As has been custom in 2020, last Thursday, the Barry Plant Group hosted its 2020 Awards for Excellence in the living rooms of close to 900 of their staff members, invited guests, sponsors, suppliers and interested family.
“Following the real estate downturn in 2018/19, our offices and their teams only had about eight months to recover from the poor market conditions and then COVID-19 hit,” Batt Plant Group CEO and Director, Mike McCarthy said.
“I’m proud of how our offices grabbed the innovation and support we provided to meet the challenges this awards year and turned it into results that were truly remarkable, given the circumstances in Victoria.
“While life and business will remain uncertain until there is a vaccine, I believe the calibre of our people, and the resilience and positivity they have shown will translate into great results and big numbers being written in the next year.”
Barry Plant divides its sales awards into three categories: agents who work alone, experienced agents who take on a PA, and those who have a team supporting them.
Ashley Hutson from the the Lilydale office took out the trifecta by winning Top Lister with a PA, Top Performer with a PA and Top Seller with a PA, Lilydale took out two second places in office awards and then picked up the prestigious Franchisee of the Year.
Jasmine Kaur from the Geelong office won Property Manager of the Year while Geelong agent, Chari Emirzade won both the Top Lister with a team and Top Seller with a team – and came third in the Top Performer with a team field.
Justin Booth from the Diamond Creek office took out Top Performer with no PA and Roy Khoder from the Glenroy Office was awarded Top Lister with no PA.
The Mitchell Shire and Mildura offices were awarded Office with the Highest Total sales in their categories – both for the second year in a row. The Manningham office took out first place in the third category.
Mildura also achieved Office of the Year award in the small office category. The Rowville office won Top Office of the Year (medium office).
In an amazing effort, Barry Plant Manningham took out the Top Office of the Year (Large) award for the 12th time since 2008, while Theo Politis from the Manningham office won Top Performer with a team.
Narre Warren office was awarded the Marketing Award for a schedule valued between up to $5K and the Bundoora office took out the award for a schedule up to $10K.
Barry Plant Essendon-Keilor East won the Property Management Department of the Year, with Marin Durkovic sweeping up the Business Development Manager of the Year award.
Sara Press from the Berwick office rounded out the elite PM awards wining Department Manager of the Year.
Sara Savio from the Croydon office won Novice Auctioneer of the Year.
The Norwood office won the community service award as a small office punching above their weight in the amount of hands-on fundraising they did, particularly following the bushfires earlier in the year.
Other notable individual winners include:
Receptionist of the year: Tracie Taylor, Mentone-Cheltenham
Corporate Support Person of the year: Christine Wilkins, Werribee
Directors Recognition Awards: Natalie Terure, Boronia and Belinda Barletta, Docklands
The Ron Hudson Rising Star award: David Samarges, Werribee
