FAQs

Our ambition is to build 500+ homes a year across Manchester. In our first development, No. 1 Ancoats Green, we are building a combination of 1 and 2 bedroom apartments and 3 and 4 bedroom townhouses available for rent and designed to appeal to a broad range of different people’s housing needs.

Our next scheme to come forward is Postal Street which is located in the Northern Quarter. We are aiming to bring forward 126 1 and 2 bed apartments with a ground floor commercial offering to extend the vibrancy of Port Street.

Beyond that, we have sites at Grey Mare Lane, Monsall and Belle Vue coming forward. Designs are underway but the blend of apartments and houses will flex to meet the needs of these areas. So the mix, number of bedrooms and configurations will be designed with the prospective residents in mind. Ensure you’re signed up to our newsletter to be kept informed of our progress:

Because we’re backed by Manchester City Council, you know some of the rent you pay goes back into the city your call home, funding things like more homes and public spaces. So every resident is making a difference just by living in one of our homes.

We believe that places for rent can be a forever home, so our design and build philosophy focuses on creating generous low carbon living spaces with energy efficient features that keep costs down.

Our homes are designed to help residents secure long term, stable housing. We’re doing this by taking a modern approach to the rental market and applying Mancunian values to how and why they are financed, built and managed.

We also strive to bring the Mancunian spirit to what we do – by designing community focused developments that foster human connection and strengthen existing communities.

We offer flexible tenancies depending on your needs.

By choosing a low carbon, energy efficient development, residents are already taking action to tackle the climate emergency and helping Manchester achieve its carbon cutting targets.

And if you choose to, you can take more steps towards a low carbon life.

All our homes are electric, so you could choose a renewable energy provider and sign up to clean, green power.

And by keeping an eye on the appliances and systems installed in your home to check they are running to their maximum energy efficiency, you can use less too. So have a look at how to be more sustainable and achieve net zero living, by flipping through that home user guide.

And we’ve chosen our development locations so they are as well located as possible and looked at ways we can support active and sustainable travel. For instances, we’ve linked to great projects like the Mobility Hub at Ancoats Green where there is a cycle hub as well as EV charging spots for rent, so if you need to drive, there are green options as well.

Of course – subject to you agreeing to our pet policy, your pet is more than welcome!

Yes, our homes can be fully furnished with a thoughtful furniture pack appropriate to the size of the property, giving you what you need from day one.

THIS CITY is backed and owned by Manchester City Council. So residents are in safe hands and can feel good knowing that some of the rent paid goes to fund other projects that make a difference, like more homes, better public spaces and services.

In relation to the No. 1 Ancoats Green development, there were other grant funding partners working to bring forward the development. We’ve had the wonderful support of One Public Estate and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

Further support in Ancoats came through the transformation of Ancoats Green and the Ancoats Mobility Hub project, supported by Homes England and through working with our neighbours like Manchester Life, Northern Group and HBD to bring forward a cohesive regeneration plan. More information can be found at Ancoats | Manchester City Council.