Simplicity Living

We believe you can make money and do good. It’s what we do %)

We believe that, over the long term, investments in companies that develop and operate build to rent homes will provide superior risk adjusted returns.

And warm, dry, affordable homes in a community can be a ‘fence at the top of the cliff’, helping prevent costly health and social problems.

Simplicity Living owns and control as much of the Build to Rent process as possible - they buy the land, build the homes, rent and maintain them - so the benefits return to shareholders (and ultimately Simplicity members).

There is nothing new here. Many large pension funds overseas invest in the Build to Rent sector.

To see how much of your fund is invested in to Simplicity Living shares, look under KiwiSaver or Investment Funds for the fund you're invested in (or interested in investing in!), and then find Unlisted property below What this fund invests in.

You can also see what this would be in dollars and cents by using the Where in the world is my money? calculator on our website.

Or if you are a member, log in to your account and see exactly what you have invested by clicking ‘Where in the World is my money?’ on the main menu.

Simplicity Living follows a low-cost, efficient building strategy developed over many years by its predecessor, NZ Living. The intellectual property of NZ Living was gifted to start Simplicity Living, and all the staff transferred too. 

The building strategy allows Simplicity Living to the build significantly below average market costs per square metre, and to a very high quality.

Simplicity Living's typical BTR development project is for communities of 50-300 homes, with a mixture of studio and 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms apartments.

All of our diversified funds, except the KiwiSaver Default Fund, are invested in the Property Fund, which in turn invests in shares of Simplicity Living.

Visit the relevant fund page (KiwiSaver or Investment Funds) to find out more.