Placefirst

Bolt Works is Halifax's first purpose-built rental community, on a brownfield site off Cow Green that had sat empty since an unsafe multi-storey car park was demolished in 2016. Placefirst developed, owns and manages the £21m scheme, which delivers 122 one- and two-bedroom apartments. It is the operator's most sustainable project to date, combining a thermally efficient envelope with photovoltaic panels, heat pumps and mechanical ventilation with heat recovery to hold running costs down for residents. Homes come furnished and pet-friendly, with secure entry, lifts and bike storage. Funding came from Placefirst with support from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Brownfield Housing Fund and a Greater Manchester Pension Fund loan.

Elevate is a build-to-rent apartment development in Manchester (M13), comprising 53 apartments.

A Placefirst rental neighbourhood in Widnes, owned and managed by Placefirst as part of its single-family portfolio.

Placefirst's 49-home parcel of the Milby Meadows estate in Nuneaton, a new-build neighbourhood of family houses for rent. The wider estate is shared with Simple Life (38 rental homes), Leaf Living (82) and a Platform Homes affordable parcel — each PRS parcel is listed separately.

A Placefirst rental neighbourhood of two-, three- and four-bedroom houses on Manston Lane in east Leeds, built in partnership with housebuilder Strata and owned and managed by Placefirst.

Runwell (St Lukes) Southlands Farm Way Wickford, ESSEX SS11 7PH

Tattenhoe Park Priestley Drive Milton Keynes, MK4 4QB

A 27-home neighbourhood of one- and two-bedroom rental apartments in a converted period building near Stourbridge, managed by investor-operator Placefirst.

A suburban rental neighbourhood of new-build family homes at Braintree in Essex, owned and managed by Placefirst. Homes are let on pet-friendly terms with parking and open-plan layouts, set among green space on the edge of the Essex countryside, with rail connections to Chelmsford, Colchester and London. The scheme was previously let under the Leaf Living brand and passed to Placefirst in the 2025 single-family portfolio sale.

A neighbourhood of new-build family houses for rent at Whiteley, on the edge of Curbridge in Hampshire, owned and managed by Placefirst. The scheme was previously let under Blackstone's Leaf Living brand and transferred to Placefirst in the £225m sale of 520 single-family homes across seven South East sites.