The smart way to buy property in Sydney
WHAT WE DO
At Chalk Road we work for buyers of property and nobody else.
We help our clients secure the best homes for the best price.
Our approach is straight forward and the services we offer are simple yet flexible. All work is undertaken discreetly, confidentially and strictly within the confines of your brief.
WE WILL:
Identify the most suitable property for your needs
Analyse current market trends through rigorous research
Access every property on the market, including many not publicly listed
Inspect all properties that meet your requirements
Manage all dialogue with sales agents on your behalf
Appraise properties and independently evaluate their true worth
Co-ordinate all necessary due diligence (contract reviews, building inspections, valuations, council searches)
Negotiate with vendors and selling agents to secure the best possible deal
Bid on your behalf at auction
Whether you are seeking a home and want to hand the entire searching and negotiating process to us, whether you need help to secure a property you have already found, or whether you just want someone to bid at auction on your behalf, Chalk Road can do it all.
The most popular and comprehensive service used by our clients is the Full Search, Appraise and Negotiate package.
FULL SEARCH
Chalk Road handles everything for you. We scour the market sourcing properties on & off the market until we find the right one.
We do all the due diligence, organise all the legals & third party reports and handle all the negotiating and bidding for you. This is our most popular service.
NEGOTIATE ONLY
You have found your property and need help from here on.
Chalk Road takes over from this point handling all the due diligence, organising the legals & third party reports and does all the negotiating, agent dialogue and bidding for you.
AUCTION BIDDING
Have Chalk Road represent you in the auction room.
We see and participate in hundreds of auctions every year. Avoid huge mistakes and be represented by a professional.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Save time. Reclaim your weekends. Only inspect the properties we shortlist for you.
Reduce stress. No need to worry about dealing with selling agents. We manage all the communication for you.
Make it fair. Counter the seller’s professional representation with your own professional.
Make informed, objective decisions. Know everything about the house and the market you are buying into.
Draw on our expertise and experience. We have spent our professional lives negotiating and researching.
Maintain discretion. We conduct all business for you with complete confidentiality.
Access all properties. Publicly listed, silently listed, across all agencies. We access them all.
ABOUT US
Chalk Road was founded in 2009 by Edward and Hannah Flitcroft who are life-long residents of Sydney. Grounded in old-school ethics but dynamic and ruthless in execution, Chalk Road is renowned for its thorough, detailed and analytical approach. Based in Double Bay, we specialise in the Eastern Suburbs, North Shore, Northern Beaches and the Inner West.
HANNAH FLITCROFT
EDWARD FLITCROFT
Prior to founding Chalk Road in 2009, Ed had a background in commercial marketing, managing and negotiating multi-million dollar corporate partnerships over many years for The Australian Rugby Union, Westfield and Fairfax.
With a knowledge of Sydney’s streets and suburbs that would make a taxi driver blush, he brings an intimate understanding of what to look for and where when searching for a client’s ideal property. He is meticulous in uncovering every element about a property and posesses an innate sense of where fair market value for a property sits, and beyond which level it is exceeded.
KATE JARRETT
With a degree in business, Kate spent 10 years working in the advertising industry both in Australia, Denmark & the UK. Upon returning to Australia, Kate spent 5 years in sales & marketing in the designer furniture industry furthering her passion for architecture & design.
Her move into the buyer’s side of real estate began by helping some overseas friends buy their properties in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Thoroughly enjoying the experience Kate officially became a Buyer’s Agent 5 years ago, and brings a variety of skills with her to Chalk Road, including understanding a client's brief, strong analytical and negotiating capabilities and is an easy personality to work with.
HANNAH FLITCROFT
Working for a variety of global banks for over a decade, Hannah specialised in agricultural commodity derivatives dealing with corporate and institutional clients.
Hannah spent much of her childhood visiting building sites across Sydney and listening to nightly discussions regarding her family’s property development company. She has a great eye for seeing the potential in properties and the market runs in her blood.
At Chalk Road, Hannah assists the buyers agents in research and ensures the smooth running of the business behind the scenes looking after accounting, IT and administration.
COUNTRY, INTERSTATE AND OVERSEAS BUYERS
In addition to our many local clients, Chalk Road has always represented buyers based outside of Sydney, whether they live overseas or elsewhere in Australia.
Unlike others, we do not differentiate the high level of service, or the fees charged, depending on where our clients come from. All our clients are treated equally.
Chalk Road will make your Sydney property purchase easy and hassle free. Underpinning our work is the rigorous analysis and research we undertake from the outset. Our detailed reporting will provide independent analysis of properties and deliver ongoing monitoring of the latest market conditions.
We co-ordinate professional services such as lawyers, architects, mortgage brokers, building inspectors and valuers, and conduct all necessary due diligence and negotiations on your property. We can also co-ordinate private inspections for your visits to Sydney and inspections for friends and family at times to suit their schedule.
For clients purchasing investment properties, Chalk Road will organise independent rental appraisals and help you select a suitable property manager. With Chalk Road you can make your purchase from a distance with full confidence.
FAQs
WHO DO YOU REPRESENT?
We only represent buyers of property.
Our clients are normal everyday people and come from all backgrounds. In equal doses, we have worked with young families, busy executives, first homeowners, downsizers, locals, rurals, expats, owner occupiers and investors – and across every price point imaginable.
ARE YOU LICENCED AND INSURED?
