August 28, 2025

How is technology helping landlords with their properties?

New technologies are changing every area of our lives and often bring a range of benefits. It’s not different for landlords who can benefit from new technological solutions to save time, money and stress while letting out a property.

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Technology has changed the property market, so we’ve identified some of the most useful solutions for landlords that can make your life easier – and your portfolio more profitable.

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Virtual tours

First impressions are everything, and that is even more true when it comes to finding a home. Everyone knows having good pictures on your property listing is important, but technology allows you to take that a step further.

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Virtual tours allow tenants to explore your property from the comfort of their own homes. They can get a real feel for it and even fall in love with the place before setting foot inside. You could even rent a property out using only a virtual tour, saving you time when letting it.

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Virtual tours also give you access to more tenants. People who are too busy or unable to attend a viewing day can see if the property is for them thanks to a virtual tour. More potential tenants make it less likely your property will sit empty.

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Smart locks

One of the most difficult parts of a tenancy to organise is the key handover. Coordinating multiple parties and taking the time to go to the property and physically hand over keys can be a lot of work for a landlord. Even worse, you could end up with tenants leaving keys under a doormat or another unusual location, leaving your property unsecured.

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Smart locks are a solution to this problem. You can have total control over who has access to the property using digital passcodes, removing the need to have physical keys at all. On key handover day, simply change the passcode and who has access at the touch of a button.

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Smart energy and water management

Fitting your property with smart energy and water meters is a must for any landlord in the modern world. Firstly, they ensure that no excess bills are run up on the property through incorrect meter readings or other errors with the system.

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Secondly, they are popular with tenants. Having smart meters helps them see where they are using energy or water, or perhaps where it is being wasted. They can then change their behaviour to save themselves money on their bills and bring their overall spending down.

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That’s also a major environmental benefit. Useful for keeping your carbon footprint down, but also an attractive feature for tenants – especially younger generations who are more likely to rent and make their decisions based on environmental factors.

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Smart energy meters are, therefore, an easy technological fix for landlords that can make a big difference.

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Maintenance and repair management software

Maintaining the property and organising repairs can be one of the most time-consuming, costly and stressful jobs for any landlord. With new legislation coming in, you will need to be even more prompt with maintenance than ever before.

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Maintenance and repair management software offers a potential solution to make this task much easier. Firstly, it can offer good advice to help tenants fix small problems themselves so that they are not ringing you or your property lettings and management agent the second something goes wrong.

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Secondly, maintenance software can create and provide detailed reports for contractors, and can even automatically find trusted nearby tradespeople to save you even more time and hassle.

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Altogether, maintenance is vital for operating a good tenancy and keeping the value of your property high. Technology can help you achieve those goals without it taking up all of your time.

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Online marketing and administration

Finally, technology also offers landlords solutions to some of the more time-consuming administration tasks that are required. Online property portals have become the norm for marketing your property, but you can also add automated booking systems for viewings so your calendar is automatically organised.

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Once viewings have been carried out, you can also do all the tenancy administration online. Expressions of interest, contract signing, inventory management and more can all be done using technological solutions. That allows landlords to operate a tenancy without needing any paperwork.

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Using technology in this way is quicker, more secure and more cost-effective than the traditional paper-based methods.

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Want to learn more about how technology can make your life as a landlord easier? Contact our team today to discuss how we use technology to run your tenancy efficiently, save time and save you money.