Savills Property Scraper

An Apify Actor that scrapes property listings from Savills UK, extracting detailed information about properties for sale, rent, or recently sold.

Features

• 🏠 Scrape property listings - For sale, to rent, or sold properties
• 📊 Detailed property data - Address, price, bedrooms, bathrooms, size, EPC rating, and more
• 📄 Brochure links - Extracts view/download brochure URLs when available
• 🖼️ Images & floorplans - Collects property images and floorplan URLs (configurable limit)
• 🔧 Flexible filtering - Use URL parameters or input filters (filters override URL)
• ⚡ Efficient scraping - Opens property details in new tabs for reliable extraction
• 🎛️ Performance tuning - Control image extraction to optimize speed

Input Configuration

Basic Usage

1. Go to Savills search and configure your desired search
2. Copy the URL from your browser
3. Paste it into the startUrls input
4. Optionally override any filters using the input fields

Example Input

{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://search.savills.com/list?SearchList=Id_20308+Category_TownVillageCity&Tenure=GRS_T_B&Currency=GBP&Category=GRS_CAT_RES"
        }
    ],
    "bedrooms": "GRS_B_3",
    "scrapeDetails": true,
    "maxListings": 10,
    "maxImages": 1
}

Input Options

Field	Description
startUrls	Savills search URLs to scrape
listingType	Override: For Sale, To Rent, or Sold Properties
minPrice / maxPrice	Override price range
bedrooms / bathrooms / receptions	Override room counts
propertyTypes	Filter by property type (house, flat, etc.)
features	Filter by amenities (garden, garage, etc.)
maxListings	Maximum properties to scrape (0 = unlimited)
maxPages	Maximum listing pages to process (0 = unlimited)
maxImages	Max images per property: 1 (default), 0 = unlimited, -1 = skip
scrapeDetails	Visit each property page for full details

Filter Override Behavior

Filters set in the input will override the URL parameters:

• Leave as "Use URL Setting" (empty) to keep the URL value
• Select a specific value to override what's in the URL

Output Data

Each property includes:

Field	Description
propertyId	Unique Savills property ID
url	Property detail page URL
title	Property title/name
fullAddress	Complete address
postcode	UK postcode
price	Numeric price value
priceFormatted	Formatted price string (e.g., "£1,650,000")
priceType	Guide Price, Offers Over, POA, etc.
propertyType	House, Flat, Bungalow, etc.
bedrooms	Number of bedrooms
bathrooms	Number of bathrooms
receptions	Number of reception rooms
sizeSqFt / sizeSqM	Property size
description	Property description
keyFeatures	Array of key features
epcRating	Energy Performance Certificate rating
images	Array of image URLs (limited by maxImages)
floorplanUrl	Floorplan image URL (extracted from Plans modal)
viewBrochureUrl	View brochure link
downloadBrochureUrl	Download brochure PDF link
status	Available, Under Offer, Sold
agents	Array of agent details (name, office, phone, photo)
newDevelopment	Whether it's a new development
underOffer	Whether the property is under offer

Usage Examples

Scrape properties for sale in a specific area

{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://search.savills.com/list?SearchList=Id_20308+Category_TownVillageCity&Tenure=GRS_T_B&Currency=GBP&Category=GRS_CAT_RES"
        }
    ],
    "maxListings": 50
}

Scrape rentals with specific criteria

{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://search.savills.com/list?SearchList=Id_20501+Category_TownVillageCity&Currency=GBP&Category=GRS_CAT_RES"
        }
    ],
    "listingType": "rent",
    "bedrooms": "GRS_B_2",
    "maxPrice": 3000,
    "maxListings": 20
}

Quick listing scan (no detail pages)

{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://search.savills.com/list?SearchList=Id_20308+Category_TownVillageCity&Tenure=GRS_T_B&Currency=GBP&Category=GRS_CAT_RES"
        }
    ],
    "scrapeDetails": false,
    "maxPages": 5
}

Fast scraping (skip images)

{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://search.savills.com/list?SearchList=Id_20308+Category_TownVillageCity&Tenure=GRS_T_B&Currency=GBP&Category=GRS_CAT_RES"
        }
    ],
    "maxImages": -1,
    "maxListings": 100
}

Get all images

{
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://search.savills.com/list?SearchList=Id_20308+Category_TownVillageCity&Tenure=GRS_T_B&Currency=GBP&Category=GRS_CAT_RES"
        }
    ],
    "maxImages": 0,
    "maxListings": 10
}

Local Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run locally
apify run

# Run with specific input
apify run --input='{"startUrls":[{"url":"..."}],"maxListings":5}'

Deploy to Apify

# Login to Apify
apify login

# Deploy the Actor
apify push

Technology

• Crawlee - Web scraping and browser automation library
• Playwright - Browser automation
• Camoufox - Stealthy Firefox fork for anti-bot evasion
• Apify SDK - Actor development framework

Resources

• Apify Platform documentation
• Crawlee documentation
• Savills UK property search

Disclaimer

This tool is intended for research, development, and automation of publicly accessible data on the Savills UK platform. By using this Actor, you agree to comply with Savills' Terms of Use and all applicable laws.

• Do not overload Savills' servers: set reasonable concurrency, delays, and limits on listings scraped.
• Respect robots.txt and refrain from scraping private or restricted data.
• Apify, the author, and contributors are not affiliated with Savills and take no responsibility for how this tool is used.
• You are solely responsible for any consequences arising from data extraction.

Always check if scraping is permitted and avoid breaching any terms or local regulations!