Property management running on spreadsheets, WhatsApp groups, and manual check-ins costs you bookings, tenant satisfaction, and staff hours you can't afford to lose.
We build custom real estate software that automates the operations, connects the systems, and gives you visibility across every property, whether you have 5 units or 500+.
Custom property management software built around your portfolio, not a generic template
Booking engines, tenant portals, and maintenance systems, with a focused v1 live in 10 to 14 weeks
We built a serviced-apartment booking and keyless-entry platform for a Dublin operator: self check-ins grew 7x and the team saved 20+ staff hours a week
Shipping production software since 2015, across hospitality, fintech, and logistics
The problem
Maintenance requests submitted by text, assigned by memory, and followed up only when a tenant escalates, because there is no system tracking what was reported, what was assigned, and what is overdue?
Tenants on month-to-month agreements you could convert to longer leases, but no system flags the upcoming expiry date until it has already passed?
Short answer
RaftLabs builds custom real estate software for property businesses managing between 5 and 500+ units. We replace spreadsheets, WhatsApp chains, and manual check-ins with property management systems, booking engines, and tenant portals. A focused v1 launches in 10 to 14 weeks at a fixed cost, then extends as your portfolio grows.
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Who this is for
Property managers
Property management systems that replace spreadsheets, WhatsApp chains, and manual check-ins.
Serviced apartment operators
Booking engines, keyless entry, and automated guest communications, around the clock.
Letting agencies
Tenant portals and maintenance systems where every job is accounted for, on every unit.
Small operators
A focused v1 in 10 to 14 weeks, and an honest answer if the timing isn't right yet.
01 Diagnosis
I need the essentials, not another feature rollout
A reservation comes in on one channel. It gets logged in the property management system. Then entered again in the accounting tool. Then noted in a spreadsheet. Three data entry steps for one booking means three chances for error. Meanwhile the platform keeps rolling out new features while the essentials stay broken: payments confusing, refunds hard, reconciliations limited.We build integrations that connect your booking channel, property management system, and accounting software so a record is entered once, not three times. The essentials work before anything else.
Maintenance runs on WhatsApp and nobody knows what's open
A tenant messages about a broken boiler. A contractor is called. The job happens, maybe. Nobody outside that conversation knows whether it was resolved, what it cost, or whether the same unit had the same problem six months ago. Missed maintenance also puts you at legal risk: if you can't prove a repair was completed, you don't have a defence.We build maintenance management systems that log every request, assign it to a contractor, track completion, and give you a full audit trail against every unit. Every job is accounted for, on every unit.
They don't care how long you've been with them
The fee rug-pull is real: a per-transaction charge appears, and the platform doesn't care how long you've been with them or how many doors you have. A prospective guest checks availability at 10pm. There is no way to book. They move to the next operator. The morning's bookings go to OTAs at the 15% commission they typically charge rather than direct.A direct booking engine with real-time availability, online payment, and automated guest communications reclaims that margin and works around the clock. On a fixed cost, with no per-transaction toll. Bookings that belong to you.
The platform that fits your portfolio fails at twice the size
Rent review dates sit in a spreadsheet. Someone is supposed to check it. Sometimes they do. And the platform that was fine at 50 units gets confusing past a hundred, with commercial depth missing and complex lease structures unsupported.A property management system that tracks every lease event, surfaces upcoming renewals 90 days out, and auto-generates the right documents removes the human memory dependency from a process that can't afford it. Built for the portfolio you will have, not just the one you have. Lease events never slip.
02 What we ship
Most property management systems are built for the average landlord. If you're running serviced apartments, a mixed residential and commercial portfolio, or a multi-site operation with specific workflows, the average system doesn't work for you.
We build custom property management systems that handle your exact portfolio: your unit types, your lease structures, your charge categories, your reporting needs. Automated rent collection, invoice generation, and payment tracking. Maintenance request management with job assignment and status tracking. Multi-site portfolio management with consolidated reporting. Integration with accounting systems (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage) and payment providers. A system that runs your operation, instead of one you fit your operation around.
Guests expect to book online in under 2 minutes. If your booking process requires a phone call, an email, or a 3-step form, you're losing bookings to the operator who makes it easier.
We build booking platforms with real-time availability, online payment, and an automated confirmation and check-in flow. Direct booking revenue rose 25% for the operator we built it for. Online payment and deposit collection with Stripe or Adyen. Channel manager integration (Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia). Admin dashboard for managing reservations, modifications, and cancellations. Direct bookings, around the clock.
Tenants want self-service. They want to raise a maintenance request at 10pm without calling anyone. They want to see their rent statement without emailing accounts. They want to renew their lease without paper.
We build tenant portals and resident apps that give tenants what they want. Mobile app for tenant check-in, maintenance requests, and communication. Online rent payment and statement access. Lease management: digital signatures, renewal reminders, and document storage. Your property management team gets fewer interruptions, a complete audit trail, and documented evidence for every maintenance request and payment. Tenants serve themselves.
