Perth Property Management

What Perth Property Management does

Perth Property Management (PPM) is a privately held, boutique property management agency founded in 2014 and headquartered at 1232 Hay Street, West Perth, Western Australia. The firm provides residential and commercial property management services to individual property investors across Perth and its metro suburbs, with service modules spanning tenant sourcing, lease preparation, routine inspections (quarterly), rent collection, maintenance coordination, and bond lodgment under the WA Residential Tenancies Act. Residential listings are advertised on realestate.com.au, domain.com.au, and reiwa.com.au, and the firm caps property managers at 100 properties each to enforce service quality. The commercial division, launched in 2024 and led by Director Vaughan Copping, covers industrial, retail, office, childcare, and medical assets alongside the residential core led by Director Kristy Copping.

PPM's revenue model is a managed-services subscription: a percentage of gross rent collected, billed monthly, with separate letting fees and advertising costs for vacant properties and compliance-driven fee allocation for retail commercial tenancies under the Retail Tenancies Act. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct-to-consumer, combining phone and in-person consultations at the West Perth office, a free rental appraisal offer, a refer-a-friend program (two months fee-free on a 12-month authority), and a 60-day service guarantee that releases owners from their management authority at no cost if not fully satisfied. The company is bootstrapped — no funding rounds, no parent entity, no subsidiaries — and operates on standard property management software with no proprietary technology or AI capabilities.

The firm's primary competitive positioning is built on directorial reputation rather than technology: Kristy Copping holds REIA Residential Property Manager of the Year (2023) and three REIWA state titles (2019, 2021, 2022), while Vaughan Copping has secured consecutive REIA (2025, 2026) and REIWA (2024, 2025) Commercial Property Manager of the Year awards. PPM maintains a 4.8-star Google rating across 728 reviews, claims an average vacancy period of 10 days, and emphasizes director-level involvement across all managed properties.

Name

Perth Property Management

Legal name

Perth Property Management

Website

https://www.perthpropertymanagementwa.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Perth Property Management