About our Brisbane buyers agency

adjective / from the Greek word

Good, beautiful, done well.

In Greek it is one of those words that does not sit still. It means good, beautiful, and also something done properly, with care. It is used for a fine meal, a kind act, a home that feels right the moment you step inside. Paired with haus, it became the whole intention of this agency in two small words.

Why it was made

Everyone in the room does this for a living. Except you.

That is the part nobody says out loud. The agent sells homes every week of the year. The vendor has someone advising them. You get evenings and weekends, a handful of open homes, and the ones that never made it online you simply never hear about.

Kaló Haus exists to even that up. Someone on your side who does this every week too, doing the looking, the asking, the checking and the negotiating, so the biggest decision you will make is made with good information rather than a deadline.

Line drawing of a Queenslander cottage — Drawn the way a search actually goes. One line at a time.

Lily Fokas, buyers agent and director of Kaló Haus — Lily Fokas / Buyers Agent & Director

0414 681 502 lily@kalohaus.com

Who is behind it

Property has been part of the conversation for as long as we can remember.

In a Greek family, property is never far from the table. It came up at dinner, at every gathering, over every renovation someone was halfway through. You pick things up young that way. How a home sits on the block, why one room feels right and the one beside it does not, and the difference between a house that photographs well and a house that lives well.

Before Kaló there was a UQ degree in entrepreneurship, marketing and innovation, a clothing hire business, and a scholarship to the New York Film Academy. Eight years in property, on both sides of the deal. Selling taught us how a campaign is built, where the pressure comes from, and what an agent is really saying underneath the words. We stayed on the buying side, because it is the one with nobody on it.

What that adds up to is straightforward. We listen properly, we tell you the truth about what we find even when it is not what you hoped, and we keep going until it is the right one rather than the available one.

What stays true

The values the rest of it is built on.

Everything else about this business will evolve. These are the values underneath it.

Only for buyers

We take no commission from agents or sellers. We are engaged by you, and only you.

Everything checked twice

We run the numbers ourselves before any offer, so you know what a place is worth.

No pressure, ever

You make the decision. We will tell you honestly when something is not right.

Recent finds

Three homes, three different routes.

Line drawing of a client in front of her Queenslander — Norman Park / Targeted

Line drawing of a couple in front of their new home — Camp Hill / Pre market

Line drawing of a family of five outside their two storey home — Manly / On market

Let us find your kaló haus.

Start with a first conversation. It is the easiest place to begin.

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The name is a promise, not a word.

Everyone in the room does this for a living. Except you.

Property has been part of the conversation for as long as we can remember.

The values the rest of it is built on.

Three homes, three different routes.

Let us find your kaló haus.