About How it works Our developments Contact REGISTER My Pocket Why the government's first homes strategy won't work EG Magazine - 29 November 2021 Convenient living in the capital First Time Buyer magazine - 18 November 2021 How to buy your first home in London Evening Standard - 18 November 2021 ‘I have to move my bike to get to the fridge’ – the UK boom in microflats The Guardian - 15 November 2021 One small step Metro Property Print - 02 November 2021 Homes around the UK you can buy in time for Christmas Metro Online - 28 October 2021 First Homes could be last homes Property Week - 21 October 2021 Pocket Living secure funding partners for Walthamstow project Showhouse - 12 October 2021 Barely 20% of Londoners can save for a housing deposit Showhouse - 12 October 2021 POLL: Demand for London rental homes set to continue as young tenants struggle to buy Landlord Zone - 08 October 2021 Generation rent: Majority of younger tenants in the capital aspire to be homeowners Property Reporter - 05 October 2021 London renters say owning would improve life Mortgage Introducer - 05 October 2021 Young Londoners want to stay in the city, but most are being priced out of properties City A.M - 05 October 2021 Homes close to transport connections Guardian (print) - 04 October 2021 Pocket Living research - Londoners' attitudes to homeownership Pocket Living - 04 October 2021 Five of the cheapest London boroughs with upcoming new homes development launches Evening Standard - 02 October 2021 Housebuilder Pocket Living secures £6.6m funding partnership to accelerate housing delivery Business Leader - 30 September 2021 Homes for sale near good public transport links – in pictures The Guardian - 30 September 2021 Pocket Living secures £6.6m funding from Pluto Finance to accelerate housing delivery Development Finance Today - 30 September 2021 Housebuilder Pocket Living secures £6.6m funding partnership to accelerate housing delivery Bridging Loan Directory - 29 September 2021 Housebuilder Pocket Living secures GBP6.6m funding partnership Property Funds World - 29 September 2021 New Homes Awards 2021: the best new homes of the year revealed, from city flats to family houses Evening Standard Homes & Property Online - 23 September 2021 Our champions raise the bar for the industry Evening Standard Homes & Property - 22 September 2021 Barking is about to get a lot more popular for buyer's - here's what's on offer Metro Online - 21 September 2021 Barking - Neighbourhood Watch Metro - 21 September 2021 Martin Stewart: Housing Minister position needs to be taken more seriously Mortgage Introducer - 16 September 2021 Sector figures urge Gove to grip planning reform agenda Housing Today - 16 September 2021 The smart money is on residential development loans Property Week - 14 September 2021 First of its kind! Pocket Living strikes deal with HGP and Barclays Property Investor Today - 13 September 2021 Pocket Living enters first deal of its kind with Barclays and Housing Growth Partnership Built Environment Networking - 13 September 2021 Pocket Living eyes expansion outside London and new funding sources Social Housing - 08 September 2021 Top areas for first-time buyers Evening Standard Homes & Property - 08 September 2021 Top areas for first-time buyers: London boroughs ranked by house price, Crossrail links and parks Evening Standard Homes & Property Online - 08 September 2021 Pocket Living plans expansion outside London Housing Today - 07 September 2021 Barclays & HGP to fund Waltham Forest affordable housing scheme PBC Today - 07 September 2021 Pocket Living enters funding deal with Barclays and Housing Growth Partnership Property Funds World - 06 September 2021 Pocket Living partners with Barclays for Walthamstow affordable scheme Property Week - 06 September 2021 Pocket pockets £23m in funding first EG - 06 September 2021 Barclays and Housing Growth Partnership Fund Pocket Living London Affordable Homes CoStar - 06 September 2021 Pocket Living secures £23m funding for Walthamstow homes React News - 06 September 2021 Housing crisis: the low-cost developer thinking big with small spaces The Guardian - 05 September 2021 How I bought a flat in London: intense saving, no nights out and no new clothes helped me buy a home Evening Standard - 16 August 2021 Nick Cuff is interviewed by Mishcon de Reya Partner and host Susan Freeman Propertyshe Podcast - 11 August 2021 It's not a lack of design codes that has stopped Britain building beautiful React News - 11 August 2021 First time buyer Evening Standard Homes & Property - 11 August 2021 Why families and first-time buyers should check out Walthamstow Metro - 03 August 2021 Buying a first home in London: ‘I spent four years couch-surfing to save for my own flat’ Evening Standard - 20 July 2021 People: Appointments