Kellen Homes Hands Over Final Homes to Simple Life

The final phase of the two, three and four-bedroomed homes at York Street in Bury were officially signed over to Simple Life Homes allowing the remaining residents to move in to this already thriving community neighbourhood.

Built under build-to-rent (BTR) brand Simple Life, the homes benefit from the fully in-house, end-to-end delivery and management approach, offering much-needed, high-quality, pet-friendly rental housing for the people of Bury.

The teams from Kellen Homes and Simple Life visited the site to see the keys to the final properties being presented in advance of the new residents moving in. The council supported Kellen Homes with its application for Brownfield Housing Funding from the GMCA which provided a £1.95 million grant to remediate the land at York Street to allow the building work to take place.

Lee Catterall, Associate Development Director at Simple Life Homes commented: “Today marks the completion of the development of these homes in Bury but it is very much the beginning of the story of this new neighbourhood we have created with our trusted partners Kellen Homes. Simple Life offers local renters a high-quality, brand-new home, teamed with a professional management approach to renting and this development has already proved to be incredibly popular and we are looking forward to seeing it go from strength to strength.”

And Joanne Robertson, Head of Customer Services at Kellen Homes, said of the completion of the project: “I am absolutely delighted to have seen this development progress from a spade in the ground, to today when we are proud to hand over the final homes to our trusted partners at Simple Life. York Street is a superb site that offers rental homes for local people and it’s a huge pleasure to see all the hard work of the team behind this development come to fruition with the completion of a modern, high-quality community.”

The scheme includes around 12 acres of public open space for use by residents.