Bayleys Prestons is the north-east Christchurch office of New Zealand's largest full-service real estate agency, based at Unit 1, 436 Prestons Road in Marshland. From here, a team of local property experts serves an area they know inside out — a lifestyle-driven corner of the city where beachside homes, lifestyle properties and urban living sit side by side.
The office offers a full range of real estate services across residential, commercial, lifestyle and rural property. Campaigns frequently run through auction or by negotiation, regular open homes accompany current listings, and vendors can request a market appraisal. For buyers and sellers needing finance, mortgage adviser Vicki Kemp of Vega NZ works alongside the sales team.
Led by Sales Manager Fraser Moore, the team includes residential and lifestyle specialists Sam Chamberlain, Mark de Hoog, Angela Denny, Jaron Denny, Bob Eastgate, Karan Shevde and Liam Worsfold. The office operates as Whalan and Partners Ltd, Bayleys, licensed under the REA Act 2008, and is deeply committed to its community — supporting the Crusaders and Matatū, the Christchurch City Mission, Surfing for Farmers, the Ballance Farm Environment Awards, and local schools, sports teams and not-for-profits.
On Prestons Road in Marshland, the Bayleys Prestons office serves one of Christchurch's most distinctive corners. This is a part of the city where lifestyles blend together: beachside homes a short drive from the coast, generous lifestyle properties on the urban fringe, and modern urban living — often just minutes apart. The team here has made it their business to know this market intimately, combining the resources of New Zealand's largest full-service real estate agency with genuinely local knowledge of north-east Christchurch.
The office offers a full range of real estate services — residential, commercial, lifestyle and rural. That breadth matters in an area where one road can pass a family home, a half-hectare lifestyle block and a farming operation. Whatever the property type, the goal is the same: to tap into the massive power of the Bayleys network and maximise the value of clients' real estate assets.
Residential sales sit at the core of the office's work. Current listings span Marshland, Parklands, Burwood and Mt Pleasant, with the team also active in suburbs further afield such as Hillmorton, and in Selwyn towns like Lincoln and Darfield. Many campaigns run through auction — a method the office uses to create genuine competition for a property — while others are marketed for sale by negotiation or deadline private treaty. Regular open homes accompany these campaigns, with times advertised against each listing.
Beyond the suburbs, the team handles lifestyle and rural property, an area where agents including Sam Chamberlain, Angela Denny and Jaron Denny specialise. Commercial work draws on Bayleys' national and international reach, and vendors can request an appraisal to understand where their property might sit in the current market. For buyers and sellers needing finance, mortgage adviser Vicki Kemp of Vega NZ works alongside the office.
The Prestons office is led by Sales Manager Fraser Moore, supported by a sales team with complementary strengths: Sam Chamberlain (lifestyle and residential sales), Mark de Hoog, Bob Eastgate, Karan Shevde and Liam Worsfold (residential sales), Angela Denny (residential and lifestyle sales and marketing), and Jaron Denny (residential and lifestyle sales). Each agent is contactable directly, and the office line, +64 3 595 0709, connects callers with the team as a whole.
The office operates as Whalan and Partners Ltd, Bayleys, licensed under the REA Act 2008 — a point of accountability that matters when the biggest transactions of people's lives are on the table.
Bayleys Prestons is clear about where it stands: this is a local office that gives back. The team supports organisations including the Crusaders and Matatū, the Christchurch City Mission, Surfing for Farmers and the Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Closer to home, it backs schools, sports teams and other not-for-profit organisations across Prestons and the surrounding areas.
That community focus reflects a simple view of real estate: the people selling homes and lifestyle blocks here are also the people at the rugby, the school fair and the beach — and an agency that invests locally understands the market better for it.
The office is at Unit 1, 436 Prestons Road, Marshland, and can be reached on +64 3 595 0709 or at [email protected]. Opening hours are not published online, so it is worth phoning ahead before dropping in. Current listings are browsable on the Bayleys Canterbury website, where open home times and auction dates are listed against each property. For anyone weighing a sale, requesting an appraisal is a straightforward first step — and a conversation with the local team is the natural second.