Jacqui and Kath have made the sale of our family home seamless and stress-free. It was a long process from our side to get the property on the market but Jacqui and Kath were patient and supportive with us and got us through every stage. Your sale is safe in their hands. Highly recommend. 🤍

I've bought and sold a number of houses over the years and I have to admit that I was less that happy by almost all of those experiences. However, Kath and Jacqui have proved to be real exceptions.

Firstly, they are very good communicators, constantly in touch with us from beginning to end, so at no time did we feel left out of the loop. They were both clearly knowledgeable of the local market; they had numerous examples of other cases similar to ours and how they were resolved. They were unflappable even when our sale seemed at risk of falling over and worked tirelessly to get the deal over the line.

They were also good at interfacing with lawyers and had connections with building and council consultants so that we got good advice in quick time. This helped us to make good decisions during a problematic sale.

I have no hesitation in recommending Kath and Jacqui to anyone wanting a really professional real estate sales team.

We found the ‘Kath & Jacqui’ real estate duo from Barfoot & Thompson Grey Lynn to be a good choice of salespeople for us. They were always focused on following up leads as well as being able to ‘think outside the box’ in their pursuit of a sale for us. They also kept in contact with regular updates in what was a somewhat slow and unpredictable market.

Thank you for all your efforts, Jacqui and Kath.

Over the past few years, both Kath and Jacqui have guided me through huge life milestones as I've bought a first family home and then navigated selling a family home when the relationship didn't last. Not once did they drop the ball, always able to bring my attention to where it needed to be, offering solutions and always giving their sincere and honest advice.

I wouldn't work with any other real estate salespeople. These women are highly experienced, people-focused, professional, fair and reasonable, great communicators and advocates for their clients. Buying and selling property is clearly a passion for both Kath and Jacqui - it is not just a job to them and you can feel it.

My brother Darcy Millar owned a property on Sussex for 43 years, before selling it in April 2024. I was involved with him right from the start of the sales process, including in the selection of Kath and Jaqui as his agents, to attending the auction with him, and helping deal with various issues along the way. It was the first and only property he had ever owned. He was a novice, hence his calling on me, his more experienced brother, for support. I was impressed by Kath and Jaqui’s warmth and professionalism, and by the gentle way in which they guided him through the process, e.g. the staging and presentation of the property, etc, etc. Also, I was very impressed with the results. In the batch of 10 properties auctioned that morning at Barfoot & Thompson;s CBD offices, Darcy’s was the only one to have multiple bidders and the only one to sell above reserve. (One had a single bidder, and sold below its original reserve, three had a single bidder but didn’t sell, and five had no bidders at all). So, very well done indeed Kath & Jaqui!!!

Jacqui and Kath were fantastic in the sale of our property. They showed considerable tenacity, patience and perseverance through what was a difficult sales process. Their communication was exceptional and they always came to us with options when we were faced with challenges. We were very happy with the outcome and would highly recommend them both if you were considering the sale of your property.

We had a great experience as a vendor with Kath and Jacqui. They provided pertinent market insights and managed the whole process around our busy lifestyle, always very accommodating and professional. We achieved a great result on the sale of our property which exceeded our expectations.

Jacqui and Kath are a great team! They did an outstanding job in marketing and selling my house. Their hard work, professionalism, and expertise is second-to-none.

I was thrilled with the final price that my house fetched, especially in today's market. Jacqui and Kath's ability to connect with buyers and create excitement around the property was truly impressive, and I know that it was a key factor in getting such a fantastic result.

Overall, I cannot recommend you both highly enough. Thank you for everything you did to help me sell my house and achieve such a great outcome.

Jacqui and Kath were outstanding. They made the whole process transparent, put us at ease, were friendly and nothing was too much trouble. They always kept in contact throughout the whole process making it easy. They also showed compassion towards our family for what was an emotional process selling our parents home.

