Leila Morris
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Originally from Berlin, Leila initially started her working life as a Nurse which taught her patience and people skills, especially in tough situations. As Leila moved up the ranks becoming Director of Nursing she learnt time management and negotiation skills which gave her the confidence to become an Event Manager. In this role Leila organized many international events throughout Europe in the 1990’s.
Since Leila and her daughter made New Zealand their home in 1998 Leila’s passion for people and property led her to successfully entering the real estate industry. Leila quickly became a sales agent of note receiving the Rookie of the year award in her first year in the business. She has since won many accolades and awards in the time that she has been marketing and selling top end property.
Leila’s activity in the Eastern Bays area of Auckland has seen her utilize her skills selling homes of distinction. Leila believes strongly in the client centric relationship and is dedicated to service and professionalism as a sales agent at Barfoot & Thompson in St Heliers.
Testimonials
what people say about Leila....
"Leila worked very hard and had a great understanding of the whole process. As a person Leila was a pleasure to work with easy to talk to a good listener, easy to contact and always prompt at returning our calls or answering our questions. We absolutely recommend Leila to anybody."
Jan and Giny Perdok
"We engaged Leila Morris to market our home in St Heliers and have found her to be of excellent character. Leila has very good communication skills and presents herself well on every occasion. She has recently sold our home and achieved a satisfactory outcome. We would recommend her to other vendors in this area."
Jack & Robin Dawson
"...Leila's warm and engaging personality, gentle sense of humour and above all passion for her role were the things that stood out to us when asking her to work with us to sell our property.
Having now both purchased and sold a property with Leila, we know that these are qualities attract buyers and make Leila's listings stand out…
Of course, she is absolutely professional and competent in her role…Throughout the sale process, Leila kept us fully informed. She provided timely feedback on the viewings and open homes, plus written weekly progress reports.
All decisions were ours. We retained control of the process and were not pressured, instead we were well supported by appropriate counsel and thorough research from Leila.
Our home sold at auction within the time frame proposed by Leila, and we are pleased with the outcome. Leila's professionalism and enthusiasm has made the whole sale process a pleasant experience and much less stressful than it could otherwise have been."
Michelle Willetts & Paul Dunne
"… On this advice I contacted Leila who came to our home, made an appraisal and said she would present a selling strategy if we wished. We agreed to this and a few days later Leila presented a very full proposal with a suggested budget on advertising that we accepted.
Leila impressed us with her commonsense practical business approach with a view to presenting the property for sale by Auction or private treaty depending on interest in the property.
We received great advice from Leila on how to present our home for prospective buyers.
…It was a very good experience and should anyone be considering selling their property in the Eastern Bays I would like to recommend Leila to them.
My wife who spent some years in real estate, during which time she met many people in the industry commented to me Leila was one of the best marketing and real estate presenters she had worked with.
Anyone may call me on 021 333 375 if they wish."
Michael Kitt.
"Barfoot & Thompson residential sales representative, Leila Morris is a friendly, flexible, reliable, patient and a hard working person. She is also self-motivated with the ability to work effectively and maintain the relationship with the clients.
I have recently sold and bought properties through her and will not hesitate to recommend her to anyone who requires her professional services.
Should you require further information or clarification regarding Leila’s credentials, you can contract me at 09 578 0202 or 021 527 055"
William T.
"As you know our house went “unconditional” this morning. Eli and I both want to express our gratitude to Barfoot and Thompson for acting on our behalf. Sincere and special thanks to Leila Morris. Leila has sold two home’s for us in the short space of one year. In both cases, she has gone the extra mile and always with a smile on her face. She is truly a hardworking lady who could be called upon at any time for advice and assistant. Rain, wind or sun, Leila puts on her “positive” hat and carries on regardless. Leila is passionate about her work and certainly does not lack perseverance. Barfoot and Thompson should be very proud to have such a dedicated member on their team. We are “packing for Perth” but can assure you that we will recommend Leila and your organization to anyone we know, selling or buying, in the future."
Kind regards,
Bev Salant
"Sold my house!
