TIME:O:STAT

Timeostat Ltd is run by Anthony Cherry, an HMO landlord from Amersham in Buckinghamshire. He started investing in property from 2003 and now has a portfolio spread between Northampton and Aylesbury.

There was no apparent off the shelf solution that best serviced an HMO landlords needs. Many 'smart' solutions relied on taking time to micromanage tenants heating. Other options leave the heating running at times when tenants may be away from the property, often for long periods of time.

The TIME:O:STAT is a replacement for the current central heating room thermostat. It simply restricts the heating to a time period determined by the installer. By default this is 2 hours. The tenants have full control of the heating. But they can only have it running for 2 hours at a time. Meaning the heating can not be left running constantly and will turn itself off when the tenant goes to work/lectures/sleep/holiday/out in the evening.  Tenants love it as they can have the heating on whenever they like. Landlords love it because it saves both time and money as there is no need to micromanage the heating system. There are many additional installer functions and settings to the TIME:O:STAT which the landlord can set-up prior to installation to tailor it to their requirements.