Leah Salvesen

It’s 2026 and the housing market has fallen to slump. While many agents sales numbers had fallen away, Leah was different. Her analysis of the housing market and years of experience meant that we knew what to expect over the coming weeks. Leah assured me from day 1 that she would work around the clock to get this house sold and that she did. We ran a strong campaign, tied in with the McCartney Marketing excellence and had the house under a conditional contract within 3 weeks. Work for Leah doesn’t stop at offer number 1 however. Offer number 2 presented the following week without conditions. Our house was sold, it’s THAT easy. Next step, find the new home. Leah and Dave showed us through a number of listing that would suit our needs. We scrolled the property apps for months but it seemed all the best listings were signed up with the Leah and Team McCartney. Leah organised a private viewing for us on the perfect property. She guided us through the process of putting in an offer and gave strong advice on the negotiation. Selling and buying success! We are a couple weeks away from settling into our dream home in Cockle Bay and Leah couldn’t have made this process any easier. If you are even thinking about selling or buying a home in east Auckland, give Leah a call. You’d be silly not to.

We were so fortunate that we chose Leah to be our agent. We made the decision to sell our home just as the Iran conflict erupted resulting in an immediate slowing of the property market. Leah encouraged us to keep going. She worked tirelessly to attract potential buyers to view our home, and then followed up each enquiry. Leah kept us well informed of developments as well as remaining optimistic that a result would be achieved. Ultimately a sale was concluded in a timely manner and at a price that was satisfactory to all. Thank you Leah for a good job particularly well done.

Our sales team from Howick Branch of Ray White Dave and Leah were just amazing we were so tense and nervous of going down this track in a sale market of negativity floating around us all they just placed us at ease and comforted us on all angles and made this a journey of excitement in a challenging market we were facing. They were not scared to think outside of the box of imagination and adventure and from this they certainly delivered one hundred percent of this to our marketing process to the point we thought we were on a movie set of a Peter Pan adventure but in our case our Peter Pan was Dave McCarthy and his amazing team. Our potential buyer came through basically the first day of marketing perhaps it was Daves stage coach being pulled up by his loyal horses to the gate or even the visit we had from Tiger Woods for a golf match but to our surprise and his team they didn't know that Dave had a hidden talent of specking Italian. They were all amazing comforting and were so positive on this short journey with us from which Dave, Leah and team have left us truly humbled. Thank you so very much team for this adventure and the energy you gave us for always reaching for the star of a dream and to not look at just a sale of a home but to climb aboard the stage coach to be part of the experience of an amazing adventure. very Kind regards Cameron and Gayle

Leah stands out in her ultra diligence and effort to represent the property in its best light. She was consistently available whilst never leaving a stone unturned. Her detailed vendor’s reports meant I never (not once) had to enquire as to interest levels or outcomes. I’d call Leah ‘tirelessly committed’ - to say she went ‘the extra mile’ is such an understatement. The marketing was stylish and eye catching, something she checked she had right from my perspective - which I really appreciated being included in. Leah lent impartial advise on her insights to the market when asked. She has the kind of social/business intelligence required to guide when requested but makes no assumptions, outside of being an excellent salesperson with the vendor’s interests at forefront of her mind. That said, she was deeply honest and clearly commmunicated the rightful needs of my purchaser also. I felt a depth of trust and consideration in Leah that I know are qualities of a bygone era. Salespeople such as she, are hard to find. Seek her out! You won’t regret it!

thank you for a stress free sale

Leah and Ara had great market knowledge, knew the climate, understood the pro's and con's and were up front and honest not just with us but potential buyers also. we navigated the marketing and staging with harmony and it bought great results. highly recommended.