and Promotions EG magazine - 16 July 2021 People and companies: Muse Development hires regional director EG online - 16 July 2021 Let's switch 'working from home' to 'working near home' Building - 16 July 2021 First time buyer Evening Standard - 14 July 2021 Housing Moves: our round-up of senior sector appointments in June 2021 Inside Housing - 13 July 2021 Propertyshe Perspectives: Pocket solution to the housing crisis Property Week - 12 July 2021 Can we fix the broken housing market? Yes we can and here's how The Times - 12 July 2021 Can we fix the broken housing market? Yes we can and here's how The Times Online - 12 July 2021 Pocket Living appoints development director React News - 05 July 2021 Renshaw heads Pocket Living’s development drive Property Week - 05 July 2021 Lustworthy homes on sale for under £250,000 in the UK The Times - 04 July 2021 Six things you need to know if you’re a single first-time home buyer The Sun - 25 June 2021 Londoner 'close to leaving capital' but then 'bought a Pocket home for £274K MyLondon - 22 June 2021 Council leader hails 'affordable' housing development in Wanstead Ilford Recorder - 22 June 2021 Pocket rockets, housing the city makers New London Quarterly - 14 June 2021 How I got a 20% discount and saved £1,800 a month to buy my first home aged 24 The Sun - 20 May 2021 Emerging practices win approval for separate Pocket home schemes Architects Journal - 09 April 2021 Harrow Council approves 149 homes at town centre Halfords Harrow Times - 19 March 2021 Harrow Council approves 149 new affordable homes on former Halfords site Harrow Online - 18 March 2021 Harrow Halfords approved for Pocket affordable homes Estates Gazette - 18 March 2021 Safe as houses? How the pandemic has helped shape London's property market Evening Standard - 17 March 2021 How the Covid pandemic reshaped London’s property market and house prices, 12 months on Evening Standard - 17 March 2021 Lockdown got me on to the property ladder The Times - 14 March 2021 95 per cent mortgages: Up-and-coming London areas where the average 5 per cent deposit is under £20k Evening Standard - 10 March 2021 Want to buy with a super-low deposit? These homes are all available for £15k and less Metro Online - 09 March 2021 Stamp duty holiday extended for UK homebuyers Financial Times - 03 March 2021 'A foot on the ladder and a HOLIDAY': Aspiring home-owners praise Rishi's mortgage guarantee scheme Daily Mail - 03 March 2021 Industry awaits stamp duty news in Sunak’s second budget Housing Today - 03 March 2021 Shares in FTSE 100 housebuilders leap as mortgage guarantee scheme set to be announced in Budget Evening Standard - 01 March 2021 Greenwich Council: New 'Pocket' flats approved in Charlton News Shopper - 23 February 2021 Gort Scott wins planning for second Pocket Living scheme in Walthamstow Architects Journal Online - 08 February 2021 Roof gardens are blossoming - and developers are cashing in on growing demand during the pandemic Daily Mail Online - 16 January 2021 How I got dream £325,000 two-bed house without getting a mortgage The Sun - 15 January 2021 Tunnel vision: part two Property Week - 15 January 2021 The Sky's the Limit Daily Mail - 15 January 2021 Forecast for 2021: looking ahead with hope (part 22) Property Week Online - 14 January 2021 Take a walk: Addiscombe Grove CR0 Metro - 12 January 2021 Small sites: Unlocking housing delivery Times Radio - 25 September 2020 Audio Planning system 'suffocating' house building on small sites NewStart - 24 September 2020 Small-site housing applications take 60 weeks for approval Property Week - 23 September 2020 Small Sites: Unlocking housing delivery Lichfields - 23 September 2020 New analysis shows the planning system is suffocating housing delivery on small sites Pocket Living - 23 September 2020 Ten of the Best First-Time Buyer Hotspots Metro - 15 September 2020 The schemes that will help you buy for the first time Metro - 15 September 2020 Maccreanor Lavington Architects completes a mansion block of “affordable compact homes” Architecture Today - 08 September 2020 It’s time to recognise the debt we owe to blighted Covid generation The Telegraph - 26 August 2020 Barking development offering 78 affordable homes for first-time buyers launched Barking and Dagenham Post - 25 August 2020 Council Leader launches 78 affordable homes for local first-time buyers Barking & Dagenham - 20 August 2020 Affordable homes called for as lockdown highlights space issues China Daily - 19 August 2020 Canary Wharf is 'open for business' as firms head back to the office City A.M. - 10 August 2020 Coronavirus could pave the way to change for planning laws - but is Cummings' plan too radical? The Independent - 10 August 2020 For young Londoners, working from home is a cramped and dismal experience