Budworth Hardcastle Property Consultants

Challenge

As a growing company, it was important for the team to have the right system in place to be able to efficiently manage their data and provide a high level of service to both clients and tenants. Tom Freer, Head of Property Management at Budworth Hardcastle, explains:

“Our previous system was a bespoke, in-house system which felt outdated, slow and lacked a logical flow. Service charge reconciliations were time-consuming and the reports were output in a non-usable format. We were growing our portfolio and taking on more units to manage, so we knew we needed a more robust and easier to use system that would have the functionality and flexibility needed to support our business growth.”

Solution

After reviewing various property management systems, Budworth Hardcastle selected Propman as their preferred system in 2013. Tom explains why they chose Propman over other systems:

“The presentation we received from the Grosvenor Systems team was very detailed, it showed that Propman ticked all of the boxes of what we needed a new system to do. The depth of the system also reassured us that it would be a long-term solution and support our business growth.”

The implementation process took 4-6 weeks as the professional services team at Grosvenor Systems worked alongside the Budworth Hardcastle team to ensure Propman fitted with their processes and procedures, as Tom explains:

“Having the training and implementation bespoke and tailored to our business was a huge help when we first switched systems. We got everything up and running in under 2 months.”

The team have now been using Propman for over four years and it’s brought numerous benefits to their business processes as Tom explains:

“The processes that Propman has helped us with the most are our accounting, reporting and service charge reconciliation. We now have a reliable system, that’s flexible and has saved us a significant amount of time. As well as this, Propman has enabled us to switch from paper-based communications to sending them electronically which means we’ve significantly reduced our postage costs and now have a record of everything in one easily accessible place. We’re looking to upgrade to the latest version of Propman and we’re excited about the new web functionality coming out.

I regularly recommend Propman and my advice to anyone searching for dedicated property management software is to put the time in to make sure you find and set up the right one for your processes, it will pay for itself.”

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