HomeDash

Learn HomeDash

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83 short videos, grouped by what you are trying to do. Each one shows the real product, and the player loads only when you press play.

Getting started

Set up your account in an order that works.

  • Getting started: add your first property, tenant and tenancy

    Set up your first property, tenant and tenancy in about five minutes.

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  • How to invite your tenant to their portal

    Your tenant gets an invitation when you add them, unless you choose to handle contact yourself. Here's what they receive, and how to resend it if they missed it.

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  • How to add certificates and read your compliance register

    Upload a certificate, check the dates HomeDash reads from it, and see every property against every duty on one register.

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  • How to use your HomeDash dashboard and Needs Attention

    What the dashboard tiles mean, and how to deal with each row on Needs Attention: in hand, snooze, not this cycle, or raise a job.

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  • How to switch to HomeDash: import your portfolio from a spreadsheet

    Bring your whole portfolio across from a spreadsheet or an export from other software: upload, match your columns, check every row, then add your certificates. Nothing is sent to your tenants, and you can undo the import for seven days.

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  • How to use the property page in HomeDash

    Everything about one property lives on one page: what needs your attention, how complete the record is, photos, then the tenancy, compliance, repairs, meters and documents.

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  • Your first week with HomeDash: what to set up, and in what order

    Everything to set up in your first week with HomeDash, in order: your first property, tenant and tenancy, your certificates, your tenant's portal, then your dashboard, rent, calendar and Daily Brief.

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  • Learn HomeDash: short lessons on your own account

    Learn HomeDash is a set of short lessons and guided tours on your own account. Here's how to find it, how the paths work, and where Help and the HomeDash Assistant fit in.

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Day to day

Rent, repairs, tenants and the money.

  • How to record rent payments and set up a payment plan

    Record full and part payments, cancel a charge raised in error, and agree a payment plan that HomeDash tracks for you.

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  • How to manage a repair from report to closed

    Assign a contractor, log the quote and final cost, keep private notes and update your tenant, all from one repair record.

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    Read the guide: How to Track and Manage Repairs So They Do Not Escalate

  • How to send a document for digital signature

    Upload any PDF, add who needs to sign, track who has signed and download the signed copy.

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  • How to take check-in and check-out meter readings

    Add each supplier and meter once, then take photo-backed readings at check-in and check-out.

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  • How to add your HomeDash deadlines to your own calendar

    Subscribe once and your HomeDash dates appear in Google, Apple or Outlook calendar automatically.

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  • How to choose your notifications and Daily Brief

    Turn on the Daily Brief, choose which emails you get, and add another recipient such as your partner or bookkeeper.

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  • How to invite your team and set roles

    Share HomeDash with a partner, manager or bookkeeper and choose their role. Billing and integrations stay with the account owner.

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  • How to get more from the HomeDash Assistant

    Ask about your portfolio, ask how to do something and open the matching lesson, and keep an eye on your daily AI credits. Always check anything important against the record itself.

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  • Three places AI saves you time in HomeDash

    Draft chat replies, diagnose repairs and tidy inspection notes, using your daily AI credits. Nothing is sent without you.

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  • How Smart Fix and WhatsApp handle repairs

    How Smart Fix helps tenants with simple fixes, how repairs arrive by WhatsApp, and how Diagnose with Smart Fix suggests the likely cause and trade.

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  • How to download all your data

    Download everything on your HomeDash account in one go: a zip of spreadsheets, on every plan, that changes nothing in your account.

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  • What your tenants see in HomeDash

    Your tenants get their own free portal. A tour from the landlord's side: their rent and receipts, repairs and your updates, Smart Fix, documents and inspections.

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  • How to track mortgages and equity in HomeDash

    Record each mortgage and the properties it's secured on, then see your total balance, loan to value and equity, across the portfolio and property by property.

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  • Change plan, cancel, or take your data with you

    Move up or down a plan, stop paying, download everything on your account, or close it: where each one is, and what happens next.

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  • How to keep your contractors and suppliers in HomeDash

    Keep your plumber, electrician, agent and accountant in one place: add a contact, filter your trades, pick a contractor for a repair and see every job they have done.

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  • How to check portfolio value, refinancing and rate rises in HomeDash

    See what your portfolio is worth and your equity, then test what a rate rise would do to a mortgage, how much a remortgage could release, and the numbers on a home you're thinking of buying.

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  • How to send a rent arrears letter

    Produce a reminder, a formal demand or a Letter of Claim from your tenancy’s rent account, with what’s unpaid set out month by month, then serve it and record how and when.

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    Read the guide: Handling Rent Arrears in 2026: A Step-by-Step Guide for Landlords

Real workflows

One job, followed from start to finish.

  • A gas certificate is due: from reminder to renewed

    A gas safety certificate is coming up for renewal. Follow it from the first reminder to the renewed certificate: raising the job, arranging access, uploading the new certificate and telling your tenant.

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  • A leak at 9pm: what happens next

    A tenant finds a leak at nine at night. What they see in their portal, what reaches you straight away, and how the repair goes from report to completed in HomeDash.

