Who we are
Student Cribs provide high quality student housing, in both shared houses and apartments, in 24 cities across the UK. We are the largest single provider of 2nd and 3rd year student accommodation in the UK, leading the way in offering exceptional student accommodation. Each academic year thousands of Student Cribs beds are let, offering students stylish contemporary properties with the most modern facilities, in the best locations in university cities and towns. With Student Cribs, students get the most of their accommodation, allowing them to make the most of their time at university.
Student Cribs was founded by Charlie Vaughan-Lee in 2003, after he became frustrated at local letting agents refusing to let quality accommodation to him and his friends due to being university students. During his first semester at Bristol, Charlie rounded up investors, purchased and renovated 3 properties which he then let to some very happy friends; Student Cribs was born. Now supported by a young and passionate team headquartered in London’s bustling West End, Charlie’s vision is channelled through student accommodation in 24 British university cities and towns, allowing domestic and international students to enjoy a better standard of living, whilst also experiencing the peace of mind that they are living somewhere secure. Student Cribs have been reinventing university living since the early noughties, and have ambitious plans to continue changing the face of UK student accommodation for the better.
Student Cribs can be let in Newcastle, Nottingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Exeter, Manchester, Bristol, Salford, York, London, Oxford, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Keele, Stoke-on-Trent, Huddersfield, Swansea, Cirencester, Liverpool, Loughborough, Durham, Edinburgh and Coventry.
Our second office space is in Notting Hill, where our growing team enjoy open work spaces and the famous Student Cribs industrial décor.
Successfully raising our second Fund, we invest in properties across more UK university cities and towns. Student Cribs is on the way to becoming the largest provider of private student accommodation among 2nd and 3rd students in the UK.
With a growing team and number of properties, we move into our first office space in Shepherds Bush.
Fund 1 is raised, which allows us to begin developing our first houses in 8 university towns and cities across the UK. All properties are 100% let, with word quickly spreading about the quality of our Cribs and market leading letting terms such as no fees or deposits.
Charlie Vaughan-Lee founds Student Cribs in Bristol, frustrated that letting agents refuse students quality housing. At first, Student Cribs is just 3 properties, but it will quickly grow.
