Hey getliving

We know you’re crushing it in BTR,
we think our short stay service could take your
Sherlock Quarter lease-up
to the next level.

Where we can help getliving in

The Sherlock Quarter, Birmingham

How others
use Bloqq

  • Stabilising an asset can take months, to help cover operating budgets and inject some cash flow, short stays are a great way to monetise a newly launched building.

  • Short stays are a great way to quickly and flexibly fill ‘the final’ 15% of a building if you are struggling to stabilise an asset consistently.

  • Short stays are a great way to bridge through the slower winter months. If your occupancy targets haven’t been met and your relucant to give away too much discount to new vs. existing tenants short stays can quickly fill the gap.

Community friendly
Short Stays

Dear getliving (hello!),

This is Tom, a co-founder of Bloqq, a specific BTR and PBSA revenue generation partner. We help plug revenue and occupancy gaps with hands-free high-yielding short stays (on Airbnb etc). We do so flexibly and aligned with your lease-up velocity, so you can take units back as and when you need to.

We’ve been aware of your exciting first BTR project in Birmingham for a while, and have been following the launch closely. Congratulations on just signing Budgens and Zoku!

Given the sites 551 rooms, despite pre-lettings, you may have numerous floors awaiting tenants. As we head into spring and summer. Bloqq could temporarily assist you by filling some of these rooms with high yielding short stays (and manage all operations ourselves) so your site teams can focus on tenants. Is boosting short term revenue a goal for you? I’ve had my team put together some curated docs relevant to Birmingham below (the Birmingham Market Report especially), if you’d like to find out more let’s arrange a quick intro call

Best,
Tom Fisher
Co-Founder, Bloqq

How Bloqq short stays work in BTR: (read the full service description further down the page)

Bloqq team on site

Cleaning & linens

Dynamic Pricing

24/7 Guest Support

Damage Protection

Hands Free Operations

Guest Checkins

Detailed Guest Vetting

Relevant data & resources for
getliving
Birmingham

We’ve taken the time to link to some relevant documents and data that we think could be helpful to understand why we think Short stays are relevant to your portfolio.

Resources Attached:

  1. Market Report Birmingham BTR Short Stays

  2. Example BTR Lease-up Proposal

  3. BTR Short Stays, common Questions and cocerns

  4. Bloqqs BTR Operations 101

We see you have a new site in Birmingham, so here’s Bloqqs 2025 BTR Short Stay Market Report for Birmingham

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This is what’s included in our BTR short stay service, learn more in this quick one-pager

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Others in BTR had these questions and concerns about Bloqqs service - well worth a read to understand how we solve for them.

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Example BTR Lease-up Proposal, Birmingham.
Get an idea of how it works, and the revenue projections for a simple BTR site

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What our customers say

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Bloqq customers typically see their first guests arriving
within 20 days of signing

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further?

Book a call with me directly here

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Your Benefits with Bloqq

Optimised Revenue

By listing your property portfolio on platforms like Airbnb and Booking.com you unlock the full revenue potential for your property. At Bloqq we use dynamic pricing strategies and rate management to continuously maximize your property's earning potential, meaning you confidently beat comparative AST yields.

No void periods

Our proactive approach to management and marketing means your properties remain occupied consistently. We reduce unnessary downtime to maximizing your rental income potential. Meaning whether you use short stays 365 days a year, or just to fill gaps between tenants, you can be say goodbye to void units.

Hands-free Ops

From handling guest inquiries and bookings to coordinating cleaning and maintenance, at Bloqq we diligently take care of all the details, allowing you to enjoy a hands-off approach to property ownership while reaping the great revenue rewards that short stays unlock.

What’s included with our short stays

  • Staff Onsite

    We believe it is important that your onsite teams are not consumed by the additional work that short lets create. Therefore we understand having a member of our team onsite allows for your team to work at their best.

  • Per Booking Insurance

    We do everything we can to get the best guests, breakages can happen. Therefore we have insurance that covers anything from £50 and up to keep things simple.

  • 24/7 Support

    We have a dedicated support centre that makes sure your guests can always reach someone at any time of day or night,

  • Hands-free operations

    We don’t want the guests bothering your onsite team distracting them from their tasks. So we do everything possible to stop this from happening.

  • Client Portal

    It’s important you know whats happening at all times at the click of a button. Therefore we have a comprehensive client portal to allow you to monitor every aspect of your property.

  • 24/7 Check in Solutions

    In order to earn you the most income we need to accommodate check in’s at all hours. There for we make this one of our priorities with all properties.

  • Booking Platform SEO

    You need to stand out, we have a dedicated team to making sure your properties profiles stands out above the rest.

  • Guest Screening

    We make sure the guests we attract to your property are of the highest quality. We conduct rigorous checks on the guests to ensure their the right fit for your property.

  • Booking Management

    You will get a lot of bookings, so its important we make sure nothing crosses over. We use the most up to date software so that all bookings are synced perfectly.

  • Luxury Linens

    It is important to us our guests have the best experience. Therefore only the best when it comes to linens. We use the same linens as most of the leading hotel brands.

  • 5 Star Hotel Cleaning Standards

    Cleaning is the most important thing for a successful short let operation. There for we only use the highest quality cleaners with hotel back grounds to meet the high standards our guests expect.

  • High End Toiletries

    Everyone like good tolietries and its important to make a good first impression. So we provide toiletries from well known high end brands we know guests will enjoy.

Make your buildings shine brighter
year round.
With Bloqq in your corner.

Typical questions our now happy customers asked:

Short Stay FAQs

  • At Bloqq we go where guests are already seeking out quality properties. These are Airbnb and Booking.com, and sometime we do also recieve direct bookings too. Our typical guest profile is business travellers or people visiting an area for a number of days.

  • Every building and location is different, at Bloqq we work with you to outline the various options to help you pick the right one for you. Typically the best option is a Bloqq onsite team member to handle check-ins and key exchanges. However there are also key lockers for lobbies too. Ultimately it will come down to the location and the needs of your building.

  • At Bloqq we are proud of our detailed vetting process based on each booking and guest. We deploy best in class automatic guest vetting softwares to help identify potential higher risk guests based on their booking profile and stay history on the resptive platform (Airbnb/Booking.com). Paired with recommened in-person checkins on-site, we can significantly de-risk all bookings this way. Then with in-room decibel monitors, we can proactively engage with guests before they impact others.

  • The common misconception with short stays is that Airbnb/Booking.com only works in locations where people flock to go on holiday.

    But if that was true, there then wouldn’t be any need for hotels and hostels in almost every town and city in the world.

    So in reality, when looking at it from this perspective, all you really need to do is offer a better option than what’s locally available to capture the local demand. Meaning in actual fact the fewer local options there are, the higher your chances of booking success.