For landlords

Large Flats Are Harder To Fill.That's What We Focus On.

We manage Wellington properties where vacancy and tenant matching are genuinely harder than a standard home - student houses, shared flats and room-by-room rentals.

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6 - 20 Bedrooms

Big Property Specialists

Room by room

or whole-flat management

Wellington

We know this market

Occupancy risk

Why Large Flats Need A Different Approach

Most property managers are built around renting one house to one family.

Large shared accommodation is different.

A six, ten or twenty-bedroom property creates a completely different set of challenges, and the financial consequences of getting it wrong are much bigger.

Problem 1

$1,000+ per week

A Vacant Large Flat Can Cost More Than $1,000 Per Week

Large properties carry large holding costs.

When a six to twenty-bedroom property sits vacant, owners can quickly lose thousands of dollars in rent while still paying mortgages, rates, insurance and utilities.

The difference between leasing a property in two weeks versus 6 months can have a significant impact on annual returns.

BigFlats focuses on reducing vacancy through:

Active tenant sourcing
Student marketing
Mailing list promotion
Group matching
Early marketing before vacancies occur

Problem 2

6-20 Tenants

Finding 6+ Great Tenants Is Different To Finding One

Most property managers know how to find a tenant.

Large shared accommodation requires finding an entire group.

Whether it's:

StudentsSports teamsUniversity clubsFlatting groupsYoung professionals

Successfully filling larger properties requires a completely different marketing and leasing strategy.

BigFlats specialises in connecting larger properties with the types of groups actively searching for them.

Problem 3

Room-by-room

Occupancy Is A Full-Time Job

Vacancies can occur at any time in shared accommodation.

Traditional rentals may have a new tenancy every few years.

Shared accommodation doesn't work that way.

People graduate.
People move cities.
People change jobs.
People move in with partners.

Rooms become vacant throughout the year.

Keeping every room occupied requires constant marketing, tenant sourcing and vacancy management.

This is not a set-and-forget tenancy model.

It is an active occupancy management model.

The difference

Built For Properties Standard Agents Avoid

Standard management

BigFlats

Markets to individuals and families

Matches groups of 6-20 to one property

Solely reliant on listing platforms like TradeMe

Active list of tenants searching for BigFlats

One lease, one tenant turnover

Room-by-room leases and rolling move-ins

Vacancy is based on the market

Occupancy is the core of what we do

Our offering

Management Built For Occupancy

Full property management where keeping rooms filled and finding the right tenants matters more than usual.

Tenant and room sourcing
Marketing through our mailing list
Rent collection
Maintenance coordination
Inspections
Tenancy administration

Properties we focus on

Large villas and shared housesStudent accommodationRoom-by-room rentalsMulti-bedroom flats

Tenants Already Telling Us What They Want

We run a mailing list where people share what they're looking for before they start scrolling TradeMe. When a room or flat opens up, we can reach people who have already told us their requirements.

What tenants share with us

Suburbs they want
Budget per room
Number of rooms
Move-in dates

Why we built this
BigFlats started in 2007 when former Victoria University students couldn't find accommodation large enough for their friend group after leaving halls.
The same gap exists for landlords: large properties need tenants who actually fit the setup. We built the business around solving that on both sides.

Pricing

Straightforward Fees

Two clear charges for full management. No packages, no hidden lines.

Full property management

Whole-property and shared-house management

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Tell us about the property - bedrooms, current occupancy, how you rent it. We'll come back to discuss whether it's a fit and what management would look like.

No obligation initial conversation
Honest assessment of whether we can help
Response via email

Own a large flat in Wellington?

Let's talk about occupancy, tenant matching and whether BigFlats is the right fit.

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