Software Development for UK Property Businesses

Property is a data and compliance business

Estate and letting agents, landlords and block managers juggle more regulation every year, and most of it comes down to data: which certificate expires when, which tenancy is on which terms, what the listing must disclose, whose money sits in the client account. The core systems are usually an agency CRM such as Reapit, Alto, Jupix or Street, an accounts package, and portals including Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket.

dijitul developments builds around those systems: portals for tenants and landlords, compliance tracking, maintenance workflows and the integrations that stop staff copying data between tabs.

What we build

• Portal feeds and property websites. Rightmove's Real Time Datafeed and other portal feeds, plus fast agency websites pulling listings from your CRM.
• Tenant and landlord portals. Statements, invoices, certificates, inspection reports and repair requests in one portal, reducing calls and emails.
• Compliance tracking. Gas safety records, EICRs, EPCs, HMO and selective licences, deposit protection and Right to Rent checks, with reminders well before expiry.
• Repairs and maintenance. Tenant reporting with photos, triage, contractor job sheets and landlord approvals. We integrate with Fixflo where you already use it.
• Developer tools. Plot availability, reservations, sales progression and buyer portals for new-build developers.
• Address capture. Postcode lookup and UPRN matching for clean property data. We built a free OpenCart postcode lookup module with CraftyClicks years ago.

Rules that shape property software

• Renters' Rights Act 2025: the first phase took effect on 1 May 2026, abolishing section 21 no-fault evictions and moving tenancies to periodic terms, with the private rented sector database and landlord ombudsman following later in 2026, according to the government's implementation roadmap and law firm summaries. Tenancy templates, notices and rent increase workflows need updating.
• Material information: National Trading Standards' guidance, agreed with Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and PropertyPal, splits listing information into Parts A, B and C, covering price, council tax and tenure, then property type, utilities and parking, then issues such as flood risk. Your CRM data model needs these fields so feeds pass portal checks.
• Anti-money laundering: estate agents and many letting agents are supervised by HMRC under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017.
• Client money protection and redress: letting agents in England must belong to a client money protection scheme and a redress scheme, and deposits go into DPS, mydeposits or TDS.
• Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: from 6 April 2026, landlords and sole traders with qualifying income over the first threshold must keep digital records and file quarterly, with the threshold lowering in 2027 and 2028, according to GOV.UK.

Integrations

Reapit has its Foundations platform and API. Alto, Jupix and Street offer APIs or partner integrations, with access often through the vendor's partner programme. Accounts usually go to Xero or a property accounting system. Rent collection can use open banking or GoCardless. See CRM integration and API integration.

Compliance tracking that does not rely on memory

A letting agent managing a few hundred properties tracks thousands of dates: gas safety records due every year, EICRs every five years in England, EPCs, licences, deposit protection deadlines, Right to Rent follow-up checks for time-limited permissions, smoke and carbon monoxide alarm checks at the start of each tenancy, and insurance renewals. One missed date can mean a fine, an invalid notice or a safety risk.

We build compliance tracking around properties, units and tenancies. Each requirement has a rule (what, how often, from which date), the current certificate with its document attached, and the next due date. Reminders go to the landlord, the contractor and your team at intervals you choose, and a dashboard shows everything overdue or due in the next 30, 60 and 90 days.

Contractors can upload certificates directly through a link, and the system reads key dates from the document for a person to confirm. If you use a field service firm's system, certificates can flow across automatically. When the private rented sector database arrives, clean, structured property and compliance data will make registration far simpler.

Getting started

Tell us where staff lose the most time. After a free chat we check API access with your CRM vendor and give a fixed-price quote. Compliance tracking and tenant portals are common first phases. Related: software for construction and software for field services.

What we deliver

• Portal feed and website listings built from your CRM data
• Tenant, landlord and leaseholder portals
• Compliance and certificate tracking with automated reminders
• Repairs and maintenance workflows with contractor access
• Rent, deposit and client money reporting integrated with your accounts
• Development sales and plot management systems for developers

How it works and what it costs

Every project gets a fixed-price quote after a free initial chat and a short scoping stage. You own the code and the data.

1. Free chat

   Tell us the problem in plain English: what you do now, what goes wrong and what "better" looks like. No charge, no obligation.

2. Scoping

   We map the processes, systems and data involved, agree what is in and out, and write it down so there are no surprises.

3. Fixed-price quote

   You get a fixed price for the agreed scope, or a phased plan for bigger builds, so you can start small and prove it works.

4. Build and test

   We build in short stages you can see and try, test against real data, then go live carefully with a rollback plan.

5. Hand over and look after

   You own the code and the data. We can host it, support it and keep improving it, or hand it to your own team.

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