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Property marketplace website development Manchester, for operators building a platform where build to rent companies, independent landlords, letting agents and investor sellers all list and pay for results. We build the marketplace site, the vendor portal and the billing that charges per lead, per completed let or by subscription, then pays out or invoices accordingly. The platform reflects how Greater Manchester is organised: ten borough councils with their own housing teams, a city centre full of new apartment blocks and suburbs where smaller landlords still hold most of the stock.
The aim is a marketplace that tenants trust enough to use first and vendors trust enough to pay. That means honest listings, clear charges, fast enquiry handling and a billing record that both sides can check line by line. It also means a platform your own staff can run day to day without calling a developer.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
What the marketplace can include
Manchester's rental market mixes very large and very small vendors. One build to rent operator may list hundreds of apartments in Ancoats or along the Irwell, while a landlord in Levenshulme lists a single terrace. A marketplace has to serve both without the big operators drowning out everyone else or the small landlords finding the tools too complex.
It also has to make money in a way vendors accept. Many Manchester platforms charge for results, such as a qualified enquiry or a signed tenancy, rather than for a listing. The capabilities below are chosen for that model, and every one connects to the same vendor account, the same billing ledger and the same moderation tools.
Build to rent operators get bulk unit management, block level pages with shared amenities, and team logins for leasing staff. Independent landlords get a short listing form and a simple inbox. Search results balance the two, so a small landlord's well presented flat in Chorlton still appears alongside a new tower in Deansgate.
Large and small vendors both see value in staying on the platform.
Vendors top up credit or are billed in arrears for each qualified enquiry, defined by rules you set, such as a verified phone number and a stated move date. Duplicate and spam enquiries are filtered out automatically and never charged, and vendors can dispute any lead from their dashboard.
Vendors pay for outcomes, and you earn as the platform performs.
When a tenancy agreed through the platform is marked as signed, a success fee is invoiced to the vendor with VAT, or collected from their saved payment method with Strong Customer Authentication. Both sides confirm the let, which keeps fees fair and gives you a clean audit trail.
Fee income tied to real tenancies rather than listing counts.
The Good Landlord Charter is a voluntary standard backed by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Landlords who are members can add their status, your team verifies it, and a badge appears on their listings. Renters can filter for Charter members if they want that reassurance.
A local trust signal renters recognise, verified before it shows.
Each listing is tagged with its council, whether Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Stockport or another of the city region's boroughs, so licensing references, council tax band and local requirements follow the right authority. Rules sit in an editable table rather than in code.
Listings across ten boroughs stay accurate when one council changes course.
Owners of city centre apartments can list for sale, often with a tenant in place. Listings show tenure, lease length, service charge, current rent and tenancy status, and enquiries require buyers to confirm their position before the seller's agent receives them.
A separate, well qualified channel for investor stock.
Many renters in the city region choose a home by how long it takes to reach work or study. Search can filter by walking distance to a Metrolink stop, travel time to the city centre, MediaCityUK or the university campuses, and by the neighbourhood names locals actually use rather than postcode districts alone.
Results that match how people in Greater Manchester decide where to live.
Group searches for shared houses in Fallowfield, Withington and Rusholme, with room counts, bills arrangements and the deposit protection scheme named on the listing. Group members can share a shortlist and enquire together, which suits how most student houses in the south of the city are let.
Groups decide faster and landlords receive complete enquiries.
Enquiries for a build to rent block go to the right leasing team member by building, unit type or rota, with response times tracked. Operators can connect their own CRM or property management system through an API, so leads arrive where their staff already work.
Faster replies and fewer enquiries lost between systems.
Every lead charge, success fee, credit and refund appears in a downloadable statement. Vendors can open a dispute on any line, attach evidence and follow its progress. Your staff resolve disputes from one queue, with decisions and adjustments recorded against the ledger.
Billing questions answered from data, not memory.
Who this is for
Each of these starts from a different asset: stock, audience, relationships or a niche. The asset decides which side of the marketplace you build first, which revenue model makes sense on day one and how much automation you need before launch. Below is how we approach each one. In every case the vendor verification, billing ledger and dispute tools are the same; only the order changes.
You already run apartment blocks and want to fill the platform with complementary stock from other owners. We begin with your own buildings as the core supply, then add third party landlord accounts with pay per lead billing. Your units keep their own branded block pages, so the platform supports your brand rather than diluting it.
Your own stock removes the cold start problem.
You have the audience idea but no stock yet. The first release focuses on easy landlord onboarding, free or low barrier listing with paid upgrades, and strong search for the neighbourhoods your audience cares about, such as the Northern Quarter, Didsbury or Salford Quays. Lead billing is switched on once enquiry volume makes it worth paying for.
Prove demand before you charge vendors for it.
Several independent agencies across Greater Manchester want a shared portal that keeps leads local rather than paying national portals for them. We build a members' marketplace with agency accounts, shared listings, lead routing by area and a fair billing model agreed between members, plus reporting each agency can see.
Agreeing the billing rules between members comes before any design work.
Supply is concentrated in a few postcodes and demand runs in an annual cycle. We prioritise group search, shared shortlists, landlord verification and deposit information, and design the billing so landlords pay when a house is let rather than for listings that sit through the quiet months of the year.
Billing on results suits a seasonal market.
How we work together
Codeeo has delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US, has a team of 80+ across Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi, and is rated 4.7 from 23 Google reviews. Our team has no Manchester office and works with clients in the city remotely, holding every discovery session, review and handover by video call. Clients typically start with a fixed scope first release, then choose a retainer for ongoing work or a dedicated team for a larger roadmap. Whichever you choose, you keep full access to the code, the hosting and the payment accounts, so changing the arrangement later is straightforward.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
We pick the stack to suit your billing model and your future team. A modern JavaScript front end, a Laravel or Node back end and a payments provider with marketplace features is the usual pattern, with hosting in a UK or EU region. Backups, monitoring and error alerts run from launch, and all credentials sit in your accounts.
01Web
02Commerce
03Data and cloud
04Marketing and tracking
Yes, because the stock, the vendors and the councils are local.
A national portal competes on volume. A Manchester marketplace wins by knowing the city better: the neighbourhood names renters use, the mix of build to rent blocks and older terraces, the student cycle in the south of the city and the separate councils that cover Salford, Trafford and the rest of the region. We build search, listing fields and moderation around that knowledge, which is something national sites tend to flatten. It also means local SEO pages for neighbourhoods and boroughs that a national portal would never write.
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