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Independent Sydney Buyer's Agent

Never buy a home outnumbered.

Every other person on that side of the table is paid by the seller.I am the only one working for you.

What I do

The whole search, or just the pointy end.

Finding a property is only one part of buying one properly.

Listings are everywhere. Off-market and private-sale platforms are making more properties visible to buyers too.

Finding the right one still takes real work, and I do that too. But whether you buy well is decided by what happens next.

By the time you are standing in a property, the person selling it already has a plan. I know how Sydney selling agents run a campaign, what they do with a price guide, what they say when an offer lands and what they do when it passes in at auction. Knowing how the other side works is most of the advantage, and it is the part you cannot get from a portal.

The rest is getting the brief right, finding the risks before they are priced into your offer, working out what the property is genuinely worth and running the negotiation so you are not doing it on instinct at the worst possible moment.

And sometimes the most valuable advice I give is not to buy the property.

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Want the search done as well?

The Full Home Buying Service is the same assessment and negotiation, with the search done for you. We start with how you actually want to live, where you need to be and how the home needs to work as life changes.

I narrow the suburbs, check the streets and only bring you homes worth your time. We can be patient when nothing stacks up, then move quickly when the right one appears.

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Investment property analysis

I know how selling agents work

Two similar properties can have very different value once you look at the exact street, pocket, layout, condition and surrounding land use.

I also know the playbook on the other side. How a campaign is run, what a price guide is really for, the lines used to hurry you along and how an agent behaves when an offer lands. That tells you as much about what to pay as the comparable sales do.

See where I know the streets best

Searching yourself? I'll handle the rest.

Good. Plenty of buyers are happy to do the looking. It’s what comes after that costs you money.

Whether you found it on Domain, through an agent, off-market, through a private seller or somewhere else, finding it does not tell you whether you should buy it.

Bring me in before you’ve found anything, or the day you have. Send me properties as you find them and I independently assess each one, work through the comparable sales and due diligence, set a defensible view of value, plan the negotiation and deal with the selling agent for you. Anywhere in Sydney. If the first one falls over, we go again on the next.

If the numbers or the property stop making sense, I will tell you.

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Services

Choose the level of help you actually need.

Most buyers want to run their own search and bring me in for the assessment and the negotiation. Some want the whole search handled. Some just need someone to bid for them at auction.

I will explain the difference and tell you if the lighter service is enough.

Assess and negotiate
You search. I check it, price it and run the negotiation. Start any time, anywhere in Sydney.
Full Home Buying Service
The same assessment and negotiation, with the search done for you.
Auction bidding
Preparation, a clear limit and bidding on your behalf.
Nathaniel Barbuto, buyer's agent in Sydney
About

Over a decade in the property industry.

I've spent over a decade in the property industry, with a background in property finance, assessing risk and helping clients work through buying decisions. I bring that experience to assessing a property and negotiating on your behalf.

At Rowe and Co Property, I work entirely on the buyer's side.

More about Nathaniel
No dual representationNo conflicted transactions.
Sydney wideAssessment, negotiation and search
10+ yearsRisk, valuation and negotiation
Local buyer guides

Where I know the streets best.

I work across Sydney. These are the suburbs where I have done the most work and know the streets, pockets and buildings from the ground.

Local knowledge is not just knowing suburb medians. It is knowing the streets, pockets, buildings and surrounding uses that can make one property work and another one a poor buy.

Concord Concord West Breakfast Point Cabarita Mortlake North Strathfield
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Rather just talk?

I'm a human being, not a form. Give me a call, and if I don't pick up, I'll call you back. Or shoot me a text.

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Free buyer resources

Useful tools for working out what to buy and what to check.

The buyer’s brief builder, suburb report, property analysis, budget guide and inspection checklist are all in one place.

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