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Richard Thode

About Richard Thode

Recognised as one of the most dynamic, high-performing and successful agents in the Auckland real estate market, Richard Thode consistently breaks his own records and has devoted many years to a wide cross-section of areas.

Team Thode have SOLD over 72 properties for 2023/2024 (FY) valued at over $205,000,000! THE RESULTS AND TESTIMONIALS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES Giving Your Home Our Competitive Advantage Richard Thode has earned a reputation as one of Auckland’s most dynamic and top-performing real estate professional...

Additional info

Not all agents are created equal so engaging someone who honours the task and understands your home from the ground up is imperative if you want to secure the desired outcome. Richard and the team are...

Serviced areas

Kohimarama

Meadowbank

Remuera

Parnell

Mission Bay

Herne Bay

Grey Lynn

Saint Marys Bay

Greenlane

Epsom

Richard's career overview

Skills

Communication Skills

Customer Relations

Negotiation

Preparing your home for sale

Problem Solving

Awards

* Chairman's Elite Performer 2022/2023 * Ray White Annual Awards #2 Recognition Salesperson 2022/2023 * Ray White Annual Awards #5 Supreme Growth 2022/2023 * BGR Ray White #1 Salesperson Q1/Q2/Q3 2022/2023 * BGR Ray White Top Auction Lister Q1 2022/2023 * Ray ...

Richard's testimonials

Richard went above and beyond. Was available at all times, I texted him regularly. He was quick to respond and always to answer my questions. He worked damn hard for this sale - Brayden McCullough

Richard worked hard to get us the best result possible in what was a difficult market to sell in. He went out of his way to accommodate requests from buyers in order to get a deal done. - Anna Dorrington

Excellent experience working with Richard and Andrew, great communication and a great result - Sara Bennett

Our house selling experience was always going to be challenging as we campaigned in a difficult market where qualified buyers were scarce. . Fortunately we were able to engage with several buyers and eventually sold our house. Ric...

Professional, friendly, genuine, honest. - Michael Taillie

Richard was outstanding. We chose him because of his relaxed, understated yet professional manner and we were not disappointed. His energy was high and his communication excellent. A first class agent. - Coralynne Stevens

Richard provides fantastic service. Extremely focused and goes the extra mile. I have sold a lot of houses over the years. He is a standout. - Matthew Hitch

Richard was an outstanding agent. Considered in all interactions. Great communicator and made himself available to meet and give appropriate feedback throughout the sales process. - Michael Stokes

Personable and professional, Richard listened, made recommendations to prepare the house for sale and kept in touch on progress. Provided comprehensive reports and feedback. - Brett Abraham

Richard is professional, approachable & strong on communication - Angela Hiddleston

Richard was great to work with and negotiated well to get us a good result. - Tim And Samantha Johnston

Has comprehensive knowledge of houses, the housing market, how they should be presented, and method of sale. Great communicator too. - Yoke Leng And David Thomas

Very professional, excellent knowledge about the real estate. - Xiaohui Cui

couldn't have achieved a better result.. - Lynda And Terrence Williams

Richard & Mark were a good team. They both worked hard to build interest and deliver a good result. Highly recommend Team Thode. - Jo And Paul McIver

Richard was without a doubt the best agent I’ve ever worked with. He was relentless in his search to find a buyer for our property. Whilst keeping in mind our timeline and price expectations, he designed a targeted sales strategy ...

Richard is an A+ agent. Would recommend him to anyone - Jason Ng

Richard is one of Auckland's best real estate agents. Always very friendly and always guiding us in the right direction. - Richard and Joylyn Yates

Professional, easy to deal with and always available. - Will Howson

Richard worked hard. He gave us good advice and always listened to our concerns and our opinions. We felt as if we working collaboratively towards the end goal of selling our apartment. Richard communicated clearly and calmly an...

I had 5 appraisals for my property, it bone of them really complimented my needs. I was then recommended to speak to Richard, and yes he ticked all my boxes, communication, integrity, openness, honesty and so welcoming. So he g...

