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Hi, I'm Paul
I'm a software engineer and the owner of Phillip James Lettings. After years of wrestling with slow, outdated lettings software, I decided to build the platform I always needed — one designed by someone who actually runs an agency.
Why I built LetAdmin
Where this all began
For more than a decade I've built software for companies like Disney, Jaguar Land Rover, and Oxford University Press. I know what well‑designed, reliable systems look like — and I know how rare they are in property technology.
"Great agencies aren’t built on admin. They’re built on people. LetAdmin frees your team to do the human work — the conversations, decisions, and relationships — while the software handles the rest."
Alongside my software career, I run Phillip James Lettings — a 400+ property independent agency my family and I have grown since 2008. We’ve arranged thousands of tenancies and built long‑term relationships with landlords and tenants across Sussex.
Running an agency exposes you quickly to the bottlenecks: endless admin, repetitive compliance checks, chasing contractors, solving problems at odd hours. I could have solved this by hiring more people. Instead, I decided to solve it properly.
The truth is that modern software can remove 80% of the operational burden that agents simply accept as ‘just part of the job’. The tools available today don’t do that — they add friction instead of removing it.
LetAdmin is my answer to that. It comes from real days, real frustrations, real agency life. Everything inside it exists because I needed it to run a better business.
LetAdmin exists because I needed it
What started as an internal tool for Phillip James is now becoming a platform for independent agents who want to run a stronger, more efficient, more modern business without growing overhead.
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"Your team should spend their time on what only humans can do. LetAdmin handles the rest — the compliance tracking, reminders, chasing, data entry, and repeatable tasks that currently clog up every agency’s day."
What makes this different
Tested in a real agency, every day
Phillip James isn't a franchise or a corporate chain. It's an independent agency I've run for over 15 years. When something breaks at 11pm, or a landlord calls in a panic, I'm the one dealing with it — which means every feature in LetAdmin is shaped by real operational pressure.
Unlike most proptech founders, I write the software myself. I've built production systems handling real users and real money at scale. I know what good engineering looks like, and I know the lettings industry has been underserved by technology for far too long.
LetAdmin isn't theory. It's the system that now runs Phillip James day‑to‑day. We build fast, iterate fast, and validate everything against the realities of running an agency. If something doesn’t work for us, it doesn’t ship to you.
- Agency
- Phillip James
- Portfolio
- 400+
- Location
- Sussex
- Since
- 2008
Talk directly with Paul
Let's talk about your agency
I'm always happy to chat with letting agents — whether you're interested in LetAdmin or just want to compare notes on the industry. Book 15 minutes with me. No sales pitch, just a conversation.