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StuRents

The UK's leading student accommodation search, property management and data insights platform.

21-100 employees
  • Marketplace
  • Renting
  • SaaS
  • Data Analysis
Union Street, London

Company mission

To help students find accommodation quickly and easily.

Most candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

38% female employees

18% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

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Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

StuRents enable students to find accommodation. Having been established in 2008, the company has grown organically since then and now lists over 700,000 rooms in over 100 towns and cities across the UK

Unlike other rental platforms, like Rightmove and Zoopla, StuRents doesn't just allow agencies to use their platform. Instead, they also accept private landlords and purpose-built student accommodation operators, ensuring a broad range of options are made available to house-hunting students. Ultimately, this has levelled the playing field for these groups to compete for student tenants

Moreover, StuRents distinguishes itself further by offering an end to end property management software (Concurrent.co.uk) to facilitate the full range of operational needs, such as contract signing, rent collection, referencing and deposit protection.

The data generated by the marketing and end-to-end services also allows StuRents to offer industry-leading research and data insights to institutional clients such as banks, developers and real-estate investors

Overall, this approach has successfully enabled StuRents to stand out from both the bigger, more established competitors as well as the increasing number of specialist property platforms. Their success is supported by the fact they are now the leading rental platform in the student letting market

Benefits

  • Company pension contributions (with access to increased company pension contribution after 3 years of employment)
  • Work from home opportunities (maximum 3 days per week)
  • £360 office desk and chair expense policy for remote working
  • 24 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
  • Holiday allocation increased to 26 days after 3 years of employment. An additional day is added thereafter for each additional year of employment, up to 30 days
  • Access to our employee discount platform with over 3,000 exclusive discounts and offers
  • 24/7 counselling advice and information line + 6 therapy sessions
  • Telephone access to a private practising UK GP plus contributions to annual eye tests & flu jabs
  • Up to £650 for Individual Learning & Development after 1.5 years of employment

Company values

  • Continuous innovation
  • Inclusive
  • Fair

Funding (2 rounds)

Jul 2014

$0.1m

SEED

May 2012

$0.1m

SEED

$0.2m

Total funding

Founders

Micheal Rainsford

(Co-Founder)

After graduating from Durham, they spent 5 years as a Commodities Trader at Morgan Stanley, leaving this role in 2014 to work on StuRents full time.

Tom Walker

(Co-Founder)

Tom spent time at PwC and Merrill Lynch following graduation from Durham University and started working on StuRents in 2014.

Mike Lehan

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Mike has been working in Web Application Development for 12+ years. They have a strong desire to train & mentor the next generation of web engineers, and is a regular speaker at meetups & conferences.

Endorsements

All

Opportunities to learn (5)

Nice people (4)

Supportive management (4)

Innovative product (3)

Strong leadership (3)

Tech & tools (1)

Autonomy (1)

Meaningful work (1)

Manageable workload (1)

Great work is recognised (1)

StuRents pays exceptionally well compared to other companies in the field, with that comes additional responsibilities which makes your day to day work more rewarding.

Operations & Strategy

Fair compensation

Jul 2022

The StuRents products are fantastic and constantly expanding. While working here you'll get a great feel for how the products interact with each other, and how the underlying code works - So interesting!

Operations & Strategy

Innovative product

Jul 2022

The team at StuRents are so nice and supportive. It's a small but growing team of driven individuals working together to create a fantastic product.

Operations & Strategy

Nice people

Jul 2022

We have the freedom to do things in our voice which sounds and feels more natural, rather than following a hard script. I feel like I can do the work in my manner, style and really use my own ideas to approach all tasks.

Sales & Account Management

Autonomy

Jul 2022

People can really make or break a working experience and here everybody is genuinely the best. Everybody is happy and willing to help even people in higher positions are super down-to-earth and easy to talk to. There isn't a strong feeling of hierarchy or corporate restrictions on who you can/can't ask questions. It's core at StuRents.

Sales & Account Management

Nice people

Jul 2022

My manager creates this super fun and interactive learning experience where we get to use posters, sticky notes and markers which kind of brings me back to school. I think this approach is what makes me feel closer to my team and I am not afraid to talk about what I find useful and what might need more work.

Sales & Account Management

Supportive management

Jul 2022

Feels like the decisions that are made are reasonable. The managements team cares about the culture of the team, supports diversity and is always open for clear communication. Probably, that is the one of the core reasons of company's success so far.

Operations & Strategy

Strong leadership

Jul 2022

Support from teammates as well as managing team and challenging tasks go along the way. This is a cool place for growth. The synergies are well-managed between the departments. That is encouraging!

Operations & Strategy

Supportive management

Jul 2022

If I could go back in time, I'd apply for StuRents again. Good team that make a good product, valued by the clients. Every day there's something new to learn and apply in your work. I love the balance of autonomy and support in my team.

