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Advertise it, choose someone, and start the tenancy

From the property record you already have to the tenancy at the end, in one line.

Share a link to the advert, applications arrive in one form, you shortlist and reference, and the applicant you choose becomes the tenancy.
Why this exists

A void costs more than a year of software. Letting a property yourself usually means an advert written twice, eleven applicants across three inboxes, and typing the winner’s details into a tenancy agreement from a WhatsApp thread. LetBuddy runs the whole thing from the property record you already have to the tenancy at the end.

A small To let card stands on a terrace doorstep with a link symbol floating above it.
A small To let card stands on a terrace doorstep with a link symbol floating above it.

Advertise it with a link

Build the advert from a property you already have on file: rent and deposit, available from, minimum term, furnishing, bedrooms and bathrooms, EPC rating, council tax band, bills, parking, garden, and whether you'll consider pets, sharers, students or benefits. Publish it and you get a link with your photos on it, ready to paste into a Facebook group, a WhatsApp message, a local board, or an email to the tenant who asked first.

Three identical application cards glide in a line towards the letterbox of a teal front door.
Three identical application cards glide in a line towards the letterbox of a teal front door.

Take applications through one form

Everybody answers the same questions: income and employment, current address and how long they've been there, their current landlord and how to reach them, right-to-rent share code, who's moving in, pets, guarantor, and whether there's adverse credit to talk about. Applications that arrive by phone or at a viewing get typed in by hand and sit in the same list, so the comparison is like for like.

Three cards sit on a tray that moves through three soft stages from left to right, and the last card has a teal tick.
Three cards sit on a tray that moves through three soft stages from left to right, and the last card has a teal tick.

Work through them, and reference the shortlist

Each applicant moves along a pipeline you can see at a glance, and each one exports as a PDF if you want it on paper or in front of somebody else.

Read the detail

Referencing sits after you've shortlisted and before you offer.

A ticked house tag and key tag hang from the handle of a front door that stands ajar on warm light.
A ticked house tag and key tag hang from the handle of a front door that stands ajar on warm light.

Turn the one you pick into a tenancy

Accept an applicant and the tenancy is created from what they already told you.

Read the detail

No retyping a name, an email and a move-in date. From then on the compliance calendar, the rent ledger and the tenant's reporting link are all running against the new tenancy.

The pipeline

Every applicant sits in one of these, and the ones needing something from you are shown first.

  • New
  • Reviewing
  • Referencing
  • Offered
  • Accepted
  • Declined
  • Withdrawn
Where it sits

Beside your portal membership, not in place of it. Rightmove and Zoopla listings are placed through a membership, and LetBuddy doesn't hold one for you or replace one you already have, so those relationships stay exactly as they are. What you get here is an advert on a link you distribute, which is what fills a tenancy through a local group, a waiting list or a board outside the door.

And beside your own way of running viewings and offers. It tracks who applied, what they told you, what came back on them, and what you decided; the diary and the negotiation stay wherever you keep them.

Where the tenancy goes next

The accepted applicant becomes a tenancy, and the compliance calendar, rent ledger and tenant link pick it up from there.

What happens next

The accepted applicant becomes a tenancy, and the rest of LetBuddy picks it up: the compliance calendar starts counting gas, electrical and energy certificates against the right rules for that property’s home nation; the rent ledger starts recording what is due and what is paid; and the tenant gets their own link for reporting repairs and opening their certificates.

That matters more than it used to. Since Section 21 ended in England on 1 May 2026, possession runs on the record kept while the tenancy was running. Starting that record on day one, with what the tenant told you at application, is the cheapest version there is. What changed.

Common questions

Does LetBuddy list my property on Rightmove or Zoopla?

No. Portal listings are placed through a portal membership, and LetBuddy doesn't hold one on your behalf. What it gives you is an advert on a link you distribute yourself, which covers how most lettings are filled outside the portals: local Facebook groups, SpareRoom, word of mouth, the sign in the window, and, if you're an agent, your own portal accounts, which this doesn't touch or replace.

Is the advert page public? Will it show up in Google?

It's reachable by anyone with the link and not indexed by search engines. The page carries a specific address and your own contact details, and adverts go stale much faster than a search engine re-crawls them. The link you control is how it's distributed, not Google.

Can I stop taking applications without deleting the advert?

Yes. An advert can be live, closed, or live but no longer accepting applications, so you can leave the details up for the people already talking to you while shutting the form. You can also replace the link entirely, which immediately kills the old one.

How does referencing work?

LetBuddy sends you to a referencing provider with the details of the application, and you record what comes back against that applicant. No applicant's personal data leaves LetBuddy. A referencing check is a credit search on a named individual, and sending someone's income, employer and date of birth to a third party needs a signed agreement first.

Does the applicant consent to being referenced?

The application form asks separately for consent to the privacy terms and consent to referencing, and both are recorded against the application. A check cannot be started against an applicant who has not consented to one.

What happens to the applicants I turn down?

They stay in the list, marked declined or withdrawn. Three months later, when the tenancy you accepted falls through or somebody asks why an applicant wasn't chosen, the record of what you were told and what you decided is still there.

Does this cost extra?

No. Letting is part of the per-property price, like every other module, including on the free first property. The only thing money buys on LetBuddy is more properties. Referencing itself is paid to the referencing provider, not to us.

Does it handle right to rent?

The application collects the applicant's right-to-rent share code so you have it in one place, and the document goes on the tenancy record once you've checked it. LetBuddy doesn't perform the check for you. Verifying a share code against the Home Office service is something you do.

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