This final post brings together the key themes from the resident survey and considers what they may mean, more broadly, for the development’s future.
Category Archives: News & Updates
Confidence in Improvement
This post explores how confident residents feel about future building improvements — and what the responses suggest overall.
Resident Survey: What Residents Want to See Improved
Residents most want to see improvements in security, communal condition, and access reliability, with security identified by nearly three quarters of respondents as the top priority.
What Drives Residents’ Overall Experience
Residents’ experience at Centenary Mill is shaped by a combination of factors, with reliability, safety, and building condition most strongly influencing day-to-day living.
Residents Survey: The lived experience
Residents report that key aspects of the building — particularly security and access systems — are not always performing reliably, and are among those most likely to affect day-to-day living.
Resident Survey: What Matters Most to Residents
Residents at Centenary Mill placed strongest emphasis on safety, security, and the reliability of core building systems. Entrance security, communal condition, lighting, and maintenance emerged as clear priorities, while views on car parking were more varied across respondents.
Resident Survey: What We Asked & Why
Centenary Mill Court Leaseholders Association conducted a voluntary, anonymous Resident Survey to understand residents’ experiences of living at the Mill, covering satisfaction, maintenance, safety, communication and other community issues.
Annual change in private rents in Preston
This chart shows the annual rate of change in private rents in Preston from January 2016 to January 2025, based on the Price Index of Private Rents published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data tracks how average rents for existing tenancies change year-on-year, rather than headline asking prices for new lets.
Government Response: Ground Rent Reform for Existing Leaseholds
Leasehold Reform Update
The Government has responded to a petition calling for the abolition of ground rent for existing leases.
We’ve summarised the proposed changes and what they may mean for leaseholders.
Ground Rent Reform – Quick Clarification
A short clarification on what recent leasehold reform coverage does — and does not — change for existing ground rents at Centenary Mill.