Greig Metcalfe

Greig as Principal of LJ Hooker George Boyes, personifies the values of one of New Zealand’s longest running Real Estate dynasties.

Leslie Joseph Hooker (LJ Hooker), a hard worker who started in business very young, opened his first Real Estate Company in 1928 and after a difficult start during the 1930’s depression, expanded his business into Australia’s largest Real Estate Empire. George Boyes and Company have similar historical roots.

Today, LJ Hooker continues to be a huge player in the Australasian Real Estate scene.

LJ Hooker George Boyes is an iconic name. George Boyes, the company’s founder, started as a Land Agent in Hamilton in 1906. George continued in Land Agency Business until his death in 1958. During which time the Agency was the Hamilton Property Leader. Beyond that George Boyes was lead by some of the Regions most well known Business and Political Leaders.
Coming from a well known Waikato Real Estate family, Greig’s father Bill, with 30 years in the Industry, was a well known North Waikato farmer and ‘Land Agent’.

Now, Greig, with more than 25 years in the industry leads the largest individually owned Real Estate Company in the Waikato; with offices in Hamilton, Ngaruawahia, Huntly, Pokeno, Tuakau, Raglan.

In 2000 Greig joined the business and in 2006 took ownership. Having weathered the worldwide financial crisis of the period 2007 - 2012, Greig has now set the company the challenge of diversification and expansion under the LJ Hooker brand.

Greig is assisted by a dedicated team and conducts Real Estate in all the disciplines - Residential, Country - Lifestyle Sales, Coastal Sales, Commercial Sales - Leasing and Property Management - Letting.

Like all good teams - on Greig’s team is his wife Natasha Metcalfe-Black. Natasha has her own passion for the industry and company and with her team runs the Property Management group.