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Private property · Off-market opportunities · Direct review

Some properties sell without ever being listed.

Private Buyers connects owners directly with genuine private buyers. No agent, no commission, no open homes, no sign on the lawn, and no photos of your home left on the internet. Just a confidential conversation about a fair price, on your terms.

Start a private enquiry or see what the private route removes

≈ 5 MIN · FREE · NO ACCOUNT NEEDED

Not sure it fits? Try the 30-second check first.

  • Confidential from the first click
  • A straight answer within 48 hours
  • No cost to you, no obligation
  • Direct to genuine buyers

Private Buyers is not a licensed agency, a valuation service, or a promise to buy. A response is a private review outcome only.

30-second check

Is private even right for your property?

Three answers, an honest read, no contact details needed.

Why private

Everything a listed campaign puts you through, removed.

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LISTEDCommission plus marketing, often $20,000 to $30,000 all up on a mid-range sale PRIVATENo commission, no marketing bill. The price you agree is the price you keep.
LISTEDWeeks of open homes, with strangers through every room PRIVATENo open homes. Any visit is one buyer's representative, arranged around you.
LISTEDYour address and interior photos published online, more or less permanently PRIVATENo public listing. The neighbours find out when you decide to tell them.
LISTEDStaging, decluttering and repainting to present well PRIVATESell as it stands. Condition is priced honestly, not dressed up.
LISTEDMonths on market, conditional back-and-forth and auction-day pressure PRIVATEAn answer within 48 hours, at your pace. Yes or no, in writing, no theatre.

COST FIGURES ARE INDICATIVE ONLY AND VARY BY AGENCY, REGION AND SALE PRICE.

One thing worth saying plainly: private buyers pay for speed, certainty and as-is condition, not top retail dollar. If the highest possible price through a public campaign matters most to you, listing is the better route, and we will tell you so.

How it works

Four steps, and you stay in control of every one.

  1. Share the details and one front photo

    The address or just the suburb, the basics of the property, your price expectation and your timing. Photos and documents are optional, but they are what carry an enquiry through to investor review, so add what you have. Nothing is published anywhere.

  2. We review the fit

    Your property is checked against current buyer criteria. You hear back within 48 hours with a first response, whichever way it lands.

  3. You decide what happens next

    If it looks like a fit, we contact you first. Your details are only shared with interested parties if you have given permission, and there is no obligation at any point.

Who this suits

Built for owners the listed market treats badly.

  • Estates and executors. A respectful, quiet process without the family home going on display.
  • Landlords with tenants in place. No parade of viewings, and often the tenancy simply continues.
  • Homes that need work. Condition becomes part of an honest price, not a reason to be turned away.
  • Owners testing the water. Find out what a private buyer would discuss. It costs nothing to ask.
  • People who value a quiet street. No signboard, no portal listing, no neighbourhood commentary.
  • Sellers who need certainty. When speed and a clean settlement matter more than chasing the last dollar.
  • Moving on a deadline. A new job or a move away, when the sale has to keep pace with life.
  • Another home in sight. When buying your next place hinges on selling this one, speed matters.
  • Relationship separations. A clean, private sale that lets both people move forward sooner.
  • Downsizers and retirees. A gentler step to the next chapter, without a campaign running through it.
  • Overseas and out-of-town owners. Sell a property you are not there to manage, handled remotely and quietly.
  • Previously listed, did not sell. A fresh, private route after the campaign that went nowhere.

Questions

The questions every sensible owner asks.

Is Private Buyers a real estate agency?

No. Private Buyers is not a licensed real estate agency, a valuation service, or a promise to buy. Submitting a property starts a private review only, and a response is not an offer. We recommend your own solicitor reviews anything before you sign it.

What does it cost me?

Nothing. No commission, no marketing charge, no fee to enquire or be reviewed. If a sale proceeds you cover your own side's normal costs, such as your solicitor, exactly as in any sale.

What is the catch?

Reach. A listed campaign puts your property in front of every buyer in the market; the private route puts it in front of ours. If maximum exposure matters more than privacy, speed and cost, listing may serve you better. Many owners try private first because it costs nothing to find out.

How can you respond within 48 hours?

Because the first review is a fit check, not a valuation. Your property is compared against current buyer criteria: location, type, condition and price expectation. A no is a review outcome, not a judgement on your property or its value.

Who are the buyers?

Private individuals and entities within the Private Buyers Property Group, plus selected interested parties. Your details are only shared if the property fits and you have ticked that specific permission in the form. Nothing moves without it.

What if my property is currently listed with an agency?

Tell us in the form, there is a box for exactly this. Agency agreements can affect how a private approach works, so we take extra care, confirm your situation with you first, and make sure nothing cuts across what you have already signed.

What happens to my information?

It is reviewed privately and never published. The form includes a plain-English privacy summary you acknowledge before submitting, and you can have your information corrected or removed at any time via enquiry@privatebuyers.co.nz.

THE PAPERWORK

Contact

Questions first? Ask away.

For anything that is not a property enquiry: how the process works, your particular situation, or correcting and removing your information.

EMAIL

enquiry@privatebuyers.co.nz

General questions get a reply within 5 working days. Selling a property? Use the property enquiry form instead, it carries everything a review needs in one go and keeps the 48-hour first answer.

Five minutes now. A straight answer within 48 hours.

Tell us about the property in confidence. If it fits, we talk. If it does not, you have lost nothing and nobody ever knew you asked.

Is this legitimate?A private review service with strict permissions. Nothing is shared or published without your written consent, and a response is not an offer.
What does it cost?Nothing. No commission, no marketing, no fee to ask. Your only costs in any eventual sale are your own solicitor's, as in any sale.
What if the number is low?Then you say no, and nothing has been spent. Many owners treat the answer as a free, private data point.
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  • No commission, no marketing bill
  • No open homes, no public listing
  • First response within 48 hours

A first response is a review update, not an offer, valuation, or agency service.

