Tips, insights, and best practices for rental inventory management.
Orphan gaps between bookings were costing me 18% of potential revenue on my Brighton flat. Here are the six strategies I tested and the three I still use a year later.
10 July 2026
I handed one Edinburgh flat to a letting agency for six months. What I didn't notice in the contract nearly doubled their take when I decided to leave. Read clause 11 before you sign anything.
9 July 2026
After two summer complaint seasons, I bought a 9,000 BTU portable AC for my Edinburgh flat. It cost £389 and guests have left it in three reviews so far — two positively, one not.
8 July 2026
Six 3-star reviews in four years. My first responses made things worse. Here's what I send now — four templates and the reasoning behind each one.
7 July 2026
I moved 22% of my bookings off Airbnb last year. The saving isn't the 3% host fee — it's the 14-16% guest service fee that vanishes when guests book direct. Here's the actual maths.
6 July 2026
I used to just 'top up' cleaning supplies. Cost me an extra £3.20 a turnover and three awkward conversations with cleaners. Now I have a fixed quantities sheet. Here it is.
5 July 2026
The FHL tax regime ended on 6 April 2025. My mortgage interest is no longer fully deductible. Here's what shifted and what I've actually changed in my setup.
4 July 2026
My first guest guidebook was 47 pages. Nobody read it. Here's the 9-section version that guests actually use, and how I know they're reading it.
3 July 2026
I bought an 8kg machine for my Edinburgh flat. Fourteen months later I replaced it with a 10kg. Here's the turnover maths that told me I'd got it wrong.
2 July 2026