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  • A new tenancy: from offer to move-in

    A new tenancy in England, in the right order: what happens outside HomeDash, then the tenant and tenancy, the written statement, certificates, the deposit, move-in day and the start-of-tenancy checklist.

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  • How to do a 15-minute monthly portfolio review

    Fifteen minutes once a month: four checks in order - rent, compliance, repairs and money - all from your HomeDash dashboard, plus a monthly Daily Brief in your inbox.

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  • Council inspection: how to have your evidence ready (England)

    Councils in England can inspect rented homes, and since December 2025 they don't have to tell you first. What the council can do, and how to keep your certificates, inspection reports, repairs and licence ready in HomeDash.

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  • Ending a tenancy in England, step by step

    Your tenant's moving out. How a tenancy ends in England now, then the steps in HomeDash: the end date, check-out meter readings, the deposit, and what your former tenant can still see.

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    Read the guide: Possession Notice Periods Under the Renters' Rights Act

  • A yearly rent review routine for landlords in England

    A simple yearly routine for reviewing rents: the rules for a rent increase in England, spotting when each window opens, checking local rents, and producing a Section 13 notice in HomeDash.

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    Read the guide: How to Price a Rental Property: Getting It Right in 2026

Landlord law explained (England)

General information for England, correct when each video was published. The date is under each one.

Product tours

Short looks at what HomeDash does.

  • Your whole rental portfolio on one screen

    See every property, tenancy and deadline in one place, with what needs doing today at the top.

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  • Never miss a gas safety, EICR or EPC renewal

    Upload a certificate and HomeDash reads the dates, tracks every property on one register, and reminds you 30, 7 and 1 day before anything expires.

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  • Know who's paid rent and who hasn't

    See every rent due, paid, part-paid or late, with automatic reminders to tenants by email, and WhatsApp where it's switched on.

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  • Give your tenants their own portal, free

    Tenants report repairs with photos, see their documents and rent statements, and message you in one place instead of your personal phone.

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  • Rental repairs: reported, tracked and closed

    Tenants report a repair with a photo, you assign a contractor and log the cost, and they see every update without a phone call.

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  • Section 13 rent increase notices, done properly

    Prepare a Section 13 notice (Form 4A) with the tenancy details filled in, sign it, and record how and when it was served.

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  • Property inspections your tenant signs off

    Inspect room by room with photos and a checklist, then send it to your tenant to confirm, so there's a dated report on file for every visit.

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  • Get ready for the PRS Database

    The private rented sector database opens region by region from 15 December 2026. HomeDash gathers what you'll need property by property and shows what's still missing.

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  • Free tools for UK landlords, no sign-up

    Check your compliance, work out a Section 13 rent increase and stress-test your portfolio against rate rises, free at homedash.co.uk/tools.

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  • Ask questions about your own rental portfolio

    Ask what needs doing this week and HomeDash answers from your own properties, tenancies and deadlines. Daily AI credits are included on every plan.

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  • Repairs triaged before they reach you

    Smart Fix helps tenants sort simple problems like a tripped fuse, sends anything dangerous straight to the right help, and suggests the likely cause and trade when a repair does reach you.

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  • What is HomeDash? Your rental portfolio in one place

    What HomeDash does, and who it is for, in under a minute and a half.

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  • HomeDash vs spreadsheets: the same week, two ways

    Four questions from an ordinary landlord's week, answered from a spreadsheet and from HomeDash.

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  • HomeDash for limited-company landlords

    Companies House dates, your ICO registration and the company name on your notices, alongside every property, tenancy and repair.

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  • HomeDash for your accountant

    Invite your accountant with their own role: full control of rent records, view-only everywhere else, and no access to your tenant chats.

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  • HomeDash: a full tour of the landlord app

    A tour of HomeDash, start to finish: the dashboard, calendar, properties, compliance, tenancies, money, maintenance, the tenant portal and the Assistant.

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  • Who HomeDash is for (and who it isn't)

    Who HomeDash is for, and who it isn't: landlords in England who manage their own homes, in their own name or through a company. It isn't a letting agent: it doesn't collect rent or hold deposits.

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  • HomeDash for first-time and accidental landlords

    New to letting, or a landlord by accident? How HomeDash helps you set up, see which duties apply to your home, and get reminded before anything expires.

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  • How HomeDash looks after your data

    Where your records are kept, who can see them, how to protect your sign-in, our nightly backups, and your rights to download or delete your data.

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  • Which HomeDash plan is right for me?

    Every HomeDash plan has the full toolkit; they differ in how much you can manage. What each plan covers, the free trial, and changing plan. Prices are on our website.

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  • HomeDash: built by a landlord

    HomeDash was built by a landlord, for landlords who manage their own homes, and it runs a real portfolio every day.

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  • Know your tenant got the document

    See when your tenant opens a certificate or agreement, let them confirm they’ve received it, and keep a dated record that can’t be edited.

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Do it with your own property

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