Best Salesperson Ever! As first home buyers, we were pretty green when it came to the house-buying process - particularly when it came to auctions. Neil helped us every step along the way, answered all of our (many) questions, and took away the stress from the situation. From day dot he was extremely friendly and proactive; he also made an effort to check in and see how we were feeling with the whole process. He is a genuinely helpful person who cares about the people he works with and makes the purchase process enjoyable. We would not hesitate to work with him again and will definitely be recommending him to others. We can't recommend him highly enough!

Top Communication and Excellent Result - I feel that Neil did a fantastic job each step of the way when selling my home.

From the first appraisal, Neil took me through the process and always made sure I had a chance to ask questions (which I did) and provided guidance where I needed, plus had some great suggestions on how to present my home.

Neil went above and beyond during the marketing campaign, and the numbers we had to open homes proved it was working. Neil did a lot of background work outside of the open homes, calling potential purchasers and promoting the listing through his contacts etc. I felt very informed as to how things were going the whole time, and Neil provided feedback and buyer insights over the phone and through a very thorough written report after each open home weekend. He made himself available for questions anytime through text, call or email. He gave sound advice but also listened and adjusted to my personal requirements and the selling strategy we went with netted a great result at auction, no doubt to the hard work Neil put in to get buyers there on the day.

Always friendly and very pleasant to deal with, but obviously also very effective and got the job done within my targeted time-frame. I had an excellent experience with Neil O'Gorman as my real estate salesperson and recommend him to anyone motivated to sell their home.

One of Life's Diamonds
Not only does Neil have one of those sunny personalities but he is extremely professional. Neil was efficient and attentive throughout the whole process. He got us the best results and surpassed our expectations. He has a genuine caring nature, is open and honest and backed with great local market knowledge.

I can't recommend Neil enough. This is the man that you want on your team!

Outstanding - Five Stars
Neil was professional in every way during the sale of our property. His knowledge of the industry and the directions on how to market our property proved to be absolutely correct. Keeping us fully informed during the entire process, we found him to be a very personable man to deal with.

Caring with professionalism
Neil helped negotiate the deal even with the multi-offer. His professional actions and advice lead to the successful buy and sell for both myself and the vendors.

His lucky pen really works!
Neil and Lily successfully marketed and sold our property in Glenfield. At all times, we found both Neil and Lily to be very friendly, well-presented and professional. A group chat was set up to enable timely responses to all of our questions and queries and allowed us to be kept informed at every stage of the sale process.

Neil has a wonderful sense of humour and his knowledge and expertise was invaluable to us. We would thoroughly recommend both Neil and Lily to any prospective vendors or purchasers.

Thank you Neil and Lily for making the sale process relatively stress-free and achieving the desired result for us.

"Thank you Neil, we appreciate how hard you worked and felt that you were on our side. You gave good advice and kept us up to date with what was happening. In the past we have had dealing with real estate salespeoople that left a bitter taste but you have restored our faith in the profession. I would recommend you to any and everyone regardless of which agency you align with."

"Recently we listed our property for sale with Neil O’Gorman and Eva Ng. I found them very helpful with nothing being too much of a problem. They gave very good advice and tips which lead to getting the best price for our property. I wanted to thank them and would happily use them again."

"We know we are quite demanding sellers. We have sold several properties in the past. We know what we have put into them and know what we want out of them, without being unrealistic. While we appreciate the latest market advice from a salesperson we don't like to be pressured into a sale. In this sale - selling our long-time family home - we were extra-demanding and turned down some early offers. Neil was patient with us and never unduly pushed us to accept those offers. As a result, we got the price we wanted. We appreciated his tenacity and patience with a couple of potential buyers who kept wanting more and more detailed information. He provided it quickly and when they went quiet, he pressed them for a response. Overall we found Neil highly professional, dedicated and friendly. He definitely had our interests at heart. Many thanks."

