Ascend Properties
Role
Paul led the business with 120 employees, successfully managing over 10,000 homes across England, Scotland, and Wales, with committed mandates for an additional 2,000+ homes.
As part of the Gatehouse Bank Build-to-Rent group, he played a key role in attracting standalone and joint venture capital, assessing the feasibility of opportunities, and mobilising homes onto Ascend’s operational platform.
Ascend manages over 7,500 institutionally owned single-family BTR homes, representing approximately 70% of the UK asset class across more than 110 developments. The managed portfolio includes the PRS Reit, under the Simple Life white-labelled brand for Sigma Capital, the largest portfolio in the UK single-family BTR market.
Paul was approached and appointed by Gatehouse Bank to institutionalise and implement a PLC structure within a previously independent lettings and property management business. His mandate included raising Ascend’s industry profile and public relations, attracting third-party management mandates, and launching a multi-family (MF) operational platform.