Down to Earth Real Estate

‘Hello Tomorrow’ Ensure your family’s future is secure; this is a perfect place to build a safe, efficient, healthy family home that will last you well into the future.  There’s a growing shortage of land in tranquil rural Coatesville and NOW is the ideal time to make plans so you are ready to build in [...]

  The number of homes sold in Albany in February leapt to their highest number for a February in five years, but price rises for the month were modest.  This is in line with what the Barfoot & Thompson monthly sales figures report.  There was a lot of activity in the apartment market with thirteen [...]

‘Twin on Twin Court’ Here’s a totally unique ‘four bedroom home, two bedroom income plus separate office’property, designed and lived in by local registered architect Tony Biland. When designing this home his priorities were providing a healthy home for a young family and working from home.  This home is well future proofed from the strength of [...]

LONG BARN Escape the stress of the city to this idyllic Upper Harbour location. Discover over an acre of park like grounds with magnificent views over Lucas Creek and the Upper Harbour. With an olde english garden atmosphere, you can live in naturally beautiful surroundings enjoying that true sense of privacy in a thriving, safe, [...]

BLUE PALACE Walking into this home feels like you’re walking into a palace! The grandiose entrance, stunning kitchen and extensive patio provide excellent scope for relaxation, entertaining and day-to-day family living. Head upstairs and enjoy the large balcony with views over to the sky tower or watch the ships pass on the horizon from the [...]

  The volume of sales in December is the highest recorded in the past five years in the Albany region.  This follows last month’s trend.  There were 43 sales in total compared to 28 sales in December last year, 35 in 2009, 37 sales in 2008 and 53 in 2007.   The bulk of the [...]

Albany – Investors – 4 Bedroom Home for $429,000!     Sold $420,000 Located within an easy walk to the Albany Village, this 4 bedroom townhouse is in such a position it is unlikely that any Landlord would have trouble renting it, AND for a good return. Alternatively if you wanted to own it yourself [...]

 The volume of sales in November is the highest recorded in the past five years in the Albany region.  Despite the wide ranging media predictions, these figures are proof of a more settled local real estate market place.    There were 52 sales in total compared to a ‘dismal’ 22 sales in November last year, 49 [...]

What experience is strong enough for a young teenager to be totally driven to want to change the world?  Why is changing the way we create our buildings so important? An informative seminar on Sustainable Architecture was recently held in Auckland where the founder of the International Living Building Challenge, Jason McLennan delivered his strong [...]

The volume of sales in October were higher than last year’s October records however they were certainly not as high as they were in 2009 when it appeared for a short time that we may have been in recovery mode.  As Peter Thompson mentions in his monthly release, the market is showing steady activity.  This [...]