Features

A complete property management, compliance, finance and evidence platform — built around connected modules that cover the full lifecycle, from first enquiry to evidence pack.

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One connected workspace

Every record — property, tenant, tenancy, compliance, finance, deposit and reminder — links together, so nothing lives in isolation.

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Connected property platform

Every core module, covered

Core modules span the entire property lifecycle — from onboarding through operations, finance and compliance.

Dashboard

  • Portfolio-wide overview & KPIs
  • Outstanding tasks and alerts
  • Rent collected & occupancy at a glance
  • Quick actions for any module

Properties & Rooms

  • Property details, addresses & ownership
  • Room-level records within each property
  • Portfolios, occupancy status & key dates
  • Monthly rent and currency per property

People & Tenants

  • Tenant master record stored once, linked everywhere
  • References (landlord, employer, professional)
  • Guarantors and guarantor agreements
  • Sensitive data masked and permission-controlled

Tenancies & Contracts

  • Lifecycle from draft to fully signed
  • Jurisdiction-specific contract templates
  • Pre-contract onboarding checklist
  • Versioning and audit trail

Compliance

  • Gas, EPC, EICR, FRA, HMO and more
  • RAG status tracking across risk categories
  • Automated expiry alerts to owners
  • Deposit protection scheme tracking (DPS, mydeposits, TDS)
  • Right to Rent & eligibility checks with evidence
  • Evidence documents attached to each certificate

International

  • Jurisdiction-aware rules across the UK
  • Phased expansion to Europe & USA
  • Tax regimes, deposit and notice rules
  • Ask Smart Approve jurisdiction guidance

Activities & Calendar

  • Maintenance issues with priority & cost
  • Inspections and property visits
  • Day, week and month calendar views
  • Staff assignment and resolution tracking

To Do List

  • Every outstanding task in one prioritised list
  • References, guarantors, compliance and onboarding
  • Rent arrears and overdue follow-ups surfaced together
  • Filters by module, priority and due date

Customer Portals

  • Tenant, landlord and guarantor portals
  • Self-service reporting and documents
  • Invoice viewing and payment links
  • Check-in, check-out, deposits & disputes

Finance

  • Automatic monthly invoice generation
  • Payments, part-paid and disputed handling
  • Overdue follow-ups and arrears
  • Rent tracking with automatic schedules & live arrears
  • Property-level expense tracking with receipts & invoices
  • Real-time profitability & yield per property
  • 12-month cash-flow forecast (committed rent minus scheduled expenses)
  • MTD-ready UK tax exports (CSV + PDF) by HMRC category
  • CSV exports and Google Sheets logging

Organisation (Multi-Tenant)

  • Organisations, regions, branches and teams
  • Role-based access with module, action & data-scope permissions
  • Plan entitlements enforced server-side
  • Row-level security & strict tenant isolation
  • Audit trail on every privileged action
  • Organisation switcher in the header

Help Centre & Onboarding

  • Searchable FAQ and knowledge base
  • Ask Smart Approve AI assistant
  • Role-based learning modules (agent, manager, landlord, accounts)
  • Walkthrough video for first-time users
  • Ticketed support with escalation path
  • GDPR data-export & erasure for tenants

Enterprise Settings

  • First-class control plane, not a basic profile screen
  • 25 settings areas from organisation to feature flags
  • Configuration inheritance with safe overrides
  • Change history, approval and audit on every setting

Platform Governance

  • QA Lab audits platform health and improvements
  • Security Lab tracks findings and remediation
  • Risks Lab maintains a live risk register
  • AI-assisted posture reviews for admins
Check-in inspection and evidence
Evidence-led operations

First-class where it matters most

Enquiries, deposits, check-in/out and evidence are first-class capabilities — not afterthoughts — so you are always deposit-dispute ready.

Enquiry Inbox

Website, email, portal and WhatsApp enquiries land in one inbox, auto-matched to a property and routed to the right team with SLAs.

Deposits & Disputes

Full deposit lifecycle — received, protected, deductions, dispute and refund — connected to tenancy, check-in/out and evidence.

Check-In / Check-Out

Room-by-room inspections with photos, video, meters, fixtures and keys, ending in tenant sign-off and manager approval.

