Tim Hawes

Honest, reliable, easy to talk to, pleasant, good persona, no hassles

Provided a lot of information. Supportive. Human.

Tim was a pleasure to meet and work with. He guided us clearly through the selling process. At all times Tim was informative and professional and ALWAYS positive!

We are currently undergoing significant challenges in our family circumstances. We knew we could trust Tim to handle everything, make it easy, and have our interests at heart. We wouldn't consider anyone else, Tim's standards, ethics, integrity and personality make him the first choice for any time we sell. We have already recommended him to our neighbours!

Tim has once again worked some magic. Tim listens and keeps us informed.

Prior to engaging the locals, Tim said he would bring the underbidder from down the street, which is was exactly what he did.

Tim was great! Super friendly and honest would highly recommend

Tim is super warm and friendly, but creates confidence with his knowledge and understanding and ability to clearly communicate each step and requirement of the selling process.

Tim was always personable, professional and efficient in all our interactions. He was prompt in all communication, offered great advice and was an excellent guide during the selling process. This was greatly appreciated by a first-time seller like myself. Thank you for being a pleasure to work with.

Tim was outstanding in generating the best price for my property. Open communication, wonderful experience

Tim’s expertise and knowledge gave me great confidence that I was in safe hands. He went over and above in giving advice and guidance to my partner who has a stale listing with another agency. We are in the unique position of dealing with two agencies at the same time and the difference in service and support could not be clearer. The epitome of the chalk vs. cheese scenario.

Best agent ever! Great communication throughout the process. Great problem solver in helping us through all the buyer requests. Very helpful and supportive and would definitely recommend.

Professionalism and very focused on achieving the sale at Auction. Great coach for leading through the tumultuous current market/offers/variations and pre-Auction strategy. Highly recommended

Tim maintained close contact throughout the sales process, he provided good advise on how best to market our property without pushing us in to a quick decision. Tim also gave good feedback and reporting on the open home attendances and clearly had a good feel for where the potential purchases were at.

I lived in a gated community for 7 years, had the pleasure of buying my house from Tim, saw him over those 7 years sell other townhouses in the complex in such a professional manner there was no one else i wanted to represent me when it came time to sell. I'm so glad I did. Best real estate agents ever.

Tim and the Ray White team really cared about getting a great outcome for us and gave us clear, comprehensive advice and solutions from start to finish

Our experience with Tim was 100%. We felt like we were dealing with a friend at every step. His local knowledge and his passion for the area is genuine and we would use him again in a heartbeat.

Tim has been beyond fantastic through our whole journey. From expectation setting in our initial engagement to updates and problem solving through the sale process. He was able to provide the pragmatic and realistic advice we were hoping for from a trusted advisor. We couldn't have had a better team of Tim, Jo, Keri, Alyssa & Vanesa representing us. We are truly thankful to you all for helping us achieve our dream!

We received a first class service from Tim and his team. His professional and personable approach kept our minds at ease throughout the sales process and we were very happy with the final outcome.

Tim gave honest and explained what was needed to make my home sell well. He answered questions and gave advice as needed. He is very understanding about how difficult it is to give up ones home. He also gave honest advice about the best pricing in these difficult times. I highly recommend Tim Hawes to anyone who is selling their home.

Couldn't have wished for a better team that was extremely motivated, with great communication, producing an awesome result.

Right from the beginning of this journey, Tim has been there to inform us, support us, and assist us. He is the ultimate professional with a big heart. It has been like having your best friend helping to prepare and sell our home. At the beginning, Tim assessed our home and advised on what we could do to create a selling advantage and to achieve a good selling price. At all times Tim assessed where the market was, where it was tracking, and how that applied to our home. Whenever decision-making was complex, Tim aided our understanding and gave a context to that complexity. His approach has always been accurate, well informed, intuitive and friendly. Nothing was insurmountable, and Tim and Ray White - The Locals team made it possible for us to achieve a fabulous result for our wonderful home. Thank you.

We’ve dealt with many real estate agents over the years, we felt that Tim and his team are certainly up there with the best and not only appreciated their professionalism but their desire to see a successful outcome.

Tim is very friendly and professional, we trusted his advice and he was very respectful and considerate throughout the process. It was a very stressful time for us as we were moving overseas and it was valuable to know the selling of the house was in good hands.

Tim is super-motivated, friendly, knowledgeable, resourceful and just a very decent human being. He worked so hard for me, I couldn’t recommend him more highly.

Can’t recommend Tim highly enough, he truly went the extra mile for me.

Tim provided lots of knowledgeable advice over the years leading up to the sale which cemented him as our top pick as selling agent, during the process he was very easy to deal with, quick responses via the whatsapp chat, and confidently led us through the sale of our house. We were very happy with the results of the auction, and believe this was down to the work Tim put in. Thanks again to Tim, Alyssa & the wider Locals team.

