Our Approach
At Lobik Advisory, our approach begins with a simple belief: people often know aspects of what they want, but they do not always know what will actually serve them best.
A good advisor helps translate lifestyle, priorities, values, and instincts into the right property decision. That requires more than access, speed, or transaction management. It requires judgment, emotional intelligence, commercial clarity, and the ability to understand both buyer and home in equal measure.
We believe a home should not simply satisfy a checklist. It should support the client’s life. A good purchase should feel right and be right. The best property is not always the one first described, and buying well requires both personal insight and disciplined decision-making.
Our work is advisory, not transactional.
It is deeply personal, professionally guided, and grounded in the belief that connection leads to better decisions. We are not looking for quick outcomes or surface-level matches. We are looking to help our clients make clear, confident decisions that fit now and hold up into the future.
The Lobik Standard
A Lobik advisor must be able to do more than source property or manage a deal.
They must be able to understand people beyond surface preferences, how clients live, what matters to them, what they are drawn to, and what kind of home will genuinely support their life. They must also be able to assess property with depth, reading beyond the obvious to understand quality, flow, light, livability, location, and long-term strength.
The real skill is in bringing those two sides together.
This is what gives the work its value: personal but structured, creative but professional, guided by intuition where appropriate and anchored by sound judgment throughout.
Meet the team
Lobik Advisory is led by people who bring both relational intelligence and practical expertise to the buying process.
Ryan Lobik
Principal Buyer’s Agent & Partner
Ryan brings broad residential property experience, design instinct and genuine care to Lobik Advisory. Known for his work in Perth’s high-end residential market, Ryan has built a reputation for advising clients through prestige property purchases with discretion, clarity and care. His experience across Perth’s western suburbs and surrounds has given him a strong understanding of the city’s prime property landscape, from premium family homes and luxury residences through to apartments and development opportunities.
As a Perth local, Ryan brings an instinctive understanding of the city’s neighbourhoods, lifestyle patterns and property nuances. Combined with his established industry relationships, this allows him to guide clients with both local insight and broader market perspective. With a background in design, interiors and lifelong exposure to building, Ryan reads property beyond the obvious. He understands spaces, materials, construction, flow and functionality, and applies that knowledge to assess how a home is built, how it works, where value sits and how it will serve the people living in it.
Known for his attention to detail, market curiosity and strong network, Ryan helps clients understand not only what they are buying, but why it is the right fit. His advice is grounded in care, discretion and commercial judgment, ensuring each purchase is personally aligned and asset-aware.
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Rhyanna Van Leeuwarden
Partner & Buyers Agent
Rhyanna brings advisory depth, strategic clarity and a strong understanding of people to Lobik Advisory. Her background spans executive leadership, coaching, governance and stakeholder management, with experience leading operational and financial change across healthcare, mining and private enterprise. Through roles including Chief of Staff, CEO and board advisory positions, Rhyanna has built her career around helping people make clear decisions in complex environments.
In the buying process, Rhyanna brings calm guidance, clear communication and structure. She is skilled at cutting through noise, making complexity feel simple, and helping clients understand the path ahead with confidence.
Her strength lies in understanding people beyond the surface, how they live, what they value, and what they need from a home. Within Lobik Advisory, she helps translate lifestyle, priorities and instinct into clear property decisions, while ensuring clients feel supported, steady and well represented throughout the journey.
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Working with Ryan was by far the best decision we made when searching for a property.
Ryan Lobik helped us through the process of purchasing a property five years ago. Since then, Ryan and his partner Rhyanna have managed the acquisition of two apartments for us.
I’m so thrilled at the property Ryan secured for me. The positive point of difference with Ryan is that he really takes the time to get to know you and what it is that’s important to you in a property and for your lifestyle.
