Philip and Janice

Honest, down to earth and lovely to deal with! After being in the market for a new home for over two years and dealing with several other agents, Philip and Janice were hands down the best I have dealt with. Wish I had of met them before I put my house on the market. Great communication, honest, very accommodating. Made the whole buying process so easy and stress free! I can see why clients keeping coming back to list with them. A huge Thank you Philip and Janice!

Philip and Janice were highly recommended to sell our home from others who had worked with them previously. We now join other very satisfied people who have achieved very positive results by listing their properties with them. All Real Estate agents will do the basics of advertising, open homes and presenting offers however, Philip and Janice take it up a notch. They provide excellent guidance on how to set up the home to its best effect and furthermore they will assist you to do that. With our home they replaced lightbulbs, carried out minor maintenance, and organised room heating. For our open homes, they provided flowers, and came around early to turn on the heaters and light the fire when we were away. Being consummate professionals Philip and Janice were always available to discuss any queries we had throughout the selling process; they gave us regular written reports and useful advice. We found them very easy to work with, more like friends than the stereotypical land agent. We would strongly recommend Philip and Janice particularly if you have a higher end home that is a little different. They really did a great job for us.

It is with absolute delight that we have written this recommendation note in favour of Philip and Janice. Having previously engaged them in two successful transactions, we felt very confident to instruct them in selling our property when our plans for family relocation ripened. Philip and Janice are very forthright, punctual, and diligent. Apart from their professionalism, they are genuinely pleasant, sincere, and reasonable persons. Despite challenging market conditions they were upbeat, optimistic and committed. They made selling from a distance seamless.

I do not normally make references available but this case is an exception, as I felt that your service was exceptional and the best I have ever seen in my reasonably numerous dealings with Real Estate professionals. I appreciated your attention to detail and your willingness to attend to small details such as keeping an eye on the garden and the mail when we were away. The whole professionalism of your service left us with a very pleasant taste in the mouth and would be more than happy to use your services in the future

We cannot thank you enough nor recommend you both highly enough for your dedication and professionalism in selling our home. From our first meeting, we knew we were dealing with a "great team". Your superb communication, relentless effort and passion was appreciated. As the vendors, we always felt supported and were completely confident throughout the entire process of selling the property. To anyone wanting to sell their property, we would, with absolute confidence say that you were the best in the business!

I whole heartedly recommend Janice and Philip as real estate professionals. Each brought insight, skill and attention to their discussion of the vendor's property at the start of the sales process. They invited ideas, encouraged completion of the preparation tasks and suggested ways to maximise my property's good points. Janice and Philip's photographs and the "property story" published on the various websites, culminated in a purchaser making an offer on the spot, after the property had been on the market for less than 24 hours

We have known Janice Hamilton-Cox and Philip Cox for several years now and during that time purchased and sold numerous Auckland properties using their services. Janice and Philip are absolute professionals when it comes to selling houses. There are no hidden surprises with them. They explain the marketing procedure with care and ensure they are working with your best interests at heart. We don't look anywhere else when we need efficient, transparent representation.

Over the past 45 years, we have bought and sold a considerable amount of real estate and experienced many agents. Janice and Philip are the most professional couple we have dealt with, and we have hesitation in recommending them to any prospective clients. They compliment and support each other well without being pushy and their honesty wins the confidence of even the most wary client which makes for a trouble-free and enjoyable experience. Our thanks to them both.

Janice and Philip looked after the sale of my mother's house. They were very kind, patient, reassuring and respectful to her, going well beyond the usual expectations of the services real estate agents normally provide. They helped her to put the finishing touches to the property prior to the first open home, and picked her up to take her to the auction. This level of personal service was very much appreciated by my mother and also by the family as a whole. We absolutely trusted the recommendations which Janice made and would have no hesitation in recommending this team to others selling around Epsom/Remuera/Ellerslie area.

Janice provided us with an exceptional service, and has been amazingly bright and positive. We were very impressed with her ethics and professionalism. We will be recommending Janice to all our friends in Auckland when they are in need of an outstanding real estate salesperson.

Janice and her husband Philip have been working with my wife and I for the past two years, selling two of our properties. Janice and Philip have been exceptional in their service. They advised us how best to sell our properties and the changes that we had to make to our properties to make them more marketable. They were positive, enthusiastic, honest and upfront throughout the process and managed our expectations like true professionals. We would highly recommend them to anybody that is looking to sell or buy a property

I have bought and sold real estate worldwide over the last 35 years so I have a reasonable grasp of the process. When we had to sell Mum's home in Auckland after her passing we were referred to the team of Janice Hamilton-Cox and Philip Cox. The campaign Janice and Philip organised was extremely accurate based on their in-depth local knowledge. In my opinion, no time or money was wasted on unnecessary "fluff". We had a geographical issue insofar as my sister and lin Sydney. This was not a problem at any stage, all communication was fast and clear. We were kept abreast regularly of the numbers of people attending viewings and all offers made. Now here's the thing, you say to yourself they are real estate agents who have basically done their job, as expected (but frequently undelivered). Here's the kicker.....In my humble opinion, most people can do 90% of the job...and the last 10% is where the true professionals live. That 10% is the hidden gem...Janice and Philip went the extra in their own time, opened all windows and doors regularly and allowed Mum's old place to 'breath' again. They organised ali cleaning, rubbish removal and attended to a spurious potential offer that was required but difficult and always stayed in touch with the facts. Finally...based on their advice we spent a modest amount on "pre sale refreshing" and a suggested reasonable amount on marketing...all done logically and with no pain and as a result they achieved an excellent sales result. I have no hesitation in suggesting that Janice and Philip go the extra mile and can be trusted to do the right thing. They have shown that they go to that last 10%, which is frequently the difference in achieving an excellent result.

Over the last ten years we have had successful buying and selling real estate outcomes with Philip and Janice working in our best interests. They have always been very professional in their processes with sound advice and seeking of legal opinion when necessary. We recently experienced them going the extra mile for us in preparing our property for sale with DIY skills and advice as well as ensuring the property was presented to full advantage with appropriate staging and support for a successful result. Both Janice and Philip show genuine interest in and respect for their clients and demonstrate empathy and understanding with a thorough understanding of the marketplace. We would highly recommend them to any prospective buyer or seller of real estate,

Janice Hamilton-Cox and Philip Cox are the epitome of professionalism. Their client is their priority and they go above-and-beyond what is usually expected.

There will never be enough words to thank Janice and Philip for their incredible guidance, support, humour, patience, amazing enthusiasm and simply everything that smoothed the way to such a successful end result. It has been my pleasure to have had the Barfoot & Thompson team on my side.