As the White House celebrates the arrival of The Bidens’ German Shepherds, Champ and Major, the UK Government is also welcoming new moves to protect pet owners’ rights. The second reading of the Dogs and Domestic Animals (Accommodation and Protection) bill, scheduled for 26 February 2021, would allow tenants to live with a pet without their landlord’s approval.

For Quintain Living – the award-winning management company running the UK’s largest build-to-rent campus with 2,416 apartments in Wembley Park – the Bill is affirmation that its pioneering pet-friendly approach is a blueprint to what other landlords should be doing.

Sarah Tinsley, Marketing Director, Quintain Living, explains: “Pets are part of our family so we’re shaking up ideas of what a landlord should be. We’re not just pet-friendly, we’re pet-progressive, with insightful options that lead the way like our dog runs, doggy day care and Launder-O-Mutt grooming facilities coming soon.”

A 2020 study by Channel 5 confirmed how deep the UK’s love for animals extends. It found that 73% of Brits consider themselves to be pet lovers, with dogs topping the table as the nation’s most popular animal. 51% of respondents listed dogs as one of their favourite animals, followed by cats in second place with 38%.

It is this deep-rooted affection for animals that led to Quintain Living being a leader in pet-friendly homes when it launched its first pet-friendly building, Landsby, back in 2018. With a neighbourhood vibe and expansive gardens, the one and two-bedroom apartments feature a warm Nordic design, perfect for owners and pets seeking a calming home environment.

Co-designed with John Lewis & Partners and Samsung, and featuring free superfast WiFi, Landsby provides the ideal work-from-home location, perfect for owners and their canine co-workers alike! Residents have access to two roof terraces with built-in speakers and BBQs, along with two podium gardens, one of which includes a children’s play area.

Indoors, there’s a stylish residents’ lounge, a residents’ kitchen with private dining room. Outside, Boxpark, independent shops, bars, restaurants, the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London Designer Outlet and Wembley Park tube station are all reachable on foot within minutes.

Quintain Living’s other homes also offer a range of features designed to deliver the ‘ulti-mutt’ living experience for their four-legged residents. Ferrum, for example, comes complete with a spacious dog run in the gardens and a Launder-O-Mutt grooming space for mucky pup wash downs due to open soon, while Canada Gardens provides a dedicated pet park. Doggy day care and walking services, meanwhile, will soon be available to residents in all of Quintain Living’s buildings.

Sarah Tinsley, added: “We believe that being pet-friendly is more than merely allowing residents to keep pets. It’s about welcoming pets as part of our community and creating facilities that enhance the living experience for everyone, on two legs and four!”