Real Estate Consultant

Damian Dellabarca

Sharp. Strategic. Client-first.

Smart property decisions, made simple.

Damian Dellabarca

Real Estate Consultant

I'm Damian Dellabarca, Co-Founder and Director of The Real Estate Collective and The Change Agents. After serving in the New Zealand Army Intelligence Corps and later as a Police Detective, I built my real estate career around a simple belief: people deserve honest advice, genuine relationships and an agent who puts their interests first.

My background taught me to stay calm under pressure, think strategically, negotiate effectively and make decisions based on facts rather than emotion. Those skills have become the foundation of my approach to real estate. Every property has a story, every client has different goals, and I believe the best results come from understanding both before developing a tailored strategy.

Co-founding The Real Estate Collective and The Change Agents was driven by a desire to challenge the traditional real estate model. I wanted to create an environment where agents could build businesses around integrity, collaboration and exceptional service—not just sales targets. That same philosophy shapes how I work with every client, whether I'm helping a family sell a much-loved home, guiding first-home buyers through the process, or negotiating the strongest possible outcome for my vendors.

Outside of real estate, I'm a husband and father who loves the outdoors, endurance challenges and continually learning. I bring the same curiosity and commitment to my work as I do to every other part of life. My goal is to make the buying and selling process as straightforward and enjoyable as possible while delivering results that speak for themselves.

For me, real estate has never been about chasing transactions—it's about earning trust, building long-term relationships, and creating clients who are genuinely happy to recommend me to their friends and family.

Client Testimonials

In their words

"Empathy by the boat-load. Damian really genuinely cared about us and what we were trying to achieve. The market was not looking good for selling, but he refused to use that as an excuse and worked his ass off to find the right buyer for us. It's easy to see that Damian cares more about the human than the pay-check."
Ricky
"It was delightful to have Damian as our sales agent who works professionally, and with amazing communication skills. We have owned this investment property for many many years, and we are living in different cities, Damian absolutely took all the stress from us, he helped us to organize all the maintenance work which made this little house shine again, we definitely can 100% trust him with everything. Damian spent all the attention and details on this house, without his hard work, we couldn't make this excellent sale. Thank you, Damian, for all the hard work you have done, and all the time you have spent on this, we wish you all the best in further sales."
Carmen
"Damian has solid integrity when it comes to respecting your choices and your dreams. He worked hard to ensure that our requirements were always met and worked around us as a large family to provide potential buyers with the best opportunity to view our space. We are delighted with his service and would happily recommend him to anyone wanting to buy or sell."
Craig and Sharon
"We are so happy that we chose Damian to be our real estate agent. We were extremely nervous about the process of selling our home, but Damian's assistance, guidance and friendly personality made the experience of this journey a positive one. From day one, he made us feel valued and he always went above and beyond with his professionalism, advice, communication, service and honesty! Due to family circumstances we decided to sell our house and we absolutely appreciated how Damian recognised that our home was extremely special to us! While our house was on the market, we shifted to the North Island and we completely trusted Damian to continue with the sale (he even personally went out of his way to fix a few things at our property that broke after we left Christchurch!) Damian approached every part of the process with consideration and respect. His extensive knowledge of the market helped guide us through some extremely big decisions. With Damian's expert advice and help, we sold our house for the highest price in our area during a time when the market didn't reflect it was the right time to sell. We would highly recommend Damian and we will never forget the high level of friendly service and support he showed towards our family. Damian, there are no words to express how much we appreciate the way in which you worked hard to get the best possible outcome for our family. You are amazing and we will never forget you!"
Hohua and Kristal
"Damian is definitely the most patient man I've ever meet. His skill and knowledge in preparing myself and my much loved home for selling was exceptional. Without his help and guidance I doubt if I would have had the excellent results. The fact that he wasn't afraid to pull his sleeves up and help on last day shows want a fabulous down to earth agent he is. He's a great credit to Trinity, highly recommend Damian to all and would sell through Damian again. Thank you so much Damian."
Julie

Get in touch!

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