Donna Churton
About Donna Churton
The Bret & Donna combo is a partnership combination that just works. This ‘dynamic duo’ have nurtured a successful real estate career out of high energy, big dreams, and strong focused work ethic, both having come from a successful career in corporate sales. Bret’s previous experience is wide, from his time spent in the NZ Army to NZ retail product management for a one of the biggest companies in the world. Bret also has experience with some of NZ’s leading building supply businesses, has traveled extensively, raced motorcycles, loves fishing and mountain biking… needless to say, Bret connects to people easily on many levels. The way Donna listens reflects her genuine desire to get it right and comes not just as a result of her care for people but also her 30 years as a sales professional in a diverse range of industries including events, fashion and advertising. Her experience shows. A competent negotiator, her tireless work ethic is born of a history as a long-distance runner to NZ representative level. Consequently, it comes as no surprise that Bret & Donna’s ability to quickly gain clients trust and confidence have seen them achieve outstanding results backed up by fantastic client testimonials. Bret & Donna hold the utmost belief that the key to great sales success is people skills, market knowledge, and negotiation prowess and with this they deliver a personal, tailored approach to each home. Their pragmatic focus is perfectly balanced by attention to detail and an empathetic nature – they have an intuitive sense of what is required to get it right. “We understand we are dealing with what is possibly someone’s biggest asset, producing the best results possible is our goal” - Bret & Donna do not underestimate the level of trust their vendors put in them.


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Testimonials
“A wonderful outcome with wizard timing” • I’m delighted to recommend Donna and Bret to sell your loving home, downsizing after twenty-five years presented loads of unknown scenarios that just dissolved when they arrived on the scene. Bret with his pleasant disposition superior knowledge delivered the stats that only hard work could have supplied, Donna with her grace and professionalism gave honest advice and answered questions before they were presented , together they were able to secure a wonderful outcome with wizard timing not being aware that lockdown was only days away. I cannot thank them enough and the team that supports them for their brilliant effort. Many thanks! Wayne Macaulay -
• Bret & Donna and the whole UP team were fantastic! It was our first time selling a house, and they made it really easy. We bought another property soon after, and so we were talking with a lot of other agents. When it came to dealing with prospective purchasers, Bret & Donna were far more proactive than any other agent we dealt with and as a result we had a good number of bidders at the auction, which resulted in a higher price than we were expecting. We were stoked!! They also did a great job of running the open homes, we were kept fully informed of how these were going, how many people were potentially interested and what their price expectations were. Great communication. And they are just great people to work with. Really down to earth. We can’t recommend them enough!” Andrew & Terrianne -
• “7 weeks from seeing, buying, selling, and moving!” “8 weeks ago, I heard of an apartment that felt would be perfect for me. Bret and Donna made arrangements to show it to me and I fell in love with it. They helped me to place an offer conditional on the sale of my current home and spoke to me explaining all the options available to me to sell it as it wasn’t listed for sale. I have the utmost respect in the way they handled the next 7 weeks and the entire range of procedures needed to follow for me to make an offer on the new property I wanted, list my existing home, understand the auction process, secure an acceptable sale price and help arrange my move. Now 1 week after the move I am looking back at the ease and speed of the entire process, which would not have been possible without the totally professional assistance from Donna, Bret and the management of UP Real Estate. I highly recommend them and their agency to anyone considering selling their home and have 100% confidence -
• “Great Agents!” “Bret and Donna have been fantastic agents who have held our hands through the selling process as we sold our first home. They have answered all our questions honestly and promptly with great communication. They had a good idea of the market and were able to get us a result higher than the predictions of all 5 agents who we interviewed prior to choosing Bret and Donna. We felt comfortable trusting Bret and Donna with our home throughout the process and they supported and advised us on how to get the best result possible. We highly recommend Bret and Donna for anyone wanting to sell (or buy) their property. “ Emma+Jamie -
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