Neither Barry Rolton nor partner Nicole Weber had ambitions to enter the real estate industry.

For Barry, an opportunity arose when a friend in the industry invited him to join the industry in 2010. Nicole, who had previously worked in politics, was initially wary of becoming a real estate agent, but soon realised how every day is different and the real skill is in being a ‘people person’.

Now operating as a team, Barry and Nicole run One Agency Waimakariri, which is based in Kaiapoi, half an hour out of Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island.