Les Kennedy
Commercial Sales Consultant
About Les
For all your Commercial Property needs
Les Kennedy’s professional career has been focused on providing a service and honouring that service. An absolute pleasure to work with, Les is a specialist in Business brokering and the sale and leasing of industrial, commercial and retail properties in Napier and Hastings. As a natural people person Les’ talent and reputation is built on communication, sound negotiation skills and pure professionalism.
Living in the Hawke's Bay for over 30 years, Les’ enthusiasm for people and his pride in the region enables him to continue building strong relationships extending his already wide network of contacts and client base in the professional world.
With ‘people’ at the forefront of his working career, Les nurtured a 40 year career in social services as Hawkes Bay Manager of Child, Youth and Family, allowing Les to hone his skills in becoming an expert in facilitating outcomes for people.
Confident and comfortable in commercial real estate there is no doubt that Les will support and advise his clients in their best interests. His passion for cricket and what the Hawke's Bay region has to offer keeps a smile on his face and a positive outlook on the future of business in this wonderful region.
Testimonials
Les was excellent to deal with.
Mr M Evans
Les Kennedy gives such an amazing, friendly service and his communication is outstanding.
Ms C Lawrence
Great communication and local knowledge
Craig Hay
Les Kennedy is right on to it. His contacts and commitment to finding tenants was excellent. Les kept up the communications as to progress and kept a positive attitude.
Mr P Massee
Les Kennedy has been great to work with once again.
Mr M Walker
Les Kennedy works tirelessly to fill my leases. I have worked with PB for 35 years now and will continue.
Mr P Massee
We are very happy with Les Kennedy as our agent to find a new tenant for our commercial property. He constantly updated us on progress, provided solid advice on redecorating and prospective tenants, was genuinely working for us. He was there during our progress through the whole process from when our former tenant abandoned the property to new tenant hand-over. Exceptional service and a real pleasure to deal with.
Thomas Brummer
Hi Les was very helpful and accommodating
Quick to return calls and very pleasant.
Opossum World
Les has been amaaaazing and so easy to deal with. Also very patient hehe! Thanks Les for everything
Mr C Lawrence
Highly professional, trustworthy and reliable. Les has been excellent to deal with.
Mr M Kilduff
Les Kennedy was really great to deal with. He’s very helpful and nothing was a problem. Thank you for great service.
Mr J Nichol
Les gave excellent service...above and beyond what was expected
Sandy Innes
Les Kennedy has been amazing, has been an absolute pleasure to deal with and has gone far beyond to achieve a great result for us. Would highly recommend and will be our first call in the future for commercial sales and leasing.
Mr A Harrap
Les Kennedy,excellent and proffesional to deal with
Chris Dufty
Les Kennedy went above and beyond for us with professionalism and integrity. He kept us well informed throughout the whole process. I have no hesitation in recommending Les to anyone that wants results
Kate Chrystal
Les has been thorough and approachable
Mr N Sunman
Les Kennedy has been our property agent for some years and continues to provide good service and advice through recent difficult times
Mr N Sunman
Alana is on to it!
Te Mara Developments (2006) Limited
Easy and pleasant to work with
Brent Petrie
Les was very professional and Julie and I appreciate the effort he put in to secure a contract for us. We would have no hesitation recommending Les to our family and friends.
Mr D Greehill
Should he (Les) ever need any thing (by way of recommendation) I would be disappointed if he didn't do so. Regards Bob Mitchell
Bob Mitchell
Les did a great job as always.
Ms C Watters
Les was very professional, easy to deal with and very efficient and got the job done quickly. I would imagine a very valuable asset to Property Brokers. Thanks from the team at Onlineautos.
Mr RB Coles & Mr LS Bishop
Sales consultant is excellent. Always helpful and efficient.
Mr B Hitchcock
Les Kennedy was very onto it and professional and I would highly recommend him.
Mr M Lee
Very approachable and knowledgeable. Long association with him and repeated performance time and time again.
