Client success stories

After a number of failed attempts at renovating and extending our home over the last 20 years or so, culminating in a dual occupancy venture. We took stock and decided to sell and downsize. A chance conversation with a roofer led me to consider a real estate advocate. Enter Nicole Payne who achieved a great outcome with sale of our property. The next step in our journey is the search for an address to call home. I am confident Clint and Nicole will deliver the goods. It’s her shout next at the Two Little Monkeys Cafe.

We highly recommend Nicole Payne from Bayside Real Estate Advocates. We have just worked with Nicole in the selling of my elderly mother’s home, that she has been living in for over 50 years. Nicole took so much stress out of this process for mum, and for us. Her advice was invaluable; what we needed or didn’t need to do to get the house ready, organising valuations, vetting the agents proposals, recommending services, and advice throughout the campaign. In fact we sold off market at a fantastic price, saving us the open for inspections and auction that would have been very stressful for mum. Nicole was also a great negotiator on the price obtained for us. On top of such a great result Nicole was very easy to deal with, very kind and caring, and mum felt very relaxed and comfortable with her. I would definitely use Nicole in the selling of any property in the future.

Bayside real estate advocates managed my sale and I couldn’t be happier. Nicole was recommended by Aveo and the lovely staff at the George when I approached them to downsize into independent living. I had recently found myself on my own and as much as I love gardening the house was just too big for me to take care of on my own, coupled with some health concerns I knew it was time to downsize. With the help and support of Nicole at Bayside real estate advocates I chose her to be my Vendor advocate and I was so glad I did. Nicole helped get the house ready for sale and chose the agent and ran the campaign, coordinating with the agent and reporting to me along the way so I always knew what my choices were. Her experience and suggestions were exactly what I needed during the sale. We achieved a fantastic result on Auction day, Nicole negotiated with the agent on my behalf behind closed doors and I’m so grateful she was my secret weapon, I’m sure if she wasn’t there being my advocate the outcome would have been less favorable on the day. I recommend Nicole to anyone selling, using a Vendor advocate with her depth of knowledge and compassion was exactly what I needed during my sale.

Engaging Clint and the team at Bayside Real Estate Advocates was the best decision we made when my wife and I started looking to buy our first property. Not only did Clint walk us through what can be a very complex process but he took the time to understand what we wanted in a house and worked to present us the best options within our budget. His negotiation skills are second to none and got us over the line on an amazing property.

We are so happy that we engaged Nicole and Clint from Bayside Real Estate Advocates! We absolutely smashed our reserve price at auction on the weekend after a popular January campaign. We only had three weeks to get our home ready for photography and their advice on renovating and presenting our property in that short amount of time gave us the competitive edge we needed. Nicole’s calm and assured approach to the selling process took all the stress away (we even enjoyed our planned two week holiday during the campaign), communicating with us only the essential information we needed, whilst ensuring our agent was following up on all the buyer leads. Tactically it was a perfect campaign that lead to multiple bidders on auction day which is what drove up our final price. I can’t recommend Nicole and Clint enough to sell your home through!

I had never bid at an auction before and was really anxious about a property we desperately wanted. I researched everything I could, watching YouTube auctions and listening to podcasts, but still felt unprepared. That’s when I spoke with Clint from Bayside Real Estate Advocates, who suggested we have Nicole bid for us. I’m so glad we did! The day before the auction, Nicole helped us set a clear bidding strategy with a price ceiling we could confidently stick to. On auction day, she was super composed, controlled the bidding pace, and outbid another experienced party. I’m sure I would’ve been overwhelmed without her expertise and might have lost our new family home. If you’re buying, let these professionals take the stress out of it!