With many years of experience, a Victorian estate agent licence and deep local knowledge, Trish founded Hidden Gems Property Scouts to give everyday buyers the same advantage selling agents have, professional expertise, just on your side. Ten years ago, despite being well-educated in property, Trish was extremely time-poor and chose to engage a buyer's agent. A decision she still considers one of the best she has ever made. Hidden Gems was created so others can achieve the same results.

After decades in property, Trish saw the same pattern repeat: smart, capable people making costly mistakes due to a lack of market knowledge or experience, while others missed life-changing opportunities simply because they lacked time or confidence to act.

In a market where large sums are exchanged and selling agents work every day to achieve the best outcomes for their vendors, buyers are often at a natural disadvantage. Hidden Gems Property Scouts exists to change that. Working solely for the buyer to achieve their brief with the most favourable price and terms. Most buyers advocates work across Melbourne, covering 30+ suburbs they've never lived in. Trish does the opposite.

Trish focuses on Melbourne's western suburbs, so she knows:

• Which pockets in Werribee hold value and which don't
• The difference between north Yarraville and south Yarraville
• Which agents play fair and which underquote by $100k+
• What's coming. New infrastructure, rezoning, developments
• How each local agent negotiates and what tactics they use

And because she's a licensed estate agent herself she understands how properties are priced to create competition, knows which negotiation tactics work, and speaks the agents' language using it to your advantage.

The result? You get someone who knows Melbourne's west like a local, negotiates like a professional, and genuinely cares that you buy the right property, not just any property.