Leona Heeley of Denarau Real Estate is much more than just a real estate agent.  In Fiji, it is ‘who you know’. It is about the contacts and network established through building caring and honest relationships with people over the long term.  Leona and the staff at Denarau Real Estate aren’t just about selling real estate.  They provided us with caring support and advice that extended well beyond the signed sales agreement.  As John and Leona are residents of the Denarau Island community, their clients often become their friends and neighbours, as we have.  Through their extensive network developed over years in Fiji, they were able to point us in the right direction to professionals who further assisted us in matters of finance, legal advice and the design and construction of our home.  Like us, everyone who comes to Fiji falls in love with the turquoise water, the weather and the friendly people.  Living in Fiji is about turning the holiday dream into reality.  Leona and John Heeley and staff at Denarau Real Estate, have provided us with the positive support, advice and friendship to bring our dream to fruition in this land of opportunity. 

Michael and Valerie Williams Lot 7
Sovereign Quays

Leona’s service is next to none. Leona is extremely focused and an efficient professional with a great knowledge and understanding of the residential property market in Fiji and is exceedingly committed to providing her clients with the very best of services to satisfy their residential and holiday home desires and requirements. Leona will always go the extra mile to make her clients exceedingly valued and happy as she is an extremely creative and forward thinking motivated individual whom possesses a wonderful persona and purses great integrity and honesty. Leona is considered in my view the residential property Guru of Denarau and the outer Fijian Islands. Once one has the pleasure of meeting and dealing with Leona one will always make a life long friend and enjoy Leona’s incredible personality and commitment to putting others before herself.

Steve Petherick
Petherick Properties Ltd

Steve Petherick N.P.I.N.Z
Managing Director

Dear Leona,

Thank you for your email and delighted to offer some comment on your assistance in our purchase of the freehold Lot in
Riverside Gardens, Denarau.

We were absolutely delighted with the way you handled the purchase for us and the professional way in which you showed us what stock was available and brought about the negotiation leading to our purchase of the Lot. All matters were resolved efficiently and the detail was attended to superbly.

Your professional referrals have also been excellent and we would have no doubt recommending your services to anyone
looking at investing in Fiji for commercial or lifestyle purposes. Please accept this as our unqualified testimony to you
professional services and the help you have offered.

Kind regards,
Andrew Guest
Barrister
Auckland

"I have dealt with Denarau Real Estate, in particular Leona Heeley, over the last 3 three years. As an expat Fiji resident for 13 years, I have found both Leona and her company Denarau Real Estate sharp, professional and proactively persistent in a market that changes constantly.

The last three purchases / sales that Denarau Real Estate has completed on my behalf have all be seamless and professionally honest in each of their settlements"

Brett Whittaker

Denarau real estate's sales team displayed the energy and professionalism that secured our sale at the right price for both parties. it was a delight to deal with Leona and we wouldn't consider using anyone else.

FAIRWAY PALMS VENDOR,
DENARAU ISLAND 2006

“Leona it is easy to see why your Properties in Paradise’s Denarau Real Estate should be voted the best. In simple words I would like to say that your service is paramount and supreme plus tops. As to when ever I need assistance from you towards my properties in Sheraton let it be Fairway Palms, Golf Terrace or Marinas Point you have always given me the prompt response which is really very much appreciated. The unique personality and charm that you as a Real Estate professional provides will definitely bring prominence and reputation in the present and in future. I wish you all the extreme success.”

Regards
Aswin Sharma
Director
Mr. Mobile (Fiji) Limited

"Denarau Real Estate has assisted Relcorp (Fiji) Limited with the sale of property in Fiji and the preparation of market reports and development pricing. One of the few reliable sources for market feedback Leona Heeleys business has grown rapidly as evidenced by the need to expand her sales force to provide even better service to her clients."

Bob Lowres
Managing Director
Relcorp (Fiji) Limited

"As a visitor to Fiji, I sought to consider the viability of purchasing a property in Denarau, Fiji. By happy accident I met Leona in her Real Estate Office and was immediately drawn to her helpful, cheerful and engaging manner. She provided me with not only a chance to view several properties but provided full information concerning past, present and likely future of the wisdom of that investment. One only has to have scant knowledge of Fiji to know there has been much upheaval, politically and also know it is an historically difficult environment for an expatriate to undertake any business transaction, due to not understanding the 'Fiji way' It is absolutely fundamental to success, knowing you have a local agent of integrity, who will keep you informed should there be any difficulties and will respond and assist immediately. Honesty and integrity are rare commodities in the Real Estate profession. In Leona you have the true 'Jewel of the Pacific'. Utterly honest, utterly hardworking and you can count on the fact she will not let you down. I regard it a privilege indeed to be considered one of her clients. The purchase was convoluted through my personal circumstances and Leona guided, assisted, counselled, used her extensive local knowledge and network to ensure that both myself and every detail received full attention, providing in that process my utmost respect for her professionalism, and indeed, wonder as to how she not only managed managed to do this while always remaining cheerful and friendly, but who regularly communicated with me every step of the way. This was a new experience for me. A Real Estate Agent, of outstanding professionalism, who places her client's welfare before her own and with full regard to the fact that I was an offshore resident. Recently, I had necessity to deal with Denarau Real Estate while Leona herself was overseas. The staff have clearly been well selected and trained to provided the same attention to detail, communication and excellent service. Clearly, Leona has not only outstanding attributes herself, but she has the ability to engender excellence in others which is a testament to her Management skills. Please feel secure in the knowledge, if you are fortunate enough to do business with Denarau Real Estate, you will enjoy the process from beginning to end and furthermore enjoy the beautiful Fiji, which is truly Paradise. You will love Denarau, you will love Fiji and furthermore you will love Leona and her staff for making it all possible for you."

Kay Troup
Dublin Family Trust
New Zealand

This is to certify that I have known Leona Heeley and John Heeley SINCE 2005.

Leona and John are operating a real estate business under the name and style of “Denarau Real Estate” out of Port Denarau, Nadi.

We have acted for numerous vendors and/or purchasers in property sales arranged by Denarau Real Estate and have always had very cordial and cooperative relation with them. Both Leona and John are very reasonable people who look after their clients to the best of their ability and at the same time protecting the client’s financial interest and investment.

They both are very enterprising people and have excellent business sense and investment foresight. We are advised that Leona and John through their investment vehicle Bakula Beach Resort (Fiji) Limited have undertaken resort development on Naviti Island in Yasawas whereby they will develop and construct  a 100 bure  international standard resort on a pristine 43 acre beach front site. They have completed extensive approval and feasibility process with their consultants and will be embarking on marketing programme and sales of the bures in early 2009.

We are pleased to be associated with them in this project whereby we will be involved in the preparation of legal documents associated with the sales of individual subleases and the resort investment. Having looked at the project documents, we are convinced that this project will offer an excellent tourism investment opportunity in Fiji which will be extremely attractive to investors both locally and overseas.

Ramesh Patel
Barrister and Solicitor,
Suva, Fiji Islands.