Lesley & Michelle Aligned for Excellence

Lesley Acutt and Michelle Van der Park join New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty in partnership – a team aligned to ensure you receive an excellent real estate experience.

Lesley is a highly knowledgeable real estate professional with a corporate background in senior management roles. Licensed in real estate for over 25 years, she has sold over $260m of property – impressive statistics evidencing the success she provides to her client’s. She is a multi-award winning marketer having enjoyed senior roles for respected brands including Team NZ, BMW, IAG NZ, Bay Audiology International and Sovereign.

Michelle adds clout to the team. With an impressive career, she brings well over a decade of real estate accomplishment together with expertise garnered in her previous sales and marketing roles, including skills gained developing and directing her own business melding design and property. Well aligned experience that translates to a professional delivery of real estate services you can trust.

People gravitate towards Lesley and Michelle. They both exude great, positive energy, and are transparent, efficient and compassionate. Together they offer an alignment of skills, resources and experience to ensure the highest calibre service with results to match.

• Outstanding communication Robyn & Magnus

  Lesley was great to deal with. Having to manage selling our home during Covid, it was a very stressful time for us. Her communication with us was outstanding and I would use her again and again. I have referred her to anyone that mentions wanting to sell as I feel confident she will do a remarkable job for them too.

• Professional approach Vern & Lyn

  Over the past 20 years we’ve purchased and sold a number of properties. In that time, we’ve never experienced dealing with such a wonderful person as Michelle. Her professional approach and knowledge allowed us a sale within three days of marketing with multiple offers and a higher than expected price. If you’re looking to buy or sell with a fun positive, person that ticks all the right boxes, speak with Michelle.

• Efficient and knowledgeable Danielle & Raymond

  Lesley was amazing from the get-go. Lesley was a pleasure to deal with, highly professional in her manner, focused, efficient and knowledgeable. Thank you for being so available and supportive! I look forward to working with her in the future and have no hesitation in recommending her to others.

• Prompt and reliable Chris & Patsi

  Michelle has done an excellent job of marketing and selling for us. She’s gone the extra mile to listen to our point of view and ensure the process of selling our house has been as stress free as possible. Michelle’s efficient, prompt and reliable service was backed up by excellent, well-informed advice at every turn. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to any prospective vendor and are grateful for the first-class service provided.

• An agent that listens Gina and Craig

  We had been looking to buy a large lifestyle in the Waikato for some time and just could not get the service we hoped for. Then we met Lesley, a few properties later we secured our dream. It really helps when you find an agent that listens to you.

• Excellent in all aspects Barry & Sue

  We have purchased one property and sold two with Michelle. We are property investors and will have no hesitation whatsoever using Michelle again. We have dealt with many real estate agents during our time as property investors and found Michelle to be excellent in all aspects. We look forward to dealing with Michelle again.

• Second-to-none Brett & Helen

  We felt confident that Lesley had everything under control and the level of service we experienced was second-to-none. Our auction campaign was over and sold in three weeks, the feedback and reporting was great and all our fears and apprehension about the process and the day were exactly as lesley had promised us – seamless from start to end. It is without any hesitation at all that we would get any of our friends and family to talk to lLsley if they were going to sell or buy a home.

• High standards Murray

  It has been a pleasure to have Michelle as sales consultant She is a very diligent, hardworking and conscientious person. She kept to the time frame set for the auction and provided prompt feedback after each open home. Michelle was able to identify and keep in contact with potential buyers for the forthcoming auction, and her outstanding efforts and friendly attitude to all no doubt contributed to a better than anticipated outcome from the auction. We are very appreciative of her efforts and high standards, and have no hesitation recommending Michelle to other sellers or buyers of property.