Marlene helped me to buy my first home and was great to deal with throughout the process. She was genuine, responsive when answering my (many) questions and made sure I felt supported throughout the process. I would not hesitate to recommend her services to others.
In a very hard market, Marlene worked tirelessly to get the result we wanted. She kept me updated regularly and I can't fault her communication skills. Marlene has years of Real Estate experience and knowledge and it shows. I wouldn't hesitate to use Marlene for any future sales or purchases I make and would highly recommend her to others.
We first met Marlene in July 2025 when we inspected one of her properties and she subsequently brought us through a few more she thought might suit us. Although we didn’t end up proceeding with purchasing at that time, she took the time to understand what we were looking for and kept in contact with us (we are based in Australia), sending through properties that she thought we might be interested. 6 months later, we reconnected to inspect another property that her group was listing. She spent a lot of time with us, making sure all of our questions were answered and she helped us to make an offer that was ultimately accepted by the vendor. In the end, we bought the perfect property for our needs and we couldn’t have done it without Marlene. Throughout the entire process she was warm, honest, inquisitive and accommodating. She made the process of purchasing a property very easy - I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Marlene was such a great pleasure to deal with. She was very open and honest and helpful making the process of looking at the house, inspections and putting in our offer as easy as possible.
The first impression we had was a warm and very smiley welcome . As we arrived just as the open home was closing we were about to drive off but Marlene was packing up and came to our car and said off course come through the property . No hurry . Take your time . Being our first open home in the area we felt very at ease . And to getaway feel of what lovely people/ community sprit there us in Mangawhai . Loved the house but we’re only just looking at this stage to see if we would like to make this or permanent home after 20 years of holidays up this way . Time went by and we looked at many homes , but eventually came back to this one , felt like we had come home . So here we are 5 weeks later having our first night in our new home . Marlene was impeccable , communicative, warm, kind and helped us feel as ease through the whole process. We couldn’t recommend her any more highly to sell your home or guide you with buying your new one Thankyou Marlene from B & T.
Marlene had a lot of patience navigating the deal and then all the condition’s to get it closed. Very professional and had good knowledge of both vendor and buyer. Thank you!
We purchased our new home through Marlene and Dennis from Wallace & Stratton Real Estate in August 2019. We found our dealings with Marlene and Dennis, to be excellent and totally professional. They provided us the opportunity to work a solution that benefited the outcome of the sale for all parties and at all times, we were kept fully informed. We would have no hesitation in dealing with Marlene and Dennis for any future sales/purchases and would recommend them to other parties for their real estate transactions. Debbie and Grant Gilmore.
