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The following are extracts of written testimonials we have received from some of our past clients. We will be happy to put you in touch with any of our past clients so you can speak with them directly regarding their experience of using our services.
Buying a property in Sydney has become a huge commitment and a really stressful process. Henny and Oliver were with us all the way from the search process right through to settlement and beyond. Their industry knowledge, commitment and integrity were superb, and they got us successfully into a house we couldn’t be happier with – thank you!
M. & N. Viswanathan
Categories: Upgraders, Out-of-Area BuyersWe recently worked with Oliver and his team to acquire an investment property. Oliver was professional and worked patiently with us to achieve our goal, at the pace we wanted to take our search. His weekly emails detailing the shortlisted properties made our Saturday morning viewings relatively stress-free and and he was strategic when it came to the final negotiations. We would highly recommend Oliver and hope to be able to utilise his services again for our next property investment.
C. & P. Grover
Categories: InvestorsI wanted to thank you again for your guidance in the purchase of our home. Our neighbours are just wonderful, and this street is so safe for our kids to ride their bikes and climb trees outside. After scanning the market with the benefit of hindsight, there was no other property that suited our needs and budget that sold in this area over the past year. This house seems like a magic rabbit you pulled out of your hat, Oliver!
I continue to give your cards to clients who would benefit from your help, and I know they will be well served in the current market by engaging you.
L. & P. Aylett
Categories: UpgradersI engaged OH Property for its ‘negotiation only’ services and thoroughly enjoyed working with Oliver, Henny and their team. I looked for a week or two on my own, but realised immediately that I would benefit from having an informed advocate on my side – someone I could trust, who really knew his or her way around the market and all the accompanying processes. I knew exactly what I was looking for and in which neighbourhood, so I was happy to do the searching on my own, and then ‘activate’ OH Property when I found a property I was interesting in making a bid on.
I felt very supported throughout the whole process; decisions that would have been complicated and time-consuming on my own became easy with Oliver’s advice and questioning. By the time the auction rolled around, I felt like an informed consumer who had really done my due diligence, thanks to advice and guidance from Oliver and his team. I wasn’t worried about missing an important step, or being taken advantage of by an agent. It was amazing how much of a difference having this confidence made to my outlook on the entire situation.
S. Tyner
Categories: DownsizersAfter purchasing a home unit with the assistance of Oliver Stier from OH Property Group, my wife and I have agreed that we will never again attempt to buy a property without the help of a buyer’s agent. …
Recently we decided to buy a home unit in Sydney, somewhere on the north side of the Harbour and reasonably close to the city. As we live in the country about 4 hours from Sydney, travelling twice a week to Sydney for open inspections and then getting totally tied up in traffic quickly lost its attraction, and we realised we needed help. Having heard through the North Shore Mums Facebook page of OH Property Group, we contacted them and arranged a meeting with Oliver.
Oliver worked with us to understand our budget, our preferred living locations and our major priorities. As a result of this, we were able to limit our focus to three suburbs rather than chasing all over the lower North Shore. Oliver then suggested a shortlist of possibilities which enabled us to refine our priorities and focus on realistic options within our budget. Eventually we jointly arrived at a final shortlist of two possibilities.
We did, however, have some concerns about each of these, which we were able to work through with Oliver, to the point where we were comfortable about making an offer. Oliver guided us through this process, helped us decide on an opening bid, presented the bid and, to our amazement, had it accepted – at a much lower price than we had expected to pay. As there was at least one higher offer on the table (but apparently with some conditions attached), Oliver pointed out that speed was of the essence and helped us to ensure everything was in place to obtain a quick acceptance. He then assisted in interfacing with the Conveyancer and the vendor’s representatives, in reviewing and commenting on the contract, and in acting for us in the exchange of contracts.
As we were overseas at the time of settlement, Oliver then arranged with the vendor’s agent for a pre-settlement inspection in conjunction with our son. As our son had not previously seen the property but needed to sign on our behalf, Oliver was able to advise him on whether the property was indeed what we had signed for.
We are very happy with the outcome, and are very certain that we could not have achieved this without Oliver’s involvement.
J. & R. Robertson
Categories: Downsizers, Out-of-Area BuyersWe have known about Henny, Oliver and OH Property for some time, but we had not considered using them for our last purchase as we thought we could ‘save’ some money and do the legwork ourselves.
That resulted in us spending lots of weekends trekking across the North Shore, looking at dozens of houses and watching the market keep rising and rising. This time round, we decided to be smart about things and let the professionals do what they are great at! Our mind was made up when we heard stories from friends who have used OH Property and how easy and stress free the process was. …
We contacted Henny immediately and off we went!
From the moment we met with Henny and Oliver, we were most impressed with their high level of professionalism and passion about property. We felt that they listened to our needs and our wishes. They were very patient in working with us to find us a suitable home, and Henny especially was very good at keeping us focused on the important things. We never felt pressured into purchasing. In fact, Henny would often say she’d rather us rent than buy a property that wasn’t suitable.
Their market knowledge and insight is second to none. They are able to see dozens of properties a week which saved us time and money. This also enables them to be aware of the most up to date news in the property market. This definitely provided us with an advantage because they were able to help us value and compare properties on the market more accurately. This also allows them to negotiate hard on our behalf to secure the best price possible.
