Day One Summary

The biggest and only dedicated Build to Rent event of the year is in full swing, featuring some of the private and public sector’s biggest BTR leaders and key stakeholders.

Day one kicked off with the topic on everyone’s lips: COVID-19. Ben Page, Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI highlighted some interesting stats on the changing attitudes, driven by the pandemic, towards where we live and how we work. One thing has become clear over the past year - well-serviced, professionally managed rented homes present an enormous opportunity moving forward. This view was backed by Rory Cramer of Homeview who spoke of the general level of satisfaction towards operators being much better than tenants’ opinions of their private landlords.

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Day Two Summary

Co-living as a concept

The first two sessions of the morning focussed on co-living, with an indepth look at how it has evolved so far and what is needed for it to grow further.

From a design perspective we learned that flexibility and choice is key to creating successful co-living developments. Tim Chapman-Cavanagh from Assael talked us through the design process and stressed the need for being innovative with the design of living space and storage. He especially emphasised the benefit of living spaces being able to be adapted as end user needs change.

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