Our story

We started over 160 years ago with one man and £150,000. Find out how we've grown into an organisation with 109,000 homes and 220,000 residents.

George Peabody (1795-1869) was born in Massachusetts in the US. One of eight children, he left school at the age of 11 to work and help support his family.

Learn about the history of our estates, from the homes and communities we've created and how they've changed over the past 160 years.