Harcourts Port Alfred

Carol Lee

PERSONAL PROFILE CAROL LEE I grew up on a farm in the Waqu district near Cathcart and spent happy years at boarding school at Girls’ High School in Queenstown where I matriculated in 1977. I went on to Teachers’ Training College in Graaff-Reinet where I met my husband, Butch, a farmer in the Jansenville district. We married after I qualified and have 3 children, two daughters who attended Union High School in Graaff-Reinet, and a son who completed his schooling at Kingswood College in Grahamstown. Stacey, our eldest, is a nursing sister presently working in the clinic on a drilling site in the Congo after having worked in ICU at Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town; Alix, who has degrees in science and criminology, is working temporarily in Port Alfred, and Kevin, who after spending two “gap” working years in the UK, is also working for RDS on the drilling sites in the Congo. We sadly sold the farm after 25 years and moved to Graaff-Reinet where Butch was the manager/greenkeeper at the golf course and having taught in Jansenville and at a farm school, I was able to get a teaching post at Union Prep School. I taught there, very happily, for 13 years until the end of 2011, when we relocated to the lovely seaside town of Port Alfred as Butch had bought a business there. I am energetic and positive and enjoy meeting people and being outdoors. I come from a sporting background. My mom was a provincial athlete and Springbok hockey player and my dad, also a good sportsman, was very involved in show riding and gymkhana. I have a special passion for coaching swimming and hockey to children, which I did while teaching. I am creative and have many interests, including painting and playing golf. After having taught little people for nearly 30 years and relocating to Port Alfred, I needed to channel my energies and passion into another avenue. Having a flair for the design and comfort of a home, coupled with a warm, friendly disposition, helping people to find their ideal home was a natural choice. Entering the property business in tough times has forced me to find active ways of networking and finding clients. My good work ethic and willingness to learn from those who know the business, are sound qualities that are sure to promise success. My experience as a teacher and working with people and also being involved in small, vibrant communities, stand me in good stead in this business. I am enjoying the training and am finding fulfilment and excitement in the experience I am gaining. I am also keen to prove that I can provide a pleasant, positive service to all my clients.

Helen Purdon

About me: Married to Glyn Purdon and have two children, Stephen (qualified pilot currently working at 43 Air School) and Lindsay (studying 2nd year fine art at Rhodes University). Matriculated from Kingswood College in Grahamstown after which I studied at Rhodes University and Port Elizabeth Technikon. Before starting my career in Real Estate I taught at Kingswood College from 1985 – 1989 and owned Garden Pavillion Nursery in Port Alfred from July 1997-2002. Currently Partner of Harcourts Port Alfred. Experience and Qualifications: 12 years Real Estate experience Homenet: 2000 – September 2005 Pam Golding: 2005 – July 2011 Harcourts: August 2011 to present. Completed Estate Agency Affairs Board Exam 2002 Completed FETC Real Estate NQF4 in 2011 Joined Harcourts Port Alfred as a partner 2011 Awarded Diamond Status for Career Sales for over R140 000 000, 00 in March 2012 Awarded Gold Certificate for Sales in March 2012 Previous Real Estate Achievements: Homenet Real Estate: Top Agent of the Year (Port Alfred office) 2001 Top Agent of the Year (Port Alfred office) 2002 17th Place at Regional Awards (Eastern Cape and Garden Route) in 2003 Top Agent of the Year (Port Alfred office) 2003 Graduated from the Homenet Training Academy in 2003 2nd Place at Regional Awards 2004 Top Agent of the Year (Port Alfred office) 2004 7th Place in Highest Commission Earned (Homenet National Awards) 2005 Joined Pam Golding Properties: Award for the most unit sales in the region(Eastern Cape and Garden Route) 2005 New Pam Golding Agent of the Year 2005 Awarded with 1st Level Gold Club Membership 2005 3rd place at Regional Awards (Eastern Cape and Garden Route) 2006 Top Agent of the Year (Port Alfred office) 2006 4th place at Regional Awards 2007 Top Agent of the Year (Port Alfred office) 2007 Top Agent of the Year (Eastern Cape) 2007 Top Agent of the Year (Port Alfred office) 2008 Gold Club Agent Membership 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Karen Taylor

ABOUT ME In my 5th year of Real Estate. Born and educated in South Africa. Happily married to John and living in Port Alfred since 1994. Proud Mother of 2 beautiful children. EXPERTISE AND QUALIFICATIONS Certificate of the Institute of Estate Agents (CEA) F.E.T.C. Real Estate NQF4 MY PROMISE TO YOU I strive to do my very best for my client. Expect to receive honest, ethical and professional service at all times. Commitment to achieve the highest price in what the current market allows. I have a results driven team and management that I can rely on. Harcourts Port Alfred strives for Service Excellence and ethics at all times.