Operations & Strategy

Opportunities to learn

Jul 2022

Having witnessed the company grow over a number of years, it has been great to see our product set expand and continue to evolve. What the company is achieving, has and will continue to shape the market, to the benefit of our customers.

Data

Innovative product

Mar 2022

Working for a dynamic and growing company has provided opportunities to make a real difference. Great work is always recognised and has a genuine impact.

Data

Great work is recognised

Mar 2022

The pandemic has led to both professional and personal challenges for most. The company has always looked to do the right thing, ensuring it's workforce is properly looked after. For example, home working set ups were provided without question early on. Personal development is supported too.

Data

Supportive management

Mar 2022

I joined StuRents as an entry level employee and have felt supported by all areas of the business throughout onboarding and further development. My manager made a strong conscious effort to introduce me to all departments across the company and open communication pathways with them. Everyone is always happy to help and they put in the time to teach the method not just provide an answer when applicable. All questions are always address in detail so you walk away from every conversation with greater clarity on any topic. There is also great transparency, if an unknown issue or challenge is presented, its tackled together. My team has great check-in's to keep communication lines open and we get one to one development meetings weekly with our manager. We also have monthly one to one time with our Head of Department regarding development.

Sales & Account Management

Supportive management

Mar 2022

With the product growing, changing and improving daily, we're constantly learning. It also means no two days are ever the same. I find that we're encouraged to continue learning every day. This is aided by accessible Head of Departments, Directors and Founders. We're also regularly asked what we'd like to be doing/learning more of. So the work opportunities are presented where our interest and strengths lie. It keeps it fresh and challenging. External opportunities to learn have also been presented.

Sales & Account Management

Opportunities to learn

Mar 2022

Being someone that has been burnt out at previous companies, it was important for me to find a workplace that helps set the boundaries and balance the workload for you. StuRents has been just that for me. Although I am always busy, I never feel overwhelmed. There is an effort made to reduce stress through good leadership, realistic and fair deadlines and constant support. There is variation in my work, both reactive and proactive and I have never ended a work day without feeling like I had made a positive contribution to the business.

Sales & Account Management

Manageable workload

Mar 2022

I never cease to be amazed at the energy that the team at StuRents bring to their work. They’re passionate about our product, customers and about helping the team achieve its goals. Every member of the team has the autonomy to decide how to deliver their best work.

Product

Team energy

Mar 2022

The StuRents platform is a leader in the proptech industry, helping property managers and private landlords to market their properties to student and professional tenants, manage the contracting process, handle rental payments and deposit protections and provide great service to tenants. It’s a true multi tenant SaaS platform built to scale using modern web technologies.

Product

Innovative product

Mar 2022

When you work at StuRents you are working with a team that makes a genuine difference to tenants and property managers. We help students and young professionals find affordable accommodation in their preferred location and contract and pay their rent safely.

Product

Meaningful work

Mar 2022

You'll be working as part of small teams on various projects that last around 6 week. Each project will likely be touching a different area of the site. You could be maintaining legacy code in one project, and then building completely new systems using modern tech in the next. Plus, the whole team is always helping each other out, and the on-boarding does a good job of getting you up to speed.

Software Engineering

Opportunities to learn

Mar 2022

You'll be working on a monolithic PHP app, but there's plenty opportunity to use modern tech like AWS, React, Typescript, DynamoDB, Next.js, etc..

Software Engineering

Tech & tools

Mar 2022

The whole team are nice and personable. Non of the devs have egos and are always ready to lend a hand. Most of all, the lead dev is a really great guy whole goes the extra mile (maybe more!) to help and make sure you can do your job.

Software Engineering

Nice people

Mar 2022

During the interview process, the StuRents team was keen to identify the areas I was hoping to pursue in my career. Since starting, my work projects have included many of the opportunities I had suggested in those early stages. I am developing in the direction I had hoped which is a great feeling!

Design

Opportunities to learn

Feb 2022

The leadership team at StuRents have a clear vision of the direction and future of the company. They communicate that with the team and ensure everyone is working toward the same goals. They are always on hand to lend support and guidance. It's a very positive environment to be a part of.

Design

Strong leadership

Feb 2022

After joining StuRents remotely, the entire team was nothing but supportive, welcoming, and friendly! There are opportunities to socialise both remotely and in-person when appropriate. I couldn't ask for a better team.

Design

Nice people

Feb 2022

The leadership is clear and focussed but without micro-managing the team. Everyone is valued and allowed to bring their diverse ideas to the table.

Sales & Account Management

Strong leadership

Feb 2022

StuRents is scaling fast but without losing the core of what makes the product and team great. The momentum means that no two days are the same.

Sales & Account Management

Growing fast

Feb 2022

Due to the speed at which StuRents is scaling, everyone is continuously picking up new skills and personal development is a key priority here.

Sales & Account Management

Opportunities to learn

Feb 2022

Jobs (4)

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Software Engineering