Available today
Account creation, a private dashboard that starts empty, and the public landlord FAQ.
A UK landlord comparison
For self-managing UK landlords with one to three properties. Nookcairn is a tool for landlords managing their own homes, not software sold to other businesses. Property records and a property-specific overview of saved gas safety, EICR, EPC and deposit dates/statuses are available. Automated reminders, document uploads, tenancy document tools and reliable GBP billing/access controls are not part of this release.
Account creation, a private dashboard that starts empty, and the public landlord FAQ.
Property and compliance tracking, date reminders, and tenancy document and notice tools.
Nookcairn is being built for self-managing UK landlords with one to three properties, not as software sold to other businesses.
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| Capability | Nookcairn Property records available | LandlordOS | Landlord Vision | Landlord Studio | Hammock | NRLA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nookcairn: available today | ||||||
| Account creation | Available now | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 |
| Private dashboard | Available now; new accounts start empty and landlords add their own properties | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 |
| Landlord guidance | Public landlord FAQ available now | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 | Not covered by report 6390955 |
| Compliance dates and certificate reminders | ||||||
| Gas safety certificate reminders | Manual property-specific date/status view; no automated reminders | Automated reminders [1] | Key certificate-date alerts; this certificate is not mapped separately [2] | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Guidance/checklists; no automated date monitoring reported [7] |
| EICR reminders | Planned; not live | Automated reminders [1] | Key certificate-date alerts; this certificate is not mapped separately [2] | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Guidance/checklists; no automated date monitoring reported [7] |
| EPC reminders | Planned; not live | Automated reminders [1] | Key certificate-date alerts; this certificate is not mapped separately [2] | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Guidance/checklists; no automated date monitoring reported [7] |
| Deposit protection deadlines | Saved dates and status view; no automated reminders | Automated reminders [1] | Key compliance-date alerts; this deadline is not mapped separately [2] | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Pre-tenancy resources and checklists [7] |
| Document expiry tracking | Planned; not live | AI extracts certificate expiry dates from uploads [1] | Document vault includes expiry tracking [2] | Not established in report 6390955 | Digital receipt copies reported; expiry tracking unconfirmed [6] | Not established in report 6390955 |
| MTD, tax and integrations | ||||||
| Quarterly Making Tax Digital updates | Not available today; future scope not stated | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Nexus syncs rental income, fees and expenses for quarterly review and submission [4] | Quarterly MTD updates reported live on the pilot [6] | Not established in report 6390955 |
| HMRC-recognised MTD software | Not available today; future scope not stated | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Landlord Studio MTD software is described as HMRC-recognised [5] | HMRC-recognised for MTD for Income Tax [6] | Not established in report 6390955 |
| Accounting and letting-platform integrations | Not available today; future scope not stated | No accounting integration reported [1] | Can link bank accounts [2] | Nexus connects with Reapit, PayProp, SME Professional, Alto and LettsPay [4] | Not established in report 6390955 | Not software integrations; NRLA is a resource hub [7] |
| Rental income, expenses and tax records | Not available today; future scope not stated | Tenant records can include rent amounts [1] | Expense tracking reported [2] | Tracks income and expenses; reports can be HMRC-ready [4][5] | Reconciles rental payments and letting-agent fees; chart of accounts for BTL companies [6] | Guidance and templates rather than rental accounting software [7] |
| Property, tenant and maintenance tools | ||||||
| Property and tenancy management | Residential property records and current-tenancy deposit details; no full tenancy-management tools | Property and tenant management; documents linked to properties [1] | Positioned as a property-management hub [2][3] | All-in-one landlord platform; tenancies sit alongside accounting [4][5] | Joint ownership and limited-company structures supported; wider property tools unconfirmed [6] | Guidance and resources, not property-management software [7] |
| Tenant details and records | Not available today; future scope not stated | Contact details, tenancy dates, rent and deposit information [1] | Tenant communication reported; detailed record fields unconfirmed [2] | Tenancy management reported; detailed record fields unconfirmed [5] | Not established in report 6390955 | Pre-tenancy guidance, not tenant records software [7] |
| Maintenance tracking | Not available today; future scope not stated | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Maintenance tracking reported [4] | Not established in report 6390955 | Guidance/checklists; software tracking unconfirmed [7] |
| Tenant communication | Not available today; future scope not stated | Not established in report 6390955 | In-platform tenant communication reported [2] | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Guidance and templates; in-app communication unconfirmed [7] |
| Tenant screening and property marketing | Not available today; future scope not stated | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Property marketing and tenant screening reported [4] | Not established in report 6390955 | Pre-tenancy referencing and property-marketing resources [7] |
| Documents, records, guidance and templates | ||||||
| Document and receipt storage | Tenancy document tools are planned; not live | Stores documents against properties [1] | Cloud document vault; report describes secure cloud records [2][3] | Not established in report 6390955 | Digital copies of receipts [6] | Downloadable templates and documents, not cloud storage [7] |
| Automated document or transaction handling | Not available today; future scope not stated | AI extracts dates and key details from uploaded certificates [1] | Expiry tracking in the document vault; AI processing unconfirmed [2] | Transaction categorisation and HMRC-ready reports [5] | Digital receipt copies; automated extraction unconfirmed [6] | Downloadable resources; automated processing unconfirmed [7] |
| Tenancy agreements, letters and templates | Tenancy document tools are planned; not live | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Downloadable agreements, contracts and template letters [7] |
| Court forms and Section 8 notices | Notice tools are planned; not live | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Court-form completion notes and Section 8 guidance [7] |
| Landlord guidance and checklists | Public landlord FAQ available now | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Not established in report 6390955 | Compliance checklists, implementation guides and tenancy guidance [7] |