Property enquiry

Tell us about the property.

Six short steps, about ten minutes. Fields marked required are required; everything else helps but will not hold you up. Started on another device?

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The property

Start with the property itself. A street address helps most, but suburb-level is fine if you would rather keep it general for now.

Start typing your address and pick the match, the suburb fills itself. If privacy matters, the suburb or town alone is fine, the exact address can follow after first contact.

Sale & condition

What a private sale would need to look like for you, and anything a serious buyer should know up front. Honest notes speed up review.

Price and timing

Roughly what would make a private sale worth discussing. A range or ballpark is fine, this is a starting point, not a commitment.

Timeframe required

Agency status and your reasons

Agency status required
No problem, this just means we take extra care. If your property is under a current agency agreement we will talk it through with you first and nothing happens without your confirmation.
Why the private route appeals required, select all that apply select all that apply

Condition and description

Kitchen, bathroom, roof, known issues, chattels, repairs, subdivision or renovation upside, anything a serious buyer should know.

Layout, sun, access, parking, location, rental appeal, title notes, consented or unconsented work, special features.

Financial details optional, helps the numbers side of review

Fill in whatever you know. Leave the rest blank, we can confirm details later. We do not ask about your mortgage or lending.

Photos & documents

Nothing here is compulsory, but it decides how seriously the enquiry can be taken. Our buyers often purchase site unseen, so photos and paperwork are what carry a property through to investor review. Complete enquiries go first.

Property photos optional, strongly encouraged

Add photos of the property

Straight from your phone camera roll is perfect. Front, kitchen, bathroom, living, roof, yard, any issue areas · up to 20 images

0 PHOTOS ADDED FIRST PHOTO BECOMES THE MAIN IMAGE

Supporting documents optional

Add any paperwork that tells the property's story

LIM, record of title, rates notice, tenancy agreement, building report, valuation, floor plan, anything useful · PDF, Word, Excel or text · up to 10 files

0 DOCUMENTS ADDED

Files stay on your device until you send them, nothing uploads anywhere from this page. Photos and documents are not kept in saved drafts, so add them in the same sitting as your final submit.

Your details

Last step before permissions: where we send your 48-hour answer. Nothing here is shared with anyone until you give explicit written permission on the next step.

Your relationship to the property required
Preferred contact method required

Permission & privacy

You stay in control. Nothing is shared with anyone outside Private Buyers unless the property fits and you have said yes below.

Privacy summary, plain English NOT READ YET

Who is collecting this

Private Buyers NZ (privatebuyers.co.nz).

What we collect

Your name, email and phone, your relationship to the property, the property details you provide, your price expectation, any photos or files you attach, how you found us (QR code or campaign tracking), and your permission choices with timestamps.

Why we collect it

To review whether the property fits private buyer criteria, to contact you about it, to keep a record of your enquiry, and to prepare an internal review. That is all.

Who sees it

Your enquiry is reviewed privately within Private Buyers. If the property fits the criteria, and only if you have ticked the sharing permission below, your contact details and property information may be shared with the Private Buyers Property Group or selected interested parties so they can contact you directly. There is no public listing and no advertising.

Photos

Photos and documents are optional. Our buyers often purchase site unseen, so the more complete your enquiry, the further it can go.

Your control

You can ask us to correct or remove your information at any time by emailing enquiry@privatebuyers.co.nz.

What we are not

Private Buyers is not a licensed real estate agency, valuation service, or promise to buy. Submitting a property starts a private review process only. If your property is currently listed with an agency, we take extra care and confirm with you before any direct approach.

End of summary. You can now confirm you have read it below. The full privacy policy is also available.

PRIVACY SUMMARY v1.0 · JUNE 2026

Open the privacy summary and scroll to the end to unlock this checkbox.

Review & submit

A final look before it goes to review. Use Edit to jump back to any section, your answers are kept.

Submitting starts a private review only. It is not an offer, a valuation, an agency service, or a promise that the property will be purchased or shared. First response within 48 hours.

Thanks, your enquiry is in.

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Your property details are now with Private Buyers for a first private review. You will hear back within 48 hours.

  • We check the property against current buyer criteria. Quietly, no public listing, no advertising.
  • You get a clear first response within 48 hours, either a next step or an honest no for now.
  • Nothing is shared outside Private Buyers without the permission you gave, and you can withdraw at any time.

The property file is a branded PDF of everything you sent, including your photos, keep it for your records. The email draft opens in your own mail app addressed to enquiry@privatebuyers.co.nz if you prefer to follow up directly.

If anything changes, or you want to add or correct details, reply to our first contact or email us quoting your reference above.

For private buyers · New Zealand

First look at property that never hits the market.

Private Buyers reviews owner enquiries across New Zealand and introduces the ones that fit directly to registered private buyers. Off market, criteria matched, and only ever with the owner's written permission.

  • Off-market opportunities, matched to your brief
  • Complete property files: photos, documents, honest condition notes
  • Direct owner conversations, no bidding theatre
  • Your criteria stay confidential

Buyer intake is currently at capacity and we are not seeking new investors. Expressions of interest are held on file for any future intake.

Buyer intake

Currently at capacity.

The buyer group is full and we are not seeking new investors at present.

Deal flow is matched to the existing group first, that is what keeps introductions meaningful for the owners who trust us with their properties. If you believe you would be a genuinely strong fit for a future intake, you are welcome to express interest by email and it will be held on file.

Express interest by email

enquiry@privatebuyers.co.nz · expressions of interest are held on file, a reply is not an offer of membership.

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