Slide 165 Mannington Completed Picture.pngA completed Bensley co-living development
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Property Development · Australia

Built with engineering discipline.

Bensley Property Group develops co-living homes, townhouses, units and renovations: sourced, financed, built and managed end to end, with the same rigour that major infrastructure demands.

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$28m managed project value· 20+ years delivering builds· 18 projects· Engineering-led· Active across Australia
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Paul Bensley, Director
Paul Bensley, Director of Bensley Property Group
The person behind Bensley Property Group

Paul Bensley, Director

For more than 20 years, I worked as a civil engineer and project manager, delivering major infrastructure projects across Australia and Dubai. In that environment, success came down to doing what you said you would do, delivering quality work, on time and within budget.

Today, I bring that same discipline to property. I personally source each site, assess the opportunity, structure the deal, arrange the finance, and oversee the build from start to finish. I stay involved at every stage, so the decisions made at the beginning are carried through to the finished project.

"My approach is simple: do what you say you will do, communicate openly, and build long-term relationships with good people."
Read my story
What we do

End to end, under one roof

We don't hand a project between four different parties and hope. Every stage is managed by the same people who signed off the feasibility.

01

Site sourcing & feasibility

We assess sites against a fully costed feasibility model. Most don't make the cut, and that's the point.

02

Finance & structuring

Senior debt arranged and serviced through the bank, with the funding stack structured before commitment.

03

Design & construction

Fixed-price builds delivered by an established volume builder, managed with infrastructure-grade project control.

04

Tenanting & management

Rooms leased and the asset managed for the life of the hold, built for cashflow, not a quick sale.

The market thesis

Why co-living, and why now.

Australia faces a structural housing shortage, and single-dwelling rentals leave yield on the table. Professionally managed co-living turns one site into nine income streams, spreading vacancy risk and lifting yield well above a standard rental.

The result is a rare combination: a genuinely resilient asset and genuine social value, more good homes, in the places people actually need them.

9 income streams
per home, where a standard rental has one
Held for income
built for cashflow, never a quick flip
Engineering-led
costed and de-risked before a brick is laid
$28m
Managed project value
20+
Years delivering builds
18
Projects
AUS
Active pipeline
Selected work

Delivered, and under way

An active pipeline of co-living developments, engineering-led, bank-funded and built for the long hold.

All projects
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Completed

65 Mannington

9-bedroom co-living · Delivered & tenanted
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In delivery

11 Evans Court

VIC
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In delivery

16 Ewing Street

QLD
Get in touch

Let's talk.

Whether you're weighing an opportunity, hold a site, or simply want to understand what we do, Paul reads every message and replies personally.

Contact Paul