[New] Landlord Vision – for property managers who want a more fulfilling career

Ask anyone who’s managed properties using sub-par software, or worse, spreadsheets, and they’ll tell you, it’s a lot like juggling. The more properties you’re managing, the greater the potential for crossed wires, re-work, wasted expense and siloed working.

If it wasn’t hard enough keeping up with all the repairs, rental payments, tenant movements, renewals, licences and certificates, you also have to manage and continually hone the finances to remain profitable.

It isn’t about the admin for most people who get into managing properties, the red tape, form filling and constant chasing are more unfortunate side effects than the main show. Most people who get into property management do it because they want to help people. They want to provide warm, safe housing for the people who need it most.

With most property managers seeking a brighter future and the satisfying feeling that comes from making a difference in the world, there’s a tough choice to make. The reality of property management is a lot different than the ideal. Do you stick around and try to change things, or do you become disillusioned and move on?

Here’s some free advice.

Managing a lot of properties doesn’t need to be that stressful. There is a better way.

Imagine if you didn’t have to spend hours processing tenant requests. What if you could just do a cursory check on automatically collected rent payments? What if you could forget all about certificates, licenses and renewals and have a system just hand you all the details you need at the point when you need to deal with it. Imagine if the finances virtually managed themselves. With Landlord Vision you don’t need to imagine. Everything you need is at your fingertips. Landlord Vision is an intuitive software that is continually evolving. We take feedback and insights from the people who use the software to continually improve it. Using Landlord Vision you can manage every stage of the property lifecycle, bring everyone on to the same page, and vastly reduce your administrative burden. Because you should get more time to focus on why you do all of this in the first place. Try Landlord Vision. Let us handle all the plate spinning so you can get back to what you do best. L

 Your final choice should be based on best fit, and not on ruling out suppliers that don’t meet your current contract or an ideal set of terms.

Awarding a contract

When you have chosen a service, you can award a contract to the supplier. If only one service meets your requirements, you can award a contract to that supplier and you don’t need to do anything else. If none of the services in your search results meet your requirements, a new search is needed. If a contract is not awarded, you should still let CCS know the outcome of your search. The buyer and supplier must both sign a copy of the contract before the service can be used. The contract can then be downloaded.

The maximum length of a G-Cloud contract is normally 24 months. After the 24 months has passed, a new search will be required. If you have the right approvals, in some cases you may be able to extend your contract. Contracts can be extended by one year and then another year.

Central government organisations can only extend a contract if the spend controls team gives approval or if the supplier gives an ‘additional exit plan’ to approve at least eight months before the end of the contract.

Benefits

G-Cloud 13 boasts many benefits, including access to over 40,000 services and over 5,000 suppliers, with a quick and easy route to market. The services are scalable, meaning you only pay for what you use. Using G-Cloud 13 means reduced costs and reduced total cost of ownership compared to running your own service in house. G-Cloud 13 also provides access to the latest technology and innovation.

CCS Agreements

In an attempt to make CCS agreements easier to use and enable a better experience for customers, G-Cloud 13 will be accessible through a new digital Contract Award Service (CAS). CAS will support future iterations of G-Cloud in an agile manner, as well as eventually digitally enabling all CCS agreements. The intention behind the digital enablement is to provide a full end-to-end digital procurement experience to buyers and suppliers. CCS has also negotiated a set of Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to enhance commercial value across cloud suppliers and services which can be procured through G-Cloud 13. More information can be found on the MoU page L

Further Information

To find out more about G-Cloud 13, visit the framework page or join a customer webinar

You can contact CCS for any questions about buying through the framework or to request access to an MoU’s pricing model.

G-Cloud suppliers can be found here