About Us

Karen Gornalle & Associates

After gaining extensive real estate experience of some 13 years at various large real estate agencies in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Karen decided to open her own real estate office. The business commenced in 1993 with an objective to provide the highest standard of professional, personalised and accountable real estate service in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne.

Karen Gornalle & Associates take enormous pride in offering a unique VIP service to each client. The company's outstanding work in the industry has been acknowledged for their unrivalled success in marketing and selling property and their sophisticated property management services. Recognition has been received by several sales and property management awards from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria.

REIV Awards Received By Karen Gornalle & Associates:

4 Best Residential Marketing Awards
1 Property Management Award

These awards are highly sought after by many agents in Victoria and judged on the agencies overall marketing strategies, free editorial content, budgeted advertising, descriptive text, quality photography and finally the price achieved. Our personal attention to every detail assures our clients of successful, award winning advertising.

The company offers a balance of skills lead by a husband and wife team - Michael & Karen Gornalle. All staff at Karen Gornalle & Associates are highly trained and experienced and take great pride in keeping fully informed of changing legislative amendments. Over the years Karen has held various board positions at the Real Estate Institute of Victoria and currently holds a board position at the State Governments Justice Department.

Sensational Sales Results

Karen Gornalle & Associates are most pro active when engaged to market property listed for sale or auction with the company. We have an unrivalled sales success rate in selling all properties listed with our agency. The sales team's extensive experience, personal service, attention to detail and negotiation skills all contribute to the company's achievements and great success for our clients.

The Property Management Team

Our highly experienced and competent rental department is directed by our general manager Michael Gornalle and our senior property manager of nine years Des Burns. They have a vast knowledge of the complex laws governed by today's Residential Tenancies Act 1997 and are highly skilled in negotiating residential and commercial leases.

Lisa Guthrie and Chrissie Fanakos are our skilled property managers that efficiently work with Des and Michael. They have proven to be fast moving, hard working and highly motivated professional real estate agents. Our long standing staff have a reputation of being able to secure a quality tenant within just days of listing the property for rent. They deliver a high quality standard of service and have developed a flair for award winning advertising. Lisa and Chrissie advocate that a well written advertisement will assist in attracting the right people to the right property in the shortest possible time frame.

Our highly efficient property management team has a reputation of being able to secure a quality tenant within just days of listing the property for rent.

We can boast we always have a high demand for all types of rental property. We manage rental properties in Canterbury, Camberwell, Hawthorn, Kew, Kew East, Balwyn, Balwyn North, Surrey Hills, Box Hill, Burwood, Glen Iris, Toorak, South Yarra, Prahran, Ashburton, Albert Park, Wheelers Hill, Fitzroy, Yarraville and several other suburbs.

Current landlords are experiencing little or no vacancy when their investment property becomes vacant with Karen Gornalle & Associates.

We currently have an extensive list of qualified clients keen to lease a property from our agency. If you have an investment property or family home that you would like professionally managed please contact Des Burns on 0419 516 858 or Michael Gornalle on 0417 568 806 today for a quotation on our cost effective rates and introduction to one of our well qualified prospective tenants.

Services

Our range of real estate services encompass: