Intro

The property software industry has split into two very different types of tools. Marketplaces like Rightmove and SpareRoom help landlords attract tenants, but they stop adding value once the tenancy begins. Property management software is designed for the ongoing work - payments, bills, maintenance, compliance and communication - but most systems are built for large agencies and require sales calls, onboarding and minimum portfolio sizes. For small to medium landlords and co-living portfolios, that creates an unnecessary gap: you need one tool to find tenants, another to manage them, and workarounds to hold everything else together. The industry is now shifting toward software that unifies the whole lifecycle.

Marketplaces vs Property Management Software

The difference matters because each category solves a completely separate problem.

Most landlords start on a marketplace and then end up juggling rent payments through bank transfer, repairs through WhatsApp, bills through Google Sheets and documents through PDFs. The tenancy becomes harder than finding the tenant.

Self-Serve vs B2B Sales vs Service-Based

You can tell who a platform is built for from the way you sign up.

Most property management platforms fall into the B2B sales-led bucket - great for agencies, not for independent landlords.

Where Houseshare Fits

Houseshare closes the gap between marketplaces and property management. It’s the only platform that lets landlords list vacant rooms and manage ongoing tenancies - without agents, without onboarding fees and without minimum portfolio requirements.

Houseshare is built for self-serve landlords and growing teams:

• 1–1000 properties

• HMOs, student rentals, co-living homes

• Portfolio collaboration without enterprise pricing

• Marketplace + management + finances in one place

Setup takes minutes - no demo calls, no “contact sales,” no minimum number of units.

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