City A.M. - 05 August 2020 Ministers look to support small builders in planning shake-up The Financial Times - 05 August 2020 Working in shared homes during lockdown hitting mental and physical health, survey finds The Telegraph - 04 August 2020 First Pocket Living development in Southwark completed by Maccreanor Lavington Architects Journal - 17 July 2020 Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty changes cheered by estate agents and housebuilders Evening Standard - 08 July 2020 Planning reform 2020: What changes is PM Boris Johnson making to the UK's planning system? The Times - 03 July 2020 Boris Johnson's plans to boost economy post-lockdown take GDP hit Evening Standard - 30 June 2020 Boris Johnson says building industry will help fix nosediving economy Building - 30 June 2020 Industry reacts to Boris Johnson's Covid-19 recovery speech Property Week - 30 June 2020 Building Up Britain: Why Construction Needs a Restructure Forbes - 30 June 2020 Accelerating Careers in Real Estate Macdonald and Company - 21 May 2020 Audio UK housebuilders warn of supply clog unless sales are allowed to resume Financial Times - 13 May 2020 First Homes Consultation Response Executive Summary April 2020 Pocket Living - 30 April 2020 First Homes Consultation Response April 2020 Pocket Living - 30 April 2020 Beautiful, happy city Country & Town House - 16 January 2020 London's 2020 Hotspots Metro - 07 January 2020 Brick Awards 2019:'Twist House' and interlocking dragon's skin design among best of brick showcased Evening Standard Homes & Property - 13 November 2019 A report: Fifteen recommendations from fifteen years of delivery Pocket Living - 01 November 2019 Affordable housing company breaks ground on new development in Wanstead Redbridge Life - 09 October 2019 Trying a new angle Metro Property - 24 September 2019 National Housing Awards: Trying a new angle Metro Online - 24 September 2019 Using new technologies, Brexit Britain will build the cutting-edge homes of the future The Telegraph - 23 September 2019 Excellence and Innovation - Winners at the National Housing Awards Metro - 10 September 2019 ‘Excellence and innovation’: Winners of the affordable homes sector at National Housing Awards Metro Online - 09 September 2019 20 affordable homes for Wanstead East London and West Essex Guardian - 01 September 2019 Affordable housing company breaks ground on new development in Wanstead Ilford Recorder - 30 August 2019 Five innovative ways to combat the housing crisis Raconteur: Future of Construction 2019 Online - 21 August 2019 Five innovative ways to combat the housing crisis Raconteur: Future of Construction 2019 - 21 August 2019 Can modular homes solve the UK's housing crisis? The Guardian - 06 August 2019 Renters: Property ladder stress has impacted mental health The Money Pages - 26 July 2019 London renters say their search for a home has impacted mental health Your Mortgage - 24 July 2019 London housing crisis: one in six renters depressed about being trapped in rental accommodation Evening Standard - 10 July 2019 'In London, those in the middle get left behind' The Daily Telegraph - 08 July 2019 Marc Vlessing, the man on a mission to house those 'left behind' on middle incomes The Daily Telegraph Online - 08 July 2019 Housing market at offsite ‘tipping point’, says London housing boss Housing Today - 28 June 2019 RIBA National Award winners 2019 announced Architects' Journal - 27 June 2019 RIBA reveals the best of British architecture for 2019 Dezeen - 27 June 2019 High Rise and Small Spaces Architecure Today - 11 June 2019 Affordable Homes: Varcoe Road SE16, Southwark First Time Buyer Magazine - 03 June 2019 Every One's a Winner: London's Most Exciting New Buildings Metro - 28 May 2019 A look at some of London’s most exciting buildings Metro - 27 May 2019 RIBA London awards winners: Alexandra Palace and others shortlisted for national architecture awards Evening Standard - 21 May 2019 RIBA London awards: Grimshaw’s London Bridge station takes top prize Architects' Journal - 21 May 2019 Gainsford Road - Gort Scott reinterprets local Victorian architecture Architecture Today - 14 May 2019 Pocket Living Workspace / Threefold Architects ArchDaily - 05 May 2019 City Living Special: The Mini Market Financial Times - 04 May 2019 Hot Property: New Builds City AM - 03 May 2019 The new space age: Will we ever love living in a micro-flat? Financial Times Online - 02 May 2019 Neil Deely on Metropolitan Workshop's Latest Project L'Architecture D'Aujourd'Hui - 01 May 2019 Facades and Cladding Architects' Journal - Specification - 24 April 2019 Modular housing: a fight to build the homes of the future The Times Bricks & Mortar - 12 April 2019 Lustworthy homes for sale in Bath, London, Essex and Lincolnshire The Sunday Times - 31 March 2019 