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Category Archives: Local Interest

Mount Barker Agent elected to FIABCI Australia Board.

John Sexton has been elected as a Vice President to the Australian Chapter of FIABCI. The International Real Estate Federation – FIABCI, is a non-political entity whose objective is to help its members add an international dimension to their business. …

Finalist in the 2012 Advertiser realestate.com.au Awards for Excellence in Real Estate

Our Property Management Department has been selected as a Finalist in the 2012 Advertiser realestate.com.au Awards for Excellence in Real Estate. Nominated in the Property Management Agency ( Residential Small) category, it is pleasing to see this recognition for our …

Mount Barker Zonings & Policy areas

For those people who are looking at land division or a change of use for a property and want to do their initial research in their own time, a very useful resource is the Development Plans for individual Councils. For …

Orchid Notes – South Australia’s Native Orchids

For those with an interest in Native Vegetation and particularly Native Orchids a new website with a focus on Native Orchids called OrchidNotes is an exceptional resource! Have a look through today! http://orchidnotes.wordpress.com/ Congratulations & Thank you to the people …

Adelaide Hills & Mount Barker Real Estate Mapping Resources.

  As part of the due diligence process when appraising properties,  agents use mappings services to obtain an overview of a property, its location and surrounds. There are 5 sites that we at RE/MAX Hills & Country use.  – Property …

Solar Systems in Contracts

With an increasing percentage of properties in South Australia having Solar Power systems installed the following article by Penny Erskine from Conveyancing Matters  is quite timely!  While thousands of South Australian households have installed solar panels in recent years, there …

Awards for Excellence in Real Estate – Website of the Year!

              We are proud to announce we won the State Website of the Year Award for Excellence in Real Estate 2011. This exuberant awards dinner was held on Friday 14th October at the Adelaide …

Due diligence when buying land!

Building on blocks of land is much more complicated than it ever was with a myriad of government & developer controls applying in certain areas. Established to set the framework under which building may take place, they may not always …

James Sexton ranked 16th in the World for RE/MAX International!

James Sexton ranked 16th in the World for RE/MAX International and No 1 In Australia for July 2011!   RE/MAX is a real estate phenomenon that operates in 85 Countries from 6,287 Offices with 88,444 Sales Associates and hence James’s …

The Bondleigh Hall

    About 10kms north of Callington is an area known locally as Bondleigh. A mixed farming area, you always see a  variety of crops grown there including the bright yellow Canola fields. There is an old stone building that …