Chas Everitt International cut the ribbon on its new Zimbabwe head office on Tuesday 28 July.
The building sits at 88A Pendennis Road in Mount Pleasant. It was purpose-built, and once it was finished the group made it the head of its Zimbabwe operation. Gunhill, which carried that role before, stays open as a branch. Bulawayo remains the third office.
The turnout said something. The full Chas Everitt team travelled in from both Harare and Bulawayo. Group CEO Berry Everitt flew up for it, alongside group COO Barry Davies. Zimbabwe leaders Evelyn Mbundire and Trevor Jakachira were both there.
Everitt cut the ribbon in the early afternoon and kept his remarks short: "The best lies ahead of us."
Chas Everitt was involved in the build, so the offices were specified around what the agency needed.
Why this matters more than a normal branch opening
Agencies open branches all the time. Most take a set of rented rooms in a converted house. Short lease, minimal changes, easy to walk away from.
This was not that. Chas Everitt had a hand in the build, which means the offices were shaped around how the agency actually works instead of around whatever the last tenant left behind. That is a slower, more expensive way to get a head office, and it commits you to a place before the place even exists.
You do not sit through a construction programme specifying a building around your own workflow if you are planning a short stay.
The short history
Chas Everitt was founded in South Africa in 1980 by Charles and Tilla Everitt. It grew from one agent into a group with more than 1,200 agents across over 100 offices in South Africa. Before Zimbabwe, it had already moved into Botswana, Namibia and Zambia.
The Zimbabwe launch happened in April 2025 at the Country Club in Newlands. Trevor Jakachira and Evelyn Mbundire lead the local operation.
Bulawayo followed in October 2025, at Zonkizizwe Office Park in Bradfield.
Then in May 2026 the group announced a second Harare office, taking it to three locations in the country. At that point it reported 22 sales agents across the two Harare offices.
So: eighteen months, three offices, and now a head office built to its own brief. That is a fast build for any agency in this market.
What they say is driving it
Group COO Barry Davies has pointed to mining and tourism investment as the main engine. Principal Evelyn Mbundire has been more specific about who is buying.
She has described a pattern of Zimbabweans abroad re-entering the market. Many buy now with a return in mind. In the meantime they either rent the property out or leave it for family already at home.
On price, the group says large family homes in the upmarket suburbs sell for around US$350,000 on average. But it says the strongest demand is for townhouses in secure complexes, and that developers are responding with new projects.
Chas Everitt is also a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, which is where the diaspora referral pipeline comes from.
What it means on the ground
The practical change for buyers and sellers is simple. Chas Everitt now runs three offices in Zimbabwe: Mount Pleasant and Gunhill in Harare, and Bradfield in Bulawayo. Mount Pleasant carries the head office function.
Whether the expansion pays off is a question the next few years will answer. What is clear today is that a group operating in four other African markets has decided Zimbabwe is worth a base built to its own brief.
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