We'd be more than happy to buy or sell through Richard again. - Adrian Bridge

Straightforward and high trust. Communicated really well and often. Knowledgeable and good balance of advice and listening. Great extra touches like buying flowers for the open homes. - Margaret Aimer

We recently had the pleasure of working with Richard Thode and Andrew Milne as our real estate agents for the sale of our house, and we couldn't be more impressed with their outstanding service and expertise. This was the second t...

Easy to work with, solid communicator, and ultimately achieved a good result. Worked hard to get the best from a difficult market. - Nicholas Wheadon

We met Richard early in the search for our new home. The particular property we visited was selling at auction, which we were not in a position to buy, given that we needed to sell our existing property first. Having been impr...

Richard worked very hard and found us a buyer in less than a week, we were thrilled! Especially in what is a tircky market currently. - Naomi And Troy Hageman

Richard was extremely knowledgeable and have us loads of advice, not just about selling our place, but also buying our new home. Easy to get ahold of. Professional. - Peter Ralph

Richard was a true professional. He made sure the sale process went smooth. - Irena Nikovic

Richard is the best real estate agent I have connected with. Incredibly insightful, strategic in approach and inquisitive. Richard operates with a sellers mindset ensuring that we get the maximum value for the property. - Michael Boness

Above and beyond attention - John And Jenny Clark

Richards attention to detail and ability to listen to our needs was why we chose him. An emotional sale for the family home of 20 years. His help with getting the right things done to prepare our home for sale was invaluable. Wish...

Richards experience and expertise was evidenced along with his professionalism and hard work throughout the process of the sale - Tahsin and Nilgun Ozturk

Richard door knocked us with a buyer wanting to buy our property which translated to a great sale in a challenging market. We are very grateful. He handled everything until the keys were handed over - HMB Trustee

straight forward in a difficult market - Giresh And Sathna Kanji

We found Richard listened to our needs & offered good advice. We always felt listened to and he certainly put the work into getting the deal over the line. - Michael And Helen Pearce

Richard and Andrew were an absolute pleasure to deal with from start to finish. From the initial meeting to planning, staging, marketing and finally selling the property they were the consumate proffessionals and carried out their...

Richard is the complete package. He knew how to deal with every obstacle along the way, had great advice for the preparation for sale and the contacts to make it happen, and got a great result in a difficult market. This is the se...

Richard was personally the greatest guy to work with, dedicated, always available and went 'the extra mile'. His sunny personality and positive attitude kept up our moral during the weeks of sale. Nothing was too much trouble fo...

Richard understands the needs of the seller and brings the buyer to fit that need. Would not hesitate to either buy or sell with Richard, one of the best! - Paul Wilcox

From the moment we discussed selling our property Richard sprang into action advising what we should do to ready it for sale He then proceeded to help us arrange gardeners electricians staging etc nothing was a problem for him It...

Richard has a great balance of being personable and professional. A great communicator and managed the process from listing through sale with clarity and transparency. An excellent result in a tough market. His dedication to achi...

Very experienced and offered good advice - Larissa Young

Richard is very knowledgeable and easy to communicate with, happy to answer questions and explain processes, he was always available to Ben Sceats in the process of listing and selling our house - Graham Williamson

Ricahrleard was very helpful with ideas for development of the property and unlike many agents knew the property he was selling well. He has also been incredibly helpful with after sales service: recommending builders, plumbers, ...

We were extremely impressed with Richard. He was very professional and managed our house sale expertly with a great outcome. His feedback and advice was timely and considered. - Jane Aimer

Extremely Helpful, will get every last dollar in every deal - Aaron Ghee

I found Richard to be one of the few agents who would work for both, vendor and the buyer. This is a rare trait I see these days. He treated us with utmost respect and during no time we felt we are pressured I to something we don'...

Great job. Richard got the house sold after strong negotiations with the client and worked really hard to get the price we wanted. There were a few challenges at the end and he overcame them with great empathy and skill - Robyn And Christopher Labb

Richard was throughout personable and professional. Excellent communication. - Eugene St John

Excellent communication and service - Mitchell Blunden

Richard was a pleasure to deal with from start to finish. We found Richard to be highly professional, proactive and patient with our requests. We were impressed with Richard's knowledge of the local market. - Andrew Shortall

Richard has been very transparent and helpful in the process. - David See

Richard was the agents through whom I bought 3/435 Parnell Road. He knew more about the house and was more helpful with information and ideas then any agent I’ve dealt with before. As a result I asked him to arrange the sale of my...

