Floorspace was established in 1998 as a property development and lettings business. 

Floorspace is a property company that specializes in residential property in South Manchester in areas such as: Didsbury, Chorlton, Whalley Range, Fallowfield, Rusholme, Victoria Park, Levenshulme and the City Centre.

The business has been operating for over 25 years and has a wealth of experience in Property Investment and Development, Building, Construction, Letting and Portfolio Management.

Floorspace was founded by Karl Kuhwald, a graduate in Estate Management from The University of Central England. After gaining experience working as an Estate Agent, in both London and Manchester, Karl’s love for property and passion for development was the main driver of growth for over twenty years. This made Floorspace a very successful and effective landlord and investor in the South Manchester student and professional property market. Karl employed a hands-on approach with both managing and developing the portfolio until his untimely passing in November 2015.

Floorspace is unique from many agents, as we own many of the properties in our portfolio and when dealing with us that shows!

We are renowned for quality of service in the student and professional lettings markets. This reputation is based on simple principles: to provide high quality houses, at competitive prices, with a guarantee of excellent customer service. These principles were proven when Floorspace was awarded ‘Landlord of the Year’ 2015 by the University of Manchester’s Student Union and Manchester Student Homes. Floorspace won ‘Landlord of the Year’ again in 2017, 2018 and 2019 when the award was presented by Manchester Student Homes.  We have been awarded the landlord A+ code for the 2024/25 letting season.

Meet the team:

Our friendly team is small but highly experienced, dealing with the ongoing property management and in-house maintenance of our portfolio.  We also have an extensive and loyal base of tradesmen to deal with other maintenance issues that may occur ensuring you have the best stay possible in our properties.

Karl’s wife Lisa now oversees the business after her continued involvement for over twenty years. She graduated from Hull University with a degree in Chemistry, has worked as a teacher and had a successful career in medical sales. Her experience with Floorspace has nurtured a keen eye for detail and a love of interior design.

Anna joined our team in 2019, as a Senior Property Manager and is responsible for running the office in Didsbury. She has over 15 years’ experience in lettings and property management, predominately in the student and HMO sector. Anna has great interpersonal skills and always goes the extra mile to help, resulting in excellent customer service across all aspects of the business.

Ailish has joined our team this year.  Having recently graduated from University, she is keen to ensure all tenants are given the best experience with their tenancy, as she was as a student.  She has had several years of experience working as a lettings agent in Manchester and as a student ambassador for a student lettings company in Liverpool. She is now involved in managing our properties and making sure any issues are dealt with quickly and professionally.

Our man on the ground is Garry; a very honest, reliable and skilled maintenance manager. He insists all repairs are done thoroughly and correctly, keeping all the properties in tip top condition with the help of our loyal base of sub-contractors.

John helps Garry with our maintenance, ensuring all issues you may encounter are dealt with quickly, efficiently and with a friendly service at all times.

Looking after our accounts is the lovely Mary Heneghan, working part time in the business, Mary keeps track of all of our financials.