Having Sophie as my agent, along with Jacquie, made the experience of selling my house, a truly pleasant one. She was incredibly knowledgeable and delivered in a timely and professional manner. Above all Sophie is a genuine delight to be with, and I am sure purchases immediately felt at ease and comfortable with her, which I felt was very important to have in an agent. I would highly recommend Sophie as your agent.
Sophie was great to work with, her market knowledge, second to none. Available and quick with any questions we had. Buying through Sophie was a breeze!
Sophie is a fantastic realtor. She has great communication skills and has always been extremely responsive to any queries, big or small. Sophie made the whole sales experience stress free. She gave good sound advice, using her extensive local knowledge, she was a huge help to us and did a wonderful job. Sophie was a pleasure to work with.
Sophie was the consummate professional right throughout our sale in a tricky falling market. We always had upfront discussions and set the plan in place to achieve an acceptable outcome. She was well informed and super easy to deal with. Would definitely use Soph again.
We saw our dream house on a Sunday, went back for another look on the Tuesday and signed the Purchase and Sale agreement that night! We found Sophie to be very professional, knowledgeable and very helpful (she helped change a flat tyre)! We would definitely recommend her.
Sophie recently sold our property it was a pleasure to work with her nothing was too much trouble. Sophie’s communication was a highlight she always followed up and used different ways to communicate making it easy and we always felt she was working hard for us . We would recommend Sophie to anyone looking to sell she really is a class act.
Working with Sophie and the Sothebys Team with the sale of our house in Havelock North was a stress free experience. The market knowledge of Sophie and more so, how Sophie and her team dealt with the potential buyers made us feel very well informed through out the whole marketing campaign. We had no doubt that Sophie got us the best price for our property and the Auction process was an exciting experience.
Sophie and her team were excellent to deal with, commuicative, honest and professional.
I found Sophie to be very informative, patient, proactive and very pleasant to work with while selling my home. Sophie has made a normally very stressful situation into a seamless and positive experience. I would fully recommend Sophie to anyone considering selling their property. Kind Regards Pete S
Sophie has been such a pleasure to work with in buying our new home. Extremely knowledgeable, diligent and kind she has patiently stepped us through many an open home and eventually to now, our most recent home purchase. She’s quick on replies via email/text, consistent in her kind approach and has made buying our home a very enjoyable experience. Thank you Sophie.
We have recently purchased a property through Sotheby's and Sophie Shield-Barrett was our agent. Having recently emigrated to New Zealand buying our first family home was extremely daunting, particularly as everything is new and works differently to how it was done back home in South Africa. Sophie and her team were incredible in guiding us through the entire process from start to finish and communicated and talked us through every step of the way. She was extremely patient with all our questions and at no stage did we feel pressurized in any way- we had lots of time to think and make decisions and Sophie gave us a safe space in which to do that. Her knowledge , communication and professionalism throughout was exeplarary and we are very blessed and grateful for all the guidance that she has provided. THANK YOU!!
Sophie is a pleasure to work with, always positive and friendly and thoroughly professional. She has a warm approach and a good sense of humour. Sophie is prepared to see things from her clients' perspectives and offered sensible ideas for marketing and promoting our property. We would not hesitate to recommend Sophie and her team.
