Top 10 Cleaning Tips for Spring!

Top 10 Cleaning Tips

Spring is here! This means it's the ideal time to have a spring clearout. I recently came across this article and thought that these tips are worth a share. 

Diane finds out how the Sunshine Coast Property Market is Performing

Diane Parish - Sunshine Coast UpdateDiane Parish, of Summit Real Estate visits Mooloolaba on the beautiful Sunshine Coast of Australia to talk with Kevin Annetts about how the property market is performing.

Daffodil Day in Blenheim

Daffodil Day 2018 - Riverlands deliveryDaffodil Day - a special day we remember those we have lost, those who have survived, and those who are still fighting.

When I think of Diane,

I see this very special woman of immense intellect and understanding, respect and integrity. Skills honed through decades of experience, wisdom, knowledge, and now possessing an unchallenged reputation, the envy of many working in the Real Estate industry. Diane works with a tireless refreshing commitment energy and passion, delivered through genuine care and understanding of her clients, seldom witnessed today.

When it comes to selling your greatest material asset in life, your home or property, such important and critical decisions demand the services of the very best in the field. Diane brings to the table a raft of pragmatic intelligence, qualified knowledge and skill. Discretion, confidentiality, sincerity and a clear sensitivity to different and difficult situations, combined with this genuine understanding of your own personal situation, you can place your property in her hands with ultimate confidence and assurance that she will achieve the kind of result you are seeking. No shortcuts, no hidden agendas, no personal egos, just an extremely professional practical approach to the entire process, based around impeccable communication and service is assured and delivered. Selling and overseeing literally millions of dollars’ worth of residential/lifestyle property for almost three decades is clear evidence of this.

I have personally worked in and consulted to the real estate profession across NZ now for the last 29 years and during that time I have naturally worked with literally thousands of real estate personnel. I can honestly say that Diane Parish ranks right up there with the most committed, successful, respected and trusted salespeople and managers anywhere in NZ. She proudly commands an enviable hard-earned reputation that most can only ever dream of.” – Colin R Dick, managing director Pridict Consultancy Ltd Waikanae.

Diane Parish - Blenheim Real Estate Agent - Why Real Estate?

Hello, I’m Diane Parish and I would like to share something of myself with you.

I am often asked "Why real estate?", which is easy to answer.

I came from a rural background growing up on a farm at Hilton (between Temuka and Geraldine) in South Canterbury where I started my first business as a young teenager and quickly discovered a natural flair for sales and a passion for working with people.

As an ambitious young entrepreneur, I owned and operated a string of businesses from selling clothing and toiletries from the boot of my car to Beekeeping, and a Fish and Chippery, but had always harbored a desire to become a real estate professional.

I was also influenced hugely by two real estate salespeople that I dealt with on separate property transactions while living in Christchurch for 11 years. I felt real estate was able to offer me freedom, allow me to use my creative flair in marketing and give me the variety needed to keep me excited about waking up every morning to spend my day doing something that I loved, which was spending time helping and advising people, strategize on how best to make their next move!

You can read more of my story here.......

2019... A New Chapter Begins

Diane Parish Real Estate Agent I am very excited to let you know that I resigned as Manager of the Summit Blenheim Office after 8 years of service to this position, and finished at the end of December 2018. Now, having celebrated 30 years in this industry, I have turned a full circle and returned to my true love of Real Estate Sales, which will enable me to spend more time with people like you!

Community.... What We Are All About

Diane Parish - Giving the Gift of ThymeRooted in the soil from my rural background, I have a strong sense of community which is very important to me. I like to give back to the community in small ways to show my appreciation and gratitude for the support I am given.

Now... A Passion for Sales

Diane Parish Real Estate Agent After eight years of managing, I started getting a hankering to return to my true passion – sales.

So at the beginning of 2018, I began this transition while retaining the branch manager role.

And Then... After Temuka

Picton High StreetAfter 19 years in Temuka, listing and selling real estate, it was time for a change in location.

Myself and my longtime partner decided to make a move to Marlborough after having spent many a happy holiday here, purchasing the First National Real Estate office in Picton, late 2006, attracted by the climate and great lifestyle the region offered. 

Temuka - The Early Years

Harcourts, Temuka Real EstateWhen I returned to the area of South Canterbury in 1988, after 11 years in Christchurch, I had already qualified as a real estate salesperson and was ready to hit the streets running the day I arrived, working for a company who had already hired me, with my office based in Temuka.