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When you work with us, you get a dedicated expert consultant and strategic advisor.

Buying or selling a home is not only a huge financial decision, it can be emotionally taxing too. Making the right move to a new chapter in your life is exciting, yet also a little daunting. Having a partner in your corner helps you sell or buy your home with confidence. Feel secure knowing you’re making the best possible decisions about your timing, strategy and buying or selling price.

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Areas We Support

We look after home buyers, sellers, and investors in the Melbourne metropolitan area, Mornington Peninsula and beyond.

Our values underpin our mission

We’re human

We value relationships and understanding your unique property needs.

We’re strategic

We create a custom plan of action tailored to your property goals.

We’re experienced

We have decades of experience as Melbourne real estate agents and property advocates.

Meet Carly Susic

Carly is a third generation, highly strategic real estate expert with over 20 years of industry experience, providing supportive, caring guidance to her clients who rely on her for a coolheaded, tactical approach and exemplary negotiation.

For buyers, Carly takes the time to intrinsically understand the budget, lifestyle and property goals of her clients. She’s known to inspect properties relentlessly until she’s found the one that ticks all the boxes. Then she’ll negotiate hard with agents or bid strategically at auction until her clients get the keys in their pockets

When it comes to selling, Carly takes a careful approach, ensuring the sales campaign is set up for success from the onset. This includes preparing the property for presentation to buyers, finding and appointing the right agents, managing the sales campaign and supporting owners through the nail-biting auction. At all stages, Carly uses her extensive insight into the industry to hold agents to account.

Carly’s Melbourne snapshot

coffee: Almond milk flat white from Merrymen Hampton
secret Melbourne gem: Bistro Thierry in Toorak
first property bought for a client: 1970s apartment in Kew as a Melbourne bolthole for a country family
real estate golden rules:
- buying: never tell an agent your budget
- selling: Always make sure you have your strategy prepared from the start as you get one shot at getting it right
- fun fact: Carly is a third-generation estate agent

‘You provide such an amazing service, you saved me a small fortune and guided me through the masses of property on offer to find that gem, that needle in the haystack.
Peter K Collingwood

‘Carly, your input and fast organisation of many moving parts allowed us a stress-free sale with great results,’
Ruth T and Danny N, Brunswick West

Meet Michelle Lee

Like Carly, Michelle is a former real estate agent, allowing her to offer insights into the perspectives of buyers, vendors and agents. With more than twenty years of experience in the Melbourne real estate industry, Michelle has a deep understanding of the market and finely honed negotiation skills.

As a vendor advocate, Michelle is dedicated to finding the right agent to sell the property and taking a strategic approach to the sales campaign. For buyers, Michelle helps them overcome the feelings of overwhelm and stress involved in the search for an ideal home. If you are nervous about dealing with agents, bidding at auction, or negotiating, Michelle is by your side to offer her expert advice and strategic wisdom to guide your decisions.

Whether buying or selling homes, Michelle is committed to helping you achieve the right outcome, so you can move on to the next stage of life with the right home for your changing needs. With a strong customer service focus, Michelle ensures that your needs come first and foremost.

Michelle’s Melbourne snapshot

coffee: latte from Fleishers in Malvern
secret Melbourne gem: Caulfield Park
first property bought for a client: four bedroom family home in Westgarth
real estate golden rules:
- buying: buy the one you want when you can, no matter what the market is doing
- selling: go to market with the right price guide in place
- fun fact: my favourite comfort food is pancakes with banana, blueberries and ice cream

‘Michelle, thank you for your personal yet highly professional service, you were on hand anytime I needed you.’
Paula,Glen Iris

‘Michelle was absolutely fantastic and I was thoroughly pleased with every aspect of my dealings with her.’
Paul Baker, Abbotsford

Meet Ian Susic

Ian brings plenty of corporate experience, with a varied career in senior management, customer service, operations and logistics. After supporting the business as Carly’s husband for 10+ years, Ian made it official in 2021 to join the team permanently. Ian focuses on both property management and property advocacy, working with vendors and buyers alike to secure their dream property or get their home sold with less stress.

Ian’s Melbourne snapshot:

coffee: Latte from Brown Cow Hampton
secret Melbourne gem: Yarra Yarra golf club
first property bought for a client: villa unit for a downsizer in Bonbeach
real estate golden rules:
- buying: never declare your hand to the agent
- selling: always have the property presented in its best light
- fun fact: I have had five 6 hole in ones, but only four count as i was playing solo without any witnesses for one of them.

Meet Trish Tassoni, Advocate

Trish is a dedicated real estate expert with decades of experience selling houses across Melbourne. Trish brings a wealth of knowledge and insight into buying and selling for our clients. Transitioning from agent to advocate means Trish brings her behind-the-scenes secrets to her clients to ensure they feel confident dealing with agents. And with her little black book of extensive connections across the Melbourne industry, she will likely be able to access plenty of off-market listings on behalf of her clients.

Trish’s Melbourne snapshot:

coffee: anything from the coffee shops on Domain Road is great, like Domain Brasserie, or 179 Domain Road
secret Melbourne gem: I love my daily walks with my dog Jett, around the Botanical Gardens and the Shrine of Remembrance
first property bought for a client: a 2-bed unit in Highett; it was a defining moment for me. I truly realised how much I enjoy connecting buyers with their ideal property.
real estate golden rules:
- buying: Trust your gut instinct. If the property feels right, it often is.
- selling: Excellent presentation makes a significant difference, and it’s important to have realistic expectations about the market.
- fun fact: Outside of my real estate career, I established The Prosecco Van, a portable Prosecco Bar serving Melbourne events, festivals and weddings. I sold The Prosecco Van in 2024 and moved back into real estate as an advocate—I am loving being back in the real estate industry.

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