The Power Behind The Brand

Welcome to our second blog!

The end of the calendar year is upon us! Our agents at Terra Firma have been working ever so hard to ensure that all our clients are fully satisfied before they take their well-deserved holidays.

We’ve moved premises from Strand Street to 126 Waterkant Street and we couldn’t be happier. Our agents are motivated and hungry for success like never before. Before we share our proceedings for the weekend, let us tell you a bit about who is behind this powerful brand we call Terra Firma.

Jonathan Styles, if you’re in the property market you are bound to have heard the name. Jonathan is the founder and Principal of Terra Firma and without his vision and ambition to build this brand into a serious market contender, would be impossible. With over  15 years’ experience in the property market, Jonathan has successfully owned many real estate franchises, until he decided he wanted a more inclusive brand that focuses on the full satisfaction of clients in the Cape Town real estate market. We are grateful we have such an optimistic, forward thinking leader in guiding us to living purposeful lives.

Robyn Muller, who was ranked no.1 agent in KZN from 2007-2010, has been hard at work putting her managerial skills to the test from 2012 to this present day and heads up the office management position at Terra Firma. With the same vision as Jonathan, they work in unison to ensure the agents are trained and able to deal with any obstacles in a proper, professional manner. Her high standards of success are what make businesses fully flourish in a competitive real estate market as she has proven in the past.

Next week we will introduce the rest of our management team, Sheena Jonker and Nigel Lloyd.

Formality aside, we welcome and assist any clients in buying, selling and renting homes. Our philosophy goes way past the normality of just buying and selling a home but rather seeks to contend in empowering people to live purpose driven lives.

We are Reimagining Realty.

For any queries whether it be chatting about investment opportunities , having a home evaluated to their market equivalents or assisting you on your property journey do not hesitate to give us a call.

As Sir Francis Bacon once said - ‘Knowledge is power’

Be sure to keep an eye out for our show houses this weekend as there are great properties available in this great city of Cape Town.

Show Houses this weekend:

• ·         Woodstock

Marcell Bester is on show in Woodstock this Sunday, 17^th December from 2-4pm.

For further details contact Marcell : 083 651 8875 or marcel.b@terrafirmarealty.co.za or follow the link to our website : http://www.terrafirmarealty.co.za/showpropertyST240ZZ00005047.cp

• ·         Parklands

Shay Forbes is on show in Parklands this Saturday, 16^th December from 12-2pm.

For Further details contact Shay : 081 706 2532 or shay.f@terrafirmarealty.co.za or follow the link to our website : http://www.terrafirmarealty.co.za/showpropertyST240ZZ00005057.cp

• ·         Landsdowne

Shay Forbes is on show in Landsdowne this Sunday, 17^th December from 2-3pm.

For Further details contact Shay :  081 706 2532 or shay.f@terrafirmarealty.co.za or follow the link to our website : http://www.terrafirmarealty.co.za/showpropertyST240ZZ00005096.cp

• ·         Sea Point

Nova Mc Leod is on show in Sea Point this Sunday, 17^th December from 2-4pm.

For further details contact Nova: 082 539 1987 or nova.m@terrafirmarealty.co.za or follow the link to our website: http://www.terrafirmarealty.co.za/showpropertyST240WST26665.cp

Until next time !

Terra Firma – Reimagining Realty

TERRA FIRMA REALTY: THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

Welcome to our first blog!

TERRA FIRMA REALTY is a new brand in real estate. The new kid on the block is here to stir our imaginations.

JONATHAN STYLES, the founder, has been in real estate for some 15 years and has successfully started and grown various agencies.

Combined with his strong business acumen and his visionary ways, he also has a burning passion to be part of ushering in just conditions in South African Society. I head up Terra Firma’s Legal Division and over the past number of years Jonathan has been a stalwart supporter of my work in the pursuit of Access to Justice for all. I am the founder and current head of Access to Justice an NPO which exists to mobilize legal and dispute resolution resources for vulnerable individuals and communities. I also run ADR Network SA which has trained and developed mediators and arbitrators over the past decade.

So as Jonathan was establishing a new brand in Realty, he felt the time was right to integrate his passion for justice and vision of a more beautiful world and so part of the vision of Terra Firma will be to establish the Terra Firma Access to Justice Foundation.

Some of what we will be doing is:

1.       Every Terra Firma agent will undergo advanced negotiation skills training and will train as certified mediators through ADR Network SA. Underpinned by the philosophy of restorative justice and restorative practice, each agent will be expertly trained in non-adversarial problem-solving methods.

2.       Resources will specifically be allocated to assist marginalized individuals in training to  become estate agents.

3.       Terra Firma will concentrate on ongoing education and training.

4.       As a service to the community in which it operates, each office will be obliged to operate a Terra Firma Access to Justice Foundation Desk which will offer Pro Bono legal and dispute resolution advice on at least one day per week to those who may not be able to pay for those expertise.

5.       In time, TFR also aims to become specifically involved with developers who have a vision and appetite for inclusive housing developments. Our next blog will unpack what this may look like.

We are excited for what lies ahead and whom we may meet along this journey. In week’s to come we will be unpacking interesting and informative topics in Real Estate, Property Law, Negotiation and Access to Justice.

Please email me on sheena.j@terrafirmarealty.co.za and let me know of any topics you would specifically like to see addressed.

Until next week, peace.

Sheena Jonker