Built to rent.
Run for the long term.
We develop and operate build-to-rent housing in Sydney for Freecity Group — including The Herring, student accommodation opposite Macquarie University.
We don't sell the building and leave.
Build-to-rent means the building is held and operated as rental housing rather than sold off floor by floor. Hommy stays: the leasing, the maintenance, the front desk, the resident app — all of it runs in-house, for the life of the asset.
It means the people who decided how a building works are still here in year ten, answering the door. If something about it does not work, it is ours to fix — not somebody else's to inherit.
Three buildings, all opening 2027.
Each one is designed around how people actually live in it — shared space that gets used, services that answer, and a front desk with a name attached.
The Herring
169–171 Herring Road, Macquarie Park NSW
Directly opposite Macquarie University, two minutes from the Metro. Purpose-built for students, with the shared spaces to match.
View the buildingThe Fred’rick
23–25 Frederick Street, Rockdale NSW
In delivery. Details to be published closer to opening.
The Arundel
2 Arundel Street, Forest Lodge NSW
In delivery. Details to be published closer to opening.
Housing that has to work every single day.
Student accommodation is the hardest version of the job. Residents arrive from overseas with two suitcases and no local support network. The building turns over almost entirely each year. Everything is shared, and everything is used hard.
It is why The Herring is the first building we open. The app, the concierge and the maintenance team were all designed around it from the start, rather than added once the doors were already open.
The building, in your pocket.
Every Hommy building runs on a resident app published by Hommy Pty Ltd. It replaces the access card, the maintenance phone call and the noticeboard — and it is how most residents deal with us day to day.
- 01 Keyless entry Your phone is the key — to the front door, your floor and your room. No card to lose in week one.
- 02 Room controls Lighting, air conditioning and blinds, from the app or the wall. Set once and forget it.
- 03 Bookable spaces Study rooms, the media room and communal areas, reserved in advance so they are free when you get there.
- 04 Parcels and mail Secure delivery to the building, with a notification when something arrives for you.
- 05 Maintenance Report a problem with a photo and track it until it is closed. No chasing, no queue at the desk.
- 06 Community Announcements, events and lost property for your building — not a generic feed.
The app is published under Hommy Pty Ltd and is provided to residents of Hommy buildings. It is not a public marketplace and is not sold separately.
Talk to the people who run the building.
For partnerships, universities, suppliers and media, contact us directly. Looking for a room? Leasing for all Freecity buildings is handled on freecity.com.