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Most lettings are to people nominated to Keniston either from local authority waiting llists or from voluntary agencies that Keniston has an ongoing partnership with. This means that for many of our properties it is not possible to apply direct to Keniston.

However, if you are over 55 and want to rent sheltered or other accommodation for older people, you can apply direct to Keniston.

Renting a house or flat from Keniston

Applying direct

We are pleased to accept enquiries about vacant flats in our sheltered schemes. For more information about Keniston’s sheltered schemes, click here.

If you want more information about applying for sheltered housing please click here. Alternatively you can either phone 01689 889700 and ask for a member of staff in the housing management team or email enquiries@kenistonha.co.uk.

Applications are accepted for sheltered flats (flats for over 55s where there is an emergency alarm, some with scheme manager). Many of these are “studio” or “bedsitter” flats, which are completely self contained with kitchen, bathroom and one room for living and sleeping in. Vacant flats occur from time to time in Farnborough, Crawley and Sidcup. If you want to be considered for one of these sheltered flats please write to or email the Association. You can also telephone the Housing Management team for further information.

Keyworkers
We make available a small number of vacant properties each year to key workers, mainly in our schemes in Farnborough (Kent) and in Bexley. These will usually be studio or bedsitter flats. Keyworkers wanting accommodation should phone to enquire about applying direct to the Association, but please note that sometimes we may close the waiting list.

Other keyworker properties can be accessed on the keyworker web site www.keyworker-homes.co.uk.

Annual lettings
Keniston has about 40 to 50 lettings a year. These are entirely dependent on existing tenants leaving their properties so it is impossible to predict where and when a property of a particular size and location will come up.

Most of the lettings Keniston makes are made to either local authorities or to voluntary referral agencies with whom Keniston has an established arrangement for offering lettings.
Therefore if you specifically want to apply to rent a Keniston property, apart from the circumstances above, you normally have to do so through your local authority or through one of the agencies Keniston deals with.