Garry & Janette Alve
WE DEALT WITH BOTH LES AND SUSAN. THEY WERE BOTH VERY HELPFUL AND WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MEET US AND SHOW US ROUND. OUR THANKS TO BOTH OF THEM.
John Batty
Thank you Les!
Great to see you again.
Aki and Kento O'Gawa
Les Kennedy is a great sales consultant. Very thorough and knowledgeable.
Mr B Hitchcock
Les is fantastic I would refer him to all in sundry Cheers Ian
Ian Davidson
Les is the best consultant that we have ever dealt with. He is very friendly, patient, a good listener and tried his best to find the right shop for us.
Thank you
Fiona Le
Les Kennedy is always obliging, organized and businesslike in his dealings with tenants and myself as a landlord. He is thorough and happy to do the hard work of collating information to ensure that both parties are well informed at all times. C.Mooney
Charles Mooney
Les goes above and beyond with assistance to make deals happen!
Stephanie Belz
Les was thorough, professional and he always gets back to you in the speediest of times. He is a credit to Property Brokers
Te Mara Development
Les Kennedy was a pleasure to work with. At a time when a lot of businesses were downsizing or exiting the market, he used his personal networks to link me with someone wanting to expand their business. He was easy to deal with, completely professional, and did everything he said he would. He will be my first stop next time I need letting services again.
Christopher Whelan
Les was great to deal with and made the whole process run smoothly.
Alexandra Thompson
The trustworthy and courtious Les Kennedy is an example to everyone on what is required in our lives
Mr R Pratt
It is with pleasure to provide a testimonial for Les, whom I have engaged with on multiple occasions both successfully purchasing and selling commercial property in Hawke's Bay between 2015 – to the present.
I have found Les to possess a great competitive advantage when engaging in property business with him, particularly around his ability to draw upon his established and extensive network across Hawke's Bay in addition to his talent at brokering / negotiating deals while always demonstrating loyalty and integrity. Additionally, key competencies I have found Les to hold is his first rate relationship building capability, his diplomacy and negotiation skills, equipping Les to easily build rapport and respect, and quickly establish trust, all vital elements when purchasing and selling property.
Michael Welsby
As newcomers to Napier, looking for commercial property, Les provided us with a local perspective, and a good history of business uses in the city.
On first moving to Napier we were frustrated in our attempts to find suitable commercial property solutions for our business – that was until we met Les. Les understood our requirements and through his wealth of experience and knowledge in relation to local properties, their Owners, permitted uses, available properties and those that may be becoming available he has been able to “look after us “on an on-going basis. For these reasons we use Les exclusively for our Commercial Property requirements.
Steve & Sally Holyer
We found Les to be very trustworthy, honest and helpful in his assistance with the transaction. We would highly recommend him to anyone we come across that is looking either to buy or sell.
Garry & Janette Alve
Some years ago I had need for a real estate agent. Having used a particular agent in Napier for a number of years, I contacted him, however as the matter was of a commercial nature he informed me that he could not look after my affairs on this occasion. I asked him if he could recommend someone who could help me and without hesitation he arranged for my meeting with Mr Les Kennedy, but not before having appraised him to me with the highest regard.
And so started a business and friendship relationship that continues to this day. This relationship is now some 5 years old. Les was introduced to me as a person of integrity with no ifs or buts. That is hard to find these days, but truly this is the calibre of the man. His opinions and counsel in regard to the industry I have found faultless, and as a friend his judgement and comments are similar.
It is clear to me that I am not the only one to have experienced these values of Mr Kennedy’s. Walk round Napier in his presence, which I have done many times, and it seems every other person knows him. A friendly comment, a wave or a stop for a chat is the norm. His manner around people is warm, assuring and cordial, and accordingly I have not hesitated to introduce Les to business colleagues of mine.
I sincerely wish Les all the best in business, health and life in the future, and should the writer need to be contacted re the above, please do not hesitate.
A R (Bob) Mitchell