David Holton

David Holton

Residential Sales
Takapuna Branch
Mobile  027 546 5866
DDI  09 480 7295
"We highly recommend David as a real estate agent for both buying and selling. He is thorough, experienced and most impo...
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David Holton

Residential Sales
Takapuna Branch
Mobile  027 546 5866
DDI  09 480 7295

About David Holton

20 years of experience counts: I’ll help you make informed decisions to reach your real estate goals.

The 20 years I’ve spent working with Barfoot & Thompson has been the most rewarding and satisfying time in my life. Through booms, recessions and a pandemic, I've enjoyed every moment and gained a wealth of knowledge. I love my career and I take it very seriously.

After all this time I still love working as a salesperson, relishing every deal as a fresh challenge. However, I also have a Branch Manager licence and get immense satisfaction from mentoring others, including my Associate Jason Xu and other colleagues. Above all, I am so grateful to work for Barfoot & Thompson, being a non-franchised, family-owned company with the best ethics and biggest market share.

Biggest regret: Not entering real estate earlier in my life.

Past careers: Mostly sales, in a variety of industries i.e. business management software, printers, copiers, building and construction. In my early 20’s, I worked for several years as a primary school teacher. On a part-time basis in my 30's, I presented literally hundreds of TV commercials (mostly for Ford NZ) and I had bit-speaking parts in Shortland Street, Hercules and Xena: Warrior Princess. It was all fun, interesting work, but I get a much deeper satisfaction selling real estate, helping people make their greatest financial and emotional decisions.

On a personal note: In 1973, as a teenager, I moved to New Zealand from England and in the 1980’s, my wife Tiina, a Clinical Psychologist, emigrated here from Bali. We have two children - Aaria 25 and James 18.

Interests: Brewing beer, reading historical novels, Warbirds aviation, property investment in New Zealand and Bali, and I enjoy carpentry and DIY. Of note - I have undertaken many building projects over the years, including tripling the size of our Northcote Point heritage cottage, along with the soul-destroying frustrations of dealing with contractors and Auckland Council.

My bucket list: To become fluent in Indonesian, take up windsurfing again, learn to play rock and blues on the piano, and finish our latest development project.

My promise to you: If you list your property with me, I will aim for the best possible price and have a genuine interest and respect for your needs. I will help you make informed decisions by providing regular, real and unfiltered feedback from buyers. If buying through me, my straight-talking approach and property knowledge can guide you to a happy outcome.

Be open to my suggestions - after 20 years in the business I know what works!

David's properties

For sale (4)
Sold recently (81)
Sold and/or marketed in the last 5 years

What my clients say

"We highly recommend David as a real estate agent for both buying and selling. He is thorough, experienced and most importantly of all, he is honest. He is hard working and stops at nothing to get offers across the line, using his superb negotiating skills. Despite several hiccups that we encountered during the sale of our property, David came through with a positive result for both us and the buyer and we would not hesitate to work with him again in the future."

Kim and Duncan Tucker - Vendors Bayview

"I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for all the hard work you put into selling our house and ensuring we got a good price. You were up for a challenge to sell the house with tenants, dated d?cor, cracks and other cosmetic issues and you did it! You've sold that house twice now! To get the buyer $80,000 up from his first offer gave me another perspective of the workings of selling real estate."

Teresa & Stuart Tooley - Vendors Hillcrest

"Our sincere thanks to David for an outstanding job. This was our 8th house that we have sold in the last 10 years and he stood out by far as the best agent we have used, not just in the final price achieved but in relation to his availability, marketing knowledge and expertise in dealing with potential purchasers."

John and Helen Hoffman, Vendors - Northcote Point)

"I cannot recommend David Holton too highly. He knows his stuff, is results focussed, and best of all he is scrupulously honest. A high quality experience, from a high quality person. All round excellence."

James and Rachael Nunney, Vendors - Sunnynook

"David was great, timely reports and feedback, always available to take a phone call and very knowledgeable of the market. He was especially mindful and respectful of the tenants we had in the property, providing for an uncomplicated sale. We have developed a relationship with David over a number of years when looking to purchase a property and recently selling our rental. Good individual who has always been transparent and honest."

Daniel & Anna Kane, Vendors - Northcote Point

"David's professionalism towards an emotionally driven time after losing our father was outstanding. He was very respectful of our loss and tended to the sale of our property with care and was always happy to help with any questions we had regarding the sale."

Natalie Dent, Vendor - Hauraki

"I found David to be very enthusiastic and interested in the property I was selling. He communicates really well and keeps you advised of any feedback and suggests informed courses of action. He has been very genuine, honest and has demonstrated upmost integrity in his dealings both with us and the buyers. I have confidence in his abilities and it has been a pleasure to have him sell my house. I will definitely return to David again in the future for any house buying or selling."

Jan Ahrens, Vendor - Birkdale

... and from Graham Morton of Birkenhead who didn't use me to sell his property, but wishes he had: "I really regret not selling with you. Lesson learnt go with gut feeling and stop listening to others' advice. Feel free to use me for any referees required, you are honest, reliable and always helpful."

Vendor - Birkenhead

"Dear David, thank you for your assistance in the sale of our house. You were fantastic throughout, seeing us through the negotiations to sell the property. We thank you for your total professionalism where you kept everything in a very realistic and achievable light and were available whenever necessary to put things together. We hugely appreciate the efforts you made on our behalf to put together a deal with the purchasers. We will not hesitate in recommending your services to others."

Mr & Mrs M Sprosen, Mairangi Bay

"On behalf of Maurie and myself thank you so much for looking after our property. We both think you did a superb job of marketing the property, looking after the open homes/follow-up and then achieving a great price for us."

Mr & Mrs M Rendle

"Hi David, thank you again to you & all your team member's contributions towards of sale our unit. I am very impressed with to Barfoot & Thompson company who sold my unit under 1 month's short time, well done. I am absolutely will recommend Barfoot & Thompson's Beach Haven branch to all my families, friends and church members if they come cross buying or sales homes in the future. Good thing goes around."

Mrs J Lai

"We were impressed with the professional way David advised us", "David was recommended to us and we felt he stood out above the other agents we met with his personable manner and appreciation of the property", "His feedback was thorough and detailed", "... found the follow up info very helpful and got a positive picture of feedback and price", "... went the extra mile", "David's personality was a big advantage to the campaign", "...very happy, exceeded expectations", "... yes (happy) exceeded expectations from buyer feedback", "... very pleased with the Auction success and the price achieved"

"Yes - he had great attention to detail and listened to our needs and wants as we addressed them in the campaign. We liked getting alot of feedback", "Yes - found his enthusiasm and efforts to deliver information during the campaign very satisfactory", "We would recommend David to any of our friends who were thinking of selling their homes. We can see why David has been the Top Branch Salesperson for 5 years."

"The best we have met. A great, straight, honest and very unpushy. We both were very impressed with your style and helpfulness during the open home. So many estate agents could learn from you - well done"

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