Tips, insights, and best practices for rental inventory management.
Superhost requires 4.8 stars and a 90% response rate across all your listings at once. Across four properties, one bad run in one flat nearly cost me the badge. Here's what I do differently now.
14 June 2026
When I set up my first flat I spent £4,200 and bought things I had to replace within a year. If I did it now, I'd spend £1,800 and I'd get better results. Here's the actual list.
13 June 2026
My checkout message used to be 400 words of anxiety. Now it's six bullet points and a photo of the door lock. Lost items used to cost me £80 a year in postage chaos. Now I have a system.
12 June 2026
I've had exactly one complaint about WiFi speed across five properties in four years. I've had eight complaints about WiFi that dropped, one about a password that was too complicated, and two about not being able to find the router.
11 June 2026
I paid a photographer £280 for my first listing. Then I started testing iPhone shots against them. After six months of A/B testing, I know which one converts better — and it's not always the pro.
10 June 2026
Six dishwasher tablets, a squirt of washing-up liquid, and a toilet bleach that smells like a municipal swimming pool — I've tested almost everything. Here's my actual 2026 buying list.
9 June 2026
I used to just 'top up' the bathroom before every guest. Vague, expensive, and occasionally embarrassing. Now I run fixed quantities per booking and it's saved me about £4 a turnover.
8 June 2026
I stocked my first Airbnb kitchen like I was setting up a home. £600 of equipment, three months of guests, and six replacement orders later, I had a much clearer picture of what actually survives.
7 June 2026
Pillows are one of those things I completely ignored for the first two years of hosting. Then a guest mentioned mine smelled 'stale' and I did the maths. The answer is roughly every 12-18 months.
6 June 2026