Development Overview.
Situated ideally within the University’s new £250m Health & Innovation Campus, VISION Huddersfield will raise the bar for state of the art, hotel-style living with a variety of amenities including a fitness centre, a roof garden, a coffee shop, a cinema room, and study areas. The development will consist of 198 studio apartments of varying sizes and specifications, accommodating a full spectrum of students.
From esteemed student developer, Abode Student, Vision provides investors with the chance to build their wealth with a hassle-free investment whilst offering students studying at the University of Huddersfield first-class, purpose-built student accommodation. Each student apartment is fully managed by market-leading student accommodation provider, Homes for Students, and offers a rental assurance of 10% NET returns for 3 years upon completion, offering investors a truly hands-off and stable investment.
Key Highlights.
- Prices from just £86,995
- 10% NET returns for 3 years
- 4% interest on deposited funds through the build period
- £0 Stamp Duty
- £0 Ground Rent
- Located within the brand-new Health & Innovation Campus at Huddersfield University home to 2000 additional students
- Hands-off, fully managed investment by Homes for Students
- Extensive hotel-style amenities; Fitness Centre, Concierge, Cinema Room, Roof Gardens, Study Areas & Coffee Shop
- Proven student developer with an extensive track record
- Completion Q3 2026
10% NET
Estimated Yields.
£86,995
Starting Price.
Q3 2026
Estimated Completion.
About the Developer.
Abode Student is a premium student property brand based in the UK.
They have been delivering high-quality bespoke student accommodation since 2014, capitalising on a rapidly evolving market. Students in the UK are demanding higher standards than ever before, and they are catering for their needs in undersupplied campus locations with the biggest potential for growth.
The Abode Student brand is part of Abode Group, a parent company that boasts more than 20 years of experience delivering high quality developments across residential, retail and commercial sectors.
Client Testimonials.
Investment Case: Why Student Property?
These trends are set to continue. Overall, the Higher Education Policy Institute estimates that there will be an additional 358,000 students in the UK by 2035 on top of the current total of over 2.8 million – and all of them will need beds to stay in. The supply problem is made worse by falling construction rates in the sector and a pipeline that is set to deliver fewer new beds by the end of 2027 than in the last four-year cycle. Confused.com reports that here was a 66.7% decline in the number of new beds delivered between 2019 and 2023.
Overall, data from CBRE shows the shortfall in the number of student beds could be as high as 580,000 a year at the moment – and there is no end in sight with Knight Frank reporting that there were just over 25,000 new beds in construction across the UK in 2023. With that in mind, it’s no surprise that the same agency reports that 98% of all student beds for the 2023/24 year were booked before the end of Spring 2023. The same is expected by the end of Spring 2024 for the next academic year, and CBRE is confident that this will see annual rent rises of at least 5% on average. Cushman & Wakefield reports that the average annual rent for students now is more than £7,600.