We used Julian to sell our Altona home in September 2019 and after a five-week campaign, we went to auction. Julian handled the auction well; despite a few pauses, he worked the crowd until it well exceeded our expectations. A very happy outcome. Julian is a rare thing among real estate agents – honest. While others had told us they could get a higher price, we felt Julian was being more realistic. In the end, he was spot on and the house sold for what he estimated, almost to the dollar. Being from Altona, he has a great knowledge of the area, its history and its people (he knows everyone!). He often went above and beyond his job scope, doing small things like offering to lend us his leaf blower to do a quick garden clean-up before open for inspections. Julian does not forget about you once the contract is signed. He is very friendly and you know you have made a friend for life once you have dealt with Julian. We highly recommend Julian, you will not be disappointed in choosing him as your agent.

Thank you Julian Montebello of Greg Hocking Altona for all your hard work, honesty, support and continued commitment and communication to our property listing and sale. We are absolutely blown away by your amazing attitude, positivity and the overall result. After having a completely negative and terrible experience with the agents and team at Sweeney Altona, we were weary, tired and distressed! We entrusted you and your team to the second campaign for our home and after over 90 days with Sweeney, with no result, all it took was a week with Greg Hocking and we were able to achieve an AMAZING result and we are so grateful for everything you have done. We wouldn’t hesitate for a second to recommend you to any and all people looking to buy or sell in the area. Thank you for such a pleasant and positive experience. You restored my faith in the industry after Sweeney Altona had destroyed it! Thanks heaps mate!

Trusted Julian with buying a home off him and trusted him to sell our family home! Made the transition so easy and worked with our requirements! Good work Julian!

My experience with Julian was pleasant, very honest and upfront. As a buyer, Julian in my opinion tried his utmost to make the sale go very smooth. I also felt like his target was extremely realistic. Thanks Julian.

I have dealt with Julian on a number of occasions and the reason I keep going back to Julian is that not only is he professional, he can be quite personal too. He understands the market and the different financial positions both vendors and purchasers are in. He's honest with his words and genuinely cares about both his vendors and purchasers. This is a trait hard to find in agents. Thanks again Julian for all the results to get us.

Julian was so great to work with. His knowledge of the are is outstanding and he understands the market in every turn it takes. We took all his opinions and ideas on board and was successful in doing so. In my experience with Julian as a vendor, I felt very comfortable voicing any concerns/ideas/approaches I had simply because Julian is just so approachable and understanding.

I have worked with Julian on many occasions and the main reason I always turn to Julian is because he just knows the area and the market so well. He really understands and reads people exceptionally well, both vendors and purchasers. He's very honest and truthful with his opinions and marketing tactics and has always come through with great sales.

Julian assisted us in our recent purchase in Altona. My experience with him was he is very reliable, honest and open with his dealings as an agent for us as well as the vendor. He gave us all the information we require to assist us in securing our property and went above and beyond to make sure everything went smoothly for us. In my opinion, what makes Julian a great agent is because he genuinely cares about the buyer, which sets him apart from other real estate agents. Thanks so much Julian for helping us secure our home!

Any agent can sell a property in a booming market - The real test of an agent is how well they perform in a declining market. This was the case for my wife and I - we had to sell our Altona property in a "buyers" market. Julian was open and honest from the get go, and kept us informed of general interest throughout the whole process. When things weren't looking good, Julian was able to come up with an alternate strategy - and it paid dividends. Julian applied a very "outside the square" approach to actually find a buyer for our property (no - not just looking through some mystery "database"). Whilst the buyer's initial offer was below expectations, Julian was able to progressively negotiate the buyer upto a much more acceptable price range. Here is where things got interesting - the buyer's finance fell through more then once - and the lengths that Julian went to get us to settlement was nothing short of extraordinary. In short, Julian is extremely good at what he does, is very honest, and very humble, and easily the best agent I have ever dealt with when selling (and this is the third property I've sold). I cannot speak highly enough of Julian and highly recommend him to anyone looking to sell in the Altona/Williamstown area. Thanks again Julian!

Great experience, friendly, helpful, bubbly. Great work

Great Agent Right from the start Julian ensured that he provided me with all the necessary details for my house purchase and went above and beyond to assist me. Highly recommend Julian to anyone very helpful and easy to talk too. Thank you Julian much appreciated.

Julian was great to work with, organised, professional and always communicated where proceedings were at. Would recommend any seller to engage and use his services.