Asset types · Segment E
Student accommodation
Who owns it
Usually institutional or a specialist holding, and already familiar with operator agreements.
Who takes it
Student accommodation specialists and large-scale HMO operators, plus universities taking nomination agreements.
Cycle and fee
Direct approach plus sector groups. Fits the model precisely because the operator pool is small and knowable.
The decision
What the owner is actually weighing up
Seasonality and licensing make this operator-dependent in a way single units are not. The wrong operator is worse than no operator.
Our approach
What we do with it
- Match on operator competence and licensing track record first, rent second. A student asset run badly is a liability.
- Establish the licensing position before approaching anyone, because it determines who can legally take it on.
- Work to the academic calendar rather than against it.
The assessment
What we ask about this asset class
These are the questions that separate a serious enquiry from a curious one, and no consumer lettings form asks them.
- Bed count and cluster configuration
- Licensing status, mandatory or additional HMO
- Any existing nomination agreement
- Condition and last refurbishment
Find out what an operator would do with it
We respond within five minutes in working hours, same day otherwise, and we tell you when the answer is no.
Other asset types
Single units
One apartment or house, let or vacant, where the owner wants certainty rather than the best possible month. The smallest thing we take on, and not the only thing.
Portfolios and residential blocks
A handful of units across a few addresses, or an entire residential block under single ownership, C3. One counterparty instead of ten separate tenancies.
Hotels and serviced apartments
Hotels, aparthotels and serviced apartment buildings, C1, that are underperforming or vacant, where the owner wants an operator rather than a buyer.