We started looking to downsize our home and met Simon many times over the 18 months of our search in the local area before we found the right property. We had already decided to call on Simon to sell our home when the time came. Simon has a great knowledge of our local area, a real interest in people and the ability to make the whole process straight forward and open. Success with the sale of our home was recently followed up when we engaged Simon to sell our elderly mother's home. Simon had the confidence of all the family involved in this process, and our very sincere thanks for a brilliant job.

Simon has great knowledge of the local area, he is very professional in his approach and practical in giving advice in regards to value of the property. He listens to what you want and is honest in giving feedback from buyers. I found him to be punctual, professional with a quiet confidence that is reassuring.

We selected Simon over other agents based on his down to earth attitude and no fluffying around, he is open and honest, which is what we want. He's given us directions as to how to improve our property for sale. Throughout the process he had always updated us with the progress and what the feedback was from the market, we were never kept outside the loop. Even though our property didn't sell at auction, we had an offer straight after, and better offers a week later which was sold above our reserve price. We thank Simon for his work and sincerely recommend him to others.

We have now used Simon a couple of times to sell a property, we have also bought from him. We have never been disappointed with the outcome, he is always professional and a pleasure to work with. We would not hesitate in recommending Simon to anyone needing a real estate agent. Cheryl and Brett Randall Parkdale

Hi Simon, I would like to commend you on your out standing service and advice on the sale of my property. Many thanks Paul Peters

Simon has been invaluable in achieving the successful sale of my property. From the start, he had done a lot of research on my property and presented a concise advertising sales campaign to me. He kept me constantly updated with progress reports from the Open House days and internet activity. Prior to the day, Simon stepped me through the process of the auction. His advice on various aspects of the sales campaign was accurate and ultimately achieved a great outcome for me. Thank you Simon.

Simon Wendt of Hocking Stuart Mentone, recently sold our home of 32 years. We found Simon a knowledgeable and professional Real Estate Agent, who was a pleasure to deal with. Always considerate and patient, and never pushy, he gave us confidence as he calmly led us through the auction process to a fantastic result above and beyond our expectations. He gave good honest advice, always in our best interest, and he listened carefully and thoughtfully to all our queries and concerns. He explained everything thoroughly and in depth, making sure we understood completely as he guided and assisted us in our decision making. He was always available, was prompt to reply to calls and never keep us waiting. His reports after inspections were informative and detailed. At all times we were treated with respect, and we felt confident and well looked after by a caring and capable agent, who gave us a great result. P.S. The wine & flowers Simon sent after the sale was a lovely thought.

We recently used Simon to sell our property with an extremely satisfying outcome. Simon's greatest strength was his support and contacts prior to opening our house to prospective buyers. We had multiple unexpected complications and Simon always had an accessible and skilful expert to rectify the challenges we faced. Simon also kept us well informed of sale interest and prospective buyers.

We would have no hesitation in recommending Simon. He personally handled the sales campaign and the auction of our investment property. His advice regarding the marketing strategy for our property and his recommendation of hiring display furniture assisted in the sale. Simon's honesty was appreciated, there was not the overstated price range given to obtain our business nor was there the night before briefing, where you'd be advised that there was limited interest in your property and may wish to reduce your reserve as you won't get the price you want. Infact on the day of the auction Simon worked extremely hard to extract bids from those interested parties, obtaining an excellent sale price result for us. We wouldn't hesitate to use Simon's services again and strongly recommend that you consider engaging him. Yours faithfully, Greg and Gayle Peters 130 Oak Avenue, Mentone 3194

We were extremely happy with Simon as our agent on the recent sale of our house. He was very efficient, friendly and went above and beyond our expectations. Simon kept us well informed throughout the whole campaign and helped make the process and easy and stress-free as possible. I would highly recommend Simon to anyone in need of a real estate agent and we will certainly be calling upon him should we need an agent in the future.

I originally purchased my Latrobe Street property from Simon @ Hocking Stuart, I felt at the time he was excellent to deal with. Whilst owning the property we maintained our relationship, Simon kept me informed on the real estate market and the trending of the local area. On deciding to sell my property it was always going to be Hocking Stuart Mentone, their knowledge and advice of the local area was excellent, this in my view assisted with achieving the best possible result for my property.

Simon's knowledge, experience and understanding of the local Bayside property market was evident when he advised us on selling our property in Mentone. His advertising campaign and negotiating skills enabled us to obtain a very satisfactory sale price. Simon is a highly competent and dedicated professional, focused on delivering the best outcome for his vendor. Francene and Chris Seeber