Pocket Living creates 112 homes for first-time buyers in Croydon Croydon News - 14 March 2019 The FT 1000: third annual list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies The Financial Times - 01 March 2019 Hot Property: New Homes City AM - 01 March 2019 Could Londoners soon be living in 'modular' homes? BBC London - 28 February 2019 Video The Living Room - Space Standards BBC Radio 4 - 25 February 2019 Audio Launch pad: Pocket Living (first-time buyer top pick) Metro - 25 February 2019 Malthouse backs offsite construction development 24 Housing - 08 February 2019 Metropolitan Workshop covers tower of modular homes with glazed ceramic tiles Dezeen - 15 January 2019 Pocket Living completes first micro-flats tower The Architects' Journal - 13 January 2019 Marc Vlessing, co-founder of Pocket Living: My pocket-sized homes give the low-paid a leg-up The Sunday Times - 17 December 2018 Modular homes don’t have to be boring The Times - 14 December 2018 Will the budget deliver on the government's pledge for housing? Sky News - 30 October 2018 Video TfL picks Pocket Living for new sites Inside Housing - 15 October 2018 Transport for London partners with Pocket Living to build affordable homes Property Week - 15 October 2018 TfL To Offer 'Genuinely Affordable' Homes The Londonist - 15 October 2018 TfL partners with Pocket Living on 100% affordable deal Estates Gazette - 15 October 2018 Drivetime with Eddie Nestor - Building more affordable homes for Londoners BBC Radio London - 08 October 2018 Audio Neighbourhood Watch: Wandsworth Metro Property - 01 October 2018 Pocket appoints new CFO Property Week - 17 September 2018 Developer breaks ground The Enquirer - 06 September 2018 Modular housing could provide millions of good new homes. So why isn't it everywhere? New Statesman - 31 August 2018 It’s best to be on the front foot if you want to ward off a PR disaster Property Week - 23 August 2018 Elements Europe lands £30m deal for modular 21-storey tower Construction Enquirer - 21 August 2018 New tower block in Croydon town centre will offer ‘affordable housing’ to hard-working young people Croydon Advertiser - 31 July 2018 Pocket Living enters shared ownership sector with Optivo collaboration Property Week - 30 July 2018 The development that is 100% affordable housing Inside Housing - 25 July 2018 Housing association partners with Pocket on 100% affordable development Inside Housing - 25 July 2018 Everything you need to know about this alternative ownership scheme for first-time buyers House Beautiful - 15 July 2018 First time buyers thrilled with new homes East London & West Essex Guardian - 30 June 2018 Great architecture, but on a small scale The Times - 15 June 2018 Urban inspiration The Resident - 01 June 2018 How regeneration should be done Prospect Magazine - 23 May 2018 Mapleton Crescent: the London high-rise factory-built in Bedfordshire The Observer - 20 May 2018 New Homes: What's going on sale this week in Wandsworth, Whitechapel, London Fields and Walthamstow City AM - 30 April 2018 First-time buyers forced to start small with ‘pocket’ homes Financial Times - 24 April 2018 Chiswick development: Construction begins on high-rise block of affordable homes Get West London - 05 April 2018 Why Deptford illustrator Jessica Childs sees community spirit in a housing developer The Wharf - 29 March 2018 Ground breaking starts on 84 affordable homes for Ealing's first-time buyers Ealing in London - 28 March 2018 First-time Buyer: Hit and myths of buying your home Metro Property online - 20 March 2018 Launch pad: Arklow Road, Lewisham Metro Property - 20 March 2018 Deptford: the east’s latest hipster enclave The Times online - 16 March 2018 Competition, not regulation, is the answer to the housing crisis City AM - 12 March 2018 Off-site insight RICS Building Surveying Journal - 01 March 2018 Should we prioritise reforming the rental sector for young people over promoting home ownership? City AM - 19 February 2018 Mayor backs Metropolitan Workshop's prefab Croydon tower for Pocket homes The Architects' Journal - 16 February 2018 Marc Vlessing discussing homeownership on 'Drivetime with Eddie Nestor' BBC Radio London - 16 February 2018 Audio Mayor greenlights affordable new prefab flats in Croydon New Statesman - 15 February 2018 One of the tallest modular property developments gets go ahead in London Property Wire - 14 February 2018 Art at home – Artist Jessica Childs creates range of homewares Southwark Weekender - 14 February 2018 Mayor approves factory-built scheme with up to 100% affordable london.gov.uk - 13 February 2018 Largest modular built development gets green light 24housing - 13 February 2018 Sadiq gives the green light for building of micro-homes reserved for first-time buyers City AM - 13 February 2018 Property developer