Leila was like a breath of fresh air in her approach, with an abundance of charm, perseverance, humour and personality plus.
This combined with her sound guidance and professionalism made, what can be an arduous process, effective and a successful experience for me."
Luoni C.
"Dear Leila,
We would like to thank you for all your help in executing the sale of our properties at 381 Riddell Road, Glendowie.
We admire greatly your professionalism and great attention to detail. There is no doubt that you are tireless in your devotion to a project.
We were always kept up to date with progress through both marketing program’s and we respected your candid advice as we drew closer to Auction time.
It is certainly refreshing to have such clear and honest guidance from a real estate professional.
We look forward to dealing with you in the future."
Kind regards,
Jan and Glenn C.
"I first met Leila when I was viewing a number of open homes one weekend. I saw around 8 homes and registered my name with the agency at each home. Leila was the only agent who followed up my interest in any of the homes.
As a result, when we were ready to put our home on the market, I knew from the experience I had had with agents to date that Leila would work the hardest for us to followup any potential purchasers.
We invited Leila into our home to discuss listing it and from that moment she was all go. At that meeting she arranged a staging service, a photographer and gave us advice on how best to present our home, what points could be better presented and what small fixes were worth making. Her honesty and sincerity immediately gave us comfort that she would present our home in the best possible way and therefore generate as much potential interest as possible.
In the short time between listing, the photo shoot (which was absolutely stunning!), publishing in the property press and our first open home Leila regularly kept in contact with us to ensure we were on task and offered help if we needed it.
After every open home Leila called us with feedback and within 10 days brought a very good offer to the table and discussed what our next steps could be.
We sold our property within a few weeks of that first meeting with Leila and are very comfortable that we got the best price we could have.
And in the meantime, Leila tirelessly helped us and kept us informed of any properties she thought we might be interested in purchasing.
Leila comes highly recommended by my husband and me. There are so many agents out there but very few that have demonstrated the commitment, enthusiasm and passion that Leila shows – and she does it all with a smile, a sense of humour and that German organizational ability!"
Helen C. and Frank W.
Glendowie
“Hi David,
As you know our house went “unconditional” this morning.
Eli and I both want to express our gratitude to Barfoot and Thompson for acting on our behalf.
Sincere and special thanks to Leila Morris.
Leila has sold two home’s for us in the short space of one year. In both cases, she has gone the extra mile and always with a smile on her face.
She is truly a hardworking lady who could be called upon at any time for advice and assistant. Rain, wind or sun, Leila puts on her “positive” hat and carries on regardless.
Leila is passionate about her work and certainly does not lack perseverance.
Barfoot and Thompson should be very proud to have such a dedicated member on their team.
We are “packing for Perth” but can assure you that we will recommend Leila and your organization to anyone we know, selling or buying, in the future.”
Kind regards,
Bev and Eli S.
We engaged Leila to quietly market our property to a select few buyers. Leila engaged her wide network of colleagues and was successful almost immediately in finding a purchaser for our home, on terms and conditions that suited us perfectly. Leila is tenacious and very focused and we would recommend her to other prospective Vendors.
Sloane & Colin S.
Having dealt with Leila recently for the purchase of a new property and then the sale of our existing property, I am please to highly recommend her ability as a salesperson.
… It was Leila's professional approach and work ethic that encouraged us to list our property with her. She assessed our property for sale and we respected her 'straight shooting' approach towards the marketing and presentation. From Leila's experience, she advised us not to over capitalise when presenting our property and saved us thousands that we may have spent unnecessarily. We felt confident with Leila and hoped for a quick sale…
With just two weeks left until settlement, Leila confirmed that she had achieved a cash unconditional offer within our required settlement date for the exact price we had hoped to achieve.
Thanks for everything Leila, it doesn't get any better than that!
Darcy & Michelle W.
Moneytree Finance
Leila has sold two properties for us over recent years.
Her professional manner, diligence and strong interpersonal skills have made a real difference to the sales outcome.
Leila is an astute judge of character when it comes to potential buyers, negotiates well, and is one of the best agents we have worked with in over twenty five years of working in property ourselves.