We were kept informed through each step of the process. After only 4 weeks they found us our next family home! It was an off the market listing which we would never have known of if we had not engaged them. They handled the negotiations with the selling agent and paperwork. Everything went through smoothly. We had nothing to stress about. The property we purchased was an excellent property in a good location and at a great price. It exceeded our expectations.
On another note, we had to sell before we could buy, and even though Henny is a buyers agent, she actually worked with us every step of the way through the sale process, including recommending good selling agents for us to interview, giving us her opinion on how the selling process was going and giving us market knowledge of other properties competing with ours. We selected an excellent selling agent who then ran an outstanding campaign, resulting in us selling above our reserve.
We would highly recommend OH Property to anyone wanting to buy their next home or investment property. If you want to make an informed purchasing decision, save on time, stress less and not overpay for a property, we would encourage you to contact OH Property.
Henny and Oliver, we will definitely be using your services again for our next property. Thank you for helping us find a great family home.
I. Chan & V. Ong
Categories: UpgradersAfter many long months of dragging the children around to open homes, we were starting to lose the will. During that time we had become lost and confused by the Sydney property market, never knowing if we were on the right track or completely out of our league. So we decided to use Henny and it was the best decision we could have made. Finally we were able to see all the things we had been doing wrong in our search for a new home. Henny sat us down and helped us identify what it was we really wanted and what we would need to do to get it. Her in-depth market knowledge and analysis guided us through volatile property market. Henny and Oliver worked tirelessly with us and remained patient, even on the days when we lost our confidence and found decision making difficult. When we finally found our dream home, Henny and Oliver used every tool they had to secure that property for us at a fantastic price. We are so grateful for all of the advise and assistance they gave to us, we would have no hesitation in recommending their services for anyone trying to purchase a property.
S. & A. Knispel
Categories: UpgradersI highly recommend OH Property as a buyer’s agent. I had heard nothing but excellent reviews about Henny and Oliver through the North Shore Mum’s Facebook group. At our initial meeting Henny mentioned that their average time to buy a home was 6 weeks. Previously we had looked on and off for months in a very hot market. With a string of bad luck and being quite picky I thought we would be the ones to blow this out of the water, but 5 weeks later we exchanged contracts. …
We were the first people in to view the house the day after it was listed. The first official open was crazy with 100 people through but we already had our ducks in a row and made an offer on the Monday. Without our secret weapon we would have had no chance. Without them we would still be looking or would have given up. We now live 200 metres from our son’s school, across the road from his vacation care and swimming lessons and a stroll down the hill to his rugby club.
Henny and Oliver are dedicated, tireless, genuine people who are committed to their role. They juggled sick children, international travel and our offer strategy and house purchase with utmost professionalism. In fact I have no idea when they sleep.
They have considerable knowledge and experience and have great contacts to make the process smooth and can quickly rule out unsuitable properties. I often push through without help, I want to do things by myself but for the biggest purchase of our lives I wanted an expert on my side.
If you want your weekends back, if you have more emails from Domain than your partner, even if you are skeptical contact Henny.
L. & A. Pfeiffer
Categories: UpgradersAt the beginning of the year, we moved to Sydney from California and after a few months decided that we wanted to look into buying a house and getting ourselves settled. The housing market in the San Francisco Bay Area is hot but we quickly found it is nothing compared to Sydney. In addition to the prices and competition, the concept of 30 minute home inspections and the thought of going to auction absolutely terrified us. It was such a different process from what we were used to. After a couple of months of looking and a few failed purchase attempts it became very clear that we needed help. …
I had read a couple of articles on Buyers Agents and we felt that this might be the best approach for us to take.
I had seen OH Property Group constantly recommended on the North Shore Mums Facebook page. As soon as I spoke to Henny it was very clear to me how they could help us and the competitive advantage we would potentially have over other buyers. After just the first weekend of working with Henny and Oliver we could see that they not only understood the property market on the Lower North Shore but also understood our brief. Six weeks in and we purchased a beautiful house in Cremorne that ticked almost all of our boxes (and ticked some boxes that weren’t even on our list!). We purchased the house off-market which allowed us to avoid competitive bids, having to go to auction and paying more than the house was worth. We could not be happier and cannot wait to move in.
I don’t think we could have done this without OH Property Group. It was so helpful to have someone who was out there every weekend looking at all potential properties that might meet our brief. Oliver and Henny are so familiar with the area and the real estate agents that they know about properties before anyone else which is a big advantage over other buyers. Real estate agents know that Buyer’s Agents are motivated purchasers and take them much more seriously.
As a buyer you are so emotionally vested in the process and it is so easy for this to get in the way of being objective and making a sound purchase. Having someone working for us who was completely objective and could keep us focused on our brief was very reassuring. They had never ending patience as we got familiar with the purchasing process in Australia, fluctuated on properties and got cold feet and seemed to know when and when not to push.
Buying a house is a huge investment and the money spent on a Buyer’s Agent was money well spent and a small amount in the whole scheme. I am hoping we have found our dream home and never need to move but if we do, I would not hesitate to use OH Property again.
