“We shape our buildings, and afterwards they shape us.” – Winston Churchill Our vision At FAT Properties, we believe in the power of design to impact the world for the better. We are on a mission to improve lives through developing and designing better buildings that support and positively impact people, place, and planet. Designing […]
What is a valuation pack? The valuation of a property once it’s been developed or renovated is a key point in the development cycle. A good valuation by a lender allows you to release equity to pay off debt or reinvest, a poor valuation means you’ll leave more equity tied up in the project than […]
This week marks Mental Health Awareness Week. With 1 in 3 students suffering from mental health issues, now seems a good time to look at the basics. As landlords, designers or developers – what can we do to enhance and inspire student wellbeing? If the past year has shown us anything, it’s that our space […]
Designed for Wellbeing – Biophilic Design We spend on average 90% of our time indoors (and this was before the pandemic!). The way we design our spaces must respond to the simple truth: where we live affects our wellbeing. This is especially the case given the screen-heavy normality of daily life. Biophilic design is about […]
Our homes have a huge impact on our mental and physical wellbeing. Buildings affect almost every aspect of our lives. The way we think and feel, the way we socialise, the way we learn and develop, the way we eat, the way we rest and recuperate. Evolution In the western world we spend over 90% […]
Here we go again : 10 Wellbeing Habits for your Home and Happiness in Lockdown 2.0 We all know wellbeing is important. More than ever, we are seeing and feeling the effects of isolation and the direct impact our surroundings have on our feelings. So faced with a winter lockdown, let’s look at the things […]
Lockdown #2 is here. Through #1 your home was either your prison or your palace. Since then we’ve all been inspired (or perhaps forced) to think differently about our homes, how we live in them, and how they make us feel. Suddenly everyone now gets it: where we live affects our wellbeing. For a large […]
“If it all comes crashing down and fails miserably, as painful as that may be I can live with that. What I can’t live with is the regret of not giving it a go.” Tom Charrier A few weeks ago we put an idea to Mike Stenhouse of Inside Property Investing – a podcast journal […]
Following the Inside Property Investing podcast we did, we caught up with them again to run through the details of our latest development: the conversion of 7 tired old bedsits into a beautiful student home. They published a case study of it on their blog. Have a read, and whilst you’re there check out the rest […]
Strong product design. Customer care. Wellbeing. These are the key insights from the largest ever survey on what students really value from their accommodation. And if you’re investing student property, these should be at the forefront of your offering. We’ve reviewed the full survey from UCAS and Knight Frank, and summarised the 7 takeaways you […]