unveils plans for 200 new homes in Leyton London Evening Standard - 13 February 2018 Sadiq Khan gives the green light to Pocket Living’s modular scheme Develop Croydon - 13 February 2018 London Mayor approves 21-storey Pocket Living tower Construction Enquirer - 13 February 2018 A better future built on many small ideas and one big vision The Times - 02 February 2018 A better future built on many small ideas and one big vision The Times online - 01 February 2018 Living in Walthamstow: area guide to homes, house prices, schools and transport links Evening Standard Homes & Property - 31 January 2018 Offsite Construction BBC Sunday Politics - 28 January 2018 Video Hot Property - New Homes City AM - 26 January 2018 New homes: Here's what going on sale this weekend in Lewisham, Barnet, Southwark and Mayfair City AM Online - 26 January 2018 45 affordable homes sold at discount will help first-time buyers 'get a foot on the property ladder' East London & West Essex Guardian - 24 January 2018 How to get your foot on the housing ladder The Times Bricks and Mortar - 19 January 2018 How modular homes could solve the housing crisis The Times - 05 January 2018 Pocket chief and former Peabody boss among property's New Year Honours recipients Property Week - 02 January 2018 Housing figures named in New Year’s Honours Inside Housing - 02 January 2018 CBE for AECOM bridge engineer Construction Enquirer - 31 December 2017 Housing professionals recognised in 2018 New Year honours The Guardian - 30 December 2017 Pocket adds to London land bank with quadruple site acquisition Property Week - 14 December 2017 The man building homes for London's millennials City AM - 08 December 2017 Housing and the Autumn Budget, featuring Nick Cuff Sunday Politics London - 26 November 2017 Video New pocket homes in Deptford are a 'dream come true' Lewisham News Shopper - 24 November 2017 Mapleton Crescent development to supply discount homes WandsworthSW18.com - 24 November 2017 Marc Vlessing’s response to the Autumn Budget 2017 BBC News - 22 November 2017 Video What's New Metro Property - 21 November 2017 New discount homes on the way for Wandsworth - in Europe’s tallest residential modular tower wandsworth.gov.uk - 21 November 2017 Hot Property: Gainsford Road, Waltham Forest City AM - 10 November 2017 'Pocket' homes could be built on Maidenhead Golf Club Maidenhead Advertiser - 09 November 2017 ‘Affordable’ housing development selling exclusively to locals coming to Barking Barking and Dagenham Post - 09 November 2017 Jonathan Tuckey wins Pocket Living design role The Architects' Journal - 07 November 2017 Generation rent: why I’ll never live in a microapartment The Guardian - 03 November 2017 Angharad Palmer: Rising Stars 2017 RIBA Journal - 31 October 2017 Affordable homes developer releases second batch of homes for first time buyers in Deptford Lewisham News Shopper - 31 October 2017 Launch pad: Cowleaze Road, Kingston Metro Property - 30 October 2017 Affordable housing in central Kingston set to launch Surrey Comet - 27 October 2017 Private businesses offer small solutions to London’s housing crisis Financial Times - 06 October 2017 Blockchain, factory-made homes, & 'the American model': 5 fixes for Britain's broken housing market Business Insider UK - 19 September 2017 City Hall must pay more attention to micro-homes Property Week - 14 September 2017 How the starter home died – and how it can be resuscitated The Irish Times - 14 September 2017 Move into a flat purpose-built in a factory The Times Bricks & Mortar - 08 September 2017 How developers can lead the space race The Times Bricks & Mortar - 08 September 2017 Prefabs sprout to offer affordable housing Financial Times - 08 September 2017 Open House London: the most unique and iconic buildings opening their doors Evening Standard Homes & Property - 07 September 2017 Pocket secures cash for 1,000 homes Property Week - 05 September 2017 Pocket-size solution to help solve housing crisis The Times - 04 September 2017 New homes: new developments on the market this week City AM - 01 September 2017 Report: Khan should take the lead on offsite Inside Housing - 31 August 2017 Mayor Sadiq Khan urged to consider prefab homes to help ease London's housing shortage London Evening Standard - 31 August 2017 Wandsworth: for families who don't want to leave London Evening Standard - 23 August 2017 PRP gets green light for largest Pocket Living scheme yet The Architects' Journal - 23 August 2017 Mayor puts £25m into compact apartments Construction Manager - 17 August 2017 London mayor makes £25m commitment to Pocket Living Property Week - 16 August 2017 Pocket Living scoops cash injection and names framework architects The Architects' Journal - 16 August 2017 Pocket homes scoop £25m from mayor of London Construction