Renter finds ‘winning approach’ via new tenant app

OpenBrix has successfully helped a tenant who had slammed the market and agents for the “impossible task” of landing a simple one bed apartment.

Lucy had a budget £2,000 per month, is in full-time, long-term employment and a squeaky-clean credit rating. None of this mattered when the biggest issue she had been facing was that she just “can’t find anything” because the demand was so high.

OpenBrix launched tenant lifecycle app, Tlyfe, earlier this year. The app is designed to help tenants with their property journey, including support with tenant insurance loans and even the ability to record rental payments and link these back to their credit profiles.

Positioned as their ‘prequalification’ service, tenants are now able to make themselves ‘Rent-Ready’, essentially helping them queue jump the other applicants, ensuring they are top of the pile and first choice for their chosen property. The prequalification services built into Tlyfe include an affordability calculator, Right-to-Rent and ID verification and even pre-qualified references.

Lucy signed up to Tlyfe on Wednesday and by Friday had not only found a new property but had paid her deposit and had set her move in date for two weeks following. She added that “Tlyfe has been awesome” in being able to prove she is a serious contender and literally “ready to go”.