A contemporary bayside residence in stone, steel and glass, lit from within at dusk

Port Melbourne · Independent since 2015

Two people who
actually know
your street.

Home AU is a family-run agency on Bay Street. James handles the sales, Angie runs property management, and the same pair you meet at the appraisal are the ones who see it through.

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4.9
36 Google reviews
2015
Independently owned
Mon–Fri
9am – 5pm, Bay Street
Sales + PM
Both, under one roof

What we do

Sell it, lease it, or hand it over entirely.

Residential and commercial, sale and lease — plus the day-to-day management that keeps an investment quiet.

Residential sales

Private treaty and auction campaigns across Port Melbourne, Bayside and the inner suburbs, run by the Head of Sales rather than passed down.

Property management

Full management of rental portfolios from Melbourne through to the Mornington Peninsula, run to the letter of the Residential Tenancies Act.

Leasing

Listing, inspections, tenant screening and paperwork — the part owners most often describe as having been faster than they expected.

Commercial sales

Shopfronts, offices and mixed-use holdings across the same inner-city corridor the residential team works every week.

Commercial leasing

Finding and vetting tenants for commercial space, then managing the lease so the rent roll runs itself.

Free appraisals

A sale appraisal from James or a rental appraisal from Angie — no obligation, and a straight number rather than a flattering one.

Built on trust

A decade in, still
the same two names
on the door.

James and Angie Vakrinos founded Home AU in 2015 after careers inside some of Melbourne's best known agencies. They stayed independent on purpose: no franchise script, no rotating account manager, no handover after the listing is signed.

Angie was born and raised in Port Melbourne and still walks the dog along the beach and shops the South Melbourne Market. That is not a marketing line — it is why she can price a two-bedroom on Rouse Street from memory.

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Restored double-storey Victorian terrace with cast-iron lace balcony in late afternoon light
Since 2015
One office · Bay Street

Where we work — Port Melbourne, Albert Park, Bayside, Melbourne's inner suburbs, the Mornington Peninsula and Rye.

Apartment living room with floor-to-ceiling glass opening onto a balcony above the bay

Selling

Advice about styling and advertising, before the photographer arrives.

The part sellers keep mentioning is how little they had to do. A view on what to change, what to leave, where the advertising spend actually earns its keep — then the campaign is run and the owner is kept in the loop rather than in the dark.

No big promises. That phrasing comes up more than once in the reviews, and it is the intended effect.

Our people

The whole team, in one photograph.

Between them, close to sixty years in Melbourne real estate — and a deliberate decision to keep the business small enough that they can both still answer the phone.

James Vakrinos

Head of Sales · Co-founder

Twenty-eight years helping clients buy and sell, with a background in project marketing and roles inside several of Melbourne's most respected agencies. Known for on- and off-market results in Bayside, and for a database deep enough that the right buyer is often already on it.

Angie Vakrinos

Head of Property Management · Co-founder

Thirty years managing property from Melbourne through to the Mornington Peninsula, and a property investor herself. Fully conversant with the Residential Tenancies Act and across every change to it. Born and raised in Port Melbourne, with a client list that is mostly repeat and referred.

Bayside Melbourne shopping street with Victorian shopfronts, awnings and footpath cafe tables in morning light
The bay at dusk with a timber pier silhouetted against a soft horizon
A ring of keys resting on a pale stone kitchen benchtop in afternoon light
Sunlit apartment interior with oak floors and sheer curtains

Why owners stay

What clients keep coming back to.

Drawn from the themes that recur across the agency's public reviews, in our own words.

01

You hear back

Communication being clear and open, start to finish, is the single most repeated observation — from both landlords and vendors.

02

It leases fast

Owners describe properties going under lease quickly after listing, with the process handled efficiently rather than dragged out.

03

Honest numbers

Pragmatic, sensible advice and no oversized promises — the result is presented as the product of the work, not the pitch.

04

Almost no effort from you

Styling, advertising and the campaign taken off the owner's plate, which is exactly how repeat clients describe their second and third sale.

Find us

306 Bay Street, Port Melbourne.

Walk in, or start with a phone call. Appraisals are free and there is no obligation attached to either.

Office
306 Bay Street
Port Melbourne VIC 3207
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Opening hours
Monday – Friday9:00 am – 5:00 pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

Start here

Find out what it is worth — to sell, or to rent.

Two separate appraisals, two different people. James takes the sale side; Angie takes the rental side. Both are free, and neither commits you to anything.

Sales appraisal Rental appraisal
Properties for sale Properties for rent

Ready when you are

Let's talk about your place.

A conversation with the owners of the agency, not a call centre.

Request a free appraisal Call (03) 9676 9777