Thank you Barfoot & Thompson. Your salespeople, Jacqui Vaughan Kells and Kath Barnes were professional, knowledgeable and super helpful. They explained each stage of the sale process to me, (sometimes more than once). I knew that when potential purchasers visited the open homes they would feel welcome. I appreciated the regular updates on viewing numbers and interested parties.

Thank you Barfoot & Thompson. Your salespeople were professional, knowledgeable and super helpful. They explained each stage of the sale process to me, sometimes more than once. I knew that when potential purchasers visited the open homes they would feel welcome. I appreciated the regular updates on viewing numbers and interested parties.

“At a time when the property market had come off its record bull run, the reserve bank had tightened up lending restrictions, and we were about to turn a corner toward yet more volatility with the arrival of the Omicron variant, I entrusted the sale of my property to Kath and Jacqui.

They met the challenges in the market head on and helped me secure a price that would help me move forward with my own build.

Throughout, they were never not outstanding. Meticulous, friendly, and nothing was ever in the ‘too hard basket’. Even extending to post-sale help as I needed to sell furniture, and clear storage.

Kath and Jacqui: my most sincere thanks."

Kath, Jacqui and Dayle recently sold our home, and we have nothing but praise for their professionalism and efforts. The sale price by far exceeded our expectations, but in saying that, the result was achieved through great marketing and getting a lot of potential buyers viewing the property. Selling our family home was an emotional time but Kath, Jacqui and Dayle made sure the sale process was seamless. They have great listening skills and kept us well informed with open home numbers and buyer feedback. We’ll definitely be using their expertise again when the time comes for selling or buying another home. They also managed to seal the deal on securing our new home too, so what more can we say! Thanks Team.

We wanted you to know how thrilled we were with Kath Barnes and Jacqui Vaughan-Kells in their support for us in the sale. They were there for us during every step of the way - from making an initial plan, to the final fall of the 'hammer'. Furthermore, they helped us find our lovely new home in Lynfield. They got to know us well during our time together and were able to show us the fabulous place we are now in. It was only the second place they needed to show us.

What we loved about them was their ongoing contact with us to make sure we were on track with the plan (we were), and to make sure we were going okay, (we were). They were incredibly warm and friendly, genuinely so, and that made everything so much easier for us. At the same time, their professionalism, expertise and experience shone through.

We were also well supported by Dayle Barnes who looked over the house we bought to identify the building materials and gave advice about what needed attention. Furthermore, he offered to bid for us at the auction and did a brilliant job.

I can't tell you how much we both appreciated the team's efforts on our behalf. It made things so easy and we felt safe in their hands. Furthermore, we had highly desirable outcomes with the sale of the old house and the purchase of the new house. We can't recommend them highly enough.

We can highly recommend Kath Barnes and Jacqui Vaughan-Kells who recently sold our Westmere property. As an offshore seller I can happily state Kath and Jacqui really do go the extra mile for their clients including assisting us with the many tasks and advice needed to help get our property ready to market. They always kept us informed during the process and of course the most important thing is they got us a great end result. Kath and Jacqui give a personal touch to the process you seldom find these days.”

Wonderful Service..took all the stress out of marketing my home..easy and pleasant to work with.. so supportive...

We sold our house with Grey Lynn branch, and Kath and her team went beyond and above to make the sale of our house to go smoothly, and well above what we expected to get. I would highly recommend them.

We found we connected readily with the Barnes & Co team from the outset. Kath, Dayle and Jacqui could not have been easier to deal with - always ready to listen, and communicated well throughout our campaign. While due to market uncertainty, Covid and other issues, our property has yet to sell, we will have no hesitation in relisting with the Barnes team when the time is right. They could not have worked harder for us.

We were impressed with the professionalism of the team of Kath, Dayle and Jacqui in selling our house. They set out a realistic timetable and provided regular feedback on progress. There was no pressure and they gave sound advice regarding the sale and auction process, the price and other important details re vendor disclosure. The marketing fees were very reasonable.

They stressed the advantage of the broad network of Barfoot & Thompson salespeople to increase exposure. In addition they worked the property themselves and stressed that they handled only a few properties at a time to help them concentrate on the sale process.

