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<strong>March</strong> <strong>21</strong>, <strong>2019</strong> ADVERTISING / NEWSDESK: (046) 624 4356<br />
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Pam Golding celebrates milestone<br />
PA team<br />
enjoy 17<br />
years of<br />
success<br />
The last 17 years have<br />
been quite a<br />
tumultuous time in<br />
the South African<br />
property market, but<br />
Pam Golding has<br />
weathered the storms it<br />
faced along the way and<br />
has come out far<br />
stronger than before.<br />
The success of a<br />
business is not<br />
measured when times<br />
are good but rather<br />
when the environment<br />
changes and times get<br />
tough.<br />
The property boom<br />
between 2004 and 2007<br />
which developers,<br />
builders and estate<br />
agents enjoyed, was<br />
followed by a collapse<br />
resulting in extreme<br />
market changes and<br />
economic downturn.<br />
Through the Meyers’<br />
forward thinking<br />
leadership, Pam Golding<br />
withstood the challenges<br />
and remains one of Port<br />
Alfred’s top Industry<br />
leaders.<br />
The franchise has<br />
recently taken over the<br />
Jawitz (formerly Unique)<br />
Properties offices, from<br />
Susan McLellan in the<br />
CBD which, now under<br />
the leadership of Andrew<br />
Meyer, will look after the<br />
Port Alfred rental<br />
property market.<br />
“The rental market is<br />
showing enormous<br />
growth in the Port Alfred<br />
area,” commented<br />
A n d r e w.<br />
“The purchase of the<br />
rental portfolio from<br />
Susan will undoubtedly<br />
THE PROPERTY TEAM: Pam Golding Properties is celebrating 17 years in Port Alfred under the<br />
leadership of Isobel Meyer and her husband Andrew. Isobel also celebrates her 20 year milestone in<br />
the business. Pictured from left are Rita de Sousa, Kelly de Sousa, Lauren Meyer, Margie Siegers,<br />
Isobel Meyer, Marizka Burgess, Susan McLellan, Amelia van Niekerk, Leigh-Ann Horne and Sonja<br />
Norden. Isobel’s husband, Andrew, was not available for the photograph Picture: ROB KNOWLES<br />
bring about even further<br />
growth in the future,<br />
having already increased<br />
the size of our rental<br />
pool monumentally.”<br />
Looking after<br />
hundreds of rental<br />
properties on behalf of<br />
their owners, Pam<br />
Golding is proud to be<br />
the biggest rental<br />
property agent in the<br />
area.<br />
Having originally<br />
owned a hardware store<br />
in the CBD which<br />
provided plumbing and<br />
other tools and<br />
equipment to the<br />
construction industry,<br />
Andrew and Isobel<br />
Meyer were afforded a<br />
wide range of industry<br />
experience before their<br />
venture with Pam<br />
Golding Properties<br />
began.<br />
When they were<br />
forced to close their<br />
shop down due to the<br />
liquidation of one of<br />
their biggest builder<br />
clients, Isobel sought an<br />
opportunity in real<br />
estate with then Ingrid<br />
Ilgner Estates, where she<br />
got to work alongside<br />
Susan McLellan as an<br />
agent.<br />
Already familiar with<br />
the industry and<br />
property speculation due<br />
to her father being one<br />
of the three developers<br />
of the Royal Alfred<br />
Marina, this was the<br />
point at which Isobel<br />
realised her passion.<br />
“I can remember the<br />
very year my mom<br />
became a real estate<br />
agent,” said her<br />
daughter, Lauren, who<br />
works alongside her<br />
mom today.<br />
“Things changed, and<br />
not just because we<br />
moved house so many<br />
times. There is no doubt<br />
that the real estate<br />
industry has its<br />
challenges, but if it was<br />
meant for anyone it was<br />
meant for her.”<br />
In 2000, her second<br />
year as an agent, Isobel<br />
was awarded as the top<br />
agent in the Eastern<br />
Cape and Garden Route<br />
regions for having<br />
earned the highest<br />
negotiated commission<br />
value, the highest total<br />
sales value and the<br />
highest total number of<br />
units sold. She was<br />
awarded GoldClub status<br />
“At Pam Golding Port<br />
Alfred we look forward to<br />
a future of building new<br />
29 Miles Street, Port Alfred<br />
Tel: 046 624 4356<br />
Congratulations to<br />
Pam Golding<br />
on your<br />
Anniversary and<br />
many successes.<br />
and qualified as a<br />
finalist for the National<br />
Agent of the Year.<br />
Isobel purchased the<br />
then Pam Golding<br />
Properties franchise<br />
