Freehold.Pro and Manage Your Block both help residents manage blocks in the UK. Manage Your Block is aportal for directors and leaseholders to store documents and contacts. Freehold.Pro is built specifically forsmall blocks and RTM companies with service charge accounting, compliance scheduling and a resident portal. Here is how they compare for self-managed blocks.
Freehold.Pro is built for small blocks (3–10 flats) and RTM. It combines service charge accounting, compliance scheduling, resident portal and per-block pricing with no per-user fees.
Manage Your Block is a secure online portal for RMC and RTM directors. It focuses on document storage, contacts, activity logs and optional service charge collection. It improves organisation but does not provide full block workflows or service charge accounting like a dedicated platform.
Bottom Line...
For RTM companies and self-managed blocks that want accounting, compliance and a resident portal, Freehold.Pro is the better fit. Manage Your Block suits directors who mainly need a secure portal for documents and contact details.
Choose Freehold.Pro if you run one or a few small blocks and want one system for service charge accounting, compliance scheduling, documents and resident access. It fits RTM companies and shared freeholders who want less manual admin and clearer records for directors and leaseholders.
Choose Manage Your Block if you mainly need a simple secure portal for documents, contacts and activity logs, have a very small block and are happy to keep accounting and reminders in other tools. It suits directors who want an organised online filing cabinet rather than a full block management platform.
For self-managed blocks that want service charge accounting, compliance reminders and a resident portal, Freehold.Pro is usually the better fit. Manage Your Block works well as a light portal when you already have another way to handle money and compliance.
Directors don't realise they are legally responsible.
Small RTM companies often unknowingly miss fire safety checks, records, and documentation requirements. Freehold.Pro structures and logs these automatically.
The admin slowly becomes a second job.
Volunteer directors end up acting as accountants, secretaries, and compliance officers. Freehold.Pro centralises everything so directors spend minutes per week, not hours.
Leaseholders start questioning the accounts.
Most disputes in small blocks come from unclear service charge records. Freehold.Pro gives every leaseholder visibility into spending and documents.
The only escape feels like hiring a managing agent.
Many blocks appoint managing agents just to cope with admin. Freehold.Pro lets blocks stay self-managed without losing organisation.
Most small RTM and self-managed blocks don't need a managing agent, they need a simple system to stay compliant and organised. Freehold.Pro was designed specifically for 3–50 unit buildings.
Get started freeManage Your Block is a secure portal for block documents, contacts and notes. It helps directors share information without email chains and paper folders. Freehold.Pro is a full block management platform with accounting, compliance scheduling and a resident portal built around the block. If you only need a safe place for files, Manage Your Block can work. If you want one place to run the block and keep directors and residents aligned, Freehold.Pro goes further.
Manage Your Block records information and activity but leaves most tasks to directors. You still create reminders and follow up on actions yourself. Freehold.Pro automates block specific workflows such as compliance schedules, fire safety checks and resident communications. It turns many director to do items into scheduled tasks and notifications rather than manual chasing.
Manage Your Block can hold risk assessments, inspection reports and policy documents so they are not lost in email. Directors still need their own calendar or checklist to stay on top of due dates. Freehold.Pro is designed to support director responsibilities with schedules, reminders and an audit trail for block compliance. It makes it easier to see what is due, what is done and where the evidence sits.
With Manage Your Block, day to day work still lives in a mix of email, spreadsheets and the portal. You upload documents and log notes but many steps remain manual. Freehold.Pro brings block activities into one place, so logging a repair, updating residents or checking service charge status uses the same view. Both can store information for the block. Freehold.Pro adds more structure to how work flows through the block.
Freehold.Pro wins when you want one place to run the block with service charge accounting, compliance, documents and a resident portal. It fits RTM and self-managed blocks where directors want to reduce manual admin and keep a clear record for the future.
Manage Your Block wins when you want a simple low cost portal for documents and contact details and you are happy to keep accounting and reminders in other systems. It can be a good first step away from paper and email before you move to a full platform.
Freehold.Pro is built for small blocks with a few directors who share tasks and want structure. Manage Your Block can work for small blocks that only need better document sharing and simple service charge collection.
Manage Your Block is aimed at smaller blocks and directors rather than large agent portfolios. Freehold.Pro also focuses on small blocks so much larger or complex estates may look at agent focused tools instead.
Freehold.Pro is designed for RTM and shared freehold with service charge, compliance and resident access in mind. Manage Your Block supports RTM directors by storing records but does not focus on RTM accounting and workflows in the same way.
Freehold.Pro is for blocks and leaseholders, not single unit landlords. Manage Your Block is also block focused so landlords with mixed rental portfolios may still need other tools for lettings and tenancies.
The transparency that Freehold.Pro brings is it greatest feature (imo)
John Hewitt
Block Manager
BN3 1AH
Having everything in one place is an absolute gamechanger, no more searching through email threads to find important documents
Richard Harrison
Director
TCD Property Ltd
Freehold.Pro cut our admin time by half.
Jane Smith
Director
ABC RTM Ltd
