Property management

Landlord approval workflows, controlled in SortX.

Repairs above limits need landlord approval without losing the contractor, tenant or audit trail. SortX sends a clear decision request and keeps the repair moving when the answer returns.

Connected to the rest of the operating stack

  • Repair inbox
  • Contractors
  • Gas Safe
  • NICEIC
  • Landlord approvals
  • Invoices
  • Budgets

What this changes day to day.

The workflow follows the property, contact, tenancy, repair, document or ledger item behind the work.

Approval limits by landlord and property

Applies approval limits by landlord and property.

Summarises quotes and urgency

Summarises quotes and urgency.

Decision requests

Sends decision requests.

Approval or rejection

Records approval or rejection.

Escalates no-response cases

Escalates no-response cases.

Approval into work orders

Turns approval into work orders.

The working view stays close to the record.

Each item shows enough context for staff to act, approve, or leave the agent to continue.

  • Approval limits by landlord and property. Applies approval limits by landlord and property.
  • Summarises quotes and urgency. Summarises quotes and urgency.
  • Decision requests. Sends decision requests.
  • Approval or rejection. Records approval or rejection.

Workflow view

Branch policy applied

Live

Check limit

Landlord approval workflow applies approval limits by landlord and property.

approval request

Request approval

Landlord approval workflow summarises quotes and urgency.

decision trail

Record decision

Landlord approval workflow sends decision requests.

work order

Proceed

Landlord approval workflow records approval or rejection.

tenant update

Controls

The details that stop work slipping.

SortX keeps routine progress visible while protecting the decisions that need a person.

Approval limits by landlord and property
Applies approval limits by landlord and property.
Summarises quotes and urgency
Summarises quotes and urgency.
Decision requests
Sends decision requests.
Approval or rejection
Records approval or rejection.

How it works in the branch.

Why landlord approval workflows needs its own workflow

In a UK estate agency, this work crosses desks: negotiators, administrators, property managers, accounts, contractors, clients and compliance owners all need the same facts. SortX keeps the work on the operating record instead of spreading the detail across personal inboxes.

The landlord approval workflow does the repeatable work first: reading, checking, drafting, matching and opening the next task. Anything that changes a client position, spends money, sends a sensitive message or affects compliance can be held for approval.

How the branch stays in control

Managers can set owners, SLA clocks, approval limits and escalation rules around this workflow. Staff can still take over manually when a case needs judgement, and the record shows what the agent did before the handover.

That matters when the risk is repairs stalled on unclear approval. SortX gives the team the detail they need without asking them to hunt through tabs, exported reports or old message threads.

Common questions

Practical details for directors, branch managers and operations teams.




Put landlord approval workflows into the operating queue.

SortX gives landlord repair decisions a clear owner, a live status and a controlled approval path.