Home Scouts
- Spring Hill, QLD
- Run from South East Queensland
- 8 years operating
- Licence checked
- Buyer-only
Home Scouts is a buyers agency in Spring Hill, operating for 8 years. It says it acts only for buyers. It doesn't publish fee amounts on its website. Its licence is current on the Queensland Office of Fair Trading register.
Listed but not ranked: Fewer than 10 Google reviews.
Home Scouts reviews
We couldn't find a Google Business Profile for Home Scouts.
Home Scouts fees
Home Scouts doesn't publish fee amounts (it publishes: $1,950 engagement retainer; balance not published). Ask for the fee, any engagement fee and what's included, in writing, before you sign.
Licence and business checks
- Queensland licence
- Found on the Office of Fair Trading register: licensee Engineroom Group Pty Ltd, no. 4252044Checked 30 Oct 2026
- Acts only for buyers
- Yes, buyer-only
- Paid by sellers or developers
- Doesn't say
- Operating since
- 2018As stated by the firm
- Principal
- Bron (Bronwen) Stacey
- Memberships
- REBAA Checked on the member directory
- Office
- 97 Bradley St, Spring Hill QLD 4000
- Services
- Search to settlement · Negotiation only · Auction bidding · Off-market access · Investment purchases · First home buyers · Interstate and overseas buyers
- Suits
- Negotiation only · Auction bidding · Off-market · Investors · First home buyers · Interstate buyers
What Home Scouts says about itself
From the firm's own website. We haven't verified these and they don't affect the score.
- Experience
- over 25 years' experience in buying, selling and subdividing properties (founder)
- Team
- 2 (Bron - Founder/Principal, Sandra Connors - Associate BA Brisbane)
- Awards
- "2026 Winner - Business of the Year (Small)" PIPA National Awards for Excellence; PIPA finalists 2024, 2025, 2026; REIQ 2026 Awards for Excellence finalist (Buyers Agency of the Year, Buyers Agent of the Year)
How the score adds up
| Check | Points | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Google rating | not checked | The Google rating, blended with 30 reviews’ worth of the Brisbane average so a handful of reviews can’t top the list. An adjusted 4.5 or below scores nothing; 5.0 scores in full. |
| Review volume | 0 /5 | How many Google reviews, on a log scale. 200 or more scores in full. |
| Recent reviews | not checked | Google reviews posted in the last 12 months, on a log scale. 40 or more scores in full. |
| Works only for buyers | 20 /20 | Buyer-only scores in full. Also acting for sellers as a vendor advocate scores 60%, also running property management 30%. Also selling property or marketing developer stock scores nothing. |
| Fees published | 5 /15 | A fee schedule with amounts and what’s included scores in full. A "from" price or range scores two thirds, a described structure with no numbers one third, "contact us" nothing. |
| Years operating | 6.4 /8 | Years since the business started, from its ABN records, or the start year the firm states where we can’t match an ABN. 10 years or more scores in full. |
| Recent Brisbane purchases | not published | Purchases in South East Queensland the firm has published (with suburb and month) in the last 12 months. 15 or more scores in full, 5–14 five points, 1–4 three points. |
| Memberships and awards | 5 /10 | REBAA member 5 points, REIQ member 2. Awards with published judging criteria in the last two years add up to 3 (finalist 1, winner 3). |
| Conduct record | not checked | Full marks once we’ve checked QCAT, Fair Trading and ACCC records and found no adverse finding in five years. |
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Questions about Home Scouts
How much does Home Scouts charge?
Home Scouts doesn't publish fee amounts on its website, so you'll need to ask for a quote. Our Brisbane fees page shows what firms that do publish charge.
Is Home Scouts licensed in Queensland?
Yes. Found on the Office of Fair Trading register: licensee Engineroom Group Pty Ltd, no. 4252044 (checked 30 Oct 2026).
Does Home Scouts only act for buyers?
Yes, its website says it acts only for buyers.
Sources
Profile data checked 30 Oct 2026