Case Studies

Here, you can find out more about the experiences of people that have bought or rented homes from L&Q.

Sian Jenkins at Bermondsey South (pdf, 2.4mb)

After more than a decade of renting in London Sian knew the time was right to buy a place of her own.

Michelle Leonard, Case Study Augustus Court, Old Kent Road (pdf, 187kb)

Six years of living in an expensive rented flat was enough for Michelle Leonard, a 29 year old community children's nurse.

Darren Smith, Case Study, Westside Apartments, Ilford (pdf, 86kb)

Darren Smith, 35, was so frustrated with his fruitless search for an affordable home in London and so fed up with temporary hospital accommodation that he almost fled to Canada.

His plans changed after hearing about the Intermediate Market Rent scheme from a colleague at the hospital where he works as a nurse.

Kelly Preston & Jaskawal Sagoo Case Study, Westside Apartments, Ilford (pdf, 182kb)

Key workers Kelly Preston and Jaskawal Sagoo are in dreamland now they have moved into a newly built apartment in Ilford. After years spent living in a crowded house, they now have their own space and save hundreds of pounds every month through subsidised rent.

Dawn Geary-Andrews, case study (pdf, 136kb)

Dawn Geary-Andrews is 31 and works for the ambulance service. She and her husband Nigel, a 33-year-old civil servant, used to live in a rented flat in central Croydon, but it was small and they were keen to move into a house.

Femi Agoro, Case study, Chandler Court, Thornton Heath (pdf, 144kb)

When Femi Agoro and his wife began to plan a family, they knew they needed to get on the property ladder. It was important to us to be secure, he says. We'd been renting in different parts of London for years, and we just wanted to have somewhere of our own. Femi an Incomes Officer with another housing association found his new home through L&Q.

Satu Moilanen, Case study at Rubicon, Greenwich (pdf, 137kb)

When Satu Moilanen, a nurse at Guys Hospital, pictured her dream flat, she knew exactly where it would be. Since arriving in the UK from Finland seven years ago, she had been living in rented accommodation in Charlton and Woolwich, south east London. But if she could have chosen somewhere to buy, it would always be in nearby Greenwich where she found her new home through L&Q.

Simon Richardson, Case study at Rubicon, Greenwich (pdf, 129kb)

Simon Richardson, 25, desperately wanted to find his own space. A police officer in London, he had been living in his parents house in Rainham, Kent, more than an hour away by train. On the positive side, his monthly rent was nominal, but he hated the daily commute and yearned for his own independence. Simon found his new home in Greenwich through L&Q.

Vanessa Bennett, Case study at Chandler Court, Thornton Heath (pdf, 236kb)

Vanessa Bennett, a primary school teacher in Vauxhall, couldn't wait to move out of rented accommodation. Together with her young daughter, she was living in a council flat just a few minutes from her school. At the weekends, there was simply no escape from pupils, parents and fellow teachers.

Vanessa found her independence and her new home in Croydon through L&Q.

Case Studies September 2006 (pdf, 441kb)