Purchasing a house for the first time on my own is a scary process. Michele helped me through the process and explained how it works. She was always open for questions at any time of day. Michele comes across as a wahine with warmth and aroha and I am grateful to have met her on this journey of purchasing a new home.
Michele Mathieson
Mike had the difficult task of selling both our home and rental property so that we could purchase our "forever dream-home". We were very nervous about whether both properties could be sold in time to to meet the finance deadline for our purchase, but Mike's marketing campaign was top notch, he gave us honest realistic price expectations (other agents often give inflated estimates to get you to sign with them). Mike also gave us great advice on how to improve our properties value prior to going live with the marketing campaigns. throughout the process Mike was methodical, and displayed confidence in his marketing strategy - Even despite the un announced level 3 lockdown happening the day after the campaign went live! With the challenge of level 3 lockdown, Mike slightly adjusted his game-plan to suit and still got us sale prices well over expectation, and in half the allocated time! if lockdown put him under pressure, it certainly did show! Mike went way beyond what other agents have provided for us in the past, with landscaping advice, and issues we have regarding moving, and storage. We are moving into our "forever dream home" in a few weeks, and I think it is safe to say it would probably not be happening if we had chosen a different agent. In future we will only be dealing with Mike, and we thoroughly recommend him. To quote the movie Lone Survivor - "Mike Murphy? ...... The Mike Murphy!"
Mike Murphy
I have bought and sold three properties with Mike in the past four years. His calm manner, professionalism, in-depth industry knowledge, and transparent approach made the whole selling and buying experience go very smoothly. I could ask him anything (even 'silly questions') and he would respond with an answer I could understand. Mike is an excellent communicator. He has been a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend him for all your real estate needs.
Mike Murphy
Have just bought our first home through Mike Murphy. Even though he was acting for vendor, we felt he had our best interests in mind as well. He is very professional and very proactive. He made the buying process stress free for us. We shared with him how bad our experience with a previous failed transaction went and he said “we will change that”, he definitely did! Mike is highly recommended whether you are buying or selling. He is the man!
Mike Murphy
Buying a house was for me a very unpleasant experience. It starts with viewing properties online. You will then waste your weekends visiting said properties to discover the agent has taken very misleading photos and generally have been untruthful in the property write up. My experience with Mike was different. It appeared to begin the same. The house was really well presented on Trademe. I went to the open home fully expecting it to be a shitter. Au contraire, if anything Mike had under sold the house. Meeting Mike he was friendly, and not over bearing like a distrustful salesman. He let me inspect the house undisturbed. The open home was very busy, with a lot of interest. I wanted to view the house again on the Monday night, Mike was really accommodating. There was no pressure to buy. I made an offer that night. It went multi offer, and mine was selected. I put this down to the sound advice given by Mike that night. In a nutshell, the industry is full of snakes. Mike is not one of these. This was my first home purchase. If I had met Mike earlier in the game I feel the whole house purchase experience would have been better. Cheers Mike!
Mike Murphy
To be honest, I am never going to use another real estate agent other than Mike Murphy again. Communication was excellent, worked around my time frames that I had available, advice was spot on AAA+++ x100
Mike Murphy
Good to work with professional kept me informed all the way through can’t fault work with mike anytime
Mike Murphy
I just want to thank-you for the great work you did in selling our rental property which is very much appreciated. This was done in extreme circumstances while were repatriating from overseas, combined with the COVID-19 virus and New Zealand being in lockdown of which we acknowledge was no easy task in both dealing with us and the market environment. In this challenging environment, you were able to present multi offers which put us in a great position to negotiate and maximise our sale price. Thank you for your patience and understanding of our situation, the result was the perfect outcome for us to plan for our future back in New Zealand and we truly appreciate your professionalism, market knowledge, energy and effort in presenting and negotiating on our behalf to achieve a sale in what can only be described as a challenging and uncertain environment due to COVID-19 – absolutely brilliant outcome!
Mike Murphy
Mike has an excellent market knowledge and real capacity to apply a personal understanding to an individual situation. I have been thoroughly impressed with how easy and stress-free the process of selling has been for me. Calling Mike for a customized sale solution that truly catered to my situation was a great decision, and I look forward to working with him again to find a property as a buyer.
Mike Murphy
We first approached Mike a year prior to selling our home, however circumstances changed meaning we had to put the house-selling business on hold. From the time we first approached Mike to when we finally listed, Mike would call and check in with us to keep us in the loop with how sales were in the area. This personal contact was the ultimate deciding factor to list with Mike over any other agent. Mike and his assistant Jo were both super efficient with the paperwork and their communication was top notch. Mike set realistic expectations and were extremely happy with the process. We would definitely recommend Mike and if we were to sell again we would definitely approach him. Thanks Mike!
Mike Murphy
Mike was easy and fast to work with while being extremely informative. Made buying our first house a breeze!
Mike Murphy
I had the pleasure of listing with Mike Murphy, an exceptionally lovely young man, who was recommended to me by a friend. We went through the photos and property blurb together and my property sold within a week for a great price. Mike is very genuine and professional and he listened to my thoughts on my property and how i'd like it marketed and I felt included in the whole process. I would be very happy to recommend him and Bayleys to represent other vendors. Having sold and purchased a few homes over the years I must say this experience has been the most stress-free and enjoyable.” S Creed
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