Mala and Luke are representing the future of the property market in Marlborough. Unparalleled commitment to achieve excellence sees them as one of the most desired sales team. They are constantly elevating the expectations in service and the commitment to deliver, and in turn, make one of life’s great stresses, anything but.
Mala sees a property differently to most. Where others see what a place is, she sees what it could become. From a young age, Mala was immersed in property development and since then real estate has continued to intrigue her. Her father played a huge role in all of it from his major international developments. The result is a habit of taking the wider view. It tends to be the more valuable one. In 2026 she was named a Top 3 Agent in Marlborough at the RateMyAgent awards. No team. No franchise machine. The rest of how she works is deliberately unglamorous: honesty over flattery, updates over silence, effort over ego.
Luke took a different road in, and that's exactly what he brings to it. Before this he led award-winning teams and spent years behind the camera as a photographer and marketer. Different worlds, same thread: do the job properly and look after the people you're doing it for. Property was the constant. The son of an established builder, he grew up around Marlborough job sites and never really left them. After a few years overseas he came home because he missed the Sounds too much.
Now he's teamed up with Mala, combining her experience and eye for detail with his marketing expertise and drive to make every listing stand out instead of blending into the scroll. Real estate is a shared obsession that follows them home. When they're not selling, the two are usually renovating, planning their next project, or enjoying everything the Marlborough Sounds has to offer.
Endlessly moving forward, they are uncompromising in their dedication to continually do better than yesterday. What clients tend to remember isn't the campaign, it's the smaller things: the questions answered, the boxes carried on moving day, the problem quietly dealt with before it became one. They treat every home like it's their own. They open doors of opportunity and it’s their relaxed nature and well-spoken demeanour that turns brief introductions into long-lasting relationships.

In selling our house not only did Total Realty save us over $40,000 in commission, but the agent's mastery resulted in a perfect home for our happy buyers and a great result for us to move on easily.
Total Realty is a fabulous company, not just the front line staff but the professionals working behind the scenes, to ensure everything is processed accurately and timely.
We have sold with Total Realty four times and their service delivers over and above the service I have ever had from any of the more expensive Real Estate agencies."