Knome, Perth Buyer's Agency

In our clients' words

People trusted us with a very big decision.

A Knome client speaking to camera about their purchase.

★★★★★

“Excellent service, we wouldn't have gotten a property without them.”

Crystal AdeleJanuary 2026

★★★★★

“Brian, as a buyer's agent, was professional, informed, and proactive. He brought a qualified buyer, great communication and smooth negotiation throughout.”

Chris TonichAugust 2025

★★★★★

“As a first home buyer myself I reached out to Brian for help to navigate the market. He has been an incredible help with his wealth of knowledge and passion for helping his clients. Would recommend [them] to everyone who is planning to buy a property in Perth”

Owen EiszeleAugust 2025

How we assess

We assess the market before we assess the property.

A property does not perform in isolation. We start with the wider market, then work down through the region, suburb and street before assessing the property itself and what it is worth.

How we assess propertySix stages, top down

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State

Economic outlook

Employment, population growth, major industries and infrastructure investment.

Region

Growth and supply

Housing supply, development activity, transport links and where demand is heading.

Suburb

Local demand

Income, employment, owner-occupier demand, public housing, crime and population stability.

Street

Street-level risks

Traffic, noise, flood and bushfire risk, orientation and surrounding properties.

Property

Property and title

Condition, renovations, zoning, easements, encumbrances and contract terms.

Price

Value and offer range

Comparable sales, property condition, buyer competition and time on market.

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State

Economic outlook

Employment, population growth, major industries and infrastructure investment.

2

Region

Growth and supply

Housing supply, development activity, transport links and where demand is heading.

3

Suburb

Local demand

Income, employment, owner-occupier demand, public housing, crime and population stability.

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Street

Street-level risks

Traffic, noise, flood and bushfire risk, orientation and surrounding properties.

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Property

Property and title

Condition, renovations, zoning, easements, encumbrances and contract terms.

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Price

Value and offer range

Comparable sales, property condition, buyer competition and time on market.

Four of these six stages sit outside real estate entirely, and price is the last thing we look at. That’s the point. By the time a suburb is obvious in property data, the growth has already been priced in.

Price is the final step, not the starting point. First we decide whether the market, location and property stack up. Then we determine what it is worth, and whether it is worth buying.

The people doing the work

Three people. One Perth team.

Knome is run by Danni, Brian and Haley. There are no interstate offices, franchisees or junior staff waiting to take over once you sign.

From the first conversation through to settlement, you deal directly with the same three people responsible for researching, assessing and securing your property.

You will always know who is handling your purchase, what they are doing and why.

Danni Nelson

Co-founder, Licensee, Buyer's Agent

In real estate since 2020. Co-founded Knome and holds the agency licence, the person you will be inspecting, negotiating and buying with.

Brian Enad

Co-founder, CTO, Business Development

Australian Army, then WA Police, then years buying under other agencies' brands. Built the screening system out of the checks he was already running by hand.

Haley Windram

Executive Admin

Keeps every board, inspection, contract and settlement date moving. Nothing slips between the cracks.

Recent purchases

The proof is in the pudding.

A family who had to sell before they could buy, a first home buyer who kept getting outbid, and an investor with no interest in renovating. Same method, three completely different routes through it.

Upgrading

The Waikiki home from the street, a single storey brick house on a cul de sac with a paved driveway and a double garage.

1/3

Sold

$700,000

Their Baldivis home

Purchased

$945,000

The Waikiki home

Selling fees

$0

On the off market sale

Rent-back

3 months

On the Baldivis sale

The brief

A bigger home for a family of four, in Waikiki or Safety Bay and nowhere else, close to family and near the beach.

The problem

They had to sell before they could buy, so the timing of both had to work. One parent works full time, the other flies in and out, and there is a toddler at home. The suburbs they would accept were small enough that the right house came up rarely and drew a crowd when it did.

What we did

We sold the Baldivis house off market through our network of buyers agents, at the price they had asked for, and negotiated a three month rent back from the investor who bought it, so nothing had to be rushed. Then we searched on and off market against the brief, won the house they wanted against competing offers, released the rent back once the purchase went unconditional, and lined the two settlements up so they moved once, straight in.

First home

The balcony of the Victoria Park apartment, looking out over rooftops and a park to the city skyline, with a two seater lounge and a shelf of plants.

