Supported Living Property Blog

I get asked the question "Is my property suitable for supposed living?" by property investors all the time and the honest answer is “probably”. ​ I appreciate that is not very helpful! So, I thought it would be useful for me to explain in a little bit more to help you understand why I give that answer. ​ I work with supported living providers of all types, they support tenants with a wide range of needs and because of this, it is very hard to give you a simple specificati

How to find a supported living provider to lease your property

4 things you must have in place before you get started On social media you will find people talking about rent to rent in supported living a lot and making it out to be easy and simple. I think in reality it is complex and there are many barriers to overcome to get this set up right. Remember you need to think about protecting yourself, the provider, the property owner and the supported living tenants. Rent-to-rent in supported living is a when a person rents a property fro

In this article I am going to explain the 5 reasons property investors can benefit by investing in supported living property. In my experince it can be a very powerful way to hold property for the long term, increasing your net income and reducing the stress of managing property. Long term tenants In supported living you get a tenant who leases your property for anything between 2 and 15 years. Anyone who has been a landlord for a while knows how quickly tenant changeovers

What has changed and how to protect yourself in 2026

When I developed my first supported living property, I could not find any property investors talking about supported living on social media. I set up the Supported Living Property Facebook group to try and find other people and bring people together. I felt supported living was an amazing way to invest in property that met a real need in society, and I wanted others to know about it, so that together we could create the homes that were needed. In the last few years I have

7 tips to help you get property when you have no track record As a newly established supported living provider getting your first property to lease can be a real challenge. You may find you have tried to lease property but keep being told “no” because you have no track record, yet how do you get a track record when no-one will work with you? You know you need a property but how do you persuade a property investor to lease a property to you? Property investors may be relu

The main stumbling block for most property investors looking to lease their property to a supported living provider is finance. They have a supported living provider lined up to take a lease on their property and they want to take out a mortgage, they then discover some serious issues. I know of plenty of property investors who have had such problems with this that they have had to turn down the provider looking to lease their property. Finance is having a big impact on the