Matt Cleland

Matt Cleland

Residential Sales
  •   4.7   (44 reviews)

About Matt

With long term business relationships in mind, Matt’s core values of openness, honesty and fairness in business are a natural fit for the Cunninghams reputation and culture. His extensive sales, property and business experience are a significant complement to the Cunninghams Property team. Matt combines an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for excellent client service with extensive business experience having successfully run and sold two of his own businesses. One of these successful businesses was a property finance company, which fuelled a long-standing interest in the real estate industry and provided Matt with practical and extensive knowledge of the property transaction process from a client and financiers point of view. Matt has over 20 years experience in selling and prides himself on his ability to think creatively in obtaining the best possible outcome for his clients. Having bought, renovated and sold many properties over the past ten years, he firmly believes that outstanding customer service is the foundation of not just a good agent, but a great agent. He has a deep understanding of the emotional roller coaster the process of buying and selling property can be, and he is committed to delivering a service that combines finely tuned negotiation skills with great communication and a ‘never say never’ attitude. Matt is a demonstrated problem solver having assisted many of his past clients move into the best situation for them, effectively taking on the role of trusted advisor. In recent years, Matt was able to take a risk do something many families dream of - spending twelve months in Bali with his wife and two young children, living as locals and very much pushing their comfort zone. Now based locally, outside of work their interests are shared between his own sporting passions of rugby, tennis and surfing along with his young children’s involvement in Manly SLSC Nippers and Seaforth Raiders Rugby.

Matt's reviews

  4.7  
Matt has 44 reviewsacross 14 different locations, showing 6.
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over 8 years ago
Honest, Hardworking, Knowledgable

Matt and Michael were a pleasure to deal with. From our first conversation they upfront, honest and knowledgeable. As the campaign progressed they also proved themselves as hardworking and result driven. As our apartment was tenanted at the time of sale, they had the uneasy task of managing multiple stakeholders. I truly believe they delivered the best result for us (the sellers), the buyer and the tenant. I highly recommend Matt, Michael and the whole team at Cunninghams.

over 8 years ago
Great Realestate Agent and Very Professional.

Very pleased with Mat Cleland in promoting, advertising and selling of our property in Manly. Mat was very professional, knew the area well and made this easy for us to leave things in his capable hands. I would highly recommend his services and the whole team at Cunninghams Realestate. Thank you team Cunninghams for being so informative and professional in all aspects.

over 8 years ago
A pleasure!

Dealing with Matt has been a pleasure. He has been extremely transparent throughout the whole sale process and worked hard to get a great result.

over 8 years ago
Selling a tenanted property

Recently my wife and I decided to sell a unit in Manly that we have owned for going on 20 years. We've retired, left Sydney and are looking at investing in our new local community. The problem was we had a tenant and we had agreed to extend the agreement another 12 months, which is not good planning but that is how it was. Normally a tenant may not be so much of a problem but our tenant's furniture had outgrown the unit and it was not in a presentable state for an auction. Cunningham's Matt Cleland decided to act as our agent and approached the tenant with some trepidation. Matt initially had some reassurance that perhaps the tenant was looking for a new home, having had a recent addition and the rental market being in their favour. However, months dragged by and then the tenant was visited from overseas relatives, which included their taking a vacation in Queensland. Things were not looking good and we had resigned ourselves to a 2018 sale, after the tenancy had expired. This is when Matt came to the fore and asked if he might go directly to investors and investment agencies, obviating an auction later in the year or early 2018. We agreed and with in a few weeks Matt had found an investor who wasn't bothered so much that the unit was tenanted and were willing to wait a few months before they started a renovation program. So in a nutshell Matt's lateral thinking satisfied everyone and saved the extra expense of an advertising and an auction, not to mention a few extra months investment of funds elsewhere on our behalf. Thanks Cunninghams and thanks Matt.

over 8 years ago
Outstanding Agent-Manly

We chose Matt Cleland of Cunningham's Real Estate to sell our apartment in Manly. We selected Matt not only because he was recommended by a Buyers Agent who we know and respect, but also because Matt and his team came across as very professional, with in-depth knowledge of the Manly property market and presented the right targeted marketing campaign. In addition, our property needed a good face lift and his team, particularly Ellena could not of done more, organising and meeting with painters, electrician, plumber ,property stylist etc. This saved me a great deal of time and enabled our property to be marketed & sold sooner. Matt achieved an excellent sales result, above our expectations. Through out the whole process Matt kept up too date and was a pleasure to deal with in what for the client can otherwise be a nervous and difficult time. We would not hesitate for a minute to recommend Matt Cleland of Cunninghams. Barb O'Brien & Karl Beckman

over 8 years ago
Excellent agent

From the start of the selling process Matt was professional and trustworthy. He has great communication skills and made sure we felt comfortable with every stage of the sale of our property. We would highly recommend Matt to sell your property. We are very happy with our result.

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