09:11 05 Jul 19

When I applied for the aged pension, age 65.5, I was unable to provide the massive amount of on-line info Centrelink require, and gave up in despair. I suspect they are aware this happens. Allyson from Retirement Essentials ( RE ) quickly organised me to complete their own simple on-line forms which I uploaded to the RE website. One phone call and a few corections later I received completed hard forms from RE in my letter box, which I lodged at Centrelink, stating, as instructed " I want to lodge this manually, not on line" To my surprise doing it this way meant my pension was approved within 3 weeks, not the predicted 12 weeks. Allyson remained in the background and supported me, by phone. I went from feeling defeated to successful retirement in 4 weeks! I would be willing to endorse this company and especially Allyson, as ethical, efficient and amazingly effective and have recommended them already to several colleagues in my position. Their fee was reasonable and structured to be paid in two portions, the second only if the application was successful. Definitely a 5 star service, but importantly, a really needed service. Chris, RN, Baulkham Hills, (now a retired nurse!) read more