Build-to-Rent & Co-living
One platform for BTR and co-living operations
Rolling tenancies, whole-unit or by-the-room letting, professional resident experience - Atrium's neutral core runs build-to-rent without the student assumptions.
The grind today
Sound familiar?
Leasing never stops
BTR demand is continuous, not seasonal - the funnel, pricing and renewals run all year and the tooling has to keep up.
Two letting models at once
Whole-unit family lets next to by-the-room co-living in the same portfolio strains systems built for only one.
Experience is the product
Residents choose - and stay - for service. A clunky portal and slow maintenance undo the premium.
With Atrium
How Atrium changes it
Rolling and fixed terms
Open-ended tenancies, calendar terms or fixed periods per property - occupancy framed by the period that fits the asset.
Portfolio & Occupancy
Unit or room, same engine
Choose whole-unit or room-level letting per property; leasing, billing and ledgers work identically underneath.
Leasing & Applications
Effortless rent collection
Debit orders, instant EFT and cards with automatic reconciliation and courteous, escalating arrears journeys.
Billing & Collections
A resident app worth the brand
Payments, requests, events and community - the digital layer a premium rental product is judged on.
Resident Experience
The outcome
What good looks like
The measurable state Atrium is built to get operators to - anchored on real milestones, not feature checklists.
Continuous leasing funnel with live void tracking
Mixed whole-unit and co-living stock on one platform
Collections reconciled daily against the ledger
Renewals and pricing reviewed on data, not gut feel
Service levels measured through the resident app
Features
Key features
Hover over or tap any feature for a short explanation.
Letting
- Let each property by the room for co-living or as whole units for families, on the same leasing and billing engine.
- Listings published and kept in sync on Property24 and Private Property, with portal enquiries landing in your CRM.
- Credit bureau and affordability checks run as soon as an application comes in, against your own rules.
- Suggested asking rents for vacant units based on vacancy, recent renewals and demand, within the guardrails you set.
- Residents refer friends from the app and earn rewards like rent credit once the referral signs.
Resident experience
- Rent, requests, bookings and a pre-funded wallet for laundry, parking and shared amenities, paid by QR.
- Book the gym, braai area, rooftop or meeting room from a live availability calendar.
- A catalogue of local partner discounts, plus concierge requests for parcels, visitor passes and facilities.
- Publish events like braais and fitness classes to the app calendar, with RSVPs.
- Google, Hellopeter and Property24 reviews in one inbox, with AI-suggested replies.
Retention and operations
- Renewal offers go out 90 days before expiry and are accepted in the app, with follow-up nudges if a resident has not responded.
- Surveys at key moments feed a resident health score, so at-risk tenancies get attention before notice is given.
- Rent collected by debit order, card or instant EFT, and reconciled to the ledger automatically.
- Sub-meter readings billed to each unit, with a clear breakdown on the resident's statement.
- Access credentials issued when a lease starts and revoked automatically when it ends, with SALTO, HID and Paxton integrations.
A typical build-to-rent & co-living plan
No industry pack needed. Build-to-rent and co-living run on Core, letting by the whole unit or by the room.
FAQ
Build-to-Rent & Co-living - common questions
Yes - rolling, calendar and fixed terms are configured per property, so BTR stock is not forced through an academic-year model built for someone else.
See Atrium run build-to-rent & co-living
A 30-minute walkthrough with your own scenarios - beds, funders, intakes and all.