OpenRent Scraper - UK Rental Property Listings

OpenRent Scraper

Scrape OpenRent rental listings for any UK city, town, area, or postcode — rent, bedrooms, bathrooms, photos, bills, tenant preferences, availability, and map coordinates — and export them as JSON, CSV, or Excel. No OpenRent account or API key needed.

Search OpenRent.co.uk by location or paste any search URL, filter by rent, bedrooms, property type, furnishing, bills, pets, students, DSS/LHA, garden, and parking, and get 45+ structured fields per listing — including full photo galleries and latitude/longitude.

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Copy this block into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any LLM to start using this actor.

Use the Apify Actor "parsebird/openrent-scraper" to scrape UK rental listings from OpenRent.co.uk. Call it with the ApifyClient: from apify_client import ApifyClient; client = ApifyClient("<APIFY_TOKEN>"); run = client.actor("parsebird/openrent-scraper").call(run_input={"location": "Manchester", "max_price": 1500, "results_wanted": 50}); items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items. Key inputs: url (string, an OpenRent search URL like https://www.openrent.co.uk/properties-to-rent/london?term=London, takes priority over location; its filters are applied), location (string, default "London", city/area/postcode such as "SW18"), keyword (string, optional text filter on title, description snippet and details), results_wanted (integer, default 20), max_pages (integer, default 10, 20 listings per page), include_photos (boolean, default true), min_price/max_price (integer, GBP per month), min_bedrooms/max_bedrooms (integer, studios = 0), property_type ("houses" | "flats" | "rooms"), furnishing ("furnished" | "unfurnished"), radius_km (integer), sort_by ("distance" | "price_asc" | "price_desc"), booleans bills_included, pets_allowed, students_allowed, families_allowed, dss_accepted, has_garden, has_parking, exclude_let_agreed, proxyConfiguration (object, optional). Output fields per listing: id, title, description, url, imageUrl, imageUrls, rentPerMonth, rentPerWeek, maxRoomRentPerMonth, maxRoomRentPerWeek, letAgreed, lastUpdated, isNew, isMultiRoom, numberOfRoomsText, details, attributes, propertyType, bedrooms, bathrooms, isStudio, isRoomInSharedProperty, furnishing, billsIncluded, studentsAllowed, nonStudentsAllowed, familiesAllowed, petsAllowed, dssLhaAccepted, hasGarden, hasParking, hasFireplace, hasVideoTour, videoViewingsAccepted, availableNow, availableInDays, minimumTenancyMonths, firstListedAt, latitude, longitude, distanceFromSearch, distanceUnit, searchLocation, sourceSearchPage, scrapedAt. Full API docs: https://apify.com/parsebird/openrent-scraper/api — get a token at https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations

What is OpenRent Scraper?

OpenRent is a UK letting platform where landlords list homes and rooms to rent directly to tenants. OpenRent Scraper collects those rental listings into a clean, structured dataset: monthly and weekly rent, bedrooms and bathrooms, property type, furnishing, bills, tenant preferences, availability, photos, and coordinates for every property.

The easiest way to try it: type a city such as Manchester into Location and click Start. You'll have your first OpenRent data in seconds. It works as a ready-made OpenRent API alternative — OpenRent doesn't offer a public API for search results.

What can OpenRent Scraper do?

• 🔍 Search any UK location — cities, towns, areas, and postcodes (London, Milton Keynes, SW18, E1 6AN)
• 🔗 Paste any OpenRent search URL — price, bedroom, property-type, furnishing, and checkbox filters in the URL are applied the same way the OpenRent website applies them
• 🎛️ Filter from the input form — rent range, bedrooms, houses/flats/rooms, furnishing, search radius, bills included, pets, students, families, DSS/LHA, garden, parking, and available-only
• 🔤 Keyword filter — keep only listings mentioning words like studio, garden, or bills included
• 🖼️ Full photo galleries — every gallery image URL, not just the thumbnail
• 📍 Map-ready data — latitude, longitude, and distance from your search location
• 📅 Availability and tenancy terms — available now or in N days, preferred minimum tenancy, date first listed
• ⏱️ Monitor the rental market — schedule runs daily or weekly to track new listings and rent changes
• 🔌 Integrations and API — send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Make, Zapier, or your own app through the Apify API and integrations

What data can you extract from OpenRent?

