About Total Realty
Full service. Fairer fee. Right here in Marlborough.
At Total Realty, we believe selling your home shouldn't come with excessive commission fees. In 2007, our founders set out to challenge the industry norm, creating a smarter, fairer way to sell real estate in New Zealand. The result is a model that eliminates unnecessary costs while delivering a premium, full-service selling experience.
Why Total?
A smarter model — not a cheaper one
With no franchise fees and other unnecessary expenses, we've eliminated the costs that don't contribute towards selling your home, and pass those savings directly on to you. Our philosophy is built on fairness: professional service, expert advice and proven marketing, at a fraction of traditional commission rates.
Flat 1.5% + GST
One simple commission on the sale price, clear from day one, with no hidden extras or surprises at settlement.
Full marketing, every listing
Professional photography, online campaigns, open homes and sharp negotiation: the things that actually sell a home, never cut back.
A South Island company
Total Realty has sold across the South Island since 2007, with the reach and resources of an established agency behind every listing.
Your Marlborough specialists
Here in Marlborough that's Mala Gepp and Luke Sinclair, true locals who know the region, exactly what sells, and where.
The difference, in dollars
In the last 12 months, our clients paid around $412k less than a typical 3% commission would have charged, or about $10.3k saved per sale.
Commission difference only, including GST. Marketing and administration costs are additional and charged separately.
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Mala Gepp & Luke Sinclair
Total Realty · Marlborough
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 teams. 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.
*Money saved for clients in commission: the gap between 1.5% and a typical 3% commission on $23.9m sold in the last 12 months (incl. GST, excl. admin fees).
Where we cover
Right across Marlborough
From Blenheim and Renwick to Picton, the Sounds and the coast, Mala & Luke sell homes, lifestyle blocks and land throughout the region.
Blenheim & surrounds
Springlands, Witherlea, Redwoodtown, Mayfield, Riverlands & more
Renwick & the wine country
Rapaura and Grovetown
Picton & the Sounds
Waikawa, Havelock and the bays
The Awatere & coast
Seddon, Ward, Rārangi and the south
4.9 stars, 115+ reviews
Independently verified on RateMyAgent by people who've actually sold with Mala. Read them in their own words.
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