Gillette & Associates

Nanaimo · Est. 1992

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A boutique real-estate practice · The Harbour City

Fine homes,
handled by hand.

Derek Gillette and his in-house team. A small Nanaimo practice with deep local roots, thoughtful marketing and a personal hand in every home we represent. Precise about the numbers. Easy to talk to.

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Derek Gillette sharing a coffee and conversation — Derek Gillette
Nanaimo, since 1992.
Meet Derek

Nanaimo time · Established 1992

Time, measured

A practice that counts

№1*

In Nanaimo

Derek Gillette — Nanaimo's top-selling real estate agent by cumulative MLS® sales, 1992 to present.

34 yrs

On the clock

A continuous record in this market since 1992 — three generations in Nanaimo.

$1B+*

In sales

Career sales volume, on the record — cumulative MLS® sales in Nanaimo since 1992.

MMs

Of data points

Our proprietary dashboards read millions of market data points in real time, so our clients stay ahead of conditions.

What the office carries

How we do one thing is how we do everything.

A private office, not a franchise floor. Marketing crafted in-house, not farmed out. Technology built here, not licensed elsewhere. Valuations formed by a walk-through, not spat out by a formula. Different touch points, same hand.

A miniature media desk with a computer, camera and signature clock

The Media Studio

Photography, film and print for your home — crafted in-house, at our own bench. Nothing farmed out.

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A miniature neighbourhood with a glass market graph and signature clock

The Dashboard

Real-time tools, built here, for our clients — down to your home's percentage chance of selling under current market conditions.

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A miniature home with a person measuring its exterior and a survey instrument with a clock and red accuracy target

Accurate Valuation

A number you can plan around — from an in-person walk-through, backed by the data.

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Now showing · The Autumn Display

The gallery is open

Our own listings aren't just entered into a database — they're hung. Each one is curated, photographed and printed by our in-house department, and shown with its own wall label, like a piece in a gallery. Behind the show sits the catalogue — every home on Central Vancouver Island, entered with the added detail that helps you make the best-informed decision.

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The Gillette & Associates office at 101-5275 Rutherford Road, Nanaimo, at dusk

101-5275 Rutherford Road · Nanaimo
The private office

The office

Built for this, on purpose

Most agents work from a shared desk in someone else's brokerage. We built our own building on Rutherford Road and filled it with the things this work deserves — the studio, the print bench, the dashboards, and the people who run them. Three generations in Nanaimo, all under one roof.

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The house

One practice, three rooms

The practice
the maker, the record, the craft

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The harbour
every home, charted in full

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The reserve
fine and rare works

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