Before Daphne Sauvage was selling some of Sydney’s most sought-after apartments, she was hanging around their foyers. She’d make an appointment with a resident and introduce herself to other people coming and going. One listing led to another. It was how a former model from Wales got her start in Darling Point, one conversation at a time. Domain interview
From modelling in Wales to running a Sydney PR business
Born in Zimbabwe and raised in Wales, Sauvage worked on photo shoots and fashion shows, won a competition to become the face of a department store and made the finals of Miss Wales. She came to Australia on an overseas trip with her sister and decided to make a life in Sydney. Domain interview
She set up a public relations business whose first client was Mercedes-Benz. The work took her around Australia organising events and launches with a team of models. At one event, she met a Double Bay real estate agent. She was ready for a career change, and that introduction took her into property.
The first listings came from the foyer
Darling Point became her patch. In an interview with Domain, Sauvage recalled striking up conversations with residents in apartment buildings and getting her first listings through those introductions. A strong result on one sale helped bring in another. As clients moved up the property ladder, some came back to her to sell again.
Today she’s with Sydney Sotheby’s International Realty in Double Bay. Her agency says she has sold more than 1,500 properties over her career, many of them luxury homes and apartments in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Domain’s latest profile, covering the year to 14 November 2026, lists 11 sales plus three as joint agent. Sydney Sotheby’s agent profile · Domain sales profile
Would you choose the agent who knows your building?
Sauvage’s story raises a question for anyone selling an apartment. If two agents walked through your door, would you choose the one with the bigger public profile or the one who could tell you what sold upstairs, who bought it and what buyers keep asking about your building?