Services · Ecommerce development · Rental property portals
Codeeo offers rental property portal website development in London for agencies, short stay operators and proptech teams who want a marketplace of their own. Providers pay to list, renters book viewings in real time, holding deposits and stay bookings are taken online, and payouts reach landlords after your commission is deducted. The portal is shaped around how renting works in the capital: dozens of councils with different licensing, overseas owners, fast moving stock and renters who decide on commute time.
In London a good flat can attract many enquiries within hours, so the hard part is not attracting interest. It is sorting it, booking it, taking the right payment from the right person and keeping a record that stands up if a council, a tenant or a landlord asks questions later.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
What a London portal needs
London renters search by station, not by postcode district, and they expect to book a viewing slot instantly rather than wait for a call back. Landlords may live abroad and want statements without phoning anyone. The 32 boroughs and the City of London each run their own licensing schemes, and entire homes let as short stays face a 90 night yearly limit without planning permission. A rental portal for London has to carry all of that inside the product. These are the capabilities we build for London marketplaces, from the first search to the payout, and we drop the ones a particular business model does not need. Each one is configured in the admin rather than fixed in code, because London rules and borough schemes change more often than a portal is rebuilt.
Renters choose a station or workplace and a maximum travel time, and results are ranked by travel time rather than straight line distance. Filters cover rent, bedrooms, move in date, furnished or unfurnished, pets, outdoor space and step free access. Saved searches send alerts only to people who opted in under PECR.
Searches that match how Londoners actually choose a home.
Agents publish viewing windows per property, including group viewings for popular flats. Renters pick a slot, receive confirmations and reminders, and the agent sees who is coming with their pre qualification answers. Slots close automatically once a holding deposit is taken, and cancelled viewings reopen for the next renter in line.
Fewer phone calls and no double booked viewings.
Each London listing records which local authority it sits in and, where a selective, additional or HMO licence applies, the licence reference and expiry. Moderators see expiring licences in a queue, and listings can be paused automatically when a licence lapses until the provider uploads a renewed reference.
Stock that stays within each council's rules.
For entire homes offered as short stays, the portal counts booked nights per calendar year and warns the host as they approach 90. Hosts with planning permission for longer use can upload evidence so the limit is lifted for that listing after a moderator reviews it.
Short let hosts kept inside the London limit.
Long lets take a holding deposit capped at one week's rent with the deadline and outcome recorded. Short stays take full payment or a deposit at booking, with cleaning and service charges shown in the headline price as drip pricing rules require. Cards use Strong Customer Authentication, plus Apple Pay, Google Pay and pay by bank.
The right payment taken at the right moment.
A marketplace payment provider authorised by the FCA receives funds, deducts your commission or booking fee, applies VAT to that fee and pays the landlord, agent or host on a schedule you set, such as after check in or after the tenancy starts. Payout statements are available in the provider portal and inside the landlord account.
Revenue collected on every let or stay.
Owners living outside the UK see listings, viewings, offers and payouts in their account, sign documents online and receive statements by email. The portal records whether the agent or the tenant handles the Non Resident Landlord Scheme with HMRC, so the right party deducts tax where required.
Remote owners kept informed without calls.
Tenants who are not British or Irish citizens can share a Home Office share code, and the agent records the check date and follow up date. Referencing runs through the agent's chosen provider, with only the result stored in the portal, and the agent's own records holding the underlying documents.
Checks recorded without collecting more than needed.
Most London agencies already run lettings software, so stock arrives through its API or a standard property feed rather than manual entry. We map rent, availability, furnishing and licence fields, reject feeds that miss required details and show the agent exactly which listing failed and why.
Partner stock live without retyping.
Renters and guests can raise a dispute about a booking or a listing, and only people with a completed let or stay can leave a review. Your moderators handle both with a full message history, and the review policy is written to meet the fake review rules in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
Trust built into the marketplace.
Who builds this in London
London has no shortage of property portals, so a new one has to serve a clear audience better than the large ones do. These are the London operators who usually come to us, and how the first release differs for each. The common thread is that the revenue comes from providers, and the product must make listing with you clearly worth paying for. That means measurable enquiries, faster lets and less admin than the provider has today, shown in a dashboard they can check whenever they like.
An agency with branches across several boroughs wants its own lettings site to act as a marketplace for partner landlords and smaller agents, not only its own stock. Partners pay a monthly plan, enquiries route to the branch nearest the flat and viewing slots fill from one calendar. The licensing fields matter most here, because one agency may list in boroughs with very different schemes. Partner agents also want their own branding on listing pages and a dashboard showing views, viewing bookings and holding deposits taken, which is what convinces them the plan is worth renewing.
First release: partner plans, viewing slots and licence tracking.
Operators running apartments in areas such as Canary Wharf, Shoreditch or around King's Cross often depend on travel booking sites. Rental booking platform development for London operators like this means a direct site that takes stays for business travellers and relocating staff, holds the guest relationship and avoids paying intermediary commission on repeat stays. The night counter and planning evidence fields keep the operator clear of the 90 night rule for entire homes, while serviced apartments with the right planning use are flagged as exempt.
First release: availability calendar, booking checkout and payouts.
Firms that house incoming staff for London employers need a portal where landlords offer furnished homes for set terms and the employer approves the booking before payment. That means company accounts, approval steps and invoicing to the employer rather than to the tenant. Rental booking payment integration in London for this model often includes invoices on account as well as card payments. Landlords see which employer a booking belongs to, extensions are requested inside the portal, and the firm gets one monthly statement across every London home it has booked.
First release: company accounts and approval flow.
A founder targeting a clear London audience, such as shared living for young professionals, accessible homes or pet owners, needs the marketplace basics without building every feature at once. We launch with provider onboarding, paid listings, viewings and holding deposits, then add short stays, reviews or overseas owner tools once demand is proven. London renters compare everything against the big portals, so the first release has to be quick on a phone and honest about what each listing costs, including bills, council tax band and any service charge passed on.
First release: paid listings and verified providers.
Working with us from outside London
We do not have a London office. Our team of 80+ is based in Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi and works with London clients remotely, with discovery, design reviews and release demos held by video call. Most clients fund a fixed scope first release, then keep a monthly retainer for improvements and rule changes. Larger operators sometimes take a dedicated team working inside their own product process. Codeeo has delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US and is rated 4.7 from 23 Google reviews.
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
Server rendered search pages for speed and indexing, a typed API for listings, bookings and payouts, a regulated marketplace payment provider and hosting in UK or EU regions. Built so another team could pick it up later, with documentation kept alongside the code.
01Web
02Commerce
03Data and cloud
04Marketing and tracking
The scope, not the city, sets the cost, and we price after discovery.
Cost depends on how many listing types you run (long lets, short stays, corporate terms), whether you charge flat listing fees or take commission with split payouts, how many agent systems you import stock from and how much of moderation is automated. Commute search, overseas owner accounts and licence tracking each add work. We estimate the first release once the scope is written down, and we suggest what can wait without hurting launch revenue.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
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