"From the start, Neil was enthusiastic and extremely efficient and more importantly achieved an excellent result for us. Many thanks Neil."
8/4/2021 - Michael & Kathy Rynne

"We met Neil when he was selling the neighbour's property. Knowing we would soon be selling ourselves, we invited him to look at our house. We took an immediate liking to him and this was the start of a very good relationship. So much so, that we invited Neil to sell our house a few months later. We have sold several properties over the years and can honestly say Neil has been the most hard-working, enthusiastic, cheerful and persistent salesperson of them all. He worked with one very hesitant buyer who wanted questions answered almost daily on the tiniest details. Neil diligently and cheerfully chased the information and built the buyer's confidence. In the end it was the buyer's own circumstances that made the deal fall through. Neil communicated with us constantly through the selling process and was very patient with us and our particular requirements. He worked in our interest only, no one else's. He did not try and pressure us to accept offers we were not happy with, just to get a sale done. And so to the sale itself. A good offer, which we countered, and the deal was done at a price that is very agreeable to us and lets us achieve what we want going forward. We can highly recommend Neil to any prospective sellers and wish him every success in the future. Thanks again Neil "

"Buying and selling can be extremely stressful. If someone has concerns about this process, then with a good solicitor and Neil and Eva on their side, I think the majority of those concerns will simply not eventuate. Our experience was smooth, had excellent communication and enjoyable at times. They went the extra mile in effort and diplomacy. Give these guys a bonus or promotion. And no, we are not related. Take care guys.

Kind regards

PS: The following video is what I've had time for since selling. Thanks again."

"We found our whole experience in working with Neil O'Gorman to sell our property in Stillwater excellent. Neil was relatable, well connected with us as clients and we felt confident that he was working in our interests. Neil is an excellent communicator and happily answered our questions and made us feel extremely comfortable with the entire selling process. Neil's experience within the industry made us feel like we were in safe hands and both he and Eva Ng took away all of the stress around managing documentation and gave us sound advice. We would not hesitate to recommend them."

"So refreshing to meet an honest and caring salesperson. On the hunt for our first home, we met Neil after showing interest in a property that we were interested in but ended up being out of our price range. Neil had excellent connections in the area and found us a new opportunity that fitted our little family perfectly. I don't know how he managed to do it but Neil managed to find us our first home in an incredibly difficult market. We recommend Neil 100% as a salesperson of integrity, honesty and care. Thank you so much Neil!! Rosana, David, Ethan, Caleb & Mateo."

"Neil is an absolute legend. He recently sold our family home in Stillwater for above our expectations and quickly!! We had so much interest from buyers due to his hard work and fantastic marketing. If you are considering selling I highly recommend Neil. He is the nicest bloke, compassionate and understanding, as selling our family home brought all kinds of emotions. He truly goes the extra mile, taking care of services, keeping us informed every step of the way, giving guidance and support whenever needed. Nothing was ever too much trouble."

"Hey Neil. We just want to say how grateful we are to you. We took some stuff to the house this week and stored it in the garage for now. It was incredibly surreal to open the house and to know its not a rental property, but our own. Your help has been invaluable and we want you to know that we really appreciate the effort you put in on getting us here. Also thanks for the treats in the kitchen. Much love, David and Rosana and the kids."

"Neil is the consummate brand representative for Barfoot & Thompson. He was available whenever we needed questions answered. On the day before the auction he spent time with us to ensure that we were comfortable with the process. He explained all aspects of the sale with great patience and thoroughness. Well-deserving of five stars!"

"Neil is a highly experienced salesperson who is open and honest. As first home buyers, he made this process easy for us understand and we were able to successfully purchase our property. I would recommend Neil to our friends and family for his excellent communication and professionalism."

