First time buyer here, John helped guide me through the processes and had patience with my 100 questions, highly recommend John

Easy to work with and genuine bloke. John kept me informed at every stage. Great help, nothing was to much for John, always available when needed. I would use John and his team again. Great to have this expertise available to us.

Great experience , made the whole process easy. Would use John and Blackwood reality again.

Blackwood Valley Real Estate was very helpful from the initial interest in putting my home on the market right through to settlement day. John Pitman and his team are very professional and come highly recommended.

Our experience purchasing a rural property through John Pitman was extremely disappointing. The property was advertised as a home where we could enjoy the rural lifestyle “from day one”. At our first inspection, we specifically asked John whether the home had full Shire approval and were reassured that it did. When making our offer, we discussed structural, electrical and termite inspections and left believing these would form part of the process. Before going unconditional, I text John asking when the structural inspection would be organised. John phoned and told me these things weren't organised until we went unconditional. We relied on that advice. Once unconditional, we asked again and were then told we hadn't requested a structural inspection, it wasn't in our contract. Two weeks before settlement, our settlement agent raised concerns about the Shire approval. After repeatedly requesting documentation, we discovered the building was approved only as a STORAGE SHED. We ultimately had to engage a property lawyer to negotiate a resolution with the seller. Another troubling issue involved title insurance. At the meeting where we signed our offer, we recall John offering this insurance and I signed a physical document. When the Shire approval issue arose, we asked John about it and he denied knowledge of it. We then realised a copy of the document had not been included with the paperwork emailed to us. Finally, at our Wednesday pre-settlement inspection, I specifically told John we HAD to move Friday. John reassured me we could. John then messaged AFTER settlement to tell us the seller was remaining until Saturday. When questioned, his response was essentially, “Sorry mate, nothing I can do for you.” That was the last we heard from him. Our biggest lesson from this experience: GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING. Independently verify everything, ensure anything you rely upon is explicitly included in the contract and never rely solely on verbal assurances.

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John was always happy to help and advise throughout the whole process, and made the process easy.

John was absolutely fantastic from the start to finish. Nothing was ever too much trouble, and was always available when needed. We genuinely felt looked after throughout the buying process and help guide us through our buying journey. John was friendly, professional and an absolute legend.

John was everything that I wanted to sell my home. He was calm, pushed without being pushy and professional . John has lived in Bridgetown and sold homes in the area for 30 years. He made this process seamless and very easy for me. Can’t thank him enough.

We have worked with John both for the purchase and later sale of our Bridgetown property. Both times he was professional, prompt and effective throughout the process. If all real estate agents were operating at John’s standard, the market would be an easier place for everyone! He is transparent, fair and communicative and gets the best deal for all parties.

We were looking at a couple of blocks that John had on the market in Bridgetown but after viewing decided they weren’t for us so thankfully & amazingly John advised us of a pocket listing that he may be able to convince the seller to list & sell…so another trip to Bridgetown & some entertaining conversations with John he was able to secure the listing and we purchased the block…great job great character…😊🙏👍thank you…

John gave us good advice and local knowledge and was true to his word and very reliable. Happy buyers would recommend.