With every new academic year, another influx of students bursts onto the scene, full of energy and excited about the prospects that lie ahead. And every year, there’s also a lot of staff working in purpose-built student accommodation bracing themselves for the onslaught that comes with their arrival.

You have a lot of responsibilities as a residential operator, and finding ways to improve building management is almost always at the top of the list.

The modern way of life has severely impacted the planet. While it might not seem much, the effect of greenhouse gases has raised Earth’s temperature by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, which has disrupted the delicate balance of nature. If left unchecked, this will lead to more extreme weather patterns, the melting of the polar ice caps and a great number of animals becoming extinct.

Shopping as we know it has changed for good. Back in the 1990s, the idea of doing all your shopping on something called “the internet” would have been a pipedream. Nowadays, it’s the done thing.

Package management in residential buildings has quickly become a hot topic. It seems like every day, the amount of deliveries your team has to handle just grows and grows.Naturally, this is having a huge effect on workloads, costing site teams countless hours over the weeks and months. Not only are they fulfilling their roles as managers and resident advisers, they’re on the fringe of becoming full-time postal workers, too.

How many times a week do your staff have to stop what they’re doing to handle parcel deliveries from couriers or collections from residents?You don’t have to answer, we know it’s a lot.

Parcel management in residential buildings has always been a hassle for staff, residents and couriers, but Parcel SafePlace is changing that. Our goal is to provide the BTR and PBSA markets with everything they need to make handling parcels easy, safe and secure.

Accepting parcel deliveries for your residents is an extra service that most of them will appreciate. After all, if residents aren’t around to take the delivery themselves, you and your team save them a trip to the sorting office.

Costs. They’re one of the few things every business would be happy to see drop right down to zero. In reality, that’s not going to happen. There’s always some expenditure to pay.But a significant reduction in costs is still a huge win, and finding ways to reduce expenditure while also improving the life of your staff and residents is a major coup.