Jan was fortunate to be born in Gisborne and is the eldest of 12 children. Being one of 12 children and raised in Porirua taught the family to be self sufficient and very motivated. It is this motivation that Jan brings to real estate. Jan started her working life many years ago with the Post Office as a bank teller. Other career moves included working for Parliament running a member of parliament’s electorate for eight years helping constituents, and managing Victim Support at the Lower Hutt Police Station. Jan spent 3 years in this role assisting victims of crime, accident and emergency. She also worked as a real estate consultant for Harcourts in Lower Hutt. Jan has been a Justice of the Peace for 13 years and a Rotarian for 11 years. In October 2003 Jan re-commenced her real estate career at Harcourts, Paraparaumu working with Doug, her partner in life. Doug came to Harcourts from a teaching background having taught mathematics for 18 years at Kapiti College. He also coached the college first 15 rugby team for six years, and also produced nine musicals.During his 22 years as a Kapiti resident, Doug has been involved in community affairs. He has been President of the Kapiti Club for the last four years and has been elected unopposed for a further term. He is an enthusiastic member of the Kapiti Playhouse. His latest stage appearances have been the lead role as Pseudolus in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” and Widow Twankey in the pantomime “Aladdin.”Doug & Jan have a reputation of awesome day to day service to their vendors and have shown they can achieve top prices for the properties they market. They recently achieved an award for $20 million settled sales and regularly achieve top monthly sales agents for Harcourts in Paraparaumu. Doug & Jan are highly motivated and would love to assist you with your real estate needs.