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For Landlords
Let your flat the way it deserves
Furnished letting, fully handled — pricing, styling, photography, vetting and management. You only pay when we place a tenant.
How it works
Three steps, then you’re earning
From listing to keys in hand — we handle everything in between.
01
Register your flat
Tell us about your property — location, size, furnishings. We take it from there.
02
We let it for you
Pricing, styling, photography, viewings, tenant vetting and contracts — our team handles the entire let, in person.
03
You earn
Secure, hassle-free rental income. We manage the day-to-day, so letting your flat never becomes a second job.
Why HeyFlats
Why landlords choose HeyFlats
A complete, in-person letting service for your furnished flat — from the right price to the right tenant, and everything in between.
Rent-Price Consulting
Priced to let, not to sit empty.
Furnished rent isn't a price per square metre plus a furniture surcharge — that's the mistake that quietly leaves money on the table. It's set by the number of rooms and how they're laid out, the quality and completeness of the furnishing, the address down to the street, and how fast that exact segment is moving right now. We benchmark your flat against what comparable furnished homes actually let for — real signed rents, not hopeful asking prices.
Getting it wrong costs more than people expect, and asymmetrically. Price it 10% too high and the flat can sit empty for a month while you wait — often erasing the very premium you reached for. Price it too low and you lock in below-market income for the entire tenancy. We find the figure that fills the flat quickly and still holds its value, then revisit it whenever the market moves or your costs change.
« The right price is the difference between a flat that earns and one that waits. »
Furnishing & Styling
A home that rents itself.
Furnished tenants rent on feeling. They decide in the first few photos whether they can picture their morning coffee in that kitchen, and most flats lose them right there — either a sterile showroom kit with no soul, or a patchwork of hand-me-downs. Neither photographs well, and neither earns a premium.
The fix rarely needs a big budget; it needs the right moves. Warm, layered light instead of one cold ceiling bulb. A couple of textures and a characterful piece or two. Clearing the visual clutter that makes rooms read smaller. And treating the kitchen and the view from the front door as the moments that sell. We tell you precisely where a euro returns the most rent — and where it's simply wasted.
Professional Photoshoot
Your flat at its best.
Listings live or die on the first image. Tenants scroll past dim, distorted phone snaps in under a second, while a professionally lit, well-composed set earns the click and the viewing request. Our photographers shoot in daylight, correct the perspective so rooms read at their true size, and order the images to lead a tenant through the flat the way they'd actually walk it.
We also produce a 3D Rundgang — a navigable 360° walk-through. For expats and tenants relocating from another city or country, who simply can't drop by, this is often what closes the deal: they explore every room, judge the light and the sightlines, and arrive at the viewing already half-decided. It also screens out mismatches early, so the in-person viewings you do hold are with serious, well-informed candidates.
Viewings
We show your flat for you.
A viewing is a sales meeting, and most fail in small ways — the wrong time of day, a rushed group slot, someone on site who can't answer the one question that actually decides it. We hold viewings in daylight wherever possible, as individual appointments, and we come briefed on what matters: which way the bedroom faces, how quiet the street goes at night, what the building and its neighbours are like.
What lies beyond the front door matters just as much. People relocating are choosing a life, not a floor plan, so we can speak to the commute and the nearest U-Bahn or tram, where to find groceries late in the evening, the school catchment, the park around the corner. Hand viewings to us completely, or stay as involved as you like — you decide how much lands on your plate.
« A great viewing sells the neighbourhood as much as the flat. »
Hands-Off Management
We run it, you collect the rent.
Letting furnished looks passive until the first call at 9 p.m. about a broken boiler. Day-to-day management is a steady drip of small obligations — handovers and inventory check-ins, deposits, the mid-tenancy questions, booking the plumber and being there to let them in. We absorb all of it; the only thing that reaches you is the rent.
It matters most when you're not nearby. An owner abroad or in another city can't realistically meet a tradesperson or run a move-out inspection, and a flat left unattended between tenants loses both money and condition quickly. We're your presence on the ground — catching issues before they escalate, keeping a clean paper trail, and turning the flat around fast so it's earning again.
Vetted Tenants
Peace of mind, every booking.
The biggest risk in letting isn't a vacant month — it's the wrong tenant locked into a long contract. We screen before anyone signs: identity confirmed, income checked against the rent (the working rule is net earnings of around three times the monthly rent), references followed up, and a SCHUFA-BonitätsCheck to surface any credit history worth a second look.
But the file only tells half the story. Years of placements teach you to read what a credit score can't — how someone communicates, whether the move actually makes sense, how they're likely to treat a furnished home that isn't their own. We weigh both sides, hand you a shortlist with the full picture, and leave the final word exactly where it belongs: with you.
« The right tenant is worth far more than a fast one. »
Cleaning & Upkeep
Always picture-perfect.
In furnished letting, cleanliness isn't cosmetic — it is the product. A tenant who booked sight-unseen has trusted your photos; a flat that doesn't match them on day one sours the whole tenancy and invites a deposit dispute at the end. We arrange vetted, insured professionals who work to a turnover checklist, so the home a tenant walks into is the one they were promised.
Between tenancies, time is money, so we run the deep clean, the linen change and any touch-ups inside the handover window — not strung out across a vacant fortnight. For longer stays we can schedule regular cleaning or a laundry service as part of the package: a small recurring touch that keeps good tenants comfortable, and keeps them renewing.
The numbers
Built to let, fast
90%
Occupancy rate
500+
Tenants placed
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Upfront cost
Your flat comes with a story
Every home sits inside a neighbourhood
We don’t just list addresses. Each flat is placed within an editorial guide to its city and quarter — so tenants fall for the location, not only the floor plan.
Pricing
Simple, fair pricing
You only pay while your flat is let — no rent, no fee.
Standard
We find your tenant and keep the tenancy running.
10%of the monthly rent
monthly · plus VAT
- Listing & professional photoshoot
- 3D virtual tour included
- Tenant screening & credit check
- Lease & handling via HeyFlats
- Monthly rent collection & statements
- Re-letting on move-out included
Recommended
Full-Service
We handle everything — you take care of nothing.
20%of the monthly rent
monthly · plus VAT
- Everything in Standard
- Viewings & handovers by us
- Personal point of contact
- Cleaning & maintenance
- Complete hands-off management
All-round guarantee
Rent guarantee — we take your flat off your hands completely
Guaranteed rent every month — even during vacancy. No rent-default risk, no effort. We handle marketing, tenants and management.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about listing your flat.
Get started
Ready to list your flat?
Join HeyFlats and let your furnished flat the easy way — we handle pricing, styling, tenants and management. No upfront cost; you only pay when we place a tenant.
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