Mark White

Born and raised on a farm in Bedford in the Eastern Cape and a direct descendant of 1820 Settler Families, farming and the Eastern Cape have been cornerstones for me all my life. I was educated at St Andrews College in Grahamstown and studied further at Natal university Durban obtaining a Bachelor of Social Science degree. After graduating in 1976, I returned to the Eastern Cape where I farmed one of the family farms in Adelaide for 20 years. During this period, I married and had 4 children. With the children's educational needs growing, we moved in Grahamstown and spent 12 years there while the children were educated at Kingswood College. In Grahamstown, I was part of a very successful student accommodation development and this gave me my introduction to real estate. it soon became apparent that there were many people, attracted by the superb schools and university that Grahamstown has to offer, who were keen to look at properties in the area, be they game farms, stock farms or lifestyle properties. Having an intimate knowledge of the area, the people in the area and of farming, it was a natural step to move to farm sales. With the children's education completed in Grahamstown, we moved at the beginning of 2009 to Port Alfred at where we had bought a farm. Here we run a dairy, a growing Boran herd and a flock of indigenous veld goats as well as some game. I have been actively and successfully involved in farm sales over the whole of the Eastern Cape for a number of years and am passionate about the area. The tremendous diversity of habitat, the wonderful views of beach and bush, good rainfall, lack of gross and access to excellent educational facilities and friendly communities makes the Sunshine Coast an incredibly desirable destination.

Rose Ryan

23 YEARS EXPERIENCE Selling houses, plots and businesses in PORT ALFRED and BATHURST and along the COAST from CANNON ROCKS to BIRHA HISTORY Always had a Career working with and for People - BANKING, MEDICAL, HOTEL INDUSTRY and REAL ESTATE. PROPERTY This is such a stimulating industry. Investors need help with the legal, financial and emotional aspects of each deal. I enjoy finding and matching the right properties for the buyers, and assisting the sellers when they want to sell. QUALIFICATIONS Passed ESTATE AGENTS BOARD exam in July 1990. Graduated from the HOMENET TRAINING ACADEMY in 2002, COMPELTED FICA RPL NQF4 for REAL ESTATE IN 2009, and have SOLD in excess of 250 properties in the EASTERN CAPE PROUD to OFFER Knowledge and Experience, with HONEST, ETHICAL and SUPPORTIVE Service, I want to make your BUYING or SELLING Experience an Enjoyable one. CALL ME!

Wendy Bradfield

I have 2 children Nicholas aged 24 and Kelly age 21. Matriculated from Pietermaritzburg Girls High in 1980. Worked at Standard Bank in Port Alfred form 1981-1984. Married and lived on a pineapple farm from 1984-2006. Worked at Standard Bank Grahamstown form 1984-1987. Worked at the 1820 Settler Monument as an events co-ordinator and supervisor 200-2007. Worked at ACL Marketing as a bookkeeper and administrative clerk from 2007-2009. Controlled the Village Stalls at the Village Green + Market Square for the Grahamstown Festival from 2004-2007. Own a Second Hand Clothing Outlet 2006-present. Run/own the cafeteria at the Monument for Grahamstown Festival and Schools Festival. Cater for Rhodes Graduation. Joined Harcourts July 2012.

Una Tarr

Rental Agent for Harcourts, previously Homenet since 2003. Dedicated to service excellence. Formerly ran my own business for 17 years - mother of 2 sons, Warren and Russell, granny of 3.

Megan Erasmus

Philli Dell

I have been involved in the real estate business for over 20 years and am still as excited about property as I was on the first day I started. I started off in the rental department and progressed into the selling department where I worked for over 10 years. I am now involved in the customer care and am loving still dealing with property and people. I love Port Alfred and have lived here for 27 years. Living in the Heart of the Sunshine Coast has given me the opportunity to raise 2 sons in a small town environment, giving them the best upbringing possible. My husband John has his own printing business, Dells Printers, which he started when we arrived in "The Kowie" when it was still a small little village where everyone knew everyone else. I have also been involved in the travel industry as a tour guide with Springbok Atlas Safaris, so I had the opportunity to travel South Africa and surrounding countries. Bitten by the travel bug I traveled extensively through Europe, Scandanavia and Great Britain. Went onto traveling to South America and sailing through the Carrabean up the East coast of America where I then traveled in Canada and America. I saw the birth of the Royal Alfred Marina and extension onto Forest Downs and the Riverside of Port Alfred - watched our little hamlet expand to a town.