William Harford, Author at Property118

William Harford

Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 12/05/2026 - 13:37Hi Paul, You've read the gov.uk page exactly right: it doesn't tell you whether the four months is a minimum or a fixed period. This a classic example of...

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Reply to the comment left by susan sinclair at 06/05/2026 - 09:43Susan, thank you for reaching out directly: I have responded to you by email.

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Reply to the comment left by Shawnavon Radcliffe at 28/04/2026 - 15:03Shawn, thanks for taking the time, and for being generous about it. Genuinely good to hear from someone building in this space. On (1): that is exactly the moment...

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Reply to the comment left by Denise G at 18/04/2026 - 12:00Denise, that's brilliant — welcome aboard. Please do ask as many tech questions as you like. If something doesn't make sense, that's our problem to fix, not yours to...

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Reply to the comment left by Denise G at 15/04/2026 - 18:43Denise, please don't lose sleep over this. You are exactly the person we built Harthing for. You've got 4 properties, good long-term tenants, and you've been doing this properly...

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Thank you — and the Gulliver's Travels reference is painfully apt. On accounting: yes, for landlord property finances, Harthing does handle that. From day one you can record income and expenses categorised against HMRC MTD categories, and once we have...

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Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 13/04/2026 - 17:16Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 13/04/2026 – 17:16 I promise you it’s not because I’m asking the members if we have built the software, we...

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Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 13/04/2026 - 16:32Mark, thank you again. Ultimately, we'll be judged on the final product, but it's been gratifying to hear the hard work could be worth it,...

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Thank you Neil, we certainly hope so! One thing I should point out - if you want access to the free MVP version (and 12 months free access to the full version, if you choose to stick with us), you...

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Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 13/04/2026 - 16:03I agree with all of this, we have applied for MTD filing with HMRC, Adam had a follow up call with Xero yesterday about their...

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Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 13/04/2026 - 15:03Apologies, I posted my response to your follow up question as a reply to my own comment, not yours; trying to do too many things...

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Reply to the comment left by William Harford at 13/04/2026 - 14:54Mark, to more specifically address how we compare: honestly, our launch MVP in May will be lighter on some features than those established platforms — we won't have Open...

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Mark — yes, we've looked at all of those, and thank you to the commenter for adding NRLA Portfolio. Alphaletz is a solid property management platform — free for the first property, open banking, good task management and compliance tracking....

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Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 13/04/2026 - 11:06Mark, thank you — and for the kind words about the launch. On competitor analysis: we have been maintaining a competitive landscape review which we...

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William Harford

William Harford


Registered with Property118.com

12th April 2026

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Co-founded Harthing. Chartered accountant, ex-banking, landlord