“I really like it that we are doing something new within the sector”
The Simple Life KFH have joined forces with Simple Life London to change the build-to-rent landscape in London. We meet the team to find out more
n February KFH won a landmark long-term contract with build-to-rent giant Sigma Capital Group plc for Sigma's London BTR joint venture with EQT Exeter. All its sites in and around London will be taken to market under the Simple Life London brand. Fresh Wharf in Barking and Beam Park in Rainham make up the first phase of a planned £1.3 billion investment in the capital. Here, we exclusively talk to the KFH team who have taken on the challenge of operating Simple Life London for Sigma.
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Chevone Foster has an extensive career in property management and lettings behind her, and is building the team that is now delivering on the Simple Life London promise at the first sites at Fresh Wharf and Beam Park. Her team is tasked with letting the apartments on the site and then managing the relationship with the residents. “We are here six days a week and residents are free to call on us whenever they like, while there is an out of office number for the rest of the time. Most residents are young families or professionals, and it's a pet friendly site,” she says. “It's a full service operation - I've worked for 14 years in lettings, and we do everything exactly the same as we would do if they were a KFH tenant, including the same approach to referencing,” says Foster. “But we’re more hands-on here than a traditional set up in the day to day - I really like it that we’re doing something new within the sector.”
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