Boroondara Buyers Advocates

Chris' expertise as a buyer advocate was instrumental in helping us secure our dream 4-bedroom family home in Boroondara. His deep knowledge of the Hawthorn, Kew, Camberwell, and Canterbury areas proved invaluable. Chris's relationships with local agents gave us access to off-market properties, ultimately leading to our perfect find. Over five months, Chris provided firm yet friendly advice, patiently answering our countless questions about various properties. His negotiation skills were impressive - he managed to reduce the vendor's expectations significantly, securing the property just below our budget and at an excellent price for the area. We were particularly impressed by Chris' strategic approach. His familiarity with local real estate agents and market dynamics helped us make compelling offers. We were surprised to hear the vendor describe Chris as 'really tough' - a testament to his ability to advocate firmly on our behalf while maintaining a friendly demeanor with us. Chris' experience in Boroondara, combined with his approachable nature and tenacity in negotiations, made our home-buying journey smoother than we ever expected. We wholeheartedly recommend Chris to anyone looking to purchase in the area.

We engaged Tim in February 2024 to assist us finding a new family house in Hawthorn. Being in the property industry I was initially sceptical whether a buyer advocate was warranted for us. However, after going through the process I am glad that we engaged Tim as we got a wonderful result with an opportunity we would not have seen without Tim representing us. Before we engaged Tim he gave advice on our existing house and advised our place was special, hard to replace and recommended for us to stay rather than sell and look elsewhere. This built a lot of trust in him as there was no incentive for Tim to give that opinion as it risked losing us as potential clients. In the end we were able to get the perfect house for us, at a great price. It was off market and put to us without any one else having access to it. It was comfortably the best property over our search journey and we are thrilled to have secured this house. Tim is a leader in the field, particularly with family houses in Boroondara and Stonnington. I would strongly recommend him to anyone considering engaging a buyer advocate.

Having looked to purchase our first home for over 2 years without success, Chris and BuyerX were recommended to us by a friend. Chris' impact was immediately noticeable. Chris was diligent, took the load off of us inspecting properties and dealing with agents, was honest and open when he didn't think a property met our expectations and priorities (even if we thought it did!), and was incredibly proactive and patient with us. We also learned very quickly that real estate is very much a relationships game, and Chris has all the relationships with all the agents. This turned out to be invaluable for arranging private inspections (often on short notice), and providing information on pre-auction offers that we otherwise would not have had access to and which ultimately led to our first purchase off market in our dream suburb despite a highly competitive process. We would not have been able to purchase our home without Chris, and could not recommend him and the team at BuyerX more highly.

Chris appeared on our behalf for an auction just before Easter for a property that was very popular and we were very keen on. Along with his colleague, Tim Picken, we had discussed the auction strategy at length and on Saturday morning it was all about execution. Chris’ demeanour from the outset was focussed and conveyed that he was there to win. And win he did! His bidding was strong and confident but controlled in that he secured the property for us at a reasonable price and well within the budget we had given him. Needless to say we were very pleased with the outcome.