Field	Description
id	OpenRent listing ID
title	Listing title, e.g. "3 Bed Flat, Whitehall Court, SW1A"
description	The description preview OpenRent shows in search results (first ~120 characters)
url	OpenRent link to the listing
imageUrl / imageUrls	Main photo and all gallery photo URLs
rentPerMonth / rentPerWeek	Rent in GBP per month and per week
maxRoomRentPerMonth / maxRoomRentPerWeek	Highest room rent when a shared home lists several rooms
propertyType	House, Flat, or Room
bedrooms / bathrooms	Bedroom and bathroom counts (for rooms, the count OpenRent stores for the whole property)
isStudio / isRoomInSharedProperty	Studio flat or room in a shared house/flat
furnishing	Furnished, Unfurnished, or Furnishing at tenant choice
billsIncluded	Bills included in the rent
studentsAllowed / nonStudentsAllowed / familiesAllowed / petsAllowed	Landlord's tenant preferences
dssLhaAccepted	Housing benefit (DSS/LHA) can cover the rent
hasGarden / hasParking / hasFireplace	Property features
hasVideoTour / videoViewingsAccepted	Video tour available or video viewings accepted
availableNow / availableInDays	Whether the property is available now, or how many days until it is
minimumTenancyMonths	Landlord's preferred minimum tenancy, in months
firstListedAt	When the listing was first published (UTC)
lastUpdated / isNew / letAgreed	Freshness and status as shown on OpenRent
latitude / longitude	Map coordinates
distanceFromSearch / distanceUnit	Distance from the searched location
details / attributes	Detail badges (e.g. "2 Beds", "1 Bath") as a list and as key-value pairs
searchLocation / sourceSearchPage / scrapedAt	Search context and collection timestamp

How to scrape OpenRent

1. Open OpenRent Scraper in Apify Console and click Try for free (an Apify account is required).
2. Enter a Location such as Leeds or SW18, or paste a Search URL copied from openrent.co.uk.
3. Optionally set Filters — rent range, bedrooms, property type, furnishing, bills, pets, and more — or a Keyword.
4. Set Max listings to the number of properties you need.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish — a few seconds for small runs.
6. Download the data from the Output tab in JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML, or fetch it through the API.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
url	string	No	—	OpenRent search URL. Takes priority over location. Its filters are applied
location	string	No	London	UK city, town, area, or postcode used when no url is given
keyword	string	No	—	Keep only listings whose title, description preview, or details contain this text
results_wanted	integer	No	20	Maximum number of listings to save
max_pages	integer	No	10	Safety cap on result pages to scan (20 listings per page)
include_photos	boolean	No	true	Collect every gallery photo URL into imageUrls
min_price / max_price	integer	No	—	Monthly rent range in GBP
min_bedrooms / max_bedrooms	integer	No	—	Bedroom range. Studios count as 0. Any minimum excludes rooms in shared homes
property_type	string	No	Any	houses, flats (includes studios), or rooms
furnishing	string	No	Any	furnished or unfurnished
radius_km	integer	No	OpenRent default	Search radius around the location, in km
sort_by	string	No	distance	distance, price_asc, or price_desc
bills_included, pets_allowed, students_allowed, families_allowed, dss_accepted, has_garden, has_parking	boolean	No	false	Keep only listings with that feature or preference
exclude_let_agreed	boolean	No	false	Skip listings already marked let agreed
proxyConfiguration	object	No	No proxy	Optional proxy settings

Example inputs

Collect 20 listings from a London search URL:

{
  "url": "https://www.openrent.co.uk/properties-to-rent/london?term=London",
  "results_wanted": 20
}

Studio listings in London matched by keyword:

{
  "location": "London",
  "keyword": "studio",
  "results_wanted": 20,
  "max_pages": 5
}

Two- and three-bedroom homes in Leeds between £700 and £1,200 a month that accept pets:

{
  "location": "Leeds",
  "min_price": 700,
  "max_price": 1200,
  "min_bedrooms": 2,
  "max_bedrooms": 3,
  "pets_allowed": true,
  "results_wanted": 100
}

