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"Outstanding services, invaluable market knowledge, outstanding auction result, thorough & professional marketing campaign, excellent after-sales negotiation support"
91 Bathurst Street Sydney
Ian Gray
Hamilton Gray Property Services
In August 2003 Drake Property handled the marketing and sale of 91 Bathurst Street Sydney on behalf of the Anglican Board of Mission. I was managing the transaction on behalf of the vendor.
Throughout the marketing Nick Drake provided outstanding service and market advice. Nick's knowledge of the CBD market proved invaluable in achieving the best outcome. The marketing campaign was conducted professionally and thoroughly.
Nick achieved an outstanding result at auction for the Anglican Board of Mission with the property selling under the hammer.
In the post auction period Nick conducted some complex negotiations on behalf of the Anglican Board of Mission and ensured that the matter was concluded successfully.
I would have no hesitation in recommending the services of Nick Drake and Drake Property for the sale of similar property in the CBD.
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"Happy auction result, early advice, professional marketing sales effort & purchaser support"
262 Castlereagh Street
James Thiessen
Director
Tingdale Pty Limited
We were the owners of 262 Castlereagh Street, Sydney which was sold at auction on 19.10.06. Drake Property and Colliers were the representing agents. We were happy with the result and in particular with Drake Property's participation. Their early advice, marketing sales effort and prospective purchaser support was very professional. We recommend Drake Property to you.
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"Man of integrity, reliable & dedicated"
92 &96 Liverpool Street
Dr A &Mrs V Weidler
This is to state that I have used the services of Mr Nick Drake on several occasions and found him to be a man of integrity, reliable and dedicated.
I cannot recommend his services too highly. I will be delighted to provide further information about him on 0411 740 481 or (02) 6687 2601.
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"Great benefit to have personal service of principal with unsurpassable knowledge, top calibre vendors' agent, great negotiator"
376 Pitt Street
Tom Ryan
Director
Lagab Pty Ltd
We write to confirm that we appointed Nicholas Drake of Drake Property consultants to auction our property at 376 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Nicholas's knowledge of the area between Town Hall and Central is unsurpassed and this was instrumental in completing a successful sale at auction. For example: -
Nicholas nominated the eventual purchaser as someone who would be interested in the property before we commenced the marketing campaign.
During the campaign he produced a very tempting offer to lease the premises, which shows his ability to "think outside the square".
Nicholas is also a "vendors agent" and acted in our best interests through out the campaign, not the purchasers.
Nicholas is very experienced in negotiation and we were fortunate to have a person with such a background work on the property. It is unlikely one of the bigger agents would appoint some one of his calibre to market a property in our price range. Dealing with the principal of a real estate company was a real benefit.
As an ex city sales real estate I am able to speak with some authority in the above.
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"Preferred city agent to larger agencies due to expertise and responsiveness to clients' instructions"
338 Pitt Street
Sum Tong
Director
Prima Developments Pty Ltd
I have had the pleasure of doing business with Mr Nicholas Drake of Drake Property Pty Ltd for the last two years.
Nick is professional in his business approaches and has a good knowledge of real estate and property dealings in the southern part of the CBD.
I prefer him to other larger leasing and managing agents because of his expertise and responsiveness in executing client's instructions.
I can recommend him highly to any one who may wish to retain his service.
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"Unattainable sale price & substantial rental achieved, outstanding market knowledge, extensive local and overseas investor network"
371 &371A Pitt Street
J M Samios AM MBE
It is with pleasure I provide the following reference on my dealings with Andrew Lyme &Nick Drake of Drake Property in respect of the leasing and subsequent sale of our formerly owned property 371 &371A Pitt Street, Sydney.
On Nick & Andrew's recommendation I appointed Drake Property in 2003 to lease vacant areas within the mentioned property and to carry out negotiations with my existing tenants. They subsequently and substantially increased the income form this asset.
I was extremely impressed with their market knowledge and understanding of differing commercial trends and ethnic groups operating in the city and their contacts and connections, particularly their involvement with the local and overseas Korean business operators and investors.
