When an agent on homedrops pitches you a tenant and you accept, the agent is appointed as the finder for that let on the fee shown on the pitch. In return, you both agree to keep the let — and that introduction — on homedrops.
Concretely: the viewing, referencing, the tenancy agreement (APT), the deposit and the agent's finder fee all run through the platform. You agree not to take the introduced tenant, or deal with the introducing agent, off-platform in order to avoid the agreed fee.
The agent pitches you by name, so you can judge who is asking before you decide, and they don't see your identity until you accept. An introduction made in the open only works if neither side can use it to cut the other, or homedrops, out once it is made. The non-circumvention term is what makes the pitch safe to send and safe to read.
The term applies to a let of the pitched property to the introduced tenant (or anyone in their household or acting for them) that completes within 12 months of the pitch being accepted. Letting the property to an unrelated tenant you sourced yourself is unaffected.
The agent is a finder only. Accepting a pitch grants no letting authority and no management appointment — the agent cannot sign on your behalf, hold money, or run the tenancy. Referencing, Right to Rent, the APT and compliance stay with you and homedrops. Protecting the deposit and serving the prescribed information stay with you. See the Terms of use for the platform's wider role.
If the introduced tenant is let the property off-platform to avoid the fee, the agreed finder fee remains payable, and homedrops may suspend the account in breach. Nothing here overrides your statutory rights or the agent's obligations under their redress scheme and client-money protection.
Questions about a pitch or this term? Email hello@homedrops.co.uk.