News - 16 August 2017 Sadiq Khan invests £25m in Pocket homes Development Finance Today - 16 August 2017 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan invests £25m in Pocket Living to build homes for first-time buyers City AM - 15 August 2017 Khan gives developer £25m for offsite homes Inside Housing - 15 August 2017 Mayor invests in more than 1,000 ‘Pocket homes’ for first-time buyers london.gov.uk - 15 August 2017 Mayor puts £25m into modular construction 24housing - 15 August 2017 Mayor of London provides £25m off-site housing boost Building - 15 August 2017 Mayor announces £25 million investment in affordable homes scheme with developments in north London Ham & High Property - 15 August 2017 London Mayor pumps £25m into Pocket Living Construction Enquirer - 15 August 2017 Diversification: matching small sites with housebuilders New London Architecture News - 08 August 2017 Maccreanor Lavington wins go-ahead for 57 ‘pocket homes’ in Southwark The Architects' Journal - 03 August 2017 New homes update London Property South - 01 August 2017 The lifestyle: micro homes Elle Decoration - 01 August 2017 Pocket Living First Time Buyer Magazine - 01 August 2017 The rise of childlessness The Economist Online - 27 July 2017 The rise of childlessness The Economist - 27 July 2017 The Entrepreneurs: Pocket Living Monocle 24 Radio - 26 July 2017 Audio The firm bringing affordable homes to the capital's Generation Rent Mirror Online - 26 July 2017 All the wonder of Wandsworth Metro Property - 25 July 2017 These space-saving London apartments in Wandsworth have won plaudits and it’s not hard to see why… Metro Property Online - 24 July 2017 Making Moves The Sunday Times Home - 16 July 2017 Homes to lust after: from Co Durham to Oxfordshire The Sunday Times Online - 16 July 2017 ‘Pocket homes’ for middle income Hackney people opened in Homerton Hackney Gazette - 12 July 2017 Development of the week Inside Housing - 30 June 2017 Thinking outside the box Inside Housing - 27 June 2017 Pocket Living plans 112 homes at Croydon site Estates Gazette - 12 June 2017 The new hipsters? London's exclusive 'downsizer' homes for the over-55s The Guardian - 31 May 2017 Architects asked to find solutions for "social injustice" of informal migrant settlements Dezeen - 31 May 2017 Breakfast with the Disruptors: Property BBC Radio 4 - 30 May 2017 Audio Property boss bringing his big idea for compact living to London The Times - 27 May 2017 Small story Monocle - 01 May 2017 Why size may not matter The Times Bricks & Mortar - 28 April 2017 Virgin Money says bad debts are under control Evening Standard - 25 April 2017 New world prefabs could solve our housing crisis The Negotiator - 20 April 2017 Developers want to build flats in London that are smaller than most bedrooms Buzzfeed News - 19 April 2017 You and Yours featuring Marc Vlessing BBC Radio 4 - 11 April 2017 Audio Living it small Metro Property - 04 April 2017 Pocket: the saviour of city living? Construction Manager Magazine - 03 April 2017 Buyers caught out by limits on living The Independent - 29 March 2017 Twenty-five new affordable homes completed in Brixton, for local residents London News Online - 29 March 2017 First homes completed in Lambeth council offices redevelopment Brixton Blog - 29 March 2017 Lambeth Council mark the completion of new affordable homes in Brixton Love Lambeth - 29 March 2017 ITV 6 o'clock News - Compact living in London ITV News - 28 March 2017 Video OakNorth provides £4m facility to Pocket Living Development Finance Today - 28 March 2017 Locals get first dibs on Metropolitan Workshop Croydon housing BD Online - 28 March 2017 OakNorth helps finance Pocket Living’s 153 affordable homes in Croydon Property Week - 25 March 2017 Croydon facelift pulls in new wave of investors Property Week - 24 March 2017 Pocket Living to deliver over 150 affordable homes at Croydon plot Bdaily - 24 March 2017 Pocket wins Croydon site Property Week - 23 March 2017 Cut-price Kentish Town flats for ‘30-somethings on middle incomes’ unveiled Ham & High - 21 March 2017 CEO Marc Vlessing on Sunday Politics BBC - 20 March 2017 Video CEO Marc Vlessing on Sunday Evening News BBC News - 20 March 2017 Video More affordable homes Waltham Forest News - 20 March 2017 Plans to build more than 100 affordable homes for first-time buyers near East Croydon station Croydon Advertiser - 16 March 2017 House-hunters living in Waltham Forest to benefit from 45 new affordable homes Yellow Advertiser - 08 March 2017 Pocket Living plans to build in Bermondsey Estates Gazette - 13 February 2017 BBC News interview on the Housing White Paper with Marc Vlessing BBC News - 07 February 2017 Video BBC Lunchtime News Housing White Paper summary featuring Pocket BBC News - 07 February 2017 Video BBC London Vanessa