Andrew Lyme was successful in sourcing and selling the mentioned premises to an overseas Korean investor at a price that I believe had previously been unattainable for such a property from the local city market.
Their knowledge of city commercial / retail property, values, rentals, investors, occupiers, trends and the overall market was critical in identifying likely tenants and the subsequent purchaser for my premises.
I would be absolutely no hesitation in recommending Andrew & Nick to anyone who may own a city property and require professionals to assist with leasing or selling their city based asset.
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"Extremely happy with auction prices, economical marketing budget, regular reports."
771 - 775 George Street
Howard James Smith
Mick Smiths Gun Shop Pty Ltd
We would like to thank you for your expertise in selling our two buildings in George Street Sydney. We had tried auctioning the buildings before, but with no result.
Drake Property were the first property agents to look at this sale from a totally different point of view, suggesting that we should offer the buildings separately, as there is a far greater demand for single buildings with a shop, than two joined together.
Both Nicholas Drake and Andrew Lyme were very experienced at advertising our properties with economy. They also gave us regular reports on interested buyers.
Both buildings sold at auction on the day and we were extremely happy with the prices we received.
We would have no hesitation in recommending Drake Property to anyone considering selling.
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"Top achiever ($11m) in strata development sales, professional & complete approach"
Strata Project 650 George Street
Rod de la Harpe
State Sales Manager
Commercial &Retail Strata
Multiplex Developments Australia Pty Ltd
We wish to advise that Mr Andrew Lyme has been actively involved in the selling of Commercial Strata Suites at our 650 George Street, World Square development both off the plan and post completion.
As an Agent Mr Lyme has achieved sales to the values of $11 Million within the 650 George Street Strata development. Andrew has provided a professional and complete approach both to the selling and marketing of the development. We recommend him for this and would not hesitate in using him on any of our future strata commercial projects within the southern Sydney CBD.
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"Fantastic service and commitment - hard to find"
Aaron Upcroft
Managing Director
MORE Group Holdings Pty Ltd
Dear Rhys,
Thank you for your time and effort in assisting us with the lease of our new commercial premises. Your commitment to helping us and your general service level has been fantastic something which is hard to find with Agents in the CBD.
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"Excellent property manager, dedicated, meticulous, hardworking - best thing to happen to us"
Mario De Grazia & Anna De Grazia
M.A.D. Enterprise
Having William Shen as our Property Manager and maintaining our portfolio of investment properties is the best thing that has happened to us.
We have found William Shen to be an excellent Property Manager. William is dedicated, hard working and meticulous with his attention to detail. William is the kind of person who will go out of his way to provide a service of the highest standards.
We have no hesitation in recommending William Shen to any potential landlords.
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"Reliable and responsible"
Barry Gibson
Financial Controller
Health Services Union
Mr William Shen, Drake Property Pty Ltd, has represented Health Services Union to seek out suitable tenants over the last two years.
William has been very successful in leasing our commercial offices 302, 304, 1003 at The Chambers, 370 Pitt Street, SYDNEY, totalling approximately 350 square meters.
We have found Mr Shen, reliable and responsible, I have no reservations in recommending Mr Shen to future clients.
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"Just a note of thanks. The Chairman and Board of Directors were more than pleased, and that is putting it conservatively."
615-617 George Street, Sydney
Ron Robb
Bedford College
It seems a long way back that I popped into 55 Harrington St last year to check you and your team out. My impressions then were confirmed.
We have no immediate plans for any further property matters at the moment but if we need any help further down the line there will be no doubt where I will recommend to the Board that we should go.
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"The result was a sale before auction with a very pleasant outcome. I do not believe that we could have achieved this outcome without the help of Nick and David."
6 Cunningham Street, Haymarket
Ken Washburn
Director
Tambella Pty Ltd
We recently sold the above property through Drake Property. Having been introduced to Nick and his team, I was particularly impressed with the manner in which the sale process was handled. At no time did I feel pressured to make an unreasonable decision. The process and likelihood of sale was openly discussed as was the method and costs of advertising.
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