Find a
home that fits your life
Your guide to finding a property in today’s market
This book is the Barefoot Investor for housing - a must-read for anyone buying their first home (and policy makers too)
Dr Julian O’Shea, Researcher, Researcher, comedian and award-winning educational content creator.
Reimagining the dream of home ownership for first-home buyers, renters, side-hustlers and anyone with a modern career who wants a home that fits the life you want to live.
What people are saying
A clear-eyed and compassionate rethinking of Australia’s housing crisis, Finding Home challenges outdated assumptions and offers a practical framework for making smarter, more human housing decisions.
Nerida Conisbee Chief Economist, Ray White
An illuminating and timely book
Tim Ross
Comedian, Radio Host and Architecture Advocate
As someone who spends his days analysing housing data, I admire how Finding Home brings the numbers back to what really matters: how we want to live.
Simon Kuestenmacher
Director and Co-founder of The Demographics Group
10 things Finding Home
will teach you
1. The property story you've been told is out of date.
2. How to make housing decisions in today's market, not the one you wish we had.
3. Define what home means to you.
A house is not a home.
4. How to make trade-offs without regret, using the Ten Pillars of Affordable Living
5. The true cost of buying. Not just your borrowing capacity.
6. Learn how to navigate finance and brokers, especially for modern workers
7. What actually makes a great neighbourhood.
8. New ways to buy (and new ways to rent), and all the options you never knew existed.
9. New ways to live- the housing market is changing, get excited.
10. Make housing decisions with confidence and on your terms.
Find your way home
Step 1:
Get your copy of Finding Home
What’s inside:
Step-by-step guide to cut through the overwhelm - a clear path tothrough one of life's biggest decisions
The full picture on affordability - understand the ten key areas of affordability you need to help you make trade-offs that fit your life
Know your options - housing types, finance pathways, and neighbourhood insights most buyers miss
Practical exercises to fast-track your decisionmaking - tools to get you (and your partner) moving
Real stories and evidence - hear from buyers who found their way, plus the latest research on great neighbourhoods
Step 2:
Claim bonus activity guide
Buy the book then forward your receipt to bonus@lucindahartley.com to receive your free companion activity guide designed to turn your home ideas into action.
Inside you'll find bonus practical exercises that walk you through the Ten Pillars of Affordable Living, one decision at a time.
Inside the guide:
Worksheets to help you map your priorities and living habits
Additional reflection questions to clarify what you actually want from your next home
Checklists for evaluating properties, neighbourhoods and trade-offs
Conversation prompts and decision making tools for couples and co-buyers
Full reference list with additional resources
Step 3:
Join the community
Subscribe to Housing with Lucinda on Substack
Buying a home is one of the hardest decisions you'll ever make. You shouldn't have to make it alone.
Join a growing community of curious urbanists, home buyers, owner-occupiers who are rethinking how we live.
What to expect:
Weekly updates on housing, urbanism and how we live
Practical tips and resources for buyers at every stage
A community of readers asking the same questions you are
Free to join. Easy to unsubscribe. Built for people who want to live well, not just buy well.
Free Reference List
All the research for Finding Home in one place
Finding Home is built on two decades of urban design research, housing data. If you want to dig deeper, here is the full reference list.
Download the complete reference list cited throughout the book. Every study, statistic, report and source in one place, ready for you to explore.
Bulk Deal
Keynote speaking
and bulk book deal
For organisations working on the future of housing, cities and how we live.
Ideal for employers, lenders, brokers, industry bodies, professional associations and community organisations supporting people through one of the biggest decisions of their lives.
What’ included:
Bulk copies of Finding Home for your team or audience
A keynote or webinar delivered live, in person or online
Content tailored to your organisation, whether that's housing, finance, wellbeing or the future of work
Get in touch to discuss your event, company or organisation’s needs.
Watch: Unlocking Change in the Housing System
Fuel for the journey
Bulk Deal
Book Club Deal
Explore Finding Home together with a 10% group discount and bonus book club guide.
Big decisions are easier when you don't make them alone. Gather your friends, your colleagues or your community and work through Finding Home over four weeks.
What you get:
10 copies of Finding Home with group discount
Bonus Book Club Guide with weekly discussion prompts
A four-week structure to work through the Ten Pillars together
Reflection questions designed for groups, couples and co-buyers
About the Author
Urbanist, entrepreneur and housing expert
Lucinda Hartley is a multi-award-winning urban designer, technology entrepreneur and keynote speaker, named one of Australia’s Top 100 Most Influential Women by the Australian Financial Review.
She has spent the past two decades helping shape better places for people – from leading urban programs for the United Nations in Asia to delivering 100+ grassroots neighborhood projects across Australia.
A serial entrepreneur, Lucinda is currently tackling the housing affordability crisis as Co-Founder of Zeroo Home loans, a shared-equity home loan platform providing new financial pathways for first home buyers. She previously co-founded Neighbourlytics, a data analytics company used by city leaders in 10 countries to design more liveable neighbourhoods, and award-winning placemaking consultancy CoDesign Studio.