A pre-filtered OpenRent search URL:

{
  "url": "https://www.openrent.co.uk/properties-to-rent/manchester?term=Manchester&prices_min=500&prices_max=1500",
  "results_wanted": 50,
  "max_pages": 5
}

Output example

[
  {
    "id": 2846054,
    "title": "3 Bed Flat, Whitehall Court, SW1A",
    "description": "Fully furnished with new furniture & carpets. Freshly painted throughout – pristine condition! (Photos pre-upgrade; loo",
    "url": "https://www.openrent.co.uk/2846054",
    "imageUrl": "https://imagescdn.openrent.co.uk/listings/2846054/o_1jl877i6oqlp1tvpi3qeppsev1.JPG_homepage.JPG",
    "imageUrls": [
      "https://imagescdn.openrent.co.uk/listings/2846054/o_1jl877i6oqlp1tvpi3qeppsev1.JPG_homepage.JPG",
      "https://imagescdn.openrent.co.uk/listings/2846054/o_1jl877i68bds1cdt8cs1nvu1eic0.JPG_homepage.JPG"
    ],
    "rentPerMonth": 5500,
    "rentPerWeek": 1269.23,
    "maxRoomRentPerMonth": null,
    "maxRoomRentPerWeek": null,
    "commuteTime": 0,
    "distance": 0,
    "letAgreed": false,
    "lastUpdated": "around 1 month ago",
    "isNew": false,
    "isMultiRoom": false,
    "numberOfRoomsText": null,
    "details": ["3 Beds", "3 Baths", "Furnished"],
    "attributes": { "3_beds": "3 Beds", "3_baths": "3 Baths", "furnished": "Furnished" },
    "propertyType": "Flat",
    "bedrooms": 3,
    "bathrooms": 3,
    "isStudio": false,
    "isRoomInSharedProperty": false,
    "furnishing": "Furnished",
    "billsIncluded": false,
    "studentsAllowed": true,
    "nonStudentsAllowed": true,
    "familiesAllowed": true,
    "petsAllowed": true,
    "dssLhaAccepted": false,
    "hasGarden": true,
    "hasParking": true,
    "hasFireplace": false,
    "hasVideoTour": false,
    "videoViewingsAccepted": false,
    "availableNow": true,
    "availableInDays": 0,
    "minimumTenancyMonths": 12,
    "firstListedAt": "2026-04-23T10:31:31Z",
    "latitude": 51.505524,
    "longitude": -0.1242798,
    "distanceFromSearch": 0.32,
    "distanceUnit": "km",
    "searchLocation": "London",
    "sourceSearchPage": "https://www.openrent.co.uk/properties-to-rent/london?term=London",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-11T00:36:21.261Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 2879904,
    "title": "Room in a Shared House, Medway Street, SW1P",
    "description": "We are proud to offer these 6 delightful rooms in a 6 bedroom, 3 bathroom shared house in a great location. Available to m",
    "url": "https://www.openrent.co.uk/2879904",
    "rentPerMonth": 1350,
    "rentPerWeek": 311.54,
    "maxRoomRentPerMonth": 1475,
    "maxRoomRentPerWeek": 340.38,
    "isMultiRoom": true,
    "numberOfRoomsText": "6 Rooms Available",
    "details": ["6 Rooms Available", "3 Baths", "Furnished"],
    "propertyType": "Room",
    "isRoomInSharedProperty": true,
    "billsIncluded": true,
    "availableNow": false,
    "availableInDays": 6,
    "minimumTenancyMonths": 3,
    "latitude": 51.495426,
    "longitude": -0.1306294,
    "...": "same fields as above"
  }
]

Download the dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML from the Output tab, or read it through the API.

Use OpenRent Scraper through the API

Python (apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("parsebird/openrent-scraper").call(run_input={
    "location": "Bristol",
    "property_type": "houses",
    "max_price": 2000,
    "results_wanted": 50,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item["rentPerMonth"], item["url"])

JavaScript (apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('parsebird/openrent-scraper').call({
    location: 'Bristol',
    property_type: 'houses',
    max_price: 2000,
    results_wanted: 50,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => console.log(item.title, item.rentPerMonth, item.url));

See the API tab for endpoints, OpenAPI spec, and more client examples.