We were very pleased with the end result re the price and the sale.

We bought our Grey Lynn house through Jacqui and Kath who were amazing to deal with. They were super-efficient whilst being extremely personable.

Nothing was ever a problem and we have no hesitation in recommending them.

We would like to convey how impressed we were with Jacqui and Kath in marketing and selling our home in Grey Lynn as soon as we came out of Covid-19 Lockdown.

They had to both navigate a ‘new world’ of selling real estate with all of the social distancing rules and the anxiety of a worldwide pandemic. This would have been quite difficult. Yet they were nothing short of amazing! They gave us their honest professional opinions when prompted and took away any stress that we were feeling about the current global situation. We had no-face to-face communication. It was all done via phone, text and email and this felt effortless. It was decided to sell by negotiation. As soon as we had signed all the paperwork, they took the reins and we left them to do what they do best - sell houses!

We were not disappointed! Within the first five days of marketing and open homes we had five offers presented to us - and we duly accepted one that we were very happy with. All of this was achieved post Covid-19 Lockdown, when the whole country was feeling quite uncertain about the future.

Their professionalism, their Kiwi ‘can do’ attitude, their willingness to just get on and do it, their lovely personas. This all equated to a fantastic result that we were ecstatic with.

We would not hesitate at all to recommend Jacqui and Kath as top real estate salespeople to market and sell your property. Thank you so much Jacqui and Kath.

We were impressed with professionalism of the team of Kath, Dayle and Jacqui in selling our house.   They set out a realistic timetable and provided regular feedback on progress.  There was no pressure and they gave sound advice regarding the sale and auction process, the price and other important details re vendor disclosure. The marketing fees were very reasonable.

They stressed the advantage of the broad network of Barfoot & Thompson salespeople to increase exposure.  In addition they worked the property themselves and stressed that they handled only a few properties at a time to help them concentrate on the sale process.  

We were very pleased with the end result re the price and the sale.

We would like to thank you and Jacqui and Dayle for all your work with the open homes and the successful auction. You made the whole process work seamlessly, and took all the stress out of it. It was a pleasure to have you working for us. You all have a very professional manner, and a good knowledge of the market. You gave us good advice and achieved a very good outcome.
We would certainly recommend you to anyone wishing to sell their property.
Kind regards,

I just wanted to say thank you very much for your help with selling my father's unit in Royal Oak. It was a sad time for the family. Your patience, advice, dedication and professionalism impressed me very much. Your recommendation of holding an auction for Dad's unit resulted in a much higher price than we had initially expected. I was also impressed with the auctioneer Marion and the service that she provided. I would highly recommend the both of you to any of my friends or family, should they be looking to sell their home in the future. Thanking you again.
Kind regards,

Kath and Dayle are a wonderful team to work with. They guided us through the sale process with care, patience and professionalism and we were very pleased with the outcome. We would highly recommend them to anyone looking to sell their property.

From day one Kath and Dayle were a joy to work with. They were friendly, communicative and very market savvy and knowledgeable in the Point Chevalier area. We couldn't have asked for a better support team in our property sale.

Purchasing through Kath and Dayle was an excellent experience! We had been searching for a home for 11 months and were very over dealing with agents - Kath and Dayle renewed our faith in the process again. They were amazing with their communication, honest and understanding; we would absolutely recommend them without hesitation.

As first home buyers my wife and I worked closely with Dayle and Kath who were crucial to making a daunting process easy and more importantly, successful. They were excellent to work with and we felt they truly had our best interests at heart to the extent of supporting us at auctions of no benefit to them. Anyone looking to buy or sell I would look no further.

Dayle and Kath were incredibly helpful when both selling our previous home and looking for our new family home in Grey Lynn. They quickly became our trusted advisors thanks to their extensive local knowledge and relentless persistence to find us 'the one' despite 8 months searching! Their building industry contacts were also invaluable when considering a couple of properties! We highly recommend the Barnes!

