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I Remember When With Milton Rendell

June 18, 2021

Remember When

Do you remember when you wanted find out about real estate, you use to pick the Realtor Magazine? The ads were all in black and white. You would pick it up from your local real estate office or make an appointment to go and talk to your local agent. When I started in real estate […]

I Remember When With Milton Rendell

May 21, 2021

Remember When

Do you remember when there was no shopping on Sundays, no late night trading on Thursday and shops used to close at noon on Saturday? How things have changed in those times. The local shop was your back up plan for basic items, sadly in many ways we miss the local shop. If you couldn’t […]

I Remember When With Milton Rendell

May 3, 2021

Remember When

Do you remember when you couldn’t wait until lunch time or morning play time at school. That was a time you had a run around with class mates. At Guildford Primary was pretty common this time of year, the boys would head straight to the oval which was part of the school where today is […]

I Remember When with Milton Rendell

February 26, 2021

Remember When

Do you remember when services that today we are told are extra were available once common in every town and free. Someone mentioned to Lynette who works with me that she remembers my family delivering bread to her home when she was a child back in the 1940 and 1950’s in a horse and cart. […]

From The Desk Of Our CEO - February 2021

February 18, 2021

REP updates

2021 has begun and on a positive note with interest in real estate being it’s highest for a number of years. We are regularly seeing properties sold and the vacancy rate is the lowest we have seen for a long long time. In March we will see the lifting of some of the restrictions which […]

I Remember When with Milton Rendell

February 4, 2021

Remember When

Do you remember your first day at high school I am a Govo boy and in the seventies it was an interesting time to start high school. I thought Guildford Primary was big then I walked into Govo it was huge and a complete different dynamic to what I was used to for school. My […]

I Remember When with Matthew Pavlinovich

December 11, 2020

Remember When

2020 marks the 125th anniversary since the municipality and town of Helena Vale was proclaimed from the backbone of the Midland Railway Company of WA establishing themselves in the town and commencing the construction of the railway line to Walkaway. 25 years ago, Midland celebrated its 100th anniversary while being still in primary school I […]

I Remember When with Milton Rendell

November 12, 2020

Remember When

Do you remember what you used to do to get pocket money?  As a kid growing up in Guildford when you wanted to make a couple of bob you would cross the Helena River to the back of the Rosehill Country Club and go looking for golf balls. There was a driving range on the […]

From The Desk Of Our CEO - October 2020

October 20, 2020

REP updates

It has been a busy time in more ways than one. The first being our relocation. We are now physically in our new location at the new Catalyst Building located at Shop 2, 5 Junction Parade Midland. Although it was only a small trip up the road from our old location, it was moving twenty […]

I Remember When with Milton Rendell

September 18, 2020

Remember When

Do you remember when there was no shopping on Sundays, no late night trading on Thursday and shops closed at noon on Saturday? How things have changed. In those times, the local shops were your back up plan for basic items and sadly in many ways we miss the local shop. If you couldn’t get […]

From The Desk of the CEO - September 2020

September 3, 2020

REP updates

Wow, there certainly has been a number of challenges presented to our local and global economy this year and rather than enter the political debate, it has been interesting to observe how each state and country has handle the challenges Covid has presented. Sadly, lives have been lost but we have been very fortunate here […]

I Remember When with Milton Rendell

August 24, 2020

Remember When

Do you remember when as a kid you would go looking for tadpoles? We had a couple of spots, the main one being on Allpike Street in Guildford where there was an old open drain that used to flood up. This was near the East Guildford train station on the Guildford Grammar side. John, Peter […]

I Remember When with Milton Rendell

July 23, 2020

Remember When

Do you remember getting your first bike? Dad had some old bikes he said I could ride and seriously they were a death trap as they had what they called fixed wheels in those days and for the those who don’t know what that means is basically no foot brakes. You just kept riding in […]

HomeBuilder, what you need to know

June 26, 2020

Property News

If you have been thinking about building a new home or carrying out an extension or renovation, now might be the time to meet with an AFG broker and work through your options. The Federal Government’s new $680 million HomeBuilder program announced on 4 June 2020 makes available $25,000 grants to help build or substantially […]

I Remember When with Milton Rendell

June 26, 2020

Remember When

Do you remember when having a phone in your house wasn’t common, I grew up in a house with no phone and if I wanted to give someone a call I used to have to go to the old red phone box on the corner of Waylen and Swan Street in Guildford. There once were […]

From the Desk of the CEO

June 8, 2020

REP updates

Do we have the perfect storm brewing? After a disaster there is always a recovery and most try to pin point that moment of recovery. The problem is recovery can sneak up and pass you by just like a disaster sometimes can and you miss it. Those ready for change to a new environment are […]

I Remember When with Milton Rendell

May 15, 2020

Remember When

Do you remember your parents and grandparents talking about the depression caused during war times? I think my parents learnt a lot about survival and many ways how to be grateful for what they had. Mum used to say all the time “if you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all”. Today […]

From the Desk of the CEO - Coronavirus Alert

March 19, 2020

REP updates

As we all know there has been considerable discussion on the Coronavirus and certainly a concern for us all. Fortunately living in Australia we have great health professionals and a solid system which no doubt will be stretched in the coming months. In the press etc there has been regular warnings of how to handle […]

I Remember When with Matthew Pavlinovich

March 13, 2020

Remember When

Do you have memories of playing sport as a kid?  I began playing soccer as a five year old for the Swan Districts Junior Soccer Association at Swan View Park and can still remember the pair of leather Patrick boots and polish I received from my Uncle Damir.  Uncle Damir was probably the one that […]

I Remember When with Matt Pavlinovich

January 30, 2020

Remember When

Who can remember the humble corner deli or general store where they lived or grew up?  I can remember as a kid going into the Middle Swan Liquor Store and eyeing which lollies I would buy to fill a little paper bag full for a few cents each.  My favourites were Strawberries and Creams.  People […]