Off-the-shelf CRMs aren't built for real estate. The sales cycle, the terminology, and the commission structures don't map to a generic CRM without weeks of configuration and plugins you'll outgrow.
We build CRM systems designed for property sales teams, letting agents, and property developers. Property-specific lead pipeline with custom stages and fields. Automated follow-up sequences and viewing appointment scheduling. Document management for offers, title deeds, and compliance files. Commission tracking and team performance reporting. Integration with property portals (Rightmove, Zoopla, Property Finder) and email. Agents get in front of buyers, not inside the CRM.
Every property manager knows the maintenance problem: requests come in via text, WhatsApp, email, and phone call. Nobody knows the status. Jobs fall through the cracks. Contractors invoice for work nobody can confirm was done.
We build maintenance management systems that bring every request into one place, assign jobs to contractors, track completion, and give tenants real-time updates. Multi-channel request intake: tenant portal, mobile app, email-to-ticket. Job assignment and contractor management with SLA tracking. Photo and video evidence capture before and after work completion. Maintenance, with an audit trail.
Pricing a property or a rental unit should take minutes, not days of spreadsheet analysis. Valuation models trained on comparable transactions, local market data, and property characteristics give instant estimates with explainable outputs.
We build analytics tools for property businesses that need data-driven pricing, portfolio performance tracking, or occupancy optimisation. Not black boxes: models with clear inputs and outputs you can audit and act on. Occupancy rate analysis and dynamic pricing recommendations. Portfolio performance dashboards with property-level and aggregate views. Market trend monitoring and rent review alerts. Pricing on data, not gut feel.
Integrations
Portals via their partner APIs where they exist, channel managers or established middleware where they don't.
03 Buy, build, or wait
The real estate software decision is usually about the toll: who takes a cut of every transaction, and what happens when you outgrow the model.
Stay on the platform
AppFolio, Buildium, Entrata
When your portfolio fits their model and the fee structure holds at your scale.
Build custom
When the fee rug-pull arrives
Per-transaction charges that appear after you're locked in. Fixed cost, agreed before we build.
When the platform fails at twice the size
Commercial depth missing, complex leases unsupported. Build for the portfolio you'll have.
When support takes a week
If you want to talk to a human and it takes a week, build with a team that answers.
Bottom line
Stay on the platform while it fits and the fees are fair. Build when the toll, the scale ceiling, or the silence cost more than the build.
04 How we work
Every real estate software build needs a data model shaped around your portfolio structure, lease or booking rules, and the integrations your operation already depends on, scoped before any code is written. Our real estate software development service walks through how we approach discovery, architecture, build, and integration testing.
05 Track record
08 Why us
09 Questions
Yes. Our most direct reference is a serviced-apartment booking and management platform we built for City Break Apartments, a Dublin operator. The platform handles online reservations, real-time availability, payment processing, keyless mobile entry, and automated guest communications. Self check-ins grew 7x and the team saved more than 20 staff hours a week. We built the internal property management system alongside the booking engine, including unit management, housekeeping scheduling, and maintenance tracking. That project ran from scoping to live in 14 weeks.
Yes. We've integrated with Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia via their partner APIs. For Rightmove and Zoopla, we work with their listing data APIs for search products, and with their property data APIs where available. For portals that don't offer direct API access, we build channel managers or use established middleware platforms. The exact integration depends on what the portal supports and your use case.
It depends on the problem. If your current process works, even if it's manual, custom software might not be worth it yet. But if you're losing bookings because guests can't self-serve, or your team is spending more than 10 hours a week on admin that a system should handle, the payback is usually within 6-12 months. We'll tell you honestly if we think the timing isn't right. We'd rather build for you when it makes sense than start a project that doesn't deliver.
A focused v1, a booking engine, tenant portal, or maintenance system, runs 10 to 14 weeks ($40K to $85K). A full property management system, especially one with multiple integrations, runs four to six months ($120K to $280K). We scope every project before pricing. You get a fixed quote before we start, no hourly billing, no scope creep invoices.
A focused v1, a booking engine, tenant portal, or maintenance system, typically takes 10 to 14 weeks from kickoff to a live product you can validate with real users. We work in 2-week sprints and you see working software throughout, then keep extending it. A full property management system, especially one with multiple integrations, runs four to six months. We agree on milestones upfront so you know what to expect at each stage.
That's the honest fear. Software is only as effective as the people using it, and inadequate training leads to workarounds and frustration. We design the workflows with your team: maintenance requests that take seconds to raise, statuses the whole team can see, and a system that matches the way they already work rather than forcing a new process. The platform goes live alongside the old process first, so the team validates it on real work before the spreadsheets retire. It ships when your team can run a week on it without help.
Tell us your portfolio type, your current operational tools, and where the system breaks down. We'll tell you how we'd build the fix.