Evidence Packs

Check-in vs check-out comparison, inventory, communications and timeline compiled into a shareable, time-limited, audited pack.

Property Marketing

Create a listing once and publish across website, Wix, WordPress and social channels — enquiry to viewing to application to tenancy.

Account Manager

Talk to your account manager from any screen for onboarding, training, configuration, integrations or professional services.

Enterprise control plane

Built for multi-team operators, secured by design

A first-class control plane structures your business — Organisation to Region to Branch to Team to User to Role to Entitlement — with security enforced server-side, not just in the UI.

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Multi-team operators

Organisations, branches & teams

Structure operators hierarchically with regions, branches and teams, and switch between organisations from the header.

Role-based access control

Define roles with module and action permissions plus data scope — organisation, branch, team, property or own records.

Entitlements & plan limits

Property, user and storage limits enforced server-side per plan, so the UI can never bypass what was paid for.

Row-level security

Strict tenant isolation: every customer record is scoped to its organisation with admin-only overrides.

Governed document workflow

References, guarantors and contracts flow through Request, Review, Approve, Sign and Record with a full audit trail.

Audit trail

Every privileged action and setting change is recorded for compliance and accountability.

Controlled, permission-aware AI

AI that works for you, within your rules

Ask Smart Approve, the WhatsApp assistant and the in-app property assistant all run through a permission and human-approval layer — never with unrestricted access to your production data.

Low risk

  • Summarise a property or enquiry
  • Identify missing documents
  • Surface next best actions

Medium risk

  • Draft tenant communications
  • Suggest a task or follow-up
  • Recommend a workflow step

High risk

  • Bulk changes & sensitive data
  • Evidence or regulatory changes
  • Permission changes — human approval mandatory

Security, privacy & legal — release-blocking

Tenant isolation, audit, GDPR and legal acceptance are not optional. They cannot be disabled by configuration or overridden by AI.

Security Centre

MFA adoption, active sessions, failed logins, sensitive-data access and security events in one admin view.

Privacy & GDPR

Data retention, DSAR workflows, consent, anonymisation and subprocessor information — with privacy events audited.

Legal acceptance

Mandatory Terms acceptance at signup creates an immutable LegalAcceptanceRecord, versioned and never overwritten.

Tenant isolation

Release-blocking tenant, document, photo, video and evidence isolation — never bypassed by configuration or AI.

Security & trust

International security & compliance

We align with recognised international and regional standards to protect your data across the UK, Europe and beyond.

GDPR

EU & UK

Data protection compliance

ISO 27001

International

Information security management

SOC 2

International

Trust service controls

Cyber Essentials

United Kingdom

UK government-backed standard

Cyber Essentials Plus

United Kingdom

Independently verified

PCI DSS

International

Payment card security

IASME

United Kingdom

Cyber assurance governance

ISO 9001

International

Quality management

ePrivacy

European Union

Electronic communications

CCPA

United States

California consumer privacy

Badges represent standards Smart Approve aligns to or is working toward. Informational only and not a warranty of certification status.

Platform governance

Built-in labs keep the platform healthy

Three admin labs — QA, Security and Risks — run inside the platform so issues are caught, owned and closed, not lost in a spreadsheet.

QA Lab

Audits platform health, tracks improvement suggestions and surfaces data-integrity issues before they bite.

Security Lab

Maintains a live register of security findings with severity, status and remediation owner — tracked to closure.

Risks Lab

Operational, financial and compliance risks logged, assessed and mitigated with residual risk and an owner for each.

Automation built in

Less manual chasing — the platform handles the repetitive work for you.

Monthly invoicing

Invoices generated for every active tenancy.

Rent reminders

3-days-before reminders with overdue escalation.

Compliance alerts

Certificate expiry warnings to owners.

AI assistant

Ask Smart Approve answers across your data.

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Important: Smart Approve and its "Ask Smart Approve" resources provide general information and tools to help you manage property, compliance and finance. They are not legal, tax, accounting or regulated professional advice. For matters requiring professional advice, consult a suitably qualified professional. Property and tenancy law varies by jurisdiction — always check the rules that apply in your area.