Richard was professional and kind. His experience as a property developer brought an additional perspective to the marketing and sale of our property. - Lesley And Stuart Cowan

We would highly recommend Richard to anyone considering selling their home. He is warm, generous with his time, does not get flustered, but above all he works hard to ensure the deal gets done. - Ross O'Neill

Richard has established an effective and professional real estate sales team. During our initial meeting we had an immediate connection with Richard and Ben Sceats. We had set high standards about how we wanted to present our home...

Richard prepared this house for market as we were out of Auckland,he did so much and nothing was ever a problem . His advice and expertise was very professional and we would recommend him to everyone. - Ingrid Jefferies

As in previous answer. - Adrianne Cranshaw

Richard is a very professional, thorough and caring person who works very hard for his vendor and his buyer. We would definitely deal with Richard as our first choice in the future. - Ian Morrice

Richard and his team are very proactive, efficient and professional. - Gareth Huston

Can you use the feedback in the earlier question? Writing is not my strong point? - David Smith

Ben Sceats went above and beyond to help us throughout the whole daunting first home buying process. He even hand delivered our key! Thank you Ben! - Claire Cowan

Contact me when needed please - Graham Wright

Richard and his team were so professional, the sale of my home was so smooth and in my opinion they achieved top dollar for my home. I would highly recommend Richard and his incredible team. - Kyria Warren

Very helpful, not at all pushy and went out of his way to organize all the extras. Communicated with me during the entire time consequently found my dealings with Richard Thode Very satisfactory. - Shirley Marler

HIghly recommended he will deliver results. - Aaron Ghee

Richard runs an excellent Team. He has a relaxed but focused approach to getting good results and that style of leadership certainly trickles down through his Team. I felt I could have honest and frank conversations with Richard a...

We are pleased with Richard service. We believe we were in good hands and we had a positive outcome. - Sampson Greenwood

Richard has been a true professional throughout the whole process of selling our properties. His negotiation skills were fantastic and got us the best possible outcome. I would highly recommend Richard to anyone wanting to maximis...

Richard was very professional and yet personable Keep us informed at all times with the process, prospective purchases erc - Janice Saxton

I have no hesitation recommending Richard and his team to sell a property. His negotiation skills and experience in what he does, shows in his results. We had a few situations with the buyer but the team assisted the best they cou...

Richard was knowledgeable and helpful and very kind and not actually pushy at all. He gave us the time to make our own minds up. - Vania Falkov

Total dedication, great communication, honest and a trusted advisor - Ross Neill

Good team approach with a fairly challenging tenant in the mix - Stephen Hunt

Excellent communication throughout the whole sale process. Honest answers to all questions. - Heather Sellen

Richard built a rapport with us and we trusted he would do the best he could to achieve a great sale outcome for us. While the sale price we achieved at the auction was less than we had hoped for, we know that Richard and his tea...

Richard provided a passionate, prepared initial briefing and showed he really cared. He listened well to our questions and gave detailed responses. We felt like we were in good safe hands throughout the property sale process. - Rachel Devine

Richard was professional, honest and kept in regular contact. The seller was very indecisive taking a couple of days to make any decisions, Richard handled her with extreme patience, but kept us informed through the whole process....

Richard makes everything easy and does what he says he's going to do. - Fiona and Hayden McCall

Richards presence and input as we waited for the right buyer(s) to come along was a source of comfort. - Helen and Thomas Kwok

Managed to get a decent price for the property - Aaron & Joycelyne

Follow through thoroughly. - Aaron & Joycelyne

Richard goes out of his way to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible. He takes the time to get to know you, whilst being patient and courteous, and has made the whole process from listing the house to going to auction so...

Richard Thode and Andrew Milne were an extremely helpful, efficient and attentive team and fully delivered on every undertaking they gave. They were kind, patient, courteous and never unpleasantly aggressive or intrusive. Richard'...

