“We found Genene after searching local listings to see salespeople actively selling in our area. From the first moment sitting down with her, we felt comfortable and excited. All dialogue was friendly and professional, always taking our feedback on board and making decisions together. Genene engaged excellent professionals for home staging (did an amazing job!) and the whole selling process was handled with transparency and reliability. She exceeded our expectations by presenting five offers via multi-offer process early in the campaign and we were very happy with the price achieved.

We are so pleased to have worked with Genene- as well as the wider Barfoot & Thompson team and will not hesitate to work with her again. Thank you Genene and Barfoot & Thompson Whangaparaoa!

Being first-home buyers, navigating the housing market was initially challenging. Genene was an amazing help sending us listings, organising viewings, and assisting us with buying our first home. She was incredibly approachable, passionate and professional throughout our whole first-home journey. By far the most supportive salesperson we have come across. We are very thankful for her time and effort. Would highly recommend Genene and the team at Barfoot & Thompson.”

My name is David McLaughlin and earlier this year I met one of your real estate agents, Genene Aston, at one of your open homes. Although that particular property turned out to be not quite right for what I was looking for, Genene reached out after the open home and then stayed in touch with me over the following months, going in my opinion, above and beyond what I would normally expect of a real estate agent, to assist in trying to secure a property that was right for me.

Throughout my time in dealing with Genene I was impressed by not only her knowledge of the workings of the real estate market. but also her commercial acumen and ability to find practical and commonsense solutions to issues that potentially presented in respect of various different properties I was interested in. In my day job I am a commercial lawyer, so praise in this regard is not something I give lightly.

With Genene’s assistance and willingness to move as quickly as I also like to move, I was able to secure a property on Florence Avenue in Orewa.

The reason for my letter is just to let you know how good a real estate agent I believe Genene is and to express my sincere thanks for all her assistance and hard work (often outside normal office hours), over the last few months. From the type of work I do as a commercial lawyer, I know that often a lot of the hard graft is done behind the scenes and away from the view of others, but in this case, I wanted to make sure that Genene’s exemplary work was brought to someone’s attention.

We wanted to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping Kelsey and I to find our new home. We had a budget (although not huge), and I guess we were actually quite particular in what we were looking for - almost snobbish on a budget 🤣.

You never gave up on us and you will never know how much that has meant to us both. We had been looking for months and no REA showed as much interest/attention to what we were looking for as much as you did. It isn’t an easy market out there at the moment and you managed to find this beautiful little home for us. We are grateful beyond belief. You worked hard for us with negotiations, even when we stumbled.

Thank you Genene for everything. Keep being you!

From the moment we reached out to Genene she was extremely professional, reliable, honest and informative. Genene was always available and quick to respond to any questions we had. The negotiations for our circumstances stretched for a few weeks and Genene was very helpful during the entire process. Genene's communication was excellent as many conversations were being held between the parties. Genene was a pleasure to deal with and is a real asset to Barfoot & Thompson.

Thank you again Genene!

“Genene was fantastic to deal with in every aspect of our house purchase. From the point where she listened to our requirements, right through to helping finalise the contract, Genene’s guidance and attention to detail gave us great comfort. Genene understood what we wanted, never wasted our time and was a pleasure to deal with. Highly recommended!”

I appreciated and was so impressed with Genene’s work ethic, attention to detail and kind, caring personality. She is an outstanding and professional real estate salesperson. Genene consistently went above and beyond to help stage, market and sell our property. I would thoroughly recommend Genene to anyone looking to buy or sell a property. Genene, you are a true gem in the real estate industry and a real pleasure to deal with. I wish you a bright and successful future - you are amazing!

"A consummate professional in every sense possible. A great negotiator who on two separate occasions, was able to deliver outcomes we thought would be too difficult to achieve. The level of communication that Genene provides is truly impressive – during a six month journey, every single question, query or bit of detail was responded to FAST without ever once needing to be followed up on. Often went outside her scope of service (unprompted I might add), to help out on other things which was greatly appreciated. Throughout the whole process we were never let down and felt completely supported both professionally and personally."