Process

You make the decision.
We do everything else.

A full search and acquisition is not a menu of extras. Every stage is included, from the first proper conversation through to the day the keys are in your hand.

How we can help

However much of it you want us to carry.

Not everyone needs the full search. Some have already found the house and simply want someone else negotiating when it counts.

Full search & acquisition

The complete engagement. We find it, assess it, negotiate it and see it through to settlement.

Auction bidding

You have found it. We handle the strategy and the bidding, so the room cannot rush you.

Negotiation only

You have found it and want it bought well. We take it from there, with the data behind every move.

Vendor advocacy

Selling as well as buying. We help you choose the agent and keep the campaign honest.

Where we look

Most of them never reach a listing site.

The right one rarely waits for you to find it first. We look across every channel, because the best homes are often never listed anywhere at all.

i  /  On market

Every live listing, filtered against your brief rather than the algorithm's.

ii  /  Off market

The relationships that surface a property before it ever goes public.

iii  /  Pre market

The ones that never reach a listing site at all.

iv  /  Post market

Withdrawn from sale and quietly still available. We follow them up.

v  /  Targeted

A property you already have in mind. We approach the owner directly.

The property odyssey

Six stages, one long sail.

Some searches take five weeks. Some take fourteen months. We get there either way, and we will not hurry you into the wrong harbour.

i

Brief

What you want, what you need, and what you will not compromise on.

ii

Search & inspect

The full market, on, off and pre. We inspect and shortlist for you, with photos, video and an honest read.

iii

Analyse & check

A proper market analysis before any offer, and everything underneath it checked properly. Building and pest, searches, flood, easements.

iv

Negotiate

Price and terms, with the data and the relationships behind us.

v

Settle

Your solicitor handles the legal work. We chase and check everything else, so nothing slips between signing and the keys.

vi

Celebrate

Keys in hand. Genuinely the best part.

What we look for

What a listing cannot tell you.

Bedrooms and land size are the easy part. The harder question is whether a house holds the life you want to live inside it, and whether it still will in years to come. If you are buying to hold rather than to live in, it is the same question asked differently: who else will want this, and for how long.

Line drawing of a pool and garden on a still afternoon
Late afternoon, the water still, and nobody in any hurry to go inside.

What it means for you

You stop doing this on your own.

We are engaged by you and paid by you alone. We take nothing from agents or sellers, which is exactly what keeps the advice clean. Everything is set out plainly in writing before we begin.

No divided loyalty

We never accept commission from an agent or a seller.

No end date

There is no set finish line. We keep going until we find the right home.

No surprises

Everything agreed in writing up front, so you always know where things stand.

Questions

The questions nobody wants to ask first.

What does it cost?

Two parts. An engagement fee to begin, which is what puts us to work on your search, and then a percentage of the purchase price plus GST once we have bought it. The percentage is the same whichever service you engage us for. We will give you both numbers on the first call, once we know what you are asking us to do, and whatever they are, they are agreed in writing before anything begins with nothing added later.

How long does a search take?

Ten weeks on average from brief to contract, though it depends entirely on the brief. Some take five weeks, some take considerably longer, and we would rather take the time than buy you the wrong house.

What if we don't find something?

Then we keep going. There is no set finish line and no pressure from us to settle for something that is not right.

Do you work outside Brisbane?

We buy across inner city Brisbane and the bayside. If your search sits just outside that, have a conversation with us and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.

Do you take on competing briefs?

No. If a new enquiry overlaps with a client we are already working for, we say so at the outset and turn it down. You are never bidding against someone we also represent.

Let us find your kaló haus.

A first conversation costs nothing and is the easiest place to begin.

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