Meet the inspiration behind Surdo Prop – the indomitable Bella Da Matta
Bella was diagnosed at 2.5 years old with moderate to severe hearing loss having spent the formative years of her life with one weakened sense as a result of a genetic disorder. At 3.5 years old it was discovered that Bella’s team had incorrectly diagnosed her with hearing loss when in fact she had bilateral sensorineural deafness and was declared profoundly deaf in February 2021.

Bella was fitted with bilateral cochlear implants on 23 March 2021 – A day that changed her life forever! Bella persists everyday in the face of great adversity to fit into a hearing world. She uses total communication to relay messages to the outside world which mainly take the form of sign language and a growing amount of verbal communication.
She’s our everyday inspiration . . .
How Does This Relate To Surdo Prop?
The word Surdo means ‘deaf’ in Portuguese, an ode to our founder, Gabriel Da Matta’s heritage and his pure everyday inspiration, Bella da Matta. It is a reminder to never take our hearing (and verbal speech) for granted and to ensure that buyer’s and sellers’ words are listened to and acted upon with intent.
Our Mission
To listen attentively, to our client’s needs, both Sellers & Buyers.
The Real Estate Industry has often been guilty of being deaf to the needs of buyers and sellers – it is this wrong doing we seek to correct in the market with unwavering levels of service and attentive listening to define each clients’ objectives in utilising our services.
Bella, you inspire us everyday and we take inspiration from your ability to listen through your bionic set-up to never take our natural ability to hear and listen for granted.

We look forward to building sign language into our corporate culture to promote the interests and rights of the deaf and to diversify and integrate same into the Property industry.
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