GaffSwipe
about 18 min walk to UoM
6 bed house
M14 · Fallowfield
£119 per person / week Bills included
Your mates. Your next gaff.
about 14 min walk to UoM
5 bed share
M14 · Fallowfield
£125 per person / week Bills included
Swipe through student houses. Share your shortlist. Find your place together.
From first swipe to front door.
- Discover
- Swipe
- Share
- Decide
- Secure
Discover: Only places that fit.
Set your uni, budget and room count. GaffSwipe shows student lets that match, one card at a time, with the rent, bills and roughly how far each one is from campus.
Swipe: Right to save. Left to pass.
Decide in seconds, not forty open tabs. Changed your mind? Undo brings back your last swipe.
Share: One link for the house group.
Share your shortlist and your mates open it in their browser. Each of them taps “I like this” on the places they’d live in, and everyone sees who liked what.
Decide: The numbers you’d argue about, side by side.
Compare saved places on rent per person, bills and the distance to campus, with your housemates’ likes next to them.
Secure: Enquire, view, then sign.
Message the landlord from the app, and the exact address is shared once they accept. View it in person before you sign or pay anything: rent and deposit go to the landlord, never through GaffSwipe.
Manchester early access
Your next gaff starts here.
We’re opening GaffSwipe to Manchester students in small groups, starting with house groups looking in Fallowfield, Withington and Rusholme.
- Fallowfield
- Withington
- Rusholme
- iPhone
- Invitation-only beta. Join the list and we’ll email you when it’s your turn.
- Android
- Not ready yet. Choose Android below to join the waitlist.
- Cost
- Free for students. Landlords pay a fee only when they let.
We never take your money.
Rental scams spike every summer, and students are the main target. GaffSwipe never takes deposits, holding fees or rent, so nobody can ask you to pay "through GaffSwipe".
- Never send money before you've viewed a place in person.
- Never send ID documents over chat.
- A person at GaffSwipe reviews every listing before students can see it.
- You can report or block anyone you're talking to, straight from the conversation.
- The exact address stays hidden until the landlord accepts your enquiry.
What we check, exactly
- Landlords: before a landlord's first listing goes live, a person at GaffSwipe checks the documents they upload to show they own the property or are authorised to let it.
- Listings: a person reviews every listing, including its photos, before students can see it.
- Deposits: a listing can't be sent for review with a deposit above 5 weeks' rent, the legal cap.
What checks can't doChecks reduce risk but can't remove it. We don't inspect properties, and we can't vouch for every landlord. Always view a place in person before you sign or pay anything. See our safety guide.
For landlords and agents
Be listed before students arrive.
Students are invited to the app once enough rooms are listed in Manchester, so enquiries start from then, not from the day you list. List a whole house or individual rooms, each with its own price.
- Paste a Rightmove, OnTheMarket or OpenRent link to copy a listing in, or start from scratch.
- Answer enquiries from your landlord dashboard.
- The legal deposit cap (5 weeks' rent) is checked before a listing can go for review.
- Before your first listing goes live, we check your proof of ownership or authority to let. A person reviews every listing before students see it.
Landlord accounts are by invitation while we open in Manchester. If we haven’t invited you yet, email support@gaffswipe.co.uk.
New landlordsThree for Free: 0% commission on your first three properties.Join by 31 March 2027, for tenancies starting by 30 September 2027.See the offer →Know a landlord? You both get £250 off.Refer another landlord or agent from your dashboard. Credit comes off our invoices when their first let is confirmed. Links can be used until 31 March 2027.How referrals work →
What it costs
Free to list. Free for students. You pay only when you let to a tenant who found you through GaffSwipe.
Your fee
Our fee isn’t a published figure. We agree it with each landlord and letting agent, based on the property, the market, volume and partnership.
You see your fee in your dashboard and accept it before it applies. Talk to us at support@gaffswipe.co.uk.
When you pay
- Only when you, or someone acting for you, sign a tenancy with a tenant introduced through GaffSwipe.
- “Introduced” means they sent your business an enquiry through GaffSwipe, about any of your properties, and the tenancy is signed within 6 months of their first enquiry to your business, even if it ends up being for a different property of yours or is signed outside GaffSwipe.
- Deposits and separately charged bills don’t count towards the rent. If nothing lets, you pay nothing. Tenants never pay this fee.
Full details: Landlord Commission Terms.
Questions
Anything else? Email support@gaffswipe.co.uk.
Reviews: none yet. We're new.
GaffSwipe hasn't opened yet. Reviews from real students and landlords will appear here once people have used it. We won't make them up.
When can I get the app?
On iPhone, we're inviting people to an invitation-only beta from the waitlist. Android isn't ready yet. Join Manchester early access and choose your phone, and we'll email you when it's your turn.
Is GaffSwipe free?
Yes, for students, and it's free for landlords to list. Landlords pay us a fee only when they let to a tenant who found them through GaffSwipe. We agree that fee with each landlord and letting agent, based on the property, the market, volume and partnership. See the Commission Terms.
Where does it work?
Manchester first, starting with Fallowfield, Withington and Rusholme. More cities in England later. Listings in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland come later still, because the rental law is different there.
Do I pay my deposit or rent through GaffSwipe?
No, never. We don't handle deposits, holding fees or rent. If anyone asks you to pay through GaffSwipe, it's a scam. Please report it.
Why can't I see the exact address?
To protect landlords and current tenants, listings show an approximate area. The exact address is shared once a landlord accepts your enquiry.
Is there a website version?
No. GaffSwipe is a phone app. If someone shares a place with you, you can preview it in your browser, but saving, comparing and contacting landlords happen in the app.
Who can use it?
Anyone aged 18 or over.
How do I delete my account?
In the app, go to Settings → Privacy → Delete my account. We lock your account straight away and delete it for good 14 days later; sign in again before then to keep it. If we need to keep your data for a legal claim, a police request or an open safety investigation, we can pause the deletion until that's resolved; you can't restore the account during that time. If you can't use the app, see how to delete your account by email, which also explains what we delete and keep.
Find the house before the group chat gives up.
Free for students. Opening first in Manchester.
