Laguna Real Estate ran their EOFY breakfast for all of their staff members across four offices this month at Jimi Bouchons Café in an opportunity to come together, acknowledge its achievements and celebrate the success of Laguna over the last 12 months.
Individuals were recognised for their achievements including Melanie Butcher who was awarded for achieving the Highest Gross Commission, Rob Nimmo recording the Highest Number of Sales, Patsy Johnson the Key Contributor and Laurene Von Hoff for Surpassing Expectations in the Property Management Department.
In addition to formal acknowledgements, the Holiday Department had a very successful year with holiday accommodation recording a 100 per cent occupancy in summer and 90 per cent in winter.
“This result was from visitors flocking to the area for a holiday, Laguna’s new and improved website and also of course Laguna’s hard working team who ensured there were no lost bookings,“ a spokeswoman said.
This year saw Laguna sponsoring community events which included Noosa Come Together, Noosa Prostate Association, Noosa Beach Classic Car Show and The Wash and Wax Car Show. At Laguna Real Estate they believe in the importance of giving back to the community that gives to them. A special mention was given to Gina Gould who was instrumental in co-ordinating these events.
Laguna principal Olivier Miller also thanked her three licensees Melanie Butcher, Kellie Drinnan and Emily Lang for their unwavering support.
Other accomplishments included being named as finalists in five categories for the 2021 REIQ Awards.
Laguna came out on top with Penny Choyce winning Agency Support Person of the Year which was a fabulous achievement as Penny was up against nine elite professionals across Queensland.
Laguna has again been recognised in the 2022 REIQ Awards with recent announcement of its finalist nominations in five categories:
1. Large Residential Agency of the Year.
2. Residential Agency of the Year Regional.
3. Contribution to the Community.
4. Residential Salesperson of the Year – Melanie Butcher.
5. Agency Support Person of the Year – Penny Choyce.
The winners will be announced at the REIQ Gala Dinner on Saturday 29 October.
Laguna Real Estate was also named finalists for the 2022 REB Awards Sales Office of the Year – Regional and Office Administrator of the Year – Penny Choyce.
Laguna Real Estate has been recognised for its achievements on 49 occasions since 2002 by the REIQ, REB and AREA which cements their level of excellence in the industry.
Ms Miller acknowledged the efforts of the whole team in one of the longest serving real estate company’s in Noosa which was established in 1978 and has four offices. She believes true success comes from experience and with a team excelling in excellence.