Daria Tedling. Perth's most awarded boutique property manager.
Named REIWA 2025 Residential Property Manager of the Year and a 2026 REIA National Finalist. Founder of Local, a deliberately small Perth agency built around one idea: the person who signs you on is the person who manages your property, and stays.
Why I built Local.
I used to manage 250 properties. I had never been inside most of them. Inspections were rushed, decisions were made from a phone screen, and landlords were paying for a service that did not really exist.
I did not leave because I could not do the job. I was still getting five-star reviews while I did it. I left because I could see a better way to do it, and no room to build it. Better systems. Better communication with owners. Processes I knew would work, sitting just out of reach because the model around me was built for volume, not care.
So I stopped asking for permission and built it myself. Local is that. Boots on the ground. Every property familiar. Every tenant a real conversation. A book deliberately capped, so the standard never depends on stretching. No sales division pulling focus. No junior you have never met walking through your home.
I do this differently to a manager who has run the same high-volume desk for twenty years, and that is the point. My promise is simple. I want every landlord I work with to feel like they are the only one.
How Local came to exist.
Complex residential portfolios across Perth. Hands-on years in compliance, maintenance systems and tenant relations, inside the high-volume model most of the industry still runs on.
Too many properties per manager. Juniors conducting inspections. Reactive maintenance. Rent reviews that never happened. Fees buried in statements. The model rewarded volume, not quality, and no amount of personal effort could fix a structural problem.
Smaller portfolios, founder oversight, complete fee transparency, and systems that make proactive management possible rather than aspirational. Residential management only, with no sales division competing for attention.
REIWA 2025 Residential Property Manager of the Year. A 2026 REIA National Awards for Excellence Finalist, representing WA against the best in every state. Recognised at the top of the industry within a few years, not a few decades, because the model is what wins, not tenure. Underneath the awards, a business built to outlast one good operator.
One manager. A small book. No sales.
There is no secret to it. The whole model is built to remove the things that make big-agency management impersonal, and to protect the one thing that actually drives your return: attention.
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01Property management only.
No sales division, so your manager is never pulled away by a commission or a buyer's open home. All of the focus stays on managing your property well.
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02One person, end to end.
Business development, leasing, inspections and day-to-day management, all handled by the manager who knows your property. No handover to a junior, no blame game when something goes wrong.
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03A small book, on purpose.
Fifty to one hundred properties per manager, not the 150 to 300 common at larger agencies. A smaller book is the single biggest driver of attention, faster responses and fewer things slipping through.
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04No lock-in. Same-day rent.
You stay because it works, not because a contract makes leaving expensive. Rent clears to you the day the tenant pays, and you can check every number live in the MyPlace app any time.
Recognised for the work,
not the volume.
Residential Property Manager of the Year
Assessed across the full WA property management industry for service quality, measurable outcomes and compliance. A professional standard, applied to results, not a popularity contest about size. Followed in 2026 by national recognition as a REIA Awards for Excellence Finalist, representing Western Australia.
The questions people actually ask
about a boutique.
A free rental appraisal, then a conversation.
An honest figure for your property, the numbers behind how it would be managed, and a straight answer on whether we are the right fit. No obligation, no lock-in. If we are not right for you, I will tell you, and point you towards someone who is.