About Place Sunnybank

2016

Founded in 2016

Place Sunnybank was established by Owen Chen and Ping Han, with the support of their assistant Jess Chia. Starting as a team of three, the business has grown into one of the most trusted real estate agencies in Brisbane’s southside.

2016

Established Reputation

Prior to founding the company, Owen had already built a strong reputation in the local market, with a client base spanning Sunnybank, Parkinson, Rochedale and
surrounding suburbs.

Industry Recognition

Since then, Owen and the Place Sunnybank team have been recognised by leading industry awards, including RateMyAgent, AREA (Australian Real Estate Awards), and REB (Real Estate Business), ranking among the top agents in Queensland and across Australia.

2022

Real Estate Excellence

A key milestone came in 2022, when the team was awarded:
REIQ Awards for Excellence — one of the highest honours in Queensland’s real
estate industry.

This recognition reflects not only individual performance, but more importantly the collective leadership, consistency, and achievements of Ping, Owen, and the entire Place Sunnybank team.

2022

Built From the Ground Up

Place Sunnybank began with no existing infrastructure.

There was no established office, no team, and no built-in client base. Every aspect of the business — from office setup to systems, processes, and client relationships — was built from the ground up.

Owen led the sales division, leveraging his expertise in negotiation and market strategy to build trust and deliver consistent results. Ping, on the other hand, transitioned from a corporate investment background into real estate. She holds a CPA qualification and a Master of Applied Finance from The University of Queensland.

In the early years, she personally assisted with over 500 auction contract signings, training sales associates while simultaneously building the company’s operational and management systems.

Importantly, Ping established the Property Management Department from scratch, laying the foundation for an integrated business model that combines sales and property management. This enables Place Sunnybank to deliver a full-service, end-to-end solution for clients.

Real estate agents who put people first

At Place Sunnybank, our people are the difference. We're a boutique bilingual real estate agency specialising in family home sales, investment property and property management across Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills, MacGregor, Runcorn, Calamvale, Algester, Stretton, Eight Mile Plains, Parkinson, Robertson and the surrounding southside suburbs, including Mansfield, Wishart, Mt Gravatt East and Rochedale.

We hand-pick every team member to ensure genuine alignment with our core values — honesty, integrity, a solution-focused mindset and a results-driven approach — because we believe the quality of our 23-strong team is the truest measure of our business.

Up tp 2026, our team has sold more than 2,033 properties across the area over the past decade. We serve our community in English, Mandarin and Cantonese — a genuine advantage in one of Brisbane's most dynamic multicultural markets.

Client's best interests at heart

When you sell with us, our job is to take a process that can feel daunting and make it seamless. It starts with an honest appraisal grounded in real local data — never an inflated number to win your business — followed by marketing tailored to your property and steady communication at every step through to settlement. You'll always know where things stand, and you'll never feel pressured.

When you trust us with your investment property, we treat it as carefully as we'd treat our own: thorough tenant selection, proactive maintenance, and transparent reporting, with a team that stays across changing Queensland legislation so you don't have to. And because we work in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, nothing gets lost in translation — for sellers, buyers, tenants and owners alike.