Self-manage your rentals. Without the second job.
The complete admin system for landlords with 3 to 25 properties. Track every safety certificate, sign inventories that hold up in disputes, and route tenant issues without taking the 11pm call. Set up in a weekend — no letting agent, no spreadsheets.
No card. No contract. Cancel anytime.
10 minutes
to set up per property
Any device
phone, tablet, or laptop
No agent fees
keep the 10–15% you'd pay an agent
The Renters’ Rights Act is now in force. Section 21 is gone. Tenancies are rolling periodic. Information sheets are mandatory by 31 May. Fines up to £40,000 per breach.
Property · Compliance
Renters’ Rights Act readiness
Linked to GOV.UK · auto-checked nightly
- Satisfied
Gas Safety Certificate
Next due Dec 2026
- Expired
EICR
RequiredOverdue 12 days
- Missing
EPC (Energy Performance)
RequiredRequired by law
- Due soon
Legionella risk assessment
Due in 60 days
- N/A
Furniture fire safety
Not applicable
Every property. Every requirement. One screen.
EICR, EPC, gas safety, legionella, smoke alarms, furniture safety — tracked per property and sourced from GOV.UK. EPC ratings pulled automatically. The Renters’ Rights Act readiness check flags exactly what’s outstanding and when it’s due. No more renewals lost between a spreadsheet tab and a calendar reminder.
Move-in walkthrough
Living room
12 of 17 captured · signed off by both parties
Carpet
GoodCaptured 14 Mar- Acknowledged
Sofa
GoodCaptured 14 Mar - Update requested
Window blinds
FairCaptured 14 Mar Radiator
GoodCaptured 14 MarLight fittings
GoodCaptured 14 Mar
Document everything. Dispute nothing.
Guided room-by-room walkthroughs tell you exactly what to photograph. Both sides sign digitally before move-in. When the deposit dispute lands six months later, you’ve got timestamps, signatures, and side-by-side photos — not your memory against theirs.
- Leak from upstairs not sure whereHighyesterday
- Washing machine flooded the kitchenHighyesterday
- Boiler has a dripyesterday
- My bathroom extractor fan is not working2d ago
Stop being on call 24/7.
Tenants report issues in the app — triaged, routed to your plumber or electrician, full message thread attached. No more 11pm WhatsApps. No more “did anyone call the boiler guy?” And if you ever need to prove you responded within the statutory window, the timeline is right there.
Settings · Documents
Organisation documents
Residents see these on every tenancy page.
- Shared org-wide
Welcome pack 2026.pdf
2.4 MB · Uploaded Apr 14
- Shared org-wide
House rules.pdf
412 KB · Uploaded Mar 28
- Shared org-wide
Repair contacts.pdf
186 KB · Uploaded Mar 12
- Shared org-wide
Energy efficiency guide.pdf
1.1 MB · Uploaded Feb 02
Upload it once. Show it on every tenancy.
Drop welcome packs, house rules, repair contacts, and energy guides into your document library — they appear on every tenancy page automatically. Stop re-attaching the same PDF to every new tenant. Stop wondering which version you sent last.
How it works
Four steps. Total transparency. Zero disputes.
Move-In Check-In
42 Oakfield Road
Bristol BS6 7LQ
42 Oakfield Road
Bristol BS6 7LQ
Check-ins
Issues
Quick links
Carpet, main area
Living Room
Move-in
Move-out
Fair wear and tear
No deduction needed
Walk the property with your phone. Photo every room, note anything that matters. Hit send — your tenant gets a copy instantly.
Your tenant reviews the report on their phone and flags anything you missed. Once you both agree, you both sign digitally — a timestamped record nobody can rewrite later.
Move-In Check-In
42 Oakfield Road
Bristol BS6 7LQ
Tenants access their move-in report, property info, and house rules 24/7. When something breaks, they raise it from the hub — photos, description, done. No chasing emails. No missed voicemails.
42 Oakfield Road
Bristol BS6 7LQ
Check-ins
Issues
Quick links
Walk through again. Take photos. The app puts move-in and move-out side by side. New damage? Obvious. Fair wear and tear? Also obvious. Both sides see the same evidence.
Carpet, main area
Living Room
Move-in
Move-out
Fair wear and tear
No deduction needed
The £40,000 fines are on you. Not your tenants.
Track every certificate, deposit, and information sheet in one place. Get alerts weeks before anything lapses — so the first time you hear about an EICR is never from a council enforcement officer.
- Track compliance status per property
- Automatic reminders before expiry
- Built into every plan — no add-ons
No contracts. No lock-in. No exit fees.
We don’t need a contract to keep you.
Most landlord software ties you in for 12 months because they know switching is painful. We do the opposite. Pay monthly. Cancel anytime. Export your data whenever you want.
The only reason to stay with Before.rent should be that leaving would cost you more time than it saves. That’s the bar we hold ourselves to every month.
No annual contracts. No setup fees. No minimum term.
One click. No exit fees, no retention call, no questions.
Export every report, photo, and audit trail as PDFs and CSVs you own.
One avoided dispute pays for years of this.
Every plan includes compliance tracking, inventories, maintenance routing, the tenant portal, and full audit trails. Month-to-month, so you’re never stuck.
Starter
Up to 5 properties
- Compliance tracking with GOV.UK source links
- Court-ready inventories with digital sign-off
- Maintenance routing to your tradespeople
- Tenant portal for issues and requests
- Property document library
- Full audit trail per tenancy
- Works on any device
Portfolio
Up to 15 properties
Everything in Starter, plus:
- Bulk operations across the portfolio
- View-only access for accountants or co-investors
- Renters' Rights Act readiness checks
Pro
Up to 25 properties
Everything in Portfolio, plus:
- Multiple full-access users
- Priority email support
- Dedicated onboarding from a spreadsheet
More than 25 properties? Get in touch — we’ll quote based on your portfolio.
Most landlord software either started life as accounting software with rentals bolted on, or it was built for letting agencies and awkwardly downsized. Neither fits how a self-managing landlord actually works.
I built before.rent because if you’re managing your own properties, you’re doing the job a letting agent would normally do — but you’re doing it without their tools. That gap is where mistakes happen: a missed gas safety renewal, a disputed deposit with no evidence, a tenant request lost in a text thread.
The Renters’ Rights Act has raised the stakes. Section 21 is gone. Information sheets are mandatory. Fines are real. Running your portfolio out of a spreadsheet was always risky — now it’s genuinely dangerous.
If you self-manage and you’ve ever wished a tool existed for that one annoying thing, I’d love to hear from you. The product is built around feedback from landlords actually using it.
— Founder
Questions You Probably Have
Document everything. Dispute nothing.
10 minutes per property to set up. Then your portfolio runs like a business — not a group chat with a calendar reminder bolted on.
14-day free trial. No card. No contract.
Start 14-day trialStill not sure? Email us: hello@before.rent — We'll answer any questions.