1/3

Purchased

$620,000

Estimate

$654,000

Cotality AVM

Search length

6 weeks

The brief

A first home under $650,000, close to the areas they already knew, near work, family and friends.

The problem

As with most first home buyers, the hard part was not choice. It was knowing what actually fitted. The usual answer is to narrow the search early, which feels like progress while leaving the question exactly where it was.

What we did

So we did the opposite. We went deliberately wide, across suburbs, property types and layouts, and cut what did not fit one at a time, until what was left was obvious rather than argued for. That is what turned the uncertainty into a clear brief. Then we moved on a semi renovated two bedroom apartment in Victoria Park with city views, and used a softer market to negotiate hard.

Investment

The Maylands kitchen before the renovation, the original early 1980s fitout with white and timber laminate cabinets, a patterned tiled splashback, a freestanding electric range and worn vinyl flooring.

1/3

Purchased

$622,500

Renovation

$60,000

Rent

$680/wk

Gross yield

5.2%

On purchase plus renovation

The brief

Around $700,000 for a neutrally geared investment: rent that carries it, very little to maintain, and growth over the long run. A villa or an apartment, and in a complex of no more than fifteen.

The problem

They work FIFO, so there was never going to be a week in which they could view villas, chase trades or stand in a half finished bathroom. The brief also pulled four ways at once. Buy well, keep the holding costs down, get the rent up, and still be somewhere with a record behind it.

What we did

We searched inside ten kilometres of the city on rental demand and growth record rather than postcode fashion, and bought a two bedroom, one bathroom villa in Maylands in a complex of three, where the strata is common insurance and nothing else. It was original early 1980s throughout and priced that way. We then ran the renovation through our own trades, kitchen, bathroom, floors and paint, and handed it to the property manager, who leased it on the first pass. They never saw the inside of it until it was done.

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Fees

Need the whole search handled? We can do that. Already found the property? Start at $275.

From a second opinion on one property to managing the entire purchase, choose as much or as little help as you need.

For self-sourcing buyers

Found a property already?
We’ll take it from here.

Search yourself, then add only the support you need. Start with a fixed price report, add no win, no fee negotiation, and bolt on settlement support if you secure the property.

$1,925 max

incl. GST

Only if all three stages are used, on a settled purchase

Step 1 · Start here

What To Offer Report

We value the property using comparable sales, review title or strata documents, and run key risk checks, so you understand what you are buying and the number you should not cross. We also set out how to structure the offer, so you can strengthen it without raising the price.

Comparable salesTitle / strata reviewRisk checksOffer structure

$275

incl. GST

Order the Report

Happy with the report?

Step 2 · No win, no fee

Let us negotiate

If you want representation, we run the offer strategy and negotiate with the selling agent on your behalf. You only pay this fee if your offer is accepted.

$550

incl. GST

Add Negotiation(Starts with the $275 report)

Under offer?

Step 3 · Optional, at settlement

Settlement support

We coordinate inspections, negotiate findings, organise quotes for post settlement works if needed, manage the final inspection, and handle key collection or handover.

InspectionsFinal inspectionKeys and quotes

$1,100

incl. GST

Add Settlement Support(Starts with the $275 report)

If the report says walk away, we tell you to walk away.

Same purchase via full search: $20,130 incl. GST

Every dollar credits forward.

Every What To Offer Report you have paid for is credited in full against the engagement fee of any full search. Your credit does not expire.

Your credit includes the GST you paid.

The full search service, where we find it for you

First home buyers

First Home Buyer Package

The full service, priced so that a first home is within reach. You must qualify as a first home buyer.

Fixed Fee+ GST

$3,000 to begin, $7,000 when you buy. Take up to 12 months to pay it if you like, from $583 a month. $10,000 total.

Engagement, paid upfront$3,000+ GST

Success fee, on purchase$7,000+ GST

e.g. an $850,000 buy, all in$10,000

including GST$11,000

vs Established Search, you save$8,300

Pay it your way, no interest, no catchPay the success fee at purchase, or spread it over up to 12 months. Same price either way.

You need to meet all three

Qualify as a first home buyer
Purchase price capped at $850,000
90 day service agreement

Knome recognises that the market is harder for first home buyers than ever before, which is why we want to encourage them to enter into property under professional guidance at an affordable price.

Full search across Perth
4K video inspections of every shortlisted property, uploaded to Vimeo for you
Every property run through our own analysis software
Negotiation, purchase and settlement oversight
Shared workspace you can see into

Was it worth the fee? Hear it from a client.

