{"id":36670,"date":"2022-01-28T17:53:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T04:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=36670"},"modified":"2022-01-28T17:53:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T04:53:24","slug":"the-real-estate-agent-whose-clients-have-moved-in-with-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/the-real-estate-agent-whose-clients-have-moved-in-with-her\/","title":{"rendered":"The real estate agent whose clients have moved in with her"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: Judi O’Dea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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According to realestate.com.au<\/a> real estate agents can sometimes cop a bad rap as being greedy, but the extraordinary actions of one property professional are helping to dispel those myths and show just how kind they really can be.<\/p>\n

Judi O\u2019Dea\u00a0of Ray White Paddington in Brisbane has gone above and beyond for two of her clients \u2013 by inviting them move in with her.<\/p>\n

At different times over the past 12 months, Ms O\u2019Dea offered up her home to two separate vendors to help solve a dilemma they faced with needing to find short-term accommodation between selling and moving into their next home.<\/p>\n

One stayed for three months at her Paddington home, struggling to navigate the city\u2019s \u201cdiabolical\u201d rental market at the time, Ms O\u2019Dea said.<\/p>\n

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Judi O’Dea at her home in Brisbane, where two recent clients have lived while finding a new home. Picture: Supplied<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The first couple that moved in were the sellers of nearby\u00a028 Prince Street in Paddington.<\/p>\n

The property sold for $2.93 million in May 2021 following an auction that ran for an hour-and-a-half, with the successful buyer insisting on an especially quick 14-day settlement.<\/p>\n

But then, Ms O\u2019Dea explains, the penny dropped for her elated sellers \u2013 Queensland Performing Arts Centre\u2019s publicity manager Cindy Ullrich and her husband Hilton \u2013 that they\u2019d need to find somewhere else to live in a fortnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I rang them the next morning, they were both in tears and said \u2018it\u2019s not to do with the money, but we have nowhere to go\u2019,\u201d Ms O\u2019Dea recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said \u2018it\u2019s okay \u2013 you are going to live with me\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have separate accommodation downstairs with a kitchen, bathroom and separate entrance where my adult children lived before they moved out.”<\/p>\n

The couple \u2013 along with their cat Atlas \u2013 made themselves at home while they found a new home to buy.<\/p>\n

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The Paddington home Judi sold before the vendors came to live with her for three months. Picture: realestate.com.au\/sold<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During that period, Ms O\u2019Dea said she had “a wonderful time” with her house guests \u2013 who paid to cover expenses \u2013 and formed a friendship with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so funny during COVID \u2013 we were actually in our own little bubble,\u201d Ms O\u2019Dea said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used to go downstairs for dinner, then they would come upstairs. We had a lovely time together.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring one of the Queensland lockdowns, Cindy would work downstairs, and I was working upstairs and we could hear each other talking away.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince then Cindy and I have had some lovely visits to the theatre together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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