Dwelly
Dwelly acquires UK lettings agencies and equips them with AI-powered software for rent collection, maintenance coordination and compliance, keeping original brands and client relationships.
Dwelly is a proptech company founded in 2023 that acquires established independent lettings agencies across the United Kingdom and retrofits them with AI-powered software. Rather than rebranding, it keeps each acquired agency's name and client relationships intact while replacing manual back-office processes with automated systems. The company has completed five acquisitions to date and manages more than 1,500 properties, and is angel-backed.
Its technical work centres on an AI-powered lettings agency platform that is deployed into incumbent agencies, with modernisation of an agency's operations typically completed within two months. Component systems handle rent collection, maintenance coordination for managed properties, and compliance processes. The stated engineering domains span workflow automation, property management technology and compliance automation, applied to agencies whose operations have historically run on manual routines.
The operating model places technology in support of existing staff and relationships: automation is directed at administrative load so that agents can concentrate on tenants and landlords, and agency owners' brands and long-standing client ties are preserved. Dwelly describes its approach as combining hands-on operational know-how with software.