Coming home with Lifestyle Group

THERE is something quietly powerful about a person who knows exactly where they belong.

For Katrina Ulyatt, that place is the region she grew up in, returned to, and now serves with genuine dedication as a valued member of the Lifestyle Group’s rural and residential sales team.

Katrina’s story is not the conventional one. She made the bold decision in her mid-forties to retrain and pivot into a career in real estate — a move that takes courage at any age, but particularly so when life is already full with family, community, and responsibility.

Rather than seeing this as a late start, Katrina brought to the industry something many younger entrants simply cannot: depth. Depth of local knowledge, depth of life experience, and depth of character.

Having grown up in the region, left, and chosen to return to raise her own family, Katrina understands this landscape in a way that goes beyond street names and suburb boundaries.

She knows the stories behind the properties, the rhythms of the rural market, and the very real weight that buying or selling a home carries for the people involved. That understanding translates directly into the kind of thorough, grounded market knowledge that clients quickly come to trust.

Her approach is defined by what she calls a “can do attitude” — not a corporate buzzword in her case, but a lived practice. Relaxed and approachable without ever being casual about the work, Katrina pairs her warmth with high integrity and an unwavering commitment to getting results.

In an industry that can sometimes feel transactional, she keeps the focus firmly on the people.

Katrina joined the Lifestyle Group at an exciting moment — the company, founded by David Gray, was newly formed and building something different from the ground up. Part of what makes Lifestyle Group stand out is its genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Women make up fifty percent of the team, a figure that reflects not tokenism but deliberate, values-driven hiring. Katrina is both a beneficiary and a living example of what that commitment looks like in practice.

Beyond her professional life, Katrina is a quiet but committed advocate for the disability and elderly communities.

It is an advocacy that speaks to who she is as a person — someone who pays attention to those who are often overlooked, who understands that good service means meeting people where they are, and who brings that same ethic to every interaction, whether in the office or the broader community.

In many ways, Katrina Ulyatt represents the kind of professional the real estate industry benefits most from: someone who came to it not by default but by deliberate choice, who brings real roots and real relationships to the work, and who measures success not just in sales but in the trust she earns along the way.

She is proof that it is never too late to begin — and that sometimes, the best place to start is exactly where you already belong.