Frequently Asked Questions

Fructus is UK property management software that brings property records, finance information, tenancies and leases, compliance, maintenance and documents into one connected workspace. It keeps property-level records connected while providing a wider portfolio view.

As a property portfolio grows, important information often becomes spread across spreadsheets, emails, folders, calendars, accounting systems and individual property-management tools. Fructus gives owners and organisations a clearer property-level and portfolio-level view by keeping relevant information connected to the asset and portfolio it relates to.

Many traditional property-management systems are designed primarily around letting-agent workflows such as tenant communication and rent collection. Fructus is designed from the perspective of the property owner and portfolio itself, with emphasis on property records, portfolio finance, asset values, leverage, income, costs, compliance, maintenance, documents and long-term property history. This does not mean one approach is universally better. The right software depends on who is managing the portfolio and what information they need to control.Related Insights: property portfolio management software

Fructus is designed for private landlords, property-owning companies, property managers managing portfolios within an organisation, and operating businesses that need to keep leased-property information together. The common requirement is the need to understand and manage multiple properties as portfolios rather than as isolated records.

Yes. Fructus supports private landlords and property investors as well as larger property organisations. The value becomes greater as the number of properties, mortgages, tenancies, documents, compliance dates and maintenance events increases, but portfolio complexity matters more than a specific property-count threshold.Related Insights: when a property portfolio outgrows spreadsheet-only management

Fructus is not designed primarily as letting-agent software. The core product is centred on property owners and organisations that need visibility across portfolios. Authorised property managers and agencies can access multiple separate client organisations through one Fructus account. Fructus does not provide rent collection or client-money management.

Yes. Fructus helps property-owning companies manage properties and multiple portfolios within one organisation workspace, with connected finance, income, cost, compliance, maintenance, document and disposal records. It does not model complex group-company or intercompany ownership structures.

Yes. Fructus can keep leased-property information, landlords, lease records, contractual rent, review and break dates, related documents, maintenance records and property costs together. It is not a complete corporate-occupier or service-charge management platform.

Fructus manages organisations, multiple portfolios, properties, units, contacts, tenancies, leases, contractual rent, property values, mortgages, outstanding balances, estimated equity, income, costs, compliance, maintenance, documents, consolidated events and property disposals. Sold-property history is retained while sold properties are excluded from active AUM and rent roll.

Yes. Fructus records information where it belongs — for example against a property, finance record, tenancy, compliance record or maintenance job — and consolidates relevant information into wider portfolio dashboards. This preserves both detail and context rather than relying only on a portfolio total.

Fructus is designed around portfolios rather than a single narrow property type. It can organise residential, commercial and mixed property records, including units, contacts, tenancies and leases. Customers with specialist workflows should confirm their requirements with Fructus before relying on a specific capability.

Fructus is not positioned on the basis that spreadsheets are bad or unnecessary. Spreadsheets remain useful for modelling, scenarios and custom analysis. Fructus provides a structured system of record for connected portfolio information, while spreadsheets can continue to be useful alongside it where appropriate.Related Insights: property spreadsheet and dedicated software

Fructus connects mortgages and property finance facilities to the relevant property and portfolio. It records outstanding balances and property values, estimates equity and calculates LTV from recorded value and debt. It also links finance and mortgage documents to the relevant records. Fructus does not provide automatic lender feeds.Related Insights: property portfolio LTV

Fructus records property income and costs against the relevant property and uses those records in portfolio-level views including AUM, rent roll and occupancy. Maintenance jobs can include status, contractors, costs, dates, documents and history. Compliance records can include types, dates, expiry dates, certificates and upcoming or overdue visibility. Fructus is not a replacement for formal accounting or tax records and does not guarantee legal compliance.Related Insights: income, costs and profit · maintenance and compliance

Yes. If you hold some properties personally and others through a limited company, one Fructus account can access the separate organisations you are authorised to manage while keeping their records distinct. Fructus is not a legal ownership administration system, does not model complex group-company, subsidiary or intercompany structures, and does not provide legal or tax advice about which ownership structure to use.

Fructus does not currently provide a dedicated SPV register or complex SPV and group-company modelling. It can organise properties and multiple portfolios within one organisation workspace, but legal entities and intercompany ownership structures should be managed in the appropriate specialist records.Related Insights: properties across multiple limited companies and SPVs

Yes. Fructus supports multiple portfolios within one organisation workspace. Organisation switching is separate: each portfolio belongs to its organisation, and authorised users can access multiple organisations through one Fructus account.

Yes. One Fructus account can access multiple organisations, so you can move between the businesses, portfolios or client organisations you manage without maintaining separate logins. Each organisation remains separate and has its own Fructus subscription.

Fructus provides a property disposal workflow with listed, under-offer, sold, withdrawn and relisted states, along with sale agent, asking price and sale information. Sold-property history is retained, while sold properties are excluded from active AUM and rent roll.

Yes. New customers can create a Fructus account and start a 14-day free trial through the live signup journey.

Fructus offers a 14-day free trial. Payment details are collected when the trial starts, but no payment is taken that day. Unless cancelled before the trial ends, the selected subscription begins automatically.

Use any Start free trial link on fructus.tech to review the public pricing first. From the Core, Portfolio or Professional pricing card, you can continue to the live Fructus signup journey at app.fructus.tech.

Choose your plan and monthly or annual billing period when starting the live signup and trial journey.

Fructus publishes Core, Portfolio and Professional pricing on its Pricing page. Enterprise pricing is bespoke and handled through the contact route.

Fructus is designed around structured property records so information remains connected to the organisation, portfolio, property or event it relates to. Customer portfolio information is kept behind authenticated access rather than exposed as public records. Detailed security, hosting and data-processing commitments should be confirmed in the applicable customer documentation.

No. Customer portfolio information is separate from the public Fructus marketing website and public content such as Fructus Insights. Customer records are accessed through the authenticated product rather than exposed as public records.

Fructus uses managed cloud infrastructure for application data. More detailed hosting and data-processing information will be published as the production platform and customer documentation are finalised. No specific hosting geography or provider should be assumed from this statement.

No. Fructus is a property portfolio management tool. It does not replace professional accounting, tax, legal, mortgage, valuation, compliance or investment advice. Where specialist advice is required, users should continue to use appropriately qualified advisers.

No. Fructus can help organise information, documents, dates and property records, but responsibility for understanding and meeting legal obligations remains with the landlord or responsible organisation. Compliance requirements can vary by property, tenancy, jurisdiction and local authority. See the landlord compliance checklist in Fructus Insights for a deeper practical reference, not a substitute for specialist advice.Related Insights: landlord compliance checklist