With 36 years of experience selling in Beachlands/Maraetai and 40 years of experience selling houses and businesses in the wider Auckland region, Peter has been committed to real estate right from the beginning. “I started selling real estate in 1972 for Charles Belton Real Estate in Remuera Road” Peter says. Specializing in high end properties in Remuera and Parnell, Peter’s first sale went for $26,000 - a sum which was well over twice the average price at the time. In the same year, Peter sold a 10 bedroom home on 1 ¼ acres for $128,000, setting a new record for Parnell. Two years later, a move to Wrightsons NMA in St Luke’s shopping centre saw him selling businesses, industrial and commercial properties. After two years, and as an associate member of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (AREINZ), Peter moved to Beachlands where he established Beachlands Real Estate. Peter has been a committed member of the Beachlands and Maraetai community; he has served in committees for Beachlands School, Te Puru and Lions, to name a few, and has sponsored many activities in the area. “When I moved to Beachlands, my oldest child was five,” says Peter, “now, four of my grandchildren are living in Beachlands and my son is working in the business.” During this time living in, selling in, and enjoying Beachlands and Maraetai, Peter has built up a number of local investors, whose trust in Peter has led them to regularly buy from him as well as choose him to manage many of their properties. “I believe the key to selling these unique properties is to reach as wide an audience as possible.” Peter says, “Harcourts, as a superbrand, have the tools to do this superbly.”