As Co-owner and REAL’s Licensee, Steve makes his mark by regularly challenging the team to deliver the best real estate experience.

Self-employed since he was 17, Steve has worked hard to develop a broad commercial knowledge and has been incredibly successful in building and operating businesses. A promotional marketer, property investor, restaurateur, café proprietor, baker and even commercial cleaner are some of his past trades.

Needless to say, Steve has found real estate to be the most fulfilling business to date. His passion is not the homes he sells, but the people he meets, the friends he makes, and the relationships he builds along the way.

Steve is somebody who is constantly seeking advancement. He in turn is generous to our community and inspires our business and personal goals too.

After ditching the Dutch and moving to New Zealand in 1986, Steve is a proud to call himself a Kiwi and relishes in all that our amazing outdoors have to offer. So, if he’s not in the office then it’s highly likely the boat and fishing rods have gone missing.

To complete the picture, he’s a family man through and through. His son, daughter and best friend/grandsons are his nearest and dearest.

REAL is a true team and we don’t say that frivolously. Our innovative approach really does break tradition. We share all listings and commissions equally amongst our cooperative team of agents, which means we’ve aligned our individual and business incentives to achieve the best result for our clients. After all, we’re stronger together.

Plus, the combined talents, knowledge, vast experience and open communications of our team means that we work in a synergistic environment with nothing to distract us from our core philosophy and mission – striving to achieve the best outcome for our Vendors.

At the end of the day, the proof is in the pudding. Results are the best measure of success and we believe our clients’ happiness is the best means to measure that. Simply view our testimonials to see what our happy, life-long clients have to say.