Over 2 million visitors annually across 60+ UK university cities and towns. Generating an average of 52% of partner agents' student enquiries. The market leader in bills-included accommodation with 5,000+ Trustpilot reviews. Free to list, with CRM integration available. Additional revenue on every all-inclusive let through referral commission. Rated "Excellent" on Trustpilot.
Student tenants search for accommodation months before their tenancy start date, in predictable seasonal patterns, and they search online first. The agent who appears prominently in that search window fills their student portfolio. The agent who does not loses lets to whoever is listed on the platforms students actually use - and then spends the letting season chasing alternative tenants from a position of weakness. UniHomes exists to ensure that letting agents with student stock are front of mind for every student searching in their university city.
The majority of student tenants now specifically search for bills-included accommodation. Utility costs, broadband, and TV licensing bundled into a single monthly payment give students - and their parents - the certainty of a fixed monthly cost. Letting agents who do not present their stock as bills-included on a bills-focused platform are invisible to the segment of the student market that searches that way first.
Student accommodation searches peak in late autumn and spring. Missing those windows means chasing replacement tenants at lower rents in summer. UniHomes drives enquiries year-round but the peak volumes come in the windows that matter most for student lettings - with brand ambassador programmes and university partnership marketing specifically timed around the student search calendar.
Rightmove and Zoopla are built for the residential market. Student tenants search on platforms built for them - platforms where every property is presented in the format they expect, where bills-included comparisons are native, and where the audience is exclusively students looking for accommodation near their university. A generic listing on a residential portal does not convert student tenants the way a specialist student platform does.
Managing utility arrangements for student properties - coordinating supplier change-overs, chasing bill payments, handling broadband setup - consumes meaningful letting team time. UniHomes handles utility management for every all-inclusive let, removing the administrative burden from the letting agent and giving students a single point of contact for all utility queries throughout their tenancy.
UniHomes is the UK market leader in bills-included student accommodation, operating across 60+ university cities with a brand reach of 150 million+ annually. Letting agent partners list their student properties for free, receive enquiries directly, and earn referral commission on every tenant utility sign-up. CRM integration is available for multi-platform agents. The letting agent manages the tenancy. UniHomes manages the bills.
Letting agents list their student portfolio on UniHomes for free, with no minimum contract. Properties are presented to the student audience searching for accommodation near their specific university. The listing portal allows agents to manage properties, update availability, and track enquiry performance through an analytics dashboard. CRM data feeds are available for agents managing listings across multiple platforms.
UniHomes presents all properties as bills-included - gas, electricity, water, broadband, and TV licensing are included in the listed rent. Agents do not need to change their existing processes; UniHomes handles the bills-included presentation automatically. Students see a clear monthly cost inclusive of all utilities, which drives significantly higher enquiry conversion than equivalent properties listed on residential portals without bills included.
Enquiries generated by UniHomes are delivered directly to the letting agent via email and SMS. The enquiry volume - 300,000+ annually across the platform - reflects UniHomes' position as the student accommodation destination with 2M+ annual visitors. Partner agents on average receive 52% of their total student enquiries through UniHomes. Many agents fill their entire student portfolio from UniHomes enquiries alone.
For every student who signs up to utilities through UniHomes on a partner agent's property, the letting agent receives referral commission. This is additional revenue per let, generated automatically without any additional action required from the letting team. The commission is paid on a per-tenancy basis and scales with the number of all-inclusive lets the agent processes through the platform each year.
Once a tenant is set up on utilities through UniHomes, all utility queries - billing questions, usage concerns, broadband issues, supplier contact - are handled by UniHomes' tenant support team directly. The letting agent is removed from the utility management chain entirely. This eliminates a significant and time-consuming category of letting agent administration without any change to the agent's core tenancy management process.
UniHomes' brand reach is driven by a comprehensive marketing strategy including brand ambassadors on university campuses, partnerships with top student influencers, and UK-wide digital marketing specifically targeting students in their accommodation search window. The platform's brand recognition with students means that listing on UniHomes is not just access to a property portal - it is access to an audience that actively seeks out UniHomes during their accommodation search.
UniHomes is free to list with no minimum contract. Onboarding is straightforward and the UniHomes team supports the setup for agents listing across multiple cities or managing high-volume student portfolios.
List properties through the UniHomes partner portal. No minimum contract, no upfront fee. Properties are presented as bills-included to the student audience searching in each university city. CRM data feed integration is available if you manage listings across multiple platforms.
Student enquiries are delivered directly to the letting agent via email and SMS. The analytics dashboard shows property performance - views, enquiries, and comparison to other listed properties in the same university city. The agent manages all tenant contact and qualification in the normal way.
When a tenancy is agreed, students are guided through the UniHomes utility sign-up process. Gas, electricity, water, broadband, and TV licensing are all set up in a single process. The letting agent receives referral commission on every utility sign-up. UniHomes takes ownership of all utility management from that point.
For the full tenancy term, all tenant utility queries are handled by the UniHomes support team. The letting agent is not involved in billing disputes, broadband faults, or supplier changes. The administrative overhead of student utility management is removed entirely from the letting team's workload.
UniHomes is a Propertymark Industry Supplier and the UK market leader in bills-included student accommodation. Kerfuffle and Compare The PropTech members access the UniHomes partner programme through a dedicated route - with a platform walkthrough and enquiry volume expectations discussed before any properties are listed.
Standard approach
Self-serve signup with no agent support
Kerfuffle & CTP member route
UniHomes is free for letting agents to list on, with no minimum contract. The Kerfuffle member route provides a platform walkthrough and a discussion of expected enquiry volumes for your specific university city coverage before you list your first property - so you understand the performance you can expect before committing any time to the setup.
A walkthrough of the UniHomes partner portal from property listing through to enquiry management and performance analytics - with a discussion of expected enquiry volumes for your university city coverage.
See exactly how the UniHomes partner portal works - how to list student properties, how bills-included is presented to the student audience, how enquiries are delivered directly to your team, how the analytics dashboard shows property performance, and how the referral commission on utility sign-ups generates additional revenue per let without any additional workload. Bring your university city coverage and student portfolio size to get specific enquiry volume expectations.
UniHomes has built the UK's leading platform specifically for the student accommodation market by understanding exactly how students search - and by building the marketing infrastructure to be front of mind when they do. Partner agents benefit from that infrastructure at no cost, with additional revenue on every let.
PropTech That Pays Back is the Kerfuffle initiative that rewards estate agents with kredits when they use what they have bought. UniHomes is not on the platform presently. Register your interest below and we will ensure the UniHomes team is introduced to the programme.
Kerfuffle members get dedicated account management, a platform walkthrough, and access to 2M+ annual student visitors at no cost. No minimum contract. Additional revenue on every all-inclusive let. UniHomes handles the utilities.
Want to understand what 52% of your student enquiries coming from one platform means for your lettings business?
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