Fantastic service. Inspires confidence. Clearly is very experienced and leads a great team. Wouldn’t hesitate to reccommend him to all clients, family and friends. - Marie Walker

Richard Thode and Andrew Milne were an extremely helpful, efficient and attentive team and fully delivered on every undertaking they gave. They were kind, patient and courteous and never unpleasantly aggressive or intrusive. Richa...

He is a lovely person to deal with. Always calm and under some trying circumstances he is insuring we are getting the fair outcome. - Sanet & Stephanus

Richard goes the xtra mile for his customers . As a customer you feel totally confident that he is working for your best interests and is getting the best result for you as a buyer or seller . - Ingrid Paine

Richard was very helpful and nothing was too much trouble. - Janice Paton

Richard was professional in how he dealt with us. I think there was a bit of communication breakdown on the Vendors side re: Alarms but apart from that all is well. - Bevan & Anushri

We have already recommended Richard and his team to friends and neighbours. He promised us a positive campaign and outcome and delivered on that promise. We had had a failed and negative experience last year trying to sell our hou...

Richard and his team, Rae and Andrew, were very professional and responsive to my questions and requests. They worked diligently to achieve a good result. Richard is a very conscientious salesperson without being pushy and very g...

Richard was extremely helpful calm, always available especially when dealing with builders painters etc when getting the property ready for market and I already did recommend him to a friend. - Alison

Persevere from start to end with persistent negotiation, got the result - Aaron

Easy to deal with, seek every dollar from buyers - Aaron Ghee

Richard was always professional and pleasant to deal with and gave us honest feedback which we appreciated. Richard is well supported by a great team which meant we felt well supported and gave us the best chance of getting a good...

Richard Thode was reliable and prompt with meetings and communication and provided us with good advice with regard to pre sale works to complete, the timing of going to the market and the selling method. He also arranged a good pa...

It was always going to be challenging property to sell even in the current market place. Richard succeeded at a price all parties were comfortable with. Richard was also fully involved with the logistics of sale preparation includ...

Richard Thode as knowledgeable and very helpful - Brendan Meech

Answered all our questions in a timely manner, was friendly and helpful. - D Chandra

Richard Thode as knowledgeable and very helpful - Brendan Meech

Answered all our questions in a timely manner was friendly and helpful. - Sir/Madam Chandra

An absolutely top agent. Extremely thorough, a great communicator, and endless worker who is always available for your needs. - Paul & Marie

Richard went above and beyond to help get the deal across the line - Paul & Marie

An absolutely top agent. Extremely thorough a great communicator and endless worker who is always available for your needs. - Sir/Madam

He never gave up... And spent his whole holiday negotiating with us... - John and Nichola

Excellent agent friendly and diligent. Tracks down and follow through all the leads and dealing with offers professionally. - Aaron

Richard went above and beyond to help get the deal across the line - Paul and Marie

He was extremely helpful, accommodating,cheerful and courteous. - Barrie & Gail

Listened and carried out his duties as required - James & Madeleine

He was relaxed , personable and professional. - Glenn Coltman

Organizing a sale from overseas during covit time is not the easiest thing to do but Richard made this sale process seamless for us , always going the extra mile in service deliver and communications. Professional in all his dea...

He was professional and always responsive to our needs. He sold a very difficult house to sell - Mark and Kate Wilson

Persistent and reliable - Tepora & Alofa

Richard offered a service above and beyond any agent I have ever dealt with, having organised remedial work and tradesmen to get the property ready for sale. - Lisa

I really appreciated Richard’s friendly professional service/manner. He was totally honest about the sale process even when things weren’t going as well as expected. He always answered / returned calls or queries quickly. Extreme...

Superlative performance by Richard. He surpasses all expectations each time and we were so glad we used him. - Dawn Rose Souchkoff

Richard went above and beyond what an agent normally would, such as liasing with the leasing agent directly and getting the tenant onside, etc, which was super helpful since I am based overseas with a significant time difference. ...

Richard has exceeded all my expectations of an agent . He is positive ..never gives up .. always reliable and ready to help ..he is supportive in all transactions and assists in every area of the process of selling. - Ingrid

He managed to do what was best for both the vendor and buyer. - Mark & Jenny

He never gave up... And spent his whole holiday negotiating with us... - John & Nichola

Richard was easy to deal with, very approachable and responded quickly to information requests. This purchase was for our first home and whilst we have little experience in buying we have had dealings with many other agents and I ...