Feltz Radio Interview - Lucian Smithers and resident Pippa Watson BBC London - 07 February 2017 Audio It's time we saw some real planning reforms in the upcoming housing white paper City AM - 31 January 2017 New homes: Here's what going on sale this weekend in Lewisham, Barnet, Southwark and Mayfair City Am Online - 27 January 2017 Property must disrupt to evolve Estates Gazette - 18 January 2017 Cochran to head up sales at Pocket Property Week - 16 January 2017 Small step in housing crisis The Mercury - 21 December 2016 Modular build – from factory floor to 3 storeys in 2 weeks Building Talk - 20 December 2016 Can Modular Housing Help Solve The UK’s Housing Crisis? Buzzfeed - 15 December 2016 Marc Vlessing interviewed on Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live - 24 November 2016 Audio Battersea powers ahead but it’s a bleak time for builders elsewhere The Times online - 21 November 2016 Battersea powers ahead but it's a bleak time for builders elsewhere The Times - 21 November 2016 Pocket completes latest modular housing scheme Construction Manager Magazine - 21 November 2016 New ‘superb’ 26-storey modular tower in Wandsworth could be Europe’s tallest SW Londoner - 14 November 2016 Prefabs sprout in effort to ease lack of homes FT - 12 November 2016 Prefabs called into service for UK housing shortage FT Online - 12 November 2016 I've bought with a 20% equity loan Metro Property - 10 November 2016 Work starts on Europe’s tallest modular residential block Construction Enquirer - 09 November 2016 Construction begins on Europe's largest residential modular tower Inside Housing - 08 November 2016 Pocket to build Europe's tallest modular housing tower Property Week - 08 November 2016 London gets tallest modular tower City AM - 08 November 2016 Construction begins on Europe's tallest modular residential block City AM Online - 08 November 2016 Posh prefabs: the future is modular The Times - 04 November 2016 Posh prefabs: the future is modular TheTimes.co.uk - 04 November 2016 Prefabs to solve the housing crisis The Sunday Telegraph - 30 October 2016 Britain set for new wave of prefabs to help tackle housing crisis The Telegraph Online - 29 October 2016 A Practical No-Bull*** Guide to Owning a Home One Day Vice - 24 October 2016 Opinion: If we want to solve the housing crisis, we need to find smarter ways of building City AM - 14 October 2016 Gort Scott wins planning to turn offices into homes BD Online - 13 October 2016 Gort Scott to create micro apartments in disused London office block Dezeen - 12 October 2016 Affordable Pocket Apartments in Former Office Building Secure Planning Permission in England Arch Daily - 09 October 2016 In London, Related is unveiling micro-units The Real Deal Magazine - 09 October 2016 Developer of $50 Million Zaha Hadid N.Y. Penthouse Now Explores Tiny Homes Bloomberg - 07 October 2016 'Pod' houses:the next generation of sustainable UK houses are being pre-built in factories using cut Evening Standard - 05 October 2016 Build homes with smaller rooms so young people can afford them, Tory housing minister says The Independent - 04 October 2016 Gort Scott wins approval for 45 Pocket flats in Walthamstow Architects Journal - 03 October 2016 Pocket plans first mixed-use site Estates Gazette - 30 September 2016 Secretary of state discusses the changing game of building houses at Bedfordshire firm Bedfordshire On Sunday - 30 September 2016 Javid visits modular housing factory Property Week - 30 September 2016 AJ exclusive: Pocket names winner in nursery competition Architect's Journal - 28 September 2016 The pint of milk test: Developer has housing plans firmly in its Pocket Estates Gazette - 22 September 2016 How to build a hipster housing development in ten days City AM - 19 September 2016 Pocket-sized homes to tackle the housing crisis City AM - 19 September 2016 The Affordable Game Changers Metro Property - 13 September 2016 Modular a ‘huge opportunity,’ says Barwell Property Week - 09 September 2016 RESI: modular building is key to solving the housing crisis Property Week - 08 September 2016 Housing shortage puts squeeze on London workers Financial Times - 07 September 2016 Pocket Living in London DW - Euromaxx - 06 September 2016 Video Can Sadiq Khan's crack team take the controversy out of the viability process? Property Week - 02 September 2016 Small space, big ideas: living in pocket-sized apartments Sydney Morning Herald - 27 August 2016 How a home made in seven days could help solve the housing crisis The Telegraph - 22 August 2016 Marc Vlessing letter to editor The Times - 18 August 2016 Could modular housing solve London's housing crisis? City Metric - 04 August 2016 6 Ideas That Could Help Solve The Housing Crisis Buzzfeed - 30 July 2016 At home on a bike London Evening Standard - 