We maintain a full Real Estate licence through the NSW Office of Fair Trading. Chalk Road is a current member of the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW) and holds full Professional Indemnity Insurance and Public Liability Insurance.
WHAT KIND OF AGREEMENT DO I SIGN WITH YOU?
All clients sign an Agency Agreement with Chalk Road. This outlines the legal framework and obligations for both parties.
WHAT ARE YOUR FEES?
Chalk Road adopts a flexible and competitive approach to its fee structure. This is to reflect the diverse and individual nature of our clients’ requirements.
All fees are agreed in advance and in writing by both parties prior to any work commencing.
The fee is paid in two instalments
An initial retainer
This covers our initial costs and is payable once we commence work for you. Nothing will be payable unless both parties have a signed an Agency Agreement.
A buying fee
This fee is only payable successfully purchased your property and contracts have been exchanged.
For more details about Chalk Road’s fees, or to discuss a specific brief, please contact us.
TESTIMONIALS
We used Ed and Hannah on our successful Roseville property search in a very hot and challenging market. Ed’s knowledge of the market and relationship with the key real estate agents meant we had access to a number of properties before they went to market. It also gave us insight into the degree of interest and price points of other potential buyers, which was very helpful.
We gave Ed and Hannah our brief from the outset, which admittedly we modified during the search as we really worked out the key criteria our new house had to meet. This evolution was led by Ed and proved to be essential to refining our search, not wasting time and money on the wrong places and in ultimately finding the right property.
Probably the thing we found the most valuable was the way Ed managed us through this fairly stressful venture, including when we got to the point of bidding on our house. His patience, willingness to listen and his guidance were really important and greatly appreciated. We can’t imagine looking to buy a house without having Ed and Hannah as part of the team and could not recommend them more highly – as indeed we have done to friends looking to buy.
- Roger and Jackie, Roseville
I used Chalk Road recently to purchase a property whilst living overseas, I was fairly particular with my brief - Ed and his team worked tirelessly to find me the perfect apartment.
Ed's knowledge of the Sydney property is fantastic, and provides a real advantage when trying to secure a property in an ultra-competitive market.
I would highly recommend Ed and Chalk Road, and wouldn't hesitate using them again to purchase another property.
- Matthew, Tel Aviv
As my husband said “Ed you ran a brilliant military campaign". We are both so excited about our house.
Thank you Hannah for all your continuing help. I know you also have a brilliant support system in the background. With heartfelt thanks.
- Penny and Richard, Waverton
I was extremely happy to have used Chalk Road to purchase my property and can definitely recommend their service. Ed’s knowledge of the property scene is deep and his advice was invaluable in helping me find a property that fitted my needs and budget, giving me background history, comparative sales figures and skilfully assessing the merits and faults of each. Ed was also an skilled negotiator that allowed me to secure the house of my choice prior to auction. Unfailing friendly and always responsive to calls, Ed was a pleasure to work with and certainly took the stress out of the whole project.
- Jennifer, Paddington
We loved working with Ed and recognise that we would not now own our beautiful new home without Ed, despite others being prepared to pay more. We cannot be more complimentary of Ed’s market knowledge, meticulous application to the task and, most importantly, his style and approach. The process of buying a home is an emotional and all-consuming one, and Ed’s cool, calm and considerate style and approach made it an enjoyable process topped off by a successful outcome – good guys can win!
We will be strong advocates for Chalk Road and have already been singing your praises to a number of people.
- Guy & Georgie,
Centennial Park
It was such a pleasure to work with Ed, Hannah and his team to find our apartment. Ed’s knowledge of the Sydney real estate market was outstanding. We live in the country making it hard to get to Sydney to look at potential apartments. Ed gave us an honest appraisal of each apartment whilst filming on his phone giving us a virtual tour.
We felt as though we were in safe hands with Ed and were grateful for all the contacts he has amongst the agencies to get a bit more inside information about a property including previous owners and sales.
Nothing was a problem for Ed and Hannah, they were available to talk over the phone or fit in a property inspection at short notice.
We would not hesitate to engage Chalk Road's services again in the future.
- Wendy and James, Cootamundra
It has been a real privilege to have worked with you and Ed. I mentioned to Ed the other day that the real differentiator is your experience through the process.
For me I mostly felt quite confused about where to go, what would make me feel at home and safe. Especially after so many years in one unique place, and then no longer in my relationship (of 30 years!).
But I felt totally supported, at times nurtured and other times a firmer hand and a direction. Ed was always there, communicating throughout the process and as the brief was changing, adapting to that.
I am glad I am out of the craziness that is the new world order and can just get on with life. And if we have to be locked at home, then that will be fine, as hopefully the birds will still be singing.
- Illana, Woollahra
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SYDNEY UNIVERSITY RUGBY SPONSORSHIP
Chalk Road has been sponsoring the widely respected Sydney University Rugby Football Club for over a decade. It reaffirms the edict that hard work and meticulous preparation will always bring its due rewards, an approach we apply in our daily work with our clients.
Our sponsorship has exposed us to many talented people of outstanding quality and character. We use this as inspiration and elevate our own performance and standards, always striving to be the best we can be.
CONTACT US
PHONE
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OFFICE LOCATION
Level 1, 9 Transvaal Ave
Double Bay
NSW 2028
Australia
To find our office please proceed down the side path to the left of Dr Brown's and then come up the stairs at the rear.
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