When it comes to selling a family home, you need an agent who knows what they're doing. We found that agent in John Galea. Open, clear and upfront in all our dealings, he made our decisions easy. We recommend John to anyone looking to sell.
The sale of our home was made less stressful with the professionalism & high standards of John. We appreciate the high marketing standards undertaken to present & sell the property. The continuous documented feedback between agent & buyers was exceptional & informative.
Thank you John for your excellent service. I found John to be honest and admirable. He's an excellent communicator and provided sound market advice. He kept me informed and updated at all times making the process enjoyable and exceeded all of my expectations and of course delivered an outstanding result! I would definitely recommend John to my friends and family!
We were very pleased with the successful sale of our home, including the sale price achieved. We selected John based on his knowledge of the area and strategy to ensure we got the best market price. This resulted in a very good number of genuine bidders at auction. We appreciated the care he took in selling our home.
After dealing with 3 agents this year to buy and sell a few properties, I found John to be the most pleasant, professional, knowledgeable and credible to name just a few things. Selling my property was not a straight forward one. Considering the unusual and difficult circumstances, John's approach was what worked and what sold our property in the quickest time possible with a great result that I was not expecting at all. His communication was fantastic. He always reported back within a timely manner with any information he needed to pass on and offered an approach to the sale that worked very well when the last approach had failed miserably. He was always honest and managed our difficult situation very well, without complaining once. His negotiations with prospective buyers worked very well which is why we got such a great result. I highly recommend his services.
We are very skeptical of real estate agents given some dishonest experience in the past. John Galea was a breath of fresh air. During the buying process we felt that John was genuinely friendly, open, honest and kept us informed at each stage without being pushy! John had a good knowledge of the area and genuinely cared about the best interest of all parties involved. Thank you Jas Stephens for instilling this culture in your employees - if only more agents were like John!! Highly recommended.
Whilst I am struggling to find words that can truly sum up the amazing experience I had when selling my Property in Geelong West – I do know I can thank John Galea from Jas Stephens Yarraville for it all. I was fortunate enough to have wisely chosen John to sell my property in Yarraville 4 years ago under extremely difficult circumstances. At that time I was absolutely impressed by his honesty, commitment, communication, ethic and sympathetic approach to selling the property. So when it came to selling my house in Geelong West John was definitely in the mix of potential sales consultants along with several local agents. After much debate with friends and family – predominantly over concerns with respect to market knowledge and price (as John was slightly more expensive). I went with the agent I knew and trusted. I entrusted John to advise me on all aspects of the sale, including house prep – which was absolutely outstanding (special thanks to Rob and his team) - his choice in staging team, and his chosen photography package. During the campaign his commitment was unwavering! He was strategic and tenacious, following up all interested parties on the day of the opens. He was friendly, welcoming, polite and honest to all the potential and non-potential buyers, none of whom had bad word to say against him. He was always happy to answer questions from both myself and the people who came to view 30 O’Connell street. And, after a carefully considered sales campaign, John achieved a result far better than I could have ever wished for. I have no hesitation in recommending John to anyone looking to sell their property, and would be completely happy to provide further details if requested.
We dealt with John for the purchase of a property in Geelong West, unfortunately we were not the successful party however we found our experience with John a very positive one. He went beyond the call of duty with his communication and kept us updated every step of the way. I would not hesitate to use John as an agent when selling a home and wish he was in Geelong so we could purchase our home through him.
I've always treated real estate agents with a fair dose of suspicion so when returning to the property market,asked I knew I would be forced to deal with yet another pushy, manipulative sales person. What I found with John was the complete opposite, upfront and accomodating throughout, I never felt pressured or as though I was being "sold" to. We arranged a private inspection with minimal fuss, and also attended two other opens all of which were conducted professionally and immaculately. It wasn't until I attended some other opens until I recognise the level of detail John and the owners had gone to to present the property in the best possible light. John did what most agents fail to do, let the property sell itself by being the star of the show. From my experience, typical agents want all the attention to themselves.
We invited 4 agents to value our property and chose John, who stood out amongst the other agents. John originally sold the unit to us 6 years prior, and during our meeting with him, his knowledge and love of the area was evident. John immediately recognised the immediate appeal of the property, as well as the significant future growth of the location. We always felt informed of what was happening throughout the sale, and he was happy to answer any questions we had. John managed to get us a great price prior to auction. Would definitely recommend John to anyone looking to sell their property.
We dropped in unannounced to the office one Tuesday morning after never been in there before. John was kind enough to spend almost 30 minutes talking to us about the area the past sales and what was coming up in the next few weeks. The house we were interested in had opening times that didn't suit and John made a special effort to get us in to look at a time that suited us. We Found John to be be very professional and always willing to help with any of our questions. Lucky for us we were the successful buyers. Although we are not from this area if the opportunity Arose to work with John again We wouldn't hesitate.
John, being very easy to communicate with, having high professional marketing and negotiating skills, always looking out for us, helping and giving us expert tips and advice along the way and always optimistic, I strongly recommend John Galea. Before beginning the marketing campaign John gave us professional advice on the renovation and styling. He has help made this small and old house into a cozy and appealing home. We spent the minimum cost, in turn achieving the maximum outcome which exceeds our expectation. My wife and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend John Galea to be your future agent.
