A new feature to improve the scheduling of property inspections and visits has been launched by Inventory Hive.

The company claims the new diary and maps feature promises to be a ‘game changer’ and will benefit property managers and tenants alike while reducing the time lost to office admin.

The new diary management and map feature integrates with staff diaries and schedules, assigning inspections to team members, as well as automatically scheduling recuring interim visits and sending in-app appointment details to tenants.

It also manages tenant confirmation and reschedules based on real time inspector availability. A Google Map integration also visually plans the best route for an inspector’s day, with travel time calculation, mileage monitoring and carbon footprint tracking.

The new feature comes after feedback from agents and landlords showed communicating and coordinating inspection visits with tenants could be a ‘logistical and costly nightmare’. Inventory Hive has worked with Leaders Romans Group on the new feature.

Richard Abbots, Inventory Hive CEO, said: “Scheduling and coordinating interim visits are the most time-consuming office admin tasks a property manager can undertake.

“It requires frequent manual intervention in the form of tenant emails, texts and phone calls that take-up a lot of unnecessary time.

“Our diary with maps add-on has been built to give property managers back that lost time, whilst giving inspectors the tools to navigate between properties and reports effortlessly when out in the field.”

Kim Lidbury, group director at Leaders Romans Group, added: “Not only will it really work to assist our teams with efficiencies, but it will also provide an even better tenant journey.

“The scheduling system delivers tenants the ability to suggest the dates of their appointments based upon team availability using the online diary (when needed) and also automatically offers the frequent communication that we feel a tenant wants when an interim visit is due.”