Use cases

• Rental market research — track asking rents by postcode, bedroom count, and property type across UK cities
• Lettings agents and landlords — benchmark your rent against comparable OpenRent listings nearby
• Property investors — estimate rental yields for target areas using current asking rents
• Tenants and relocation services — monitor new listings that match strict criteria (pets, bills included, DSS/LHA)
• Proptech and data teams — feed geocoded rental listings into maps, dashboards, and pricing models
• Student housing — find student-friendly rooms and shared houses near universities

How it works

1. The Actor opens the OpenRent search for your location or URL, which lists every matching property ID.
2. It applies the URL and input filters (rent, bedrooms, property type, checkboxes) and sort order the same way the OpenRent website does.
3. It loads listing data in pages of 20, applies your keyword, and collects the photo gallery for each listing.
4. Each listing is saved to the dataset as soon as its page is processed, so you can stop the run at any time and keep the results.

How much does it cost to scrape OpenRent?

OpenRent Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay only for listings saved to your dataset. Compute and proxy costs are included in the event price.

Plan	Price per listing	Price per 1,000 listings
Free	$0.00099	$0.99
Bronze	$0.00089	$0.89
Silver	$0.00079	$0.79
Gold	$0.00069	$0.69

For example, 500 OpenRent listings cost about $0.50 on the Free plan. Apify accounts include monthly platform usage credits, and you can set a maximum spend per run — the Actor stops when the limit is reached.

Is it legal to scrape OpenRent?

Scraping publicly available data, such as rental listings anyone can view without logging in, is generally legal in the UK, EU, and US. OpenRent Scraper only collects data shown on public OpenRent search pages and does not log in or access tenant or landlord accounts. You are responsible for how you use the data: review OpenRent's terms and comply with UK GDPR if you process personal data. Read more in Apify's guide: Is web scraping legal?

Other property and real estate scrapers

• Zoopla Property Scraper — UK homes for sale from Zoopla
• Daft.ie Property Scraper — Ireland's largest property portal
• RentCafe Scraper — US apartment rentals
• Apartments.com Scraper — US rental listings and property data
• Realestate.com.au Scraper — Australian buy, sold, and rent listings
• Airbnb Scraper — short-term rentals worldwide
• UK Companies House Scraper — UK company records, useful for checking letting companies

FAQ

Do I need an OpenRent account or API key? No. The Actor reads public OpenRent search results. You only need an Apify account.

Why is the description short? description is the preview OpenRent shows in search results — roughly the first 120 characters of the landlord's text. Open url for the full listing.

How many listings can I scrape? As many as the search returns — a London search lists over 5,000 properties. Set results_wanted and raise max_pages (20 listings per page) for large runs; 1,500 London listings take about 3 minutes.

Why did my keyword search return fewer listings than results_wanted? The keyword is checked against the title, description preview, and detail badges of each listing. The Actor scans at most max_pages pages (20 listings each), so raise max_pages when your keyword is rare. For property types, use the property_type filter instead — it is exact.

How do bedroom filters treat studios and rooms? The same way OpenRent does: studios count as 0 bedrooms, and setting any minimum bedrooms (including 0) excludes rooms in shared homes. Use property_type: "rooms" to get only rooms.

What does availableInDays mean? The number of days until the property is available, as OpenRent calculates it. 0 with availableNow: true means it is available now.

Do I need a proxy? Usually not. OpenRent works without a proxy. If OpenRent starts rate-limiting requests during a large run, the Actor automatically switches to Apify residential proxies in the UK and continues; this is included in the price.

Why does url look like openrent.co.uk/2846054? That is OpenRent's short link for the listing. It redirects to the full listing page.

Can I schedule runs and get alerts for new listings? Yes. Use Apify schedules to run daily or weekly, and connect integrations like Google Sheets, Slack, Make, or Zapier. Compare id values between runs to spot new listings.

Can I use OpenRent Scraper with AI agents? Yes. Copy the AI assistant block above into ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor, or connect the Actor through the Apify MCP server.

Found a bug or want a new field? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab — feedback is welcome.