Unscripted, from a buyer who paid the fees above and would do it again. This is the purchase behind it.

Bought for$620,000

Tenanted at settlement$680/wkJun 2025

Area comparablesmid $700kAug 2026

Comparables are area level, not a valuation of this home.

A Knome client speaking to camera about working with Knome.

Search tier fees are quoted excluding GST, with the GST inclusive total on each worked example. Purchase Support fees are quoted including GST. Paid only by you, no kickbacks.

Inspections

Feel like you
were there.

Everyone else films on a phone and sends it over WhatsApp, which downscales video to 480p. Fine for a chat, useless for reading a crack. We shoot true 4K, vertical, and you keep every frame of it.

The same cracked wall and meter box after WhatsApp compression to 480p, where the crack reads as a smudge and the meter is illegible.

480p, after WhatsAppThe crack is a smudge. The meter cannot be read.

A cracked rendered wall beside an electricity meter box, shot in 4K, with the crack and the meter reading both sharp.

True 4KThe crack, the render and the meter reading are all legible.

Same wall, same shot, two resolutions. You see the crack, not a blur where the crack was.

Delivered in 4K via Vimeo, yours to keep

Footage of an actual inspection in 4K

Questions, answered straight

What people ask us before they start.

Why use a Buyer's Agency instead of buying on my own?

The selling agent works for the seller; that is their job. We work only for you: screening the risks a listing will never mention, pricing the property against the evidence, and negotiating on your side of the table. You can do all of that yourself. Our clients decide their time, and the cost of one mistake, are worth more than the fee.

How much does it cost?

It depends on how much of the work you want us to do. If you have found a property yourself, you can start at the first step and add only what you need. If you want us to find it, there are three full search options. Every figure is on this page, above, with nothing conditional hidden underneath it.

Who actually pays you?

You do, and only you. We take no commission, referral fee or kickback from selling agents, developers, brokers or anyone else, which is what lets us tell you to walk away from a property. It is also why our fee is the fee: there is no second, invisible one being paid by somebody whose interests are not yours.

Do I have to commit to the full service?

No. The Red Flag Report is free and needs nothing from you. After that the steps are separate: a report on one property, negotiation on top if you want representation, settlement support if you want the final stretch handled. You can stop at any of them.

I have already found a property. Can you still help?

Yes, and that is exactly what the first step is for. We value the property against comparable sales, review the title or strata documents, and run the risk checks, so you know what you are buying and the number you should not cross. From $275, including GST. If the numbers say walk away, we tell you to walk away.

Do my report fees count for anything if I move to a full search?

Every What To Offer Report you have paid for is credited in full against the engagement fee of any full search. Your credit does not expire. Your credit includes the GST you paid. There is no cap and no time limit: negotiation is only billed on an accepted offer and settlement support is only billed at settlement, so report fees are the only thing that can build up before you engage us for a full search.

How long does a search take?

It depends on the brief, the budget and what the market is doing, and anyone who gives you a number before hearing all three is guessing. What we can tell you is that your engagement does not expire: we search until you buy, rather than until a clock runs out. The purchases above show how long individual searches actually took.

Can you access off-market properties?

Sometimes, and we approach owners directly when a brief calls for it. But off-market is oversold as a service: most good purchases are listed, and the advantage comes from assessing them faster and more honestly than the other buyers, not from a secret list.

Do you work with investors or home buyers?

Both, in roughly equal measure. The method is the same either way, because the questions underneath are the same: is the location sound, is the property sound, and what is it worth. What changes is the weighting, and that comes out of your brief rather than out of a template.

Why do you only buy in Perth?

Because knowing a market means knowing streets, not suburbs, and nobody knows streets in five cities at once. Perth is where we live, inspect and buy, so when we tell you one side of a road is worth more than the other, we have stood on it.

Is the Red Flag Report really free?

Yes. Enter an address and the report appears on screen, with nothing to pay and no details to hand over. We only ask for a name and email if you want a PDF copy emailed to you, and that includes a tick asking whether we may contact you about that property. The newsletter is a separate tick and is never bundled with it.

A Perth Buyer's Agency built around better property data.

170+ properties transacted. Here are some of them.

People trusted us with a very big decision.

Know what you're walking into.

We assess the market before we assess the property.

Three people. One Perth team.

The proof is in the pudding.

Need the whole search handled? We can do that. Already found the property? Start at $275.