Awards
02/10/2019 Student Cribs win the Alternative Category Award at the 2019 Estate Gazette ceremony.
13/09/2019 International Accommodation Quality Mark awarded by the National Student Housing Survey.
13/06/2019 Student Cribs Shortlisted for Estates Gazette National Company of the Year Award
13/06/2019 Student Cribs Shortlisted for Estates Gazette Alternative Sector Award
15/05/2019 Student Cribs Shortlisted for RESI Student Accommodation Operator of the Year Award
10/05/2019 Student Cribs Shortlisted for EG Tech Awards Productivity Award
12/10/2018 Student Cribs Nominated for Student Accommodation Conference & Awards Investor of the Year Award
12/10/2018 Student Cribs Nominated for Student Accommodation Conference & Awards Operator of the Year Award
15/07/2016 Charlie Vaughan-Lee Nominated for Estates Gazette Rising Star Award
03/06/2016 Student Cribs Win Best Durham Student Landlord – NESHA
27/05/2016 Estates Gazette – Student Cribs shortlisted for ‘Residential Company Of The Year’
14/04/2016 BPF Tomorrows Leader Award – Charlie Vaughan Lee
19/09/2015 Estates Gazette – Student Cribs shortlisted for ‘Specialist Company Of The year’
Press
Student Cribs provide student housing of an exceptional quality, in shared houses and flats across 23 UK cities. We are the largest provider of accommodation to 2nd and 3rd year students in the UK, shaping the market with excellent customer service and consistent process innovation.
Charlie Vaughan-Lee founded Students Cribs in 2003 while at university in Britsol, frustrated that letting agents refused to let him and his friends quality accommodation as they were students. Rounding up investors, Charlie purchased and renovated 3 properties, which he then let to very happy friends. Charlie’s vision that students should be afforded a better standard of living while enjoying the peace of mind that they are living somewhere secure is now alive across the UK, and instilled in the team’s central London headquarters.
29/03/2018 Commercial News Media – Student Cribs boosts portfolio with the UK’s largest ever HMO property deal
29/03/2018 Insider Media Limited – Student Cribs Buys £31.4M Housing Portfolio
28/03/2018 Estates Gazette – Student Cribs lands UK’s largest HMO property deal
28/03/2018 Property Week – Student Cribs buys 568-bed HMO portfolio
03/11/2017 Property Week – Why it’s time to back the Cinderella of student housing
03/10/2017 Property Week – Student Cribs Secures New Portfolio Manager & New Head of Digital
22/08/2017 Property Reporter – Guarantor Service Partners with Host of Letting Agents
19/08/2017 Yorkshire Post – Big Players Buying up Student Houses as Style Boosts Profit
13/06/2017 Allsop – Large Scale Investors Spot a Gap in the Market for Student Digs
01/02/2017 Charlie Vaughan Lee on Judging Panel of Tomorrow’s Leader’s Awards 2017
29/12/2016 The Times – Great Expectations: who you should watch in 2017
01/10/2016 Estates Gazette – University Challenger Charlie Vaughan-Lee
08/09/2016 Insider Media – Student Property Provider Raises £200m
08/09/2016 Letting Agent Today – Student Cribs Will Expand Its Portfolio by 500 Properties
07/09/2016 Real Business – Student Cribs Raises £200m
07/09/2016 Property Week – Student Cribs Raises £200m to Expand Portfolio
22/08/2016 Bisnow – Professional Cribs Co-living
11/08/2016 York Press – York Best Place to Invest in Housing
13/10/2015 Buzzfeed – The Most Incredible Student Houses
20/09/2015 Sunday Times – Top Spots For Landlords
11/12/2015 Office Snapshots – The Student Cribs Office
04/09/2015 The Times – Students Strive For A High Degree Of Luxury
15/03/2015 Charlie Philips of Student Cribs – My Favourite Apps
10/09/2014 Charlie Vaughan-Lee of Student Cribs – My Web The Good Web Guide
05/09/2014 Hot Property – Living in Luxury…as a Student?
04/11/2011 Property Week – Early Bloomers: What does it take to get a start up off the ground?
20/10/2011 First Eleven – Dig it! Why invest in Student Accommodation?
26/09/2009 The Telegraph – Staying In Good Digs Or A Place Fit For Pigs?