G. & T. Kilfoil
Categories: Expats, First Time Home BuyersWe were just enjoying the great terrace of our home today as the weather has warmed up and Tanja mentioned that there is hardly a day where she doesn’t think of you. We are so grateful that you finally found the house for us to settle in and where we enjoy every day of our busy life now. After searching, by all honesty half hearted, for our own home which would not be too far from work, in a good quiet area and also not too far away from public transport and with access to the Northern Beaches, you found the house for us that ticked all the boxes. Your honesty and professional guidance in this crazy buyers market in Sydney eased off so much pressure from us and reassured us that there would be the home we are looking for and that would suit our budget. After all, it only took two weeks after we engaged you for the full market search for you to find the home for us; which was amazing after so much disappointment while trying to be lucky on our own. We never regretted a single moment that we have spent the money to engage you and make our dream come true. Thanks again for guiding us through this journey.
Boesch Family
Categories: First Time Home Buyers, Out-of-Area BuyersPublished in Sydney Morning Herald on August 27, 2023
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Henny and Oliver moved quickly to help us to secure the property at a great price. This was before the house has even been listed for sale. I have no doubt that it would have sold for a much higher price had it been put on the market.
They proved themselves spot on with their estimates of the expected sales prices of properties we viewed.
Oliver is a person with high integrity who always has the client’s best interest as a priority.
Your knowledge and expertise in what you do is incredible and the enthusiasm in which you put into your work is so evident in everything you do.
We felt like we were on the winning team from the time we called them. I just wish we had done it earlier!
It was like watching a chess game unfold and Henny was able to think several steps ahead and take control of the negotiation process. It was nice to be in the driver’s seat for a change.
Having a buyers’ agent represent us at auctions helped relieve a lot of our stress. It was great to finally have an upper hand at an auction situation for we had the best people working for us.
The property we ended up buying had 17 contracts out on the first open house inspection. Henny knew how to get us to the finish line by positioning us correctly and having an open communication with the real estate agent.
We have bought three other properties on our own before. However, compared to our past purchase experiences, this time it was so much easier.
We were advised to let the Auction for our new house pass-in and in the end, we acquired the property for $165,000 below the Vendor’s Bid at auction. This savings means the Buyers’ Agent fees essentially paid for themselves multiple times over.
In an industry rife with ethically challenged real estate agents it has been a real relief to have a buyer’s agent who possesses such a strong sense of ethics.
OH Property Group was proactive, efficient, and always available during each step of the buying process. During our search we never felt rushed in making any irrational decisions and were able to digest all information in our own time.
Oliver was thorough, considered, and he took time to understand our situation and tailored his approach accordingly.
OH Property Group’s professionalism and tireless work ethic achieved the impossible in an impossible time frame. Without their help, I wouldn’t have even looked at the property I ended up buying.
We were very impressed by their dedication, excellent service and attention to detail. Their expertise and advice are invaluable and gave us great comfort to know that one of our biggest financial purchases was a sensible one.
Watching Oliver strategize throughout the process was like watching a beautiful piece of art – he made so many moves which ultimately resulted in significant savings for us, not to mention a very smooth and relaxed process.
To think that we could have bought an ill fitting house for too much money and with possible regret, it’s really made us feel relieved that we have used your services to find the perfect house for us and at good value too.
Without their help it is unlikely that we would have even inspected the apartment we bought, and not only does it meet all our needs but the purchase price was at the lower end of our budget.
We are truly happy with our new home. We were able to get a better price than if we had acted alone. OH Property Group’s professionalism and experienced negotiation tactics really landed us with the best outcome.
More than making sure we were paying a fair price, Henny and Oliver asked us the right questions to understand what we valued in a property as a couple. They also took into consideration the stage of life we are in and our plans for the future.
We found the experience of using a buyers’ agent to be very liberating. It took a load off our minds. It was definitely money well spent and we would definitely recommend your services to others!
It was a big weight off our shoulders to know that an experienced agent was bidding on our behalf at the auction which minimised the stress of the day. We feel very satisfied that we have made a good investment in a great area.
Our Buyers’ Agent took away all the guesswork, did all the investigation and due diligence and presented us with everything we needed to know in order to make a well informed decision.
Oliver represented us at the Auction, let it pass in and then negotiated a price much lower than what we had been willing to pay.
I feel that Oliver and Henny were completely honest and open, working with only my best interests at hand.
The negotiation process was handled in a highly skilled, efficient and impressive manner and the property secured at the right price within a matter of days despite the competition.
From the moment we started working with Henny, her dedication to her clients became clear. We always found her to be incredibly insightful, thorough and trustworthy. In all things, she truly went above and beyond for us.
You reacted quickly at any time of the day to my requests for further information and appraisal and I believe that you understood my needs and could be trusted to provide reliable information.
Our Buyers Agents were able to provide important advice about the manner in which we should communicate with the Vendor in order to make an offer on the property clearly and confidently – despite our offering well below the asking price.
Once the search started, we were really impressed by the frequency and quality of the communication, as well as the responsiveness to any questions we had.