"Neil was very effective, efficient and organised and twice now, has achieved the results we wanted in the sale of a property. Neil is completely professional but also is enjoyable to work with during what can be a long process. A couple of key qualities which shone through were:

1. Hustle and Tenacity - Neil was always working on potential customers as you would expect, but he was great at this and showed a natural flair for communicating the vision to customers, the reasons for strong price expectations, giving them positives to think about and minimising and resolving downsides and issues with the property.
2. Communication, Communication - This is outstanding, very clear, honest, timely and consistent across the process and something that you will really value from Neil as your salesperson. You won't find yourself wondering what is going on. It is nice and clear and he keeps 'you' in the know. We appreciated the work done to communicate regular sharing of feedback from customers through the property, including pricing feedback and property observations, highly useful to reflect on in the final negotiations."

"The house buying process was actually quite intense but both Neil and Eva made it so much easier for us, we were very satisfied throughout the whole process. Neil’s commitment to his work was very strong. He put so much effort towards helping us to get the house, all I want to say is thank you for everything that you’ve done for us, we truly appreciate it. I’d say both Neil and Eva are two of the best salespeople in Auckland for sure. : ))"

"From the very first time we met Neil he gave us customer-focused, quality service and went the extra mile to make us feel that our interests were always at the forefront of his mind. He was excellent at answering any questions we had and promptly providing vendor updates, which with us being first-home buyers, made the purchase process smooth and easy. Because Neil has been in the Browns Bay community for quite some time, we appreciated him sharing his extensive knowledge of the area and enjoyed hearing about his own personal experience in the neighborhood. He did all of this while maintaining a great sense of humour yet professionalism. Neil's communication goes above-and-beyond what we have seen in the market and by the way, he utilised modern techniques such as his Facebook Live Streams to show the property. Not only did we get to look back at videos of the property, it was also a great way to share the property with family and friends who were interested in what we were buying. We could not recommend Neil highly enough. (If I could share a photo, I'd share our selfie but that's on your phone)."

Neil provided a professional sales programme that got results very quickly. (The home was sold within three days on the market with top dollar, a true testament to the Barfoot & Thompson network.)  

Five Stars We found Neil and Eva excellent to work with when we decided to sell our house. They made every open home work for us with great follow-up even some home baking from Neil. All aspects where covered before we decided to go to auction.
Thanks Neil & Eva 

We approached Neil O'Gorman to list our property at Long Bay. From the time he visited to establish the auction process until the sale two months or so later, we have found Neil to be the most professional agent we have dealt with over the last 30 years or so that we have been involved in real estate. The outstanding marketing techniques were great with a showcase video, brochures and signboard that highlighted the features of our property we felt so passionate about.

Every week Neil presented an intensive report to us on how the open homes went and feedback details from those who visited our property. The open homes went for eight weeks and each time Neil provided a full detailed commentary to the prospective clients. Neil enabled us to move on to our next home and life chapter.

We have no hesitation in recommending Neil to any prospective seller.

Thank you Neil for all the hard work you put into selling our property. Not only were you highly professional and very friendly, you went well beyond our expectations. You made the whole process easy and surprisingly enjoyable. We appreciate all you have done for us and would always recommend you to our friends and family. Thanks again.
Cheers

Rowena and I met Neil at what was to be our new home on 16 December 2018. We texted him the night before and he promptly replied, telling us that if we were interested in the house, we shoulvisit on what was to be the last viewing. The house went on multiple offers that day. We found him to be very helpful and open. As we liked the property immensely, we met with him after a couple of hours to put in our offer. He explained to us each and every page that we signed and even told us some of the background on new government policies and why they were put in place. He also suggested reasonable dates for the bank approval and closing date deadlines. This helped us a lot and made the whole experience less stressful. Later that day, he came back to us immediately to explain the vendor's counter-offer and we found ourselves new homeowners.

But Neil's services didn't end there. He acted as go-between in an issue we had with the vendor and was always available when we had questions. He was always smiling, never impatient and not patronising to us who were first time homebuyers. Neil made our first-time home purchase experience very pleasant and such a breeze! We give Neil five stars!!!

Hi Neil
Our heartfelt thanks for everything you did for us to make purchasing Sartors Ave a reality.

