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About Downsizing for Retirement
Downsizing for Retirement helps Australians make the most of the family home: whether that means downsizing, building, renovating or releasing equity.
We are part of the properT network group, led by founder Stephen Lazar.
Your Home, Your Retirement, Your Decision
Most of our clients have spent decades paying off the family home. Now the kids have moved out, the house is too big or too costly, and they want it to fund the retirement they have worked for.
We start with you, not the property. We learn where you are now, where you want to be and what matters to you, then lay out every option side by side with the numbers, so you make an informed decision rather than an emotional one.
What guides us
How We Work
Independent
We represent you, not the vendor, and we are open about how we are paid.
Educate first
We explain the options and the trade-offs so you can decide with confidence.
Honest
If doing nothing is your best option, we will tell you.
Connected
Trusted builders, planners, agents, brokers and licensed advisers.
Hands on
We stay with you from the first conversation to the keys.
Led by Stephen Lazar
Stephen has nearly 20 years in residential property, building on a background in financial planning and mortgage broking. Read Stephen’s profile.
No obligation
Talk to Us About Your Home
No obligation, just a conversation about where you are and where you would like to be.
Prefer to call? 0413 108 125
One Network. Nationwide Reach.
Part Of The properT network Family
Downsizing for Retirement is one specialist site within the properT network group: the same independent advisory approach, applied across states and property types.