Richard has been wonderful on both sides of a contemporaneous purchase and sale. He is straight-up and acts with integrity and transparency. He has bent over backwards to make the whole deal work for us and we think very highly of...

He did everything he said he would and always answered any questioned that I wanted to know about. - John

Richard was impressive, he went over and above, managing the whole process of getting the home ready for sale, including arranging all the remedial quotes and tradesmen and staging, it was greatly appreciated. - Lisa

Richard was easy to talk to, always got back to me and kept me in the loop with all that was happening. I believe Richard did the best for us - Mark & Rebecca

Could not have done any more for us. Worked so hard on getting buyers on paper. Provided updates and great communication - Dean

From the get go Richard displayed professionalism, honesty and integrity. Throughout this journey we felt at complete ease with Richard due to his outstanding communication skills and at times his great sense of humour. - Glenn & Jill

Rich was awesome to deal with - honest, informative and extremely professional. We would not hesitate in using Rich again or recommending him to friends. Top agent. - Jeremy & Emma

Excellent agent, friendly and diligent. Tracks down and follow through all the leads and dealing with offers professionally. - Aaron

Got us the best price he could and he never give up and accommodated all our request. - Aaron Ghee

Very helpful. Attentive and he pursued every dollar from the purchaser. He would go the extra mile to prepare the house for open home, mowing the lawn when we needed help and dust off the house after Covid lockdown. - Aaron Ghee - Ashby Holdings Limited

Updates, as the the sale progresses - Tim Langton

Clarity in communication and being straight forward while keeping the rules and professional ethics intact are some of the qualities I experienced dealing with Richard. Also always reachable no matter how many times in the day he...

Richard Thode assisted us with the purchasing of our new home in December 2019 and we couldn’t be happier with how the process was handled from the negotiations through to the settlement. Richard was incredibly helpful with every ...

Richard showed a strong solutions focus and was available to work through whatever little things came up that needed sorting. This was just what we needed during a busy time in our lives. - Richard & Nicola

Excellent agent who goes the extra mile - Richard & Sally-Anne

Richard bought renovation experience and design ideas to the table and provided some clever computor diagrams of what could be done to modernise the house. His ideas were very good in general. - Jennifer & Gerard

Richard wont give up until he has a sold sticker up. We loved his work ethic and never give up attitude. Go Thodey. - Mark and Heather

“I’d struggled to find a property to met my needs and had very limited time to research and look at lots of properties. Richard listened to what I was looking for, did all the leg work for me and quickly provided a good range of p...

Richard showed great resilience and determination in a tough market to achieve a successful sale of our property. - David

Responsive, friendly, but most importantly, got us the house we were in love with. - Dwayne Boyes

19/10 - Paul Wilcox

He worked with us, was very accurate and timely with his information and sold our house for more than we expected. Unbelievable. Would recommend Richard to anyone wanting to sell. - Paul Wilcox

Thanks for all you have done to help me into my new home. I thought it was above what I could afford, but you were by my side the whole time to help reach something achievable for me and the vendor. It was outstanding service thr...

I had the pleasure of meeting Richard at an open home he was running. During the negotiation of the Sale & Purchase agreement I found him very open, transparent and easy to deal with. Unfortunately the sale fell through due to unk...

Thank you so much Richard for assisting us with the purchase of our apartment in Queenstown recently. Your service was beyond professional from the comprehensive summary of purchase option provided at the beginning of our search, ...

"We would definitely recommend Richard Thode to anyone looking to purchase property. Richard has got the runs on the board as they say and with all due respect, this was not our first house purchase so we didn’t want a over-keen y...

Richard came across as extremely genuine and understanding. It seemed he did best by the vendor and us as the buyers the whole time and we had not really come across that balance from an agent before. We would without hesitation r...

Richard's properties

Here you can see all of the properties Richard currently has for sale and has sold in the last 12 months on trademe.co.nz. It may not contain off-market and private sales.