Right away from our first meeting with you to view the property you were a pleasure to deal with and we were grateful for your honest straight forward approach. Your warmth and genuineness were very refreshing and much appreciated during a time which is exciting but can be quite stressful. You were always there to give us guidance, explaining the process and offering valuable help where needed.

The high level of professional service that you provided was outstanding and you are truly a credit to your profession and Barfoot & Thompson. You always responded to our texts, emails and phone calls immediately, always following up and checking in with us. Your negotiating skills when it came to getting the deal done were something else. We felt comfortable with the way things progressed and in control of the offers we made until both parties reached an agreed sale price.

You shared our happiness when we heard the words from you 'Congratulations guys, you have just bought a house'. There were grins from ear to ear, hugs and tears of happiness and you shared our joy, very special to us.

You made buying a house a very special experience, I will never forget the day I picked up the keys from you at the office. Yourself and everyone there was so happy for us.

It has been a pleasure dealing with you and thanks so much for everything.
Kind regards,

I would like to express my appreciation for the excellent standard of work and dedication that Neil O'Gorman gave to our family with the sale of our mother's house. I cannot commend highly enough the informative and frequent communication, the attention to detail, and the willingness to go the extra mile. Living in another city to where the house for sale is, would normally create a few difficulties, but Neil went out of his way to assist and fix any issue or problem that arose and keeping us well informed in the process. Circumstances meant that the house was listed for sale just on the Christmas period which is not the best timing and the market was dropping. However this did not deter Neil at all who worked throughout that entire time in order to get us the result we were looking for. There was a cyclone over this period and Neil was out there sweeping up the driveway and clearing debris on our behalf. Again, we didn't know the extent of his assistance until after the event. We had one deal that fell over due to finance two days after signing the agreement and within a day, Neil had another one lined up for us.
On the morning of final inspection we had another mishap totally out of everyone's control. Even though we were on the spot, between call centres and everything else we were struggling to get it sorted in time but Neil to the rescue. He dropped everything and worked tirelessly to gain a solution and had it resolved with fifteen minutes to spare. This man does not give up on his clients, whether they are vendors or purchasers. He will help and advise where he can and I have no hesitation in recommending him in his role as Real Estate Agent. And of course, the great communication and the mad sense of humour are an absolute asset and make him a real pleasure to work with.

Neil Ogorman was very professional but also very friendly. He went the extra mile to give us excellent service. Also the data which he produced made us feel comfortable he was working in our best interest.

Neil O'Gorman, Barfoot and Thompson Browns Bay are a very professional friendly team that go the extra mile to ensure the best possible outcome for the sale of our property. They gave honest suggestions on how to present the property for sale which helped us with a pleasing sale. The data they produced and conveyed to us was a great comforting help for us to understand the market movements. Regular updates and criticisms was very much appreciated, and yes a very pleasing outcome. Thanks to Darren and his team. especially Neil O'Gorman who shows such strong commitment to his customers. job well done.

Recently Neil O'Gorman from Barfoot's sold our house and I cannot tell enough people how professional he was. The tactful way he approached us made the process seamless. Neil took it on board as if it was his own home. Each week we received very informative feedback on each step. Neil is a very professional real estate agent and will get the best result for you. I would recommend Neil to any person selling their home, he will do the very best for you, and I am very grateful for all he did for us. Thanks Neil you are a true friend.

"I recently purchased a home through Neil and found his service to be exceptional. He was always willing to work around my schedule for house viewings, inspections, final inspection, as well as communicating with the vendor after I had moved in, when I needed some further information on chattels etc".

To any prospective home seller, I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude and appreciation in regards to my dealings with Neil, his manner has always been professional, kind and informative and always follows through on what he says he will do. I find that my dealings with Neil has been refreshing and he certainly stands out as an upstanding Real Estate agent. I have no hesitation in recommending Neil to anybody looking to sell their property as I am confident you will be in safe and trustworthy hands.
I look forward to dealing with Neil again upon my return from overseas.