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Things worth knowing.
Short, practical pieces for everyone this sector touches: tenants, house-hunters, agencies, landlords and builders. No sales pitch, and nothing you need our software to act on.
Why Itemised Rent Receipts Prevent Disputes
A receipt that only says 'rent paid' invites an argument later. One that shows exactly what each shilling settled doesn't.
Tenant Handovers, Done Properly
Move-in and move-out are the same twenty minutes of work, done twice. Skipping it at the start is what makes the end expensive.
Running a Billing Run Without Ruining Your Month
Billing a whole portfolio in one go is fast and unforgiving. The difference between a quiet month and a week of corrections is what happens in the ten minutes before you send.
What Belongs in a Monthly Landlord Statement
A landlord statement has one job: to answer 'what did I earn, what was spent, and what am I owed?' without a phone call. Most statements answer the first and leave the rest implied.
Planning a Day of Viewings Without Wasting It
Most house-hunting is lost to transport and dead addresses, not to a shortage of houses. A morning's planning turns six wasted trips into one productive one.
Matching Payments to What They Settled
Money arrives with a name and an amount, and almost never with a reason. Reconciliation is the work of restoring the reason, and doing it weekly instead of yearly.