Index Living

Our team & approach

Experience, from
drawing to delivery.

A chartered surveyor and a construction director. Two complementary disciplines, working together from the outset.

60+Years of combined property
and construction experience
£75m+Previously delivered by Jamie Ludlow
over the past decade
GreenwichFirst Index Living scheme
in design & pre-construction
Jamie Ludlow, co-founder and Development Director

Co-founder · Development Director

Jamie Ludlow

BSc (Hons) · MRICS · 20+ years in property

Jamie is a Chartered Surveyor with more than twenty years of property experience. Over the past decade he has delivered more than £75 million of mixed-use retail, residential and purpose-built student accommodation schemes across the UK.

He previously advised LaSalle Asset Management, M&G Real Estate and Schroders, with earlier roles at Cushman & Wakefield and Leslie Furness.

At Index Living: land assembly, financial structuring and project delivery.

Guy Hayden, co-founder and Construction Director

Co-founder · Construction Director

Guy Hayden

40+ years in UK construction · Director, Peak Group London

Guy has more than forty years of experience in the UK construction industry. Beginning in his family’s groundworks business, he went on to establish and grow contracting and development businesses before co-founding Peak Group London Ltd.

His experience includes a 70-bed hotel at London Stansted Airport, residential and mixed-use regeneration schemes, and Government-backed housing programmes.

At Index Living: construction methodology, procurement and risk management.

Founders’ previous experience

Experience grounded
in real projects.

Selected work from the founders’ careers before Index Living. These projects are separate from the Index Living pipeline.

01 / Student accommodation

Coventry

Conversion of a 125-bedroom former city-centre hotel into purpose-built student accommodation, with private rooms, study areas and shared lounges.

02 / Affordable residential

Packet Boat House

Conversion and extension of an office building into 41 apartments for a housing association, including two additional floors in lightweight construction.

03 / Mixed-use residential

Ada Street

A brick-clad infill development on a canal-side plot, with nine apartments above ground-floor retail.

Our residential focus

Three audiences.
One considered approach.

Our platform strategy spans co-living, purpose-built student accommodation and affordable homes.

01 / Co-living

Index Co

Private living space alongside shared kitchens, places to work and room to connect with neighbours.

02 / Student accommodation

Index Study

Considered student homes, designed around study, everyday comfort and shared life.

03 / Affordable homes

Index Home

Affordable residential development, with an ambition to relate housing costs to local earnings.

Product lines describe our intended platform. Specification, tenure and pricing are set for each scheme.