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How did I end up here? In 1990, I left Chennai for the UK with my 18-month-old son El and started a completely new chapt...
24/08/2026

How did I end up here?

In 1990, I left Chennai for the UK with my 18-month-old son El and started a completely new chapter of my life.

Those early years taught me a lot about resilience, adapting to change and finding a way forward when things didn’t always go to plan.

I had no idea then where that journey would take me.

I went on to build a career in project management, spending more than 25 years developing skills in decision-making, managing risk, solving problems and delivering complex IT projects.

Years later, Mark and I took those same skills into property.
One commercial conversion led to our first ground-up development... which eventually led to us delivering new homes in Huddersfield.

And in November last year, after years of building the business alongside my corporate career, I finally left my day job to focus fully on YNH.

Looking back, moving into property wasn’t really a complete career change. The industry was different, but so many of the skills I’d built over the years came with me; and perhaps the biggest one of all was resilience.

Swipe through to see a little more of my journey.

What skills or experiences from your previous career have helped shape what you do today?

The build-to-sell model isn’t dead, but if that’s still your only strategy, you’re already behind.The property market is...
17/08/2026

The build-to-sell model isn’t dead, but if that’s still your only strategy, you’re already behind.

The property market is constantly evolving. For many years, the traditional build-to-sell model was a reliable strategy for us property developers. However, there has been a significant shift in recent years.

Property development isn’t about building homes; it’s about having the ability to solve the challenges you encounter along the way.

For us, relying solely on the buy-to-sell model has become increasing challenging for long-term growth, particularly with:

Rising build costs
S106 contributions
Biodiversity Net Gain
Higher finance costs
Slower sales tying up capital for longer.

So, rather than continuing to do what we’ve always done, we’ve shifted our focus.

Swipe to see the challenges we’re navigating and how we’re adapting our strategy in response.

How many developers in our community are changing their business model right now?

This is just the beginning of turning this fire-damaged property into beautiful new homesUntil this year, we had never b...
10/08/2026

This is just the beginning of turning this fire-damaged property into beautiful new homes

Until this year, we had never bought a property at auction. This was an exciting yet nerve-wracking experience acquiring a property this way because, in our case, we weren’t able to view the interior before buying, and the first time we properly saw inside was after completion.

Once a 12-bedroom home for looked-after children, this property has significant fire damage.

We are now exploring the options with our architect to determine the best use of the property. This could mean three new homes or a scheme incorporating flats. Given the extent of the fire damage, we’re also exploring what other opportunities the building may offer.

The overgrown hedges and garden were restricting access to the property, so we’ve now brought in a landscaper to clear the site. It’s made a huge difference, giving us much better access and visibility.

To stay up to date with the developments of this new project, make sure you are following us Mark & Meena | Property Developers

Has anyone in our property development community bought a project through auction? If so, what was the outcome of the project?

07/08/2026

If you thought HMO’s are dead, think again, Rachel has 250 tenants
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When people think of house shares, they usually think of students and landlords who are only interested in filling the rooms.

Not Rachel Scott; she successfully runs a professional house share business, Rooms Together, with her partner Ashley Lindsey, managing 250 tenants.

I sat down with Rachel to find out how she manages to run an HMO business with so many tenants, find out what her usual day looks like, and how she and Ashley run such a large HMO business as a partnership.

If you have any questions for Rachel, please pop them in the comments, and she will be more than happy to answer them.

Buying more hours in the day won’t fix your property business.When you first start a property business, you wear many ha...
03/08/2026

Buying more hours in the day won’t fix your property business.

When you first start a property business, you wear many hats; you find yourself doing everything within the business. You’re finding the deals, meeting with buyers, dealing with the build team, including the tasks that no one sees, such as admin.

Dealing with everything yourself won’t buy you more hours in the day; it creates a bottleneck that affects the progress of your property business.

This was a reality for us; we were working IN the business instead of ON the business, giving up our evenings, weekends and holidays.

The goal isn’t to get better at doing everything yourself. It’s to build a business that doesn’t rely on you for everything.

These are the five changes we’ve implemented that have helped us buy back our time, become better leaders and create a business that can continue to grow.

Swipe to find out what they were and how they can help you.

We never thought that… Before Axminster Court came Bradley Meadows, and before Bradley Meadows came a commercial convers...
28/07/2026

We never thought that…

Before Axminster Court came Bradley Meadows, and before Bradley Meadows came a commercial conversion in Elland that changed everything for us. Looking back, this was the project where our property development journey really began.

We had no idea that an old osteopathy surgery in Elland would change the trajectory of our lives and our business.

Our first commercial conversion gave us the confidence to think bigger. We transformed an old osteopathy surgery into two brand-new homes and and the proceeds from the sale became the foundation for our next project.

This project enabled us to buy land with planning permission for our first ground-up development: Bradley Meadows in Huddersfield, where we built nine new homes. That, in turn, led us to Axminster Court in Brighouse, where we delivered 23 new homes.

Discover the story we’re telling in the carousel: how one commercial conversion became the turning point in our journey.

Never underestimate where one well-executed project can lead; it could change everything.

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