SARAH MELLISH
Helping you find a home that fits where your life is heading.
Sarah Mellish: Senior Buyers Agent
Sarah’s Story
Sarah’s always been interested in how a home shapes the way someone lives. Before real estate, she spent over 15 years negotiating multimillion-dollar contracts with C-level executives across professional services and IT, which turned out to be excellent preparation for negotiating property.
Whether she’s helping a family let go of a home they’ve had for decades, supporting someone through a downsizer move, or working with a buyer trying to get ahead in a competitive market, she’s drawn to the human part of the job. For Sarah, a property search starts with understanding how someone actually wants to live, not just what their budget can stretch to.
What keeps her in this work is the moment a client lands on real confidence in a decision this size. She likes untangling a messy situation, spotting the property other buyers walked straight past, and helping someone secure a home that actually fits where their life is heading.
How Sarah works with clients
Sarah pairs deep local knowledge, built over more than 35 years living in Sydney, with a genuinely personal approach to every client.
She listens for what people say they want, and then keeps listening for the things they haven’t quite put into words yet. Clients often mention that she seemed to know what mattered to them before they’d fully worked it out themselves.
Her style is proactive and methodical. She keeps the process moving, juggles every moving part without dropping any of them, and flags risks early rather than letting them surface later. She’s particularly good at separating what a property’s genuinely worth from what someone’s prepared to pay for it emotionally, and helping clients know when to push forward and when to walk away.
Negotiation is where Sarah really comes into her own. Fifteen years spent negotiating major contracts before moving into real estate means she’s calm under pressure, reads the other side well, and knows exactly when to push and when to hold. Clients consistently point to her negotiation as one of the biggest reasons the outcome worked in their favour.
She also has a genuine interest in interior design, which shows up in how she assesses a property, she can see potential in a space that others walk straight past, and that eye for what a property could become often surfaces opportunities clients wouldn’t have spotted on their own.
Outside of work
When she’s not working, you’ll usually find Sarah out walking, deep into an interior design project (she has a genuine eye for how a space could look), hosting friends and family (she is the hostess with the mostest!), or spending time with the people close to her.
Contact Sarah
Elizabeth Sarah Mellish | Licence No. 20079552 | Class 1 agent
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