Why I built LetSorted — a founder's honest story

When we moved to the UK 3.5 years ago, I was blown away. Banking, government services — everything was online, instant, zero bureaucracy. Best in the world.

Then we tried to rent a house...

Two weeks of chaos. Paper forms, photocopies by post, a 10-message thread to agree on a viewing, signing a contract in person with witnesses. I remember thinking: how is this still happening in 2022?

But I filed it away as a curiosity and moved on.

Fast forward to last year. I started thinking about buying a few properties to let out. Did my research, stumbled onto the Renters' Rights Act, watched some genuinely scary YouTube videos about what happens when tenancies go wrong — and realised I had a problem.

I'm disorganised. I forget things. And the new law means landlords who don't have a paper trail lose in court, full stop.

I went looking for software that would protect someone like me. Something that would handle the whole lifecycle — screening, contracts, inspections, maintenance, rent — and build the evidence trail automatically, without me having to think about it.

It didn't exist.

So I built it for myself first. Then realised every small landlord in the UK has the same problem.

That's LetSorted. Free for your first property. Happy to answer anything 👇