from Ilgner in 2002 and<br />
went on to win the<br />
following awards:<br />
ý In 2002-2003 she<br />
won the Pam Golding<br />
Properties National<br />
Franchise office of the<br />
year award.<br />
ý In 2003, she won<br />
The Best South African<br />
Estate Agency Award<br />
(awarded by Bentley<br />
International to a single<br />
estate agency across all<br />
estate agent brands in<br />
the country – an<br />
independent award).<br />
ý In 2004 her agency<br />
was a regional winner<br />
and national finalist for<br />
the award of excellence<br />
in the category franchise<br />
of the year (awarded by<br />
the Independent<br />
Franchise Association of<br />
South Africa across all<br />
national franchise<br />
outlets including Wimpy,<br />
Vodashop among<br />
ot h e r s ) .<br />
ý In 2005-2006 she<br />
was awarded the<br />
National Franchisee of<br />
the Year and won the<br />
Pam Golding Properties<br />
Regional Office of the<br />
Year for most units sold.<br />
ý In 2001, 2002, 2007<br />
and 2008, she took<br />
home the Pam Golding<br />
Properties award for<br />
marketing excellence.<br />
ý In 2013, she won<br />
the award for most<br />
improved office in the<br />
Eastern Cape and<br />
Garden Route Regions.<br />
Of late her franchise<br />
has been awarded the<br />
Pam Golding Properties<br />
and Payprop award for<br />
the highest percentage<br />
rental growth year on<br />
year for 2017. Her agents<br />
have also done<br />
exceptionally well over<br />
the years, winning<br />
numerous individual<br />
awards under her<br />
leadership.<br />
Now, 17 years later,<br />
Pam Golding Port Alfred<br />
handles property<br />
transactions of all kinds<br />
with a highly qualified<br />
agent complement.<br />
Pam Golding herself<br />
said: “It’s so little mortar<br />
and all about the people,<br />
“At Pam Golding Port<br />
Alfred we look forward to<br />
building long lasting<br />
relationships centred<br />
around loyalty and<br />
excellent customer<br />
service. As industry<br />
leaders, we look forward<br />
to developing our brand,<br />
building market share<br />
and maintaining existing<br />
client relationships. Our<br />
industry is about<br />
understanding, it is<br />
about compassion and it<br />
is about having empathy.<br />
Above all, it is about<br />
putting the needs of<br />
others before our own,”<br />
said Isobel.<br />
“As an agent myself<br />
t o d ay, ” said Lauren, “I<br />
am incredibly proud to<br />
be a part of the Pam<br />
Golding Properties Port<br />
Alfred team under the<br />
leadership of my mom.<br />
While the industry does<br />
have its challenges, it is<br />
exceptionally rewarding,<br />
working with people and<br />
helping them find their<br />
home.<br />
“ It all starts with a<br />
passion for people; that<br />
is what we’re all about.”<br />
Congratulations and Best Wishes<br />
to Pam Golding Port Alfred on your<br />
Improvements and Anniversary<br />
Trading Hours SUPERSPAR Rosehill: Mon– Sat: 8am – 7pm Sun 8am - 5pm | Tel: 046 624 3542<br />
www.rosehillsuperspar.co.za<br />
Trading Hours SPAR Nemato: Mon– Sat: 7am – 7pm Sun: 7am - 6pm | Tel: 046 940 0383<br />
CONGRATULATIONS<br />
IT IS A PRIVILEGE<br />
TO BE PART OF THE<br />
ACHIEVEMENTS OF<br />
PAM GOLDING<br />
PROPERTIES –<br />
PORT ALFRED.<br />
WE WISH YOU MANY<br />
MORE YEARS OF<br />
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS,<br />
BUILDING THE<br />
COMMUNITY AND<br />
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN<br />
THE PROPERTY MARKET.<br />
PSIRA: 1241091 SAIDSA: 890<br />
Multi House | 41 van der Riet Street<br />
Tel: 046 - 624 3708 | Fax: (046) 624 1538<br />
24 hour Control Room: (046) 624 2508<br />
Email: multisecurity@telkomsa.net<br />
Congratulations<br />
to Pam Golding<br />
Port Alfred on<br />
this wonderful<br />
achievement -<br />
We are proud to<br />
be associated<br />
with you!<br />
Tel: 046 624 2600 | Fax: 046 624 5969<br />
P.O. Box 2510 | Port Alfred | 6170<br />
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Dear Isobel and Team.<br />
Congratulations on your 17 year<br />
Anniversary in Port Alfred!<br />
We wish you many more years<br />
ahead! Jannes & Staff -<br />
Griesel & Associates.<br />
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Congratulations to Isobel<br />
and the Pam Golding Team<br />
Shop 19A, Rosehill Mall, Port Alfred, 6170<br />
Tel: 046 624 4854<br />
CONGRATULATIONS ON<br />
ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS<br />
ISOBEL & YOUR TEAM!!