We found them to be highly professional, motivated, honest and we really appreciated their on-going communication, updates and we felt they went beyond the call of duty during our marketing and consequent sale.
Rick and Adrienne felt very comfortable and confident with Kath and Dayle's knowledge, expertise, down to earth and friendly approach. They were also instrumental in our buying the perfect property during our sale, we cannot recommend them enough.
We have no hesitation in recommending them to other-would-be buyers, family and friends.

We would very much like to take the opportunity to thank Kath and Dayle Barnes with the marketing of our property in Marsden Ave, Mt Eden Auckland.
Our home was rented to five young students and negotiating open home times and photo shoots for marketing purposes was not at all easy. Kath handled this challenge beautifully - working closely with the girls - even negotiating a fixed term contract to safe guard them during their tenancy and subsequent sale of our home - a stressful time for all parties.
We were presented several offers, at varying stages of the sale campaign - and we appreciate Kath and Dayle working alongside of us and sticking with us, especially when times did get tough - which invariably can happen in the emotional sale of a property.
Dayle and Kath were professional and innovated in their approach to keep the wheels rolling. As a result of their tenacity we indeed have come away with a sale we are proud of, to purchasers (a young family) who we hope will enjoy the home as much as we have.
I have no hesitation in recommending Kath and Dayle Barnes to friends or family. We would be pleased to use Kath and Dayle for repeat business either purchasing or selling.

Kath and Dayle are a force to be reckoned with. As combined, they have exceptional attention to detail and sales acumen and they are also great people. We were always kept up to date with where things were at with potential buyers and ended up selling at the top level of our expectations. We are very happy vendors!

I would like to take the time to thank you for the amazing work you did to sell my first home. As this was my first time selling a property I was extremely grateful for the way you supported me through the process - from your easy engagement, realistic appraisal and regular updates through the 3 week sales process, it made it as stress free as possible at time which would normally be a high stress period. Not only did you support me, but from what I understand went the extra mile for potential buyers with waiting umbrellas on rainy days and driving people up and down the driveway so that they could enjoy what could be their next home.
I would highly recommend you both to anyone looking to buy or sell - or both!

Kath did a fantastic job selling our property, a historic building in Ponsonby and we are very pleased with the sale price achieved. Kath was very proactive in driving the sale of our property. She kept us well informed and gave us good advice and guidance at all times. She is trustworthy, and I would happily recommend her to anyone with property to sell.

"Selling your house is a stressful process especially right before Christmas. My perception of real estate agents before meeting Kath to be honest wasn't great. Hot market, knock up a for sale sign, run some open homes and walk away with a commission cheque. After meeting a number of different real estate agents from various companies, I went with Kath because of her outstanding knowledge and good old fashion work ethic. Kath has changed my mind about real estate agents, the amount of work she put in staggered me, from comprehensive appraisals, weekly written reports, notes on the buyers, brochure drops, promoting the listing to other Barfoots agents...... the list goes on. I was thoroughly impressed with the process of selling my home. Lastly in a market which had softened slightly, I was extremely happy with the result we got at auction. Bottom line, I would recommend Kath at the drop of hat and you will be sound in the knowledge that you have a real estate who is truly working hard to get you the best possible result."

"We are so grateful to Kath for finding us our dream home. We had actually given up our search and decided to stay put, however, Kath kept our requirements in mind and kept searching for us. By extending our search by a few kilometres outside our existing search area, Kath was able to find us a property in a better area and that we would not have even known about.
Throughout the process there was no pressure from Kath, and what was most valuable was that prior to making our offer, Kath spent some time with us looking online at comparable properties in the area and previous sales statistics. As we ended up in a multi-offer situation, this helped us make sure we put our best offer forward and ultimately secure the property.
We would have no hesitation in using Kath again."

"I was also impressed with your hard work throughout the campaign. The whole process from start to finish was completely stress free and your communication and interaction with my tenants was very much appreciated. I have no hesitation in recommending you as an agent who works extremely hard to get the best outcome for your vendor."