Gray & Toynbee

Gray & Toynbee operates as a specialist property consultancy, providing advisory services to clients throughout the United Kingdom. The firm focuses exclusively on the living sectors, specifically specialising in the valuation, acquisition, disposal, and development of student accommodation (PBSA), build to rent (BTR), and co-living assets. Founded in 2021 by Tom Gray and Ben Toynbee, the company leverages over three decades of combined experience from its founders within these specialised property sectors. This foundation allows Gray & Toynbee to offer informed guidance across various stages of property lifecycles, from initial concept to final transaction. The company collaborates with a diverse array of clients, including property developers, institutional investors, asset operators, financial lenders, and higher education institutions. Gray & Toynbee is committed to delivering advice that is clear, concise, and commercially driven, underpinned by a deep understanding of the intricacies of the living sectors. The firm aims to cultivate enduring relationships with its clients, built upon principles of trust, transparency, and the consistent provision of exceptional service. This client-centric approach informs all aspects of their consultancy work, ensuring tailored solutions for each client's specific needs. Among its comprehensive suite of services, Gray & Toynbee provides independent valuation advice for a variety of critical purposes. These include valuations for loan security, financial reporting, acquisition and disposal strategies, and expert witness requirements. The firm undertakes valuations for individual assets, extensive portfolios, and prospective development sites, ensuring thorough and accurate assessments across the UK market. Additionally, Gray & Toynbee offers agency services, assisting clients with both the acquisition and disposal of assets across the living sectors. This involves strategic market advice, the preparation of detailed marketing materials, negotiation of terms, and managing the transaction process through to completion, facilitating efficient transactions for all parties. Gray & Toynbee extends its expertise to development consultancy, guiding clients from the initial stages of site identification and comprehensive feasibility studies. This service progresses through scheme optimisation to providing crucial funding advice, all designed to help clients maximise the value and potential of their development projects within the student accommodation, build to rent, and co-living markets. Furthermore, the company offers strategic advisory services, delivering insights into prevailing market trends, optimising portfolio performance, and enhancing operational efficiency. This strategic guidance supports clients in making well-informed decisions and achieving their long-term investment and operational objectives within the dynamic living sectors across key regional markets and London.

Gray & Toynbee operates as a specialist property consultancy, providing advisory services to clients throughout the United Kingdom. The firm focuses exclusively on the living sectors, specifically specialising in the valuation, acquisition, disposal, and development of student accommodation (PBSA), build to rent (BTR), and co-living assets. Founded in 2021 by Tom Gray and Ben Toynbee, the company leverages over three decades of combined experience from its founders within these specialised property sectors, bringing a wealth of practical knowledge. This foundation allows Gray & Toynbee to offer informed guidance across various stages of property lifecycles, from initial concept to final transaction. The company collaborates with a diverse array of clients, including property developers, institutional investors, asset operators, financial lenders, and higher education institutions.

Gray & Toynbee is committed to delivering advice that is clear, concise, and commercially driven, underpinned by a deep understanding of the intricacies of the living sectors. The firm aims to cultivate enduring relationships with its clients, built upon principles of trust, transparency, and the consistent provision of exceptional service. This client-centric approach informs all aspects of their consultancy work, ensuring tailored solutions for each client's specific needs. Among its comprehensive suite of services, Gray & Toynbee provides independent valuation advice for a variety of critical purposes. These include valuations for loan security, financial reporting, acquisition and disposal strategies, and expert witness requirements.

The firm undertakes valuations for individual assets, extensive portfolios, and prospective development sites, ensuring thorough and accurate assessments across the UK market. Additionally, Gray & Toynbee offers agency services, assisting clients with both the acquisition and disposal of assets across the living sectors. This involves strategic market advice, the preparation of detailed marketing materials, negotiation of terms, and managing the transaction process through to completion, facilitating efficient transactions for all parties.

Gray & Toynbee extends its expertise to development consultancy, guiding clients from the initial stages of site identification and comprehensive feasibility studies. This service progresses through scheme optimisation to providing crucial funding advice, all designed to help clients maximise the value and potential of their development projects within the student accommodation, build to rent, and co-living markets. Furthermore, the company offers strategic advisory services, delivering insights into prevailing market trends, optimising portfolio performance, and enhancing operational efficiency. This strategic guidance supports clients in making well-informed decisions and achieving their long-term investment and operational objectives within the dynamic living sectors across key regional markets and London.