An amazing service from start to finish and we were extremely happy with the result. Tim communicated well, negotiated hard and we trusted he had our best interests at heart the entire way through the process. I would recommend Tim to anyone looking to sell their home!

We are so glad we used Tim and his team at Ray White Kingsland. They made the whole process, from start to finish, seem so easy. They instilled us with confidence and we appreciated the whole team’s calm easy manner and sense of humour. Their experience, expertise and professionalism is unrivalled.

Tim is someone you can trust though the entire sale process. Wouldn’t want to sell, or buy, with anyone one else.

Excellent service and the trying covid conditions

Tim is open and extremely easy to work with. He would always be our first pick for an agent to deal with buying or selling.

very helpful, great to debate options throughout the campaign

Tim is excellent at explaining things clearly and put us at ease through the whole sale process. He worked hard to get us the best result

Very professional and honest, great communication

Tim and his team were supportive and informative through the whole process. Even when we were clueless first home buyers at our first auction.

He has a pleasant manner, good at informing us on market and potential buyers, and gave us confidence he would deliver a good job

Tim is really trustworthy and honest, feel like we know what's going on without hesitation or feeling we aren't getting the full story

Tim was helpful at every stage of the process. He was honest, genuine and professional. We were always able to get hold of him for answers and were kept in the loop during the sales campaign. He gave very thorough feedback from prospective buyers and helped us understand what to expect on auction day. We are very glad we decided to work with Tim and his team at Ray White Kingsland.

Helpful and went the extra mile to get everything across the line, friendly and great service.

Tim achieved an excellent result in a very short time frame. He is very knowledgeable about our apartment block and the Kingsland area. Will list/sell again with him

No nonsense, no fuss. straight up & helpful with some local trade contacts to get quotes.

Just awesome, great team work and fabulous support for me,

Tim was communicative and supportive throughout the whole process. His friendly yet professional personality was simply delightful.

Tim and his team did an amazing job in the sale of my property. He is super professional, reliable, punctual, exceptional at market knowledge and has the skills and experience to bring you the best possible price. I felt like I was in very good hands throughout the process and could relax knowing that he had everything sorted. He is incredibly hard working and never seems to stop working but also makes time for you so that you never feel out the loop. His approachable and friendly manner also made him a pleasure to work with. I most definitely recommend Tim and his team!

We found Tim really good to work with. Communication was clear, sales strategy was clear, and he achieved a great result for us. He was always personable and friendly.

Tim (and his team) definitely understand people and quality customer service.

Tim first and foremost listened to what we wanted and he delivered! Always the professional alongside his natural niceness.

Nothing to fault in service provided

Organised and knowledgeable

Super easy process from start to finish. Tim is easy to get on with and clearly works super hard to get your property sold and problem solve any issues along the way.

Just a great experience! Very supportive, excellent communication and very trustworthy.

Tim was affable and straight forward. I found him more approachable and more honest that most of the agents we had seen previously. He wasn't intrusive or too in your face, which was nice.

Comprehensive sales plan and always optimistic because of experience in these matters

Tim is just an all round great guy and made the process as easy as possible. I’d buy another house from him just as an excuse to hang out.

Tim is a local and as such knows the area and many of its residents very well.

Professional, empathetic and superb results.

Straightforward, great sense of humour, accommodating

Very clear communication about the process.

Before deciding on an agent, we'd received proposals from three other agencies. Tim's approach, strategy and knowledge of the area just stood above the rest. He was great to work with. Also we were only on the market for two weeks so Tim's amazing backup team enabled us to get the results we wanted in less time! Were soo happy we picked Tim and the team.

Tim was professional, responsive and always happy to help. Really easy to deal with all the agents that were involved in the sale and purchase of the property. Thank you!

Explained everything in detail and helped a lot with pre settlement inspection.

Given I have been in hospital for the majority of the time he has been marketing and selling my apartment he has literally taken on the task of getting the apartment ready to sell including painting throughout and arranging for minor repairs and the staging process.

Tim was a pleasure to deal with. The whole process was slick and seamless. He listened to my needs as a vendor and put my interests above anything else. He put everything in to the sale of my home and got a great result for me.

Tim explained everything very clearly and was great to deal with. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable about the area, and upfront about what he thought we could achieve.

The personal service and going out his way to make things work well for us.

Didn’t miss a beat

Very friendly and helpful. Gave the full service, nothing was too much trouble.

His attention to detail, level of care, strength of experience and good jokes

Great communicator, provides a service above and beyond what you expect.

Great service, easy to deal with - did the business.

