Real Estate AdvisoryIndependent advice.
Someone in your corner.
Not every property decision needs full buyer representation. Sometimes you need someone experienced and independent on your side for a single question or situation.
Whether you’re weighing up a specific property, want an impartial second opinion, need someone to negotiate in your best interests, are reviewing what you own or are working through something more complex, Shepherd gives you considered advice shaped to your circumstances.
Some clients come to us once. Others keep us beside them, alongside their accountant and lawyer, across many decisions and many years.
When to call us
“Is this one worth the drive or the flight?”
Send us the listing. We’ll give you the context, our read, and tell you honestly whether to invest the time and money.
“Can someone go and look for me?”
We inspect in person and report back: the positives, compromises, considerations and what it’s realistically worth.
“How do I make a compelling offer without overpaying or exposing myself?”
We assess current market value and the competition, shape the terms and the offer to compete, and negotiate it for you.
“I’m considering selling, but I’m not ready to have agents through.”
We look at your place first. No pressure to list, no hounding. A dependable read on value and what’s worth doing, and an introduction to our buyers if there’s a match.
“I don’t want to deal with the agents.”
We stand between you and them, protect and represent your interests, hold everybody to account, and keep your interests front and centre.
“I want to talk about the bigger picture.”
Portfolio, planning, a renovation or development project. A standing adviser for the decisions that don’t fit in one call.
What we offerOne decision, or all of them.
Property assessment
A listing you’ve found, reviewed from here or inspected in person with a written report: what it is, what it’s actually worth, and what to consider beyond the obvious.
Offer strategy and negotiation
We work out the value, shape the offer, run the due diligence and negotiate on your behalf, alongside your conveyancer or lawyer, from offer to settlement.
Quoted on your circumstances
Pre-sale advice
What your property is worth, what’s worth doing before you sell, which agents to shortlist and what to pay them. Before you talk to anyone.
Portfolio and asset review
What to keep, what to let go, where the value is and how to add to it, across one property or everything you own.
Renovation and development feasibility
Whether it stacks up, before you commit.
Project curation
The right people around your project, chosen and coordinated by us.
Estate, succession and separation
Intergenerational and multi-beneficiary property decisions, handled with care.
Ongoing advisory
A standing adviser across your property decisions, alongside your accountant and lawyer, for as long as you need one.
All fees plus GST. Success fee on negotiation is a percentage of the purchase price. Everything else is agreed in writing before we begin.
First steps
It starts with a chat, not a contract.
Tell us what’s on your mind: the property, the plan, the thing you’re not sure about. It’s confidential and it costs nothing. If we can help, we’ll say how, and what it will cost, in writing, before anything starts. If we can’t, we’ll tell you that too.