About Us

We Don’t Just Sell Property. We Help You Buy It Right.

Who We Are

aKey Property is a boutique property investment consultancy based in South Yarra, specialising in off-the-plan apartments, townhouses, and house & land packages across Victoria. With over 20 years’ industry experience and more than 1,500 clients guided through the buying process, we’ve built our reputation on something simple: giving people access to the right property, with the right advice, at the right time.
Unlike the volume-driven national networks, we operate as a lean, experienced team — which means every client receives genuine attention, not a recycled brochure. We work with a carefully selected panel of developers across Victoria’s established and emerging growth corridors, and our relationships with those developers give our clients access to pre-release and off-market opportunities simply not available through the open market.

Our focus is exclusively on new property — off-the-plan and house & land — because that’s where we believe the most significant opportunities exist for both first home buyers and investors. Stamp duty savings, capital growth during construction, lower entry deposits, and brand new property warranties are just some of the advantages our clients benefit from. We exist to help you understand those advantages — and put them to work.

20+
Years Experience.

Why Boutique Matters in
Property Advisory

The property advisory market in Australia is dominated by large national networks — companies with hundreds of advisors, centralised approved stock lists, and business models built on volume. If you’ve ever felt like a number in that process, you’ll understand why we chose a different path.
aKey Property was built on the belief that property advice should be personal, independent, and genuinely aligned with the buyer's interests. We operate as a lean team of experienced advisors — not a franchise with scripts and stock quotas. Every client gets access to our full developer network, our honest assessment of every project we present, and a named advisor who is accountable to them from first call to settlement.
Our developer panel is deliberately selective. We build relationships with a small number of developers whose work we’ve assessed — and, in most cases, personally invested in. When we introduce you to a project, it’s because we believe in it. Not because it’s the highest- commission product available.
This is what boutique means to us: fewer clients, better outcomes, longer relationships.

Two Decades of Guiding Victorian Buyers

Over more than 20 years, our team has advised buyers through some of Australia’s most significant property market cycles — navigating interest rate shifts, developer market changes, and evolving buyer conditions. That experience isn’t just a number. It shapes how we assess projects, advise clients, and manage risk.
We’ve helped over 1,500 clients purchase property across Victoria — from young couples buying their first home in the western growth corridor, to seasoned investors building portfolios across Melbourne’s south-east. Each of those transactions has taught us something. That accumulated knowledge is what you access when you work with us.
20+ Years' Experience

Of industry experience across Victorian off-the-plan and house & land markets.

1,500+ Clients Guided

Buyers and investors guided through property purchases across Victoria.

Off-the-Plan & H&L

Our exclusive focus — apartments, townhouses, and house & land packages.

Licensed Estate Agent

Licence No. 095384L — aKey Property.

How We Work

Transparency Over Everything
We'll never recommend a property we wouldn't buy ourselves. Over 80% of our team are active property investors, and we invest in the same projects we present to clients. If we don't believe in a development, it doesn't make it onto our panel. When we recommend something, you know we mean it.
Strategy Before Sales
Our process starts with understanding your situation — your budget, your timeline, your goals. We align your strategy before we ever discuss a specific property. Whether you're looking for owner-occupier value or long-term investment growth, our advice is built around your circumstances, not our commission.
Support That Doesn't Stop at Contract
Buying off-the-plan means your journey doesn't end when you sign. Construction timelines, progress updates, finance preparation, settlement coordination — we stay with you through the entire process. When you buy with aKey Property, you have someone in your corner until the keys are in your hand.

Expert Guidance

Our advisors are experienced property professionals with deep knowledge of Victoria's off- the-plan and house & land markets. More than that — most of us are property investors ourselves, which means the advice we give you is grounded in the same decisions we've made personally.
Kathleen Grant
Founder
Kathleen Grant
Founder

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Keith Bailey
CEO
Keith Bailey
CEO

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Danielle Murray
Manager
Danielle Murray
Manager

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Licensed & Accredited

aKey Property Pty Ltd is a Licensed Estate Agent operating under the Estate Agents Act 1980 (Vic).