All queries and requests for information were responded to promptly by Tim and Mark. On completion of the sale, all marketing and supporting information was offered and then provided. We appreciated the unexpected gift when picking up the keys.

Good service and communication .

He was awesome! Helped us sort out everything - even our bidding strategy for the house we wanted to buy (and it worked!). Never in a rush and always happy to answer any of our questions.

Tim and Mark were very friendly and made everything run smoothly.

Friendly, clear communication, good advice, great result

Second time we have used Tim and find him very professional and considerate of all parties, the buyer, the tenants, the property manager and the customers. We 100% trusted him and he made the whole process of selling a house so stress free for us. We didnt have to do anything.

Best agent ever.

Always friendly and responsive

Tim is a very sharp negotiator and pleasure to work with unlike the other 30 other agents i had to deal with when buying a property. Its a shame there are not more agents out there with his attitude and honesty. But i know its a team effort and everyone in the Kingsland office were all fantastic.

Tim seemed to be always working, he communicated well and always got back to us or scheduled times that suited to go through the finer details. He was also very personable, funny and a likeable guy, this made us feel at ease during the process and de-stressed it all.

Personable, punctual, no pressure sales

Wonderful service and a great personal touch

Provided good solid advice and clarity around the sales process.

Tim was great, friendly, easy to deal with and got the job done. Exactly what you want!

Professional and informative

Tim didn’t act like an agent. He acted like a member of our family... he was all in. We couldn’t be more appreciative of his efforts in helping get prepared for sale.

Excellent throughout - him and his whole team. Excellent.

Tim was amazing! He made the whole process feel like a dream. Nothing was a hassle, no question was left unanswered and all insecurities were eliminated through a calm and solution orientated approach. Thanks Tim!

Communicates well and easy to get along with. Great knowledge and always willing to help.

Tim was extremely helpful through the selling process. All his advice was accurate and we got a fast sale that we we happy with.

Tim was approachable, friendly and made the selling process very easy. As a first home buyer and seller, Tim explained each step clearly and easily with us. He was honest and I felt comfortable with the way he handled our property throughout the whole process.

Warm and genuine, clear communicator with calmness and a quiet confidence that gives reassurance that the process is being well managed.

Tim communicated very well with us and took the sale professionally. His approach for selling our house was great so as a result it was sold so quickly and also with a good price. He is kind, approachable, and friendly as a person. We were very satisfied.

Tim and Mark were so great to deal with. The whole process was so simple and stress free. And we sold For a great price!

He is reassuring and has a calm intelligent approach to selling real estate. He does not over promise and and explains steps all the way. We had a couple of issues at the initial launch of the campaign and they were acknowledged which made all the difference and corrected which is all it’s about! All negotiations with interested buyers was excellent. Mixing it up and the second launch was amazing and we were very happy with the result achieving a better sale price then I imagined possible for the square meterage of our site. My parents got the price they wanted. We trust Tim and would recommend and use him again in the future!!

Tim is very professional, approachable and was very focused on getting a quick sale for us at a good price.

Tim was honest and forthright in his communications, he listened and provided detailed buyer feedback. We were very happy with the end result achieved.

Tims manner came across as genuine and not just self serving, which felt like rare traits when considering his peers.

Tim always goes above and beyond for us

Tim and Ruth are great agents. High level of integrity and great to deal with.

We liked Tim, he was very pleasant and very positive. Efficient and realistic. Thanks Tim

The greatest real estate agent on earth, went above, beyond and sideways for our every need and made our transition from Wellington to Sandringham a DREAM!! A great New Zealander is a gross understatement!

He has an excellent manner e.g. Filling us in with all the details but keeping things light at the same time

Tim and Ruth were unfailingly pleasant and positive about our sale. They are so easy to work with. Most importantly I found them highly ethical and honest - a breath of fresh air in our realtor experience

Friendly, efficient.

We had no issues at all with the service we received and found Tim (and the rest of The Locals that we dealt with) to be super friendly, helpful and committed to doing everything they could to help us achieve a sale we would be happy with.

Tim and Mark are consummate professionals. I appreciate people who work hard, clearly understand the industry they are enjoy it. A+++

Tim was amazing

Very satisfied with all aspects of the experience.

Both Ruth and Tim (as well as their other team members) were extremely professional with excellent communication skills.

Tim is the best. Tim came to us on the Monday evening, just hours after the Sunday open home, with 7 offers. We gratefully accepted one of these as it was at the top of both his and our estimated sale price. Getting this together must have entailed many hours of work. Tim is an excellent salesperson, peerless in fact! Lorraine Western Springs.

Where do I start? The preconceptions of estate agents not just in NZ but the world is not great and at the time we were looking to sell we were in a stressful situation and having to deal with a strict body corp. We met Tim who put us at ease and explained the situation clearly, body corps and the service they provide. The house did not sell as quickly as we liked but Tim and the team supported us throughout the sale of the house. We stuck by them and trusted their judgement and they stuck by us as well and would go above and beyond of what we would expect of an estate agent. This included being a councillor, taking us round other houses to buy, popping round outside of work hours in the evening to check in with us to give updates, they gave us some additional photos of our house for the rebrand of it and worked all the hours god sends to make sure we got the best deal we could as clients. During the 9 month association with the locals there were times that it was tough for us but they put at ease all the time with a positive outlook (actually amazing how Tim spun everything into a positive) and I always looked forward to catching up with Tim and the team. Thanks to Ruth, Mark (the Irish one) and Vanesa for also putting in some hard graft and long hours to get our place sold. Thanks to their efforts its now really nice when people say Dont trust estate agents blah blah because we can say what a great experience we had with the Locals, how amazing the team is and at the end of our 9 month relationship we were friends and could share a drink with them to celebrate. Thanks again to the Locals team as your efforts were outstanding. Maybe we might be seeing you soon on the next sale of our house and we need to get you round for a house warming.

Tim (and Ruth and the whole team at Ray White Kingsland) were so amazing. I felt like they went above and beyond with us through the whole process. Helping to demystify the buying and selling process. They were friendly, down to earth and communicated with us so well at all stages. They worked incredibly hard for us and I have already recommended them them to friends.

Tim is a kind, caring person with excellent interpersonal skills. He is professional, knowledgeable and totally trustworthy. He gave us a seamless journey!!

Our house sold within 5 days of being listed. Tim and Ruth were clear and precise in there advice, strategy and execution of this sale. We couldn’t have hoped for a better result.

Paperwork was precise and correct, the pictures and signage were high quality and the process was clear. Tim is an excellent agent and a pleasure to deal with. He negotiated a price that was over and above our expectations.

Tim & Ruth Hawes we’re easy to nice to deal with. We were very impressed with this service

Totally efficient and honest service reliable in every way, mainly dealt with his sister she's a 100% consummate professional. Excellent.

He was very constructive in his feedback in preparing us for the sale. He also managed to negotiate up the purchase price to exceed our expectations so that we didn't need to go back and forth with the buyer.

Sold in 5 days!

Tim, Ruth and their wonderful team were marvellous through the whole process. Honest, friendly and transparent. We never expected such a fast result and are over the moon!

Very knowledgeable about the property and house sale process and made the negotiations very easy through simple and effective communication.

So on to it, trustworthy and hardworking and he pulled out all the stops to get us sold in such quick time for a great price

Easy to work with, responsive, pragmatic, great outcome

Kept me up to date and extremely supportive through the process

Tim Hawes was very professional and we felt he always went the extra mile on our behalf

They were very personable and it was great to work with Ruth and Tim (and Mark) as a team.

Didn’t push us into anything and it really felt like he was working for us as much as the vendor! Easy to chat to about anything with buying a home

Awesome understanding of real estate market by Tim

Really friendly through the whole process

Tim went above and beyond his role in guiding us through the sale of our home. He was always kind, honest, helpful and positive. The advice he gave us on properties we were looking at also made our buying experience far easier. I would recommend him to anyone looking to sell their house and we will definitely look to him and Ruth again next time. We are extremely happy with our experience.

Tim went above and beyond what we could have ever expected! We are very happy we chose to work with Tim!

Tim provided a thoroughly competent,professional and effective consultancy with humour, wisdom and empathy both, for me as the client and for the purchasers; outstanding.

Tim was great to deal with. He was a good communicator and kept us in the loop throughout the whole sale process. He appeared to be open and honest which made the sale experience a pleasant one.

Tim has the unique ability to earn people’s trust quickly. He is very friendly, provided great advice and makes you feel relaxed and informed. These skills are not only good for us selling our house but good for any prospective buyers

Really great speedy result well above anticipated level. Great friendly helpful support and information at all stages given, and without complicating the issues or making the process hard work for us. Almost effortless on our part revealing the reflection of a great team of people behind the scenes.

We achieved a great result at the auction so in the end the agents got the right people to the auction. Tim was very good with helping with the refurbishment of the property before sale, and was always very positive.

Tim went above and beyond during the sale of our house, including keeping us informed all the way through the process and even providing insight as we bought a new one.

Tim was very helpful and thoughtful, and assisted us with measuring after the sale :)

Tim was helpful, thorough, responsive, and easy to deal with.

My face to face experience was with Tim. I found him to be refreshing upfront. He did what he said he would on time and delivered a great result. He presents himself as a genuinely honest caring and likable chap.

He was down to earth, flexible, approachable and not too pushy.

Proactive and very approachable (even for my silly questions!)