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Powerful insights and development support from BTR’s leading consultants.

The last decade has seen Build to Rent move from Permitted Development, through the switch of Residential for Sale projects to Residential for Rent evolving to now being the fully Amenitised', Professionally Managed Built for Rent product. The Operational Living Team are recognised as the leading consultancy in this space. 

Our services cover detailed viability research and reports, the development of rental projections alongside design development, and a suite of design for operation advice which delivers operational cost efficient and high yielding rental projects which resident score highly in HomeViews.   

We also consult extensively in the Single-Family Housing/Rental space and offer the same consultancy services to that market. 

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Co-Living

Powerful insights and development support from Co-living's leading consultants

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Later Living & Retirement

Powerful insights and development support from Later/Senior Living’s leading consultants

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Student

Powerful insights and development support from PBSA’s leading consultants

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London boasts 43% of operational UK BTR, but regional pipeline dominates.

BTR Open & Operating Report | London

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Image of pexels-johny-rebel-the-explorer-panda-114076-388279 Report 04.11.24

Since our last report in 2023, the number of operational BTR homes in our seven focus regional cities has increased 15% from 25,350 to 30,068.

BTR Open & Operating Report | Regional

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It's in the numbers

40%

of operating and pipeline schemes in the UK we have worked on

70k+

homes currently in development

Meet our trusted experts

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Iain Murray

Head of Operational Living

Iain spearheads our Operational Living department across PBSA, Co-living, Build to Rent, Later Living and Retirement.

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Ed Howe

Head of Operational Living Research

Ed is part of our Operational Living department and heads up operational living research, working alongside Iain Murray.

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Colin Summers

Partner, Capital Markets

Colin has the right expertise to help you enhance your student accommodation or Build-To-Rent property.

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Alex Bloxham

Alex Bloxham

Partner, Head of Residential Lettings

Alex and his team have more than doubled their portfolio of properties under letting and management over the last five years.

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Project

CB1

Ambitious developer Brookgate set out to transform Cambridge’s fading train station area by delivering Lord Roger’s visionary 1.6m sq ft CB1 master plan. They needed more than just a team of consultants.

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Project

Eddington

Taking on the largest real estate project in the university’s history was never simply about the numbers. To continue attracting the world’s best students, the 800-year-old institution knew it had to overcome Cambridge’s housing shortage by taking matters into its own hands.

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