35 Regent Street, Mount Waverley sold for $6M
• employing an agent who cares and is committed so that the needs of the buyers are met in a timely manner and are thorough in their post enquiry follow up • employing a skilled negotiator who understands the market. For example, during the auction at 35 Regent St, Mount Waverley, I advised our vendors to pass the property in, even though it reached $50,000 above their reserve. I believed we could obtain a better result and two hours later we negotiated $450,000 more for our client, achieving a record price of $6,000,000. Speaking of high rates of migration to Melbourne, you too moved from NSW. How did you end up making this city your home? I love Melbourne! I was born in Greece and after migrating with my family to Australia we settled in Newcastle, NSW where I grew up. After meeting my Melbournian wife Krys, it didn’t take long before I fell in love with the city as well and decided to stay! Two children and 15 years later I am still excited about calling this great and rapidly developing city home. How has Melbourne improved during the past 15 years? In such a short period of time Melbourne has changed before our very eyes and these changes are the reason why this city keeps getting voted as the most livable in the world. State planning has kept up with our growing population with infrastructure and traffic management: the development of high rise apartments in the city, Southbank and Docklands, surrounded by shops, cafes, bars and restaurants has created a Manhattan style of living. On the other hand ‘village living’ in the suburbs has become as popular as ever with multicultural hubs such as Chadstone Shopping Centre, Glen Waverley and Box Hill providing us with local world class shopping, restaurants and café culture. You don’t have to travel to the city to enjoy a great night out.
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it’s become an institution. This couldn’t have happened in the past. Your real estate career commenced after you moved to Melbourne. What drew you to real estate? It’s funny you're asking why I entered real estate, as more often my clients ask me why I left chemical engineering. I always had a fascination with numbers and during school my strengths were math and science, so considering BHP was Newcastle's biggest employer, chemical engineering seemed like a sensible career path. After graduating, I worked in a university lab for a while but felt too sheltered from what was going on in the world. As cliché as it may sound, I love meeting and helping people and I also have a passion for financial and real estate markets, where analysing data plays a big role. Running a marketing campaign and negotiating a sale between a buyer and seller is so exciting. Real estate is a win-win career for me as it involves helping people, and in doing so I get to meet some fascinating people from all walks of life and from every corner of the world. Many of our clients have become great family friends. Life doesn't get much better really!