Kate Telling
- Property Management & Investment
- Blue Puffin Stays
- Cirencester
“When I’m not transforming property portfolios, I’m out living as fully as I possibly can, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.I travel as often as I can talk myself into it…which is frequently. Give me a new culture, a fascinating history, a stunning landscape, and ideally a table at a restaurant that makes me question every meal I’ve ever eaten before it. Food is my love language, and I take that seriously both abroad and at home, where you’ll find me in the kitchen experimenting with whatever inspired me most on my last trip.I’m a bookworm with a serious reading habit, a runner, a pilates devotee, a weightlifter, and perhaps most unexpectedly, a pole fitness enthusiast. I like to keep people guessing.But my biggest passion.. Music. I’m the female lead singer in a country band, and there is nothing quite like it. Music isn’t just something I do, it feeds my soul in a way nothing else quite matches. Alongside that, I paint, I write, and I lean heavily into my creative side whenever life gives me the space to. I am also a huge animal and dog lover, I believe that dogs are one of the greatest gifts and companions we can have and experience. Most recently I discovered skiing in Chamonix, fell head over heels, possibly literally, and I suspect that’s now a permanent fixture on the calendar.I love being thrown out of my comfort zone. New experiences, new places, new challenges, that’s where the good stuff happens.Sunshine, soul, stories, and a little bit of chaos. That’s me off the clock.”
Most landlords are leaving serious money on the table. I help them stop.
I built Blue Puffin Stays in 2021 with one clear mission: to unlock the full earning potential of property through serviced accommodation, one of the most powerful and still widely underutilised strategies in the UK property market.
Here’s what most landlords and investors don’t know: a property operating as Serviced Accommodation, premium short-lets, corporate stays, and high-quality guest housing, can generate 2 to 4 times the yield of a standard Assured Shorthold Tenancy. The same asset. The same four walls. Dramatically better returns. The difference is strategy, positioning, and knowing exactly how to operate it.
That’s what I do.
Since 2021, I’ve scaled to 32+ premium serviced accommodation properties across Hampshire and the Cotswolds, doubling portfolio size and turnover year on year. I take underperforming assets, properties sitting flat, locked into low-yield tenancies, or simply not delivering their potential and transform them into high-cashflow, professionally managed investments that work hard every single month.
The process is straightforward. The results aren’t average.
Whether you’re buying your first investment property and need someone to walk you through deal evaluation, market analysis, and ROI modelling, or you’re an experienced investor sitting on a portfolio that’s underperforming or needs optimising, I work with you from the very beginning.
Before anything moves forward, we do the work. Location analysis. Demand mapping. Revenue forecasting. Return modelling. If the numbers don’t stack, we don’t proceed. I won’t dress up a bad deal to win your business. I’d rather find you a great one.
Once you’re in, we handle everything. Acquisition guidance. Premium interior transformation and staging/ styling. Full onboarding and compliance setup. Revenue management. Guest experience. Ongoing optimisation. A complete turnkey service, from identifying the right opportunity through to consistent, managed returns landing in your account, month after month. Hands off, creating multiple streams of wealth and diversifying your portfolio, through passive income.
My clients don’t just see better numbers. They gain clarity, confidence, and a strategic partner who treats their wealth like it matters, because to me, it genuinely does.
What I deliver:
Serviced accommodation strategy & market education
Underperforming asset transformation
First investment property guidance
Deal evaluation & ROI analysis that actually stacks
Full turnkey setup, implementation & ongoing management
Data-driven revenue optimisation
Premium interior design through Bluespire Interiors
Portfolio growth planning for long-term wealth building
Most investors are unaware of what the serviced accommodation model can genuinely deliver. I’ve built the entire infrastructure to make it work for you, without you having to figure it out alone.
I’m not here to just manage properties. I’m here to build my clients wealth, achieve their financial goals, to create them continuous recurring revenue through their portfolio by working smarter.
If you want your assets working harder, your yields performing smarter, and your wealth growing faster, let’s talk.
