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Prepared for Bevin · d36 property · 21 October 2026

Selling 63 Chomley Street, and what you get back

Here's how I'd run the sale as your vendor's advocate, what it costs, and what you genuinely get back from it: your time, a better result, and a network you don't have to build yourself. The tenants leaving in November makes this a much cleaner sale than the one we talked about two weeks ago.

63 Chomley Street
60+ hours
Time back

Agent interviews, quotes, trades, inspections, buyer calls, negotiation, contract. I do all of it. You take two calls a week.

$78k to $85k
Money made

Over the benchmark on the last two measurable Melbourne sales. Agents are paid to sell; I'm paid to sell at your number.

One network, every channel
Connections brought

Off-market buyer channels, the online campaign through the appointed office, and the trades and consultants for any work. The whole package under one roof.

1What's being solved

Same three things, looked at from your side of the fence.

Time
0 spare hours
Two doctors on rosters in Canberra. Nobody to interview agents, chase quotes, manage trades or sit through opens.
Money
−$28k a year
What the house cost you last year on an asset that hasn't moved. And $1.6M to $1.7M is $100k to you, $1,600 to an agent.
Connections
2 agents, both off the table
One's a mate, one sold you the house. Neither is a buyer pipeline, a trade network or someone on your side of the deal.

Two agents for the price of one

  • A selling agent chosen on evidence, working to our brief, plus me on your side of the table.
  • My share comes out of their commission. You pay what you'd pay going direct, and get both of us.
  • A renovation lens, not a sales pitch. Years hands-on across dozens of renovations. I only recommend spend that comes back with interest.
  • One point of contact. Weekly update with names and numbers. No agent calls unless you want them.

Where the price sits

  • Agents have quoted $1.68M to $1.8M. Two renovated 3-bed, 1-bath houses in Prahran made $1.83M in August.
  • Westpac's refinance number is a useful data point, nothing more. A bank valuation isn't a sale.
  • Vacant and styled, this house belongs in the high $1.7Ms on the comparable sales. Your $1.7M floor stands.
  • If the room doesn't reach your floor, it doesn't sell. That's the point of having someone who isn't paid to close.

2The last four vendor's advocacy clients we've helped

Different houses, same way of working. Pick the agent on their numbers, only spend what comes back, line up buyers before launch, and hold the vendor's price on the day.

Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD · October 2026
Sold off-market in 7 days

Interstate client. Agent shortlisted and campaign mapped, then a buyer from the building appeared. Opening offer $1.1M, done at $1.15M on his terms, settles 1 December.

Zero calls made by himNo campaign spendBuyer through the building
Kilsyth
Kilsyth · sale and renovation
$85k above expectations

Owners interstate, home left as a rental. Targeted refresh, agent chosen, campaign run. 17 offers across 3 inspections, an area record, eight weeks.

Managed from interstateArea recordTrades and agent brought in
Preston
Preston · sale
Above the quoted range

Couple upsizing. Prep, agent selection, pricing and timeline run end to end. 25 groups at the first open, an offer two days later.

Clients moved on to buyingAbove rangeAgent competition
Thomastown
Thomastown · renovation and sale
$78.5k above the median

Exterior restored, gardens rebuilt, facade refreshed, then agent selection and auction-day guidance. Twice the suburb's average bidders.

Project managed end to end$78.5k over medianTrades at our rates

3The roadmap, start to settlement

Click any stage. Blue is what I do, green is what you do.

Dates will shift with the tenants' exit date and the agent's campaign plan. The order won't.

4The renovation lens

I can't call this off photos, so the first step is a physical inspection, which I can schedule next week to get it moving. From there every dollar is judged the same way: does it come back in the sale price with interest. If it doesn't, it doesn't happen.

1

Inspect

Walk the house room by room with the sale in mind, not a wish list.

2

Scope and score

Each item gets a cost and an expected lift. Anything that doesn't clear the bar is dropped.

3

You approve

Every quote across your desk first. You see the spend and the reason beside it.

4

I run it

Trades, timing and sign-off handled by me, billed at $175 an hour plus GST and scoped to the works.

Thomastown before
Before
Thomastown after
After
Thomastown
$78.5k above the median

Exterior only. Roof, fascia and gutters restored, 30 new trees and shrubs, new doors, concrete and windows restored, a new front timber wall, and a colour refresh on the garage, patio and fences. Twice the suburb's average bidders at auction.

Kilsyth exterior
Exterior
Kilsyth lounge
Inside
Kilsyth
$85k above expectations

A tired rental the owners had left behind when they moved interstate. Targeted updates only, tired areas refreshed and the original features brought back. Seventeen offers across three inspections and an area record, eight weeks start to finish.

What that means for Chomley. You've already done the repaint, the shower, the oven, the split and the alarm. My guess from the photos is that what's left is presentation, not building work. The inspection decides, and if the answer is "do nothing", that's what I'll tell you.

5Who's in the room

Connections brought. Five buyer pools worked at once, before launch, not during.

Renovators and builders

The ones who can read what 61 next door became. Yours has more land and it's freestanding.

This year's underbidders

Everyone who bid and lost on a 3-bed in Prahran or Windsor since July. Sitting in the shortlisted agents' books.

Buyers' agents with a brief

Stonnington briefs at $1.6M to $1.9M, through my network and the 50+ agencies on PropVault.

The Alfred crowd

You bought it to walk to the Alfred. So will the next doctor. Your network plus the doctor lenders.

Targeted digital

Stonnington and Port Phillip professionals browsing $1.6M+, alongside the agent's portal campaign.

Agents. I've already started the hitlist from this year's results, none of them the two you've spoken to. The shortlist and the interviews get completed once we're formally engaged. You see the top two with my pick and the reasons before anyone is appointed.

6What it costs, and next steps

The money

My fee to you$0
Selling agent's commissionNegotiated by me, agreed before appointment
My sharePaid by the agent from that commission
Styling, photography, campaign, conveyancingAt cost, quotes first
Renovation advice and execution, scoped to the works$175/hr + GST

The commission is what you'd pay a selling agent anyway. The difference is what sits on top of it: the agent working to our brief, the buyer network, the price held, and the renovation side planned and run, all through one person.

Four things from you

  • Woodards: hold off re-listing for 20 November.
  • Agreement: I'll send the vendor's advocacy agreement once you're happy with this.
  • Conveyancer: yours, or I'll line one up for the Section 32.
  • A yes, or the parts you want changed. Then the agent interviews start.

Happy to walk through any of it on a call this week, whichever evening suits the roster.

Dineth Ekanayake · Director, d36 property · 0404 901 345 · dineth@d36property.com.au
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