honest.
Steve Cole
From the moment we met Chris we felt we were in safe hands. He gave us good advice and we knew we were going to get a good result.
Chris De Celis
My wife and I worked with Soha Soheili from the Avenue Real Estate Castle Hills to purchase an investment home and really can’t say enough good things about him. Soha is knowledgeable, approachable, personable, endlessly patient, have great understanding of the current market and incredibly generous with his time (mornings, evenings, and weekends over the course of several weeks including the Christmas holidays). Soha answered every question and explained every part of the process clearly and thoroughly. Buying a home in this market is challenging, but working with Soha made it as painless and straightforward as possible. Thank you Soha you for all your help. The service you provided was more than what we expected and we will be proud to recommend your services to anyone
Soha Soheili
I would recommend Steve to anyone
Steve Cole
We are in Melbourne. Soha arranged everything. After taking the keys from former tenants, he did all the renovations and sold the house in 3 weeks. We didn't pay a single visit to Sydney. We didn't know him before. We found him online. He is very reliable and highly recommended.
Soha Soheili
