Born in Wellington and educated at St Patrick’s College and Victoria University in Wellington Steve entered real estate in August 1993, having come from a background in property management. During the last 23 years, Steve’s Real Estate Career has included:
• Sales Manager for Challenge Realty’s Oriental Bay Office in 1996, during which time he took the office into the top ten in the Challenge Realty Group.
• Owner/Operator of three Challenge Realty Wellington offices in October 1997. During his 7 years at the helm, Steve grew the company from a sales team of twelve to a team of sixty eight sales people with four thousand house sales worth over 1.5 billion dollars!
• Restructuring Ray White Australia’s International Business model to increase their competitiveness with RE/MAX at a time when over 300 sales people, in Queensland alone, had left Ray White to join RE/MAX.
• Director of Operations for RE/MAX New Zealand in 2005, which involved a vast amount of travelling, attending a wide range of leading international industry training seminars in Denver, Chicago and Brisbane.
After more than four hundred flights during his three years in his corporate career, Steve decided to resign and return to what he loves doing most - selling real estate in Wellington. In 2007, Steve took up the position of Salesperson and Branch Sales Manager at Leaders Kilbirnie which he has held for nine years.

Successfully buying and selling real estate is about meeting people's needs, dreams and aspirations – and Lowe & co are a brand that exemplifies trust, honesty and integrity – attributes that Steve is passionate about!
The market is changing, the marketplace is strengthening, and Steve has been extremely impressed with Harcourts foresight and focus on Auction sales, where multiple buyers can help to achieve a higher sale price for a property. It is also one of the most transparent and preferred form of marketing for buyers.
His extensive experience in real estate spanning local, national and international markets is a huge benefit to his clients. This and his innovative and unique marketing techniques is ‘Setting a New BENCHMARQUE in Wellington Real Estate’.

Passionate about property!

During my 25 years in real estate I’ve developed a skill for matching homes to people. That comes from my unique ability to connect with clients on a more personal level, so I can find them the perfect home.

This also means that when selling a home I can present it to resonate with a potential buyer. My experience allows me to quickly see what makes the home special, so I can show it in its best light. It’s about highlighting its attractiveness while still honoring the professional expectations of the industry.

I’m friendly, approachable, and enthusiastic, and you’ll find me determined to get you the best possible result, whether you are selling or buying. Here’s what both vendors and purchasers have said about my abilities:

We wish to thank Eleanor for the sale of our property; she was a pleasure to work with. The presentation of our property was superb, we were most impressed. The remarkable time with only one open house it sold in one week. Thanking you once again. - Margaret & William

I am absolutely rapt with the result. I am really grateful for the fantastic job you did on marketing the property. You OBVIOUSLY worked really hard and kept me completely up to date all of the time. I always felt comfortable with what you were doing and felt you were completely open and have huge integrity.- Shona

We found you extremely professional and friendly to work with, and we were particularly impressed by how quickly you worked out what we wanted in a property. We will be recommending you to friends contemplating similar purchases - Marten and Deborah

“Eleanor has guided us through the preparation and sale of our aunt’s home during a rather traumatic life changing situation. Eleanor’s clear head approach teamed with a great amount of gentleness gave us the strength to get through it.
Eleanor’s attention to detail, knowledge of the market, professional approach and negotiation skills with potential buyers has brought us a marvellously successful result; we are very grateful and thankful to Eleanor.” Cassie