27 July 2016 London's 50% affordable housing target will 'take time' to achieve Local Government Chronicle - 25 July 2016 On the home front Sunday Times - 24 July 2016 London housing: Lambeth's Pockets of affordability The Guardian - 22 July 2016 ITV London News ITV - 22 July 2016 Video Modular living Daily Telegraph - 22 July 2016 Resident-led regeneration for London CT Brief - 30 June 2016 Staying in the EU is building for the future i Newspaper - 13 June 2016 Pocket's Affordable Homes First Time Buyer Magazine - 03 June 2016 Zone in on Streatham the darling of first-time buyers Evening Standard - 01 June 2016 The rise of Streatham: from Britain's 'scruffiest' high street to Zone 3's new homes hotspot Evening Standard Online - 01 June 2016 London Evening Standard New Homes Awards winners 2016: thoughtful design for flexible spaces Evening Standard - 25 May 2016 Rewards for excellence Evening Standard - 25 May 2016 London Evening Standard new homes awards 2016 Evening Standard - 20 May 2016 Marc Vlessing of Pocket micro-homes is big in small housing Financial Times - 17 May 2016 Expert voice: micro homes - Adam Challis JLL The Telegraph - 15 May 2016 Cities look to halt drift from the centre Financial Times - 11 May 2016 Why aren't we Building More Homes? The Planner - 11 May 2016 Life in Pocket format Süddeutsche Zeitung Newspaper - Germany - 06 May 2016 Life in Pocket format Süddeutsche Zeitung Newspaper Online - Germany - 06 May 2016 Pocket trials modular housing Property Week - 05 May 2016 DCN talks to Russ Edwards Digital Construction News - 28 April 2016 Pop-up homes to help first-timers South London Press - 22 April 2016 Pop-up homes to help first-timers South London Press - 22 April 2016 Housing crisis: architect Bill Dunster designs £50,000 pod homes on stilts for would-be buyers The Independent - 20 April 2016 Tiny homes become the next big thing The Times - 16 April 2016 LBC's Iain Dale interviews Marc Vlessing LBC Radio - 05 April 2016 Audio For once I am happy I don't earn lots more The Metro - 05 April 2016 Deceptively big ideas for small spaces Telegraph - 27 March 2016 Rising cramp The Independent - 16 March 2016 Properties with social appeal: First-time buyers are lured by communal gyms and roof gardens Daily Mail Online - 27 February 2016 US investor eyes HA partners after Pocket deal Inside Housing - 12 February 2016 Property mogul buys 50% stake in developer of micro-homes Financial Times - 09 February 2016 US real estate giant strikes deal with Pocket Inside Housing - 09 February 2016 US real estate giant strikes deal with Pocket Inside Housing - 08 February 2016 Marc Vlessing on BBC Oxford BBC Oxford - 08 February 2016 Audio Miami Dolphins' owner buys 50% of London micro-homes developer Financial Times - 08 February 2016 38 square meters is enough Frankfurter Allgemeine - 08 February 2016 NFL team owner buys 50% stake in property developer Development Finance Today - 05 February 2016 Related Cos. Takes Half Stake in UK Affordable Housing Developer Multi Housing News - 05 February 2016 Related Companies takes stake in UK affordable housing firm IPE Real Estate - 05 February 2016 Related acquires a 50% stake in Pocket Property Week - 05 February 2016 Related Buys Stake in London Affordable Housing Firm Affordable Housing Finance - 04 February 2016 Related Companies makes Strategic Investment in POCKET to expand Affordable Housing in London Blau Journal - 03 February 2016 Related takes 50% stake in Pocket Property Week - 03 February 2016 New build news - Launch pad Metro Property - 02 February 2016 Pocket Land Bond Extends on Crowdcube; Now Offering 10% Interest Crowdfunding Insider - 15 January 2016 Goldsmith admits replacement homes for Right-To-Buy sales are unlikely to be built in Camden Camden New Journal - 08 January 2016 How to add Value to your Home in 2016 The Times Bricks & Mortar - 18 December 2015 Pocket turns to crowd for funding Estates Gazette - 08 December 2015 Affordable Housing Developer Pocket Debuts Second Bond on Crowdcube Crowdfund Insider - 04 December 2015 Beware of quick-fix housing solutions Evening Standard - 03 December 2015 Living in London is a 'judgement call' says housing minister Brandon Lewis Evening Standard - 01 December 2015 We are the Builders...Pocket on the Today Show BBC Radio 4 - 29 November 2015 Audio Unleash small developers to reap public sector land sale potential City AM - 25 November 2015 London for less Sunday Times Home - 22 November 2015 Forthcoming debate: 'Building for need not greed' at the AA Architect's Journal - 18 November 2015 Democracy and the Challenge of Affordability: London’s ‘Squeezed Middle’ Harvard Kennedy School Blog - 17 November 2015 Will Joint Equity be the key for first-time buyers? 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