Planning your next move, or getting your affairs in order?
Two free tools for Australians 55+ and the families helping them. Start with the question on your mind.
Weighing up a move?
Compare staying home with a smaller home, a land lease community or a retirement village. See what each move could free up, and how it changes your weekly costs and Age Pension.
Compare my options →Could your family find your important papers?
Ten quick questions show where your family would be stuck if something happened to you, with a free sheet to start filling the gaps.
Take the free quiz →
Why I built LaunchUP
When my mother needed help, I sat down with her to sort out and reorganise her affairs. It showed me how hard it is to find clear, plain-English information, and it made me realise I needed to get my own things in order for my children and grandchildren. LaunchUP is what I built from that: simple tools to help you see your options and get sorted before the big decisions.
Martin, founder
If you’re weighing up a move
See what each option would really leave you with
The free Stay Put or Sell Up? Calculator puts four options side by side, using your own figures:
- Staying in your home
- A smaller home or apartment
- A land lease community
- A retirement village
For each one you’ll see how much money it could free up, what you’d pay each week, and how your Age Pension could change. It takes a few minutes, and giving your email is optional.
Prefer to read first? Downsizing guide · Staying in your home · Retirement income
If you want your affairs in order
Three simple steps, at your own pace
Start with step one. Each step is useful on its own, so go as far as you like.
Find the gaps
Ten quick questions show what your family could, and couldn’t, find if something happened to you. Free.
Take the free quiz →Understand the paperwork
The free Leave It Sorted guide explains wills, powers of attorney, how your home is held and super nominations, in plain English.
Get the free guide →Put it all in one place
The Leave It Sorted Organiser keeps banks, super, insurance, bills, passwords and funeral wishes together for your family.
General information only, not legal or financial advice.
Built for people making a real decision, not a sales pitch.
We don’t sell property and we’re not a village, park or financial adviser. We take no commissions or referral payments from anyone we mention. Every figure is grounded in the same Age Pension, assets test, income test and Rent Assistance rules Services Australia uses, kept current as those rates change. This is general information, not financial advice. For advice about your own situation, a licensed financial adviser or Services Australia’s free Financial Information Service can help.
Age Pension, deeming and Rent Assistance rates, checked against the official published figures.
The comparison and your Question Sheet cost nothing. No email is needed to see your results. If you add one, we use it to send them to you, and we never sell your details.
If a term needs jargon, we explain it in the same breath. No assumed prior knowledge.
Start with whichever question is on your mind
Both tools are free, in plain English, with no sales calls.