About us.
About us.
This is not our first rodeo. We’ve been involved in the real estate and IT industries for over 20 years.
As renters, first home buyers, property investors and agents we’ve experienced the entire real estate lifecycle. We joined forces to make it better for everyone.
You're in good hands.
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
Chris Scullin
15 years in real estate, 20 years in IT.
CIO & CO-FOUNDER
Chris Cook
15 years in real estate, 20 years in IT.
DIRECTOR & LICENSEE
15 years in real estate.
Chief Operating Officer
20 years in law and management.
Keen to get involved?
We're always looking for new people to join our team. Reach out and let us know how you can help.
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
Chris Scullin
15 years in real estate, 20 years in IT.
CIO & CO-FOUNDER
Chris Cook
15 years in real estate, 20 years in IT.
DIRECTOR & LICENSEE
15 years in real estate.
Chief Operating Officer
20 years in law and management.
Keen to get involved?
We're always looking for new people to join our team. Reach out and let us know how you can help.
Our origin story.
1
A BBQ and a collapsed roof 😱
What do you do after your tenants flood your house, causing the ceiling to collapse in a soggy mess of insulation and plasterboard?
Well, you have a BBQ with them and start a property management company, obviously.
This was the unlikely start of a friendship, and a highly successful Canberra-based property management company that kicked off back in 2010. Chris C and Jasmin were tenants in a rental property part owned by Chris S. After a few beers at a post-inspection BBQ our first IT/real estate hybrid project was born.
2
National award winners 💪
We built a shiny new IT system as the backbone of our new company, allowing efficiencies and transparency that's still not available elsewhere in the industry.
Within a few years we'd won an ACT, and then a national innovation award from leading industry groups for our approach.
Our new company quickly grew into one of Canberra's largest and most respected property management companies. This is when we welcomed Kirsty into the team to help us keep up.
As our company grew, so did our families, and soon we'd collectively added 7 kids to the picture. At this point, priorities changed and we eventually went our separate ways to pursue other interests (aka attending countless kids birthday parties at indoor activity centres).
3
Getting the band back together 🎉
In late 2023 the startup bug bit again and with the Chris's, Jas and Kirsty on board from the get-go, we started re-imagining the future of selling and buying property.
We spent 14 months designing, developing, testing and refining Lystr, and our online platform, to get ready for launch. With generous support from family and friends in the form of babysitting, testing, feedback and general cheering-on, Lystr is finally here.
It's been a massive amount of work to get to this point and we're excited to start the process of disrupting the real estate industry for the better.
Any questions?