I've recently moved to the Barfoot & Thompson Takapuna Office to expand my career and provide better service across the entire North Shore after many very successful years at Beach Haven Office where I was awarded the Top Salesperson for the branch in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, & 2005.

Secrets of my success? I love selling real estate, I'm passionate about property, I love providing the best service to my clients and customers and I love working across the whole North Shore, where I have lived for most of the time since moving to New Zealand from England as a teenager in 1973. I live on Northcote Point in a 100 year old character cottage (slowly being renovated) with my wife Tiina, and our two children Aaria, at High School and James, at Primary School. Tiina is a Clinical and Industrial/Organisational Psychologist, who also assists me part time in my real estate business.

Real estate is a career which I take seriously, my only regret being that I didn’t enter the industry earlier: Apart from a few years as a schoolteacher, most of my working life has been in sales and marketing (Software, Office Automation, and the Building Industries), but I find real estate much more satisfying!

My personal promises to you:

1. Unbridled enthusiasm to achieve a top result for you.
2. To always give real, unfiltered feedback about price and other aspects of your property, so you can make informed decisions, rather than just telling you "what you want to hear".
3. To have genuine interest and respect for your needs as vendor, and strive to make it a painless process for purchasers.
4. To always look for ways to get your property get noticed: Please be open to my suggestions, even if some of them make you uncomfortable: I know what works!

Testimonials

What my clients say:


VENDOR FEEDBACK - ON CHOICE OF DAVID & PRICE ACHIEVED

“Dear David, thank you for your assistance in the sale of our house. You were fantastic throughout, seeing us through the negotiations to sell the property. We thank you for your total professionalism where you kept everything in a very realistic and achievable light and were available whenever necessary to put things together. We hugely appreciate the efforts you made on our behalf to put together a deal with the purchasers. We will not hesitate in recommending your services to others.” Mr & Mrs M Sprosen, Mairangi Bay

"On behalf of Maurie and myself thank you so much for looking after our property. We both think you did a superb job of marketing the property, looking after the open homes/follow-up and then achieving a great price for us." Mr & Mrs M Rendle

“Hi David, thank you again to you & all your team member's contributions towards of sale our unit. I am very impressed with to Barfoot & Thompson company who sold my unit under 1 month's short time, well done. I am absolutely will recommend Barfoot & Thompson's Beach Haven branch to all my families, friends and church members if they come cross buying or sales homes in the future. Good thing goes around." Mrs J Lai

"We were impressed with the professional way David advised us", "David was recommended to us and we felt he stood out above the other agents we met with his personable manner and appreciation of the property", "His feedback was thorough and detailed", "... found the follow up info very helpful and got a positive picture of feedback and price", "... went the extra mile", "David's personality was a big advantage to the campaign", "...very happy, exceeded expectations", "... yes (happy) exceeded expectations from buyer feedback", "... very pleased with the Auction success and the price achieved"

VENDOR FEEDBACK: WOULD YOU USE DAVID AGAIN?

"Yes - he had great attention to detail and listened to our needs and wants as we addressed them in the campaign. We liked getting alot of feedback", "Yes - found his enthusiasm and efforts to deliver information during the campaign very satisfactory", "We would recommend David to any of our friends who were thinking of selling their homes. We can see why David has been the Top Branch Salesperson for 5 years."

BUYER FEEDBACK:

“The best we have met. A great, straight, honest and very unpushy.”

"We both were very impressed with your style and helpfulness during the open home. So many estate agents could learn from you - well done"