Mark and Debbie L
"I write on behalf of my family to express our thanks to Leila Morris to procure an unconditional purchase of our family home, at 91a Tautari St., Orakei, Auckland even before the erection of the Sale signage on our property.
The format of her presentation, in the sale proposals, really impressed me with high standard of professionalism. In person, I can see her as a vibrant and forceful Sales Person, thus, I would like to suggest her service to anyone who would ask me to recommend and I have just done that".
Billy Oon
"After going through the process of selling a house, we can genuinely say that Leila Morris took the stress and anxiety away. Whether it was following up queries or chasing down potential buyers, Leila always had her hand on the pulse. As a result we were well informed of everything that was happening thanks to her updates. By the auction day she managed to generate enough competition maximising our result.
We have no hesitation recommending Leila to anyone who is looking at selling their house."
Konrad & Aryanne
"What a day! We are still pinching ourselves that the house sold, as you can imagine.
We both would like to say how much we appreciate all you have put into the process, from the purchase side through to our 2 sales (well, 1 sale with one on the way!).
It has been a pleasure to have you along side us".
Cheers, Brett & Di
"We are trying to come to terms with how quickly our property sold with the very committed help of Leila.
It didn't get to the open home as Leila had done such a good job of selling our property within 24hours of going to the market.
We found her very considerate and understanding of our feelings at the time.
We recommend Leila if you want your property to go market"
Fay and John Mitchell
"Thoroughly enjoyed dealing with Leila and she always delivered on everything she said she would do. It was a “wow” result. I would not hesitate in recommending Leila, and can’t speak highly enough of her. Again, thank you Leila"
Tracey Phipps
"We were lucky enough to have Leila assist us both in the sale of our townhouse and in the purchase of our new family home. We were impressed with her ability and attitude throughout the entire process. She is a consummate professional with sound judgement and her years of experience in the industry meant that we were in safe hands. Engaging, and personable, Leila is determined to get the best outcome for her clients. Always contactable and responsive, Leila never failed to go the extra mile for us. We are now in our dream home - thank you Leila!"
Amanda and Rob Aitken
"Leila sold our home recently, achieving a result we could only dream of. Throughout the entire process her commitment to our property made it appear it was the total focus of her life –yet clearly that could not possibly be. From the time she first viewed the house she recognised features which set it apart from others in its price range and then delighted in drawing buyers’ attention to what was offered. As vendors we could not have asked for better service. It made us imagine how comforting it would have been for any patient Leila cared for in her earlier career as a nurse and to understand why she reached the most senior position then available to her. The administrative skills she was to take to event management projects through Europe now underpin her life in a real estate in New Zealand. Leila is quite clear about why she enjoys selling property: “I’m so proud of the homes I’m invited to market and I love the people I meet – whether they are buying or selling,” she said when we asked what lay behind her success rate. Whatever drives Leila’s success it certainly includes personality, integrity and dedication. Long may she love her job because we’d certainly want her to handle any future sale we might contemplate."
J and C F
“We would like to give our sincere thanks to Leila and the team in Barfoot & Thompson in selling our property in Kohimarama. We are very impressed by Leila’s professionalism and prompt response in every question we’ve asked during the process. Leila is very friendly and has made the selling process as stress-free as possible. She is a good listener and has very good communication skills and kept us well informed during the process.
We received great advice from Leila on how to present our home to potential buyers and we like her strategy on doing open homes only on Sundays.
Our home was sold in Auction after 3 weeks of open homes at a satisfactory price. We would not hesitate to recommend Leila to anyone considering of selling their property in the Eastern Bays."
Vincent & Jennifer Au-Yeung
We recently sold our house through Leila, and we're very pleased. She kept us up-to-date throughout
the process, with regular phone calls as well as written reports. Her experience and knowledge, as
well as her honesty and openness helped put us at ease, we knew we were in good hands.
Not only is Leila an excellent salesperson, she has a genuine warmth and effervescence about her
which makes her a pleasure to have around. We would recommend Leila to anyone, she's awesome.
Thanks Leila!
Karina and Hamish Wright