The Bailey family of Acacia Ave Punchbowl, found that due to ill health recently, it needed to sell the home that had been held in the family for 100 years. Although it was late November 2018, we were anxious to list the property before the Christmas/New Year break and avoid a likely increase in listings in the New Year and declining market. With a strong reputation and decades of experience in the area, we approached the Professionals Punchbowl, The business is operated by the Ristevski family. A commonsense discussion followed with both vendors and Michael Ristevski on the same page with a clear understanding of a realistic achievable sale price. A pre Christmas auction seemed the logical way to go. With only 3 weeks to market the property before the holiday breakup, Michael was confident he could put an advertising campaign together without cutting corners. He assured us his team would pull out all stops to get a result the family would be happy with. He explained every step and stage of his programme to get that result and guaranteed feedback without the need to chase him. All our questions and concerns (and there were many) were addressed at our meetings with him and his team. The auction proceeded on the 15th December 2018. Auctioneer Simon Keremelevski took control on the day with the enthusiasm a cooling market needed. Looking every bit like an orchestra conductor, all before him were in his hands and the bids accelerated from a typically slow start. With both professionalism and humour he negotiated through the serious and lighthearted offers made to him and the Ristevski team without need for a vendor bid. Soon the reserve was reached, after a brief chat with the contending bidders the offers continued with cheers and excited screams from the supporters of the bidders. Just as quickly it was done. Sold, for well above the reserve. Cheers, hugs and shrieks. Happy buyer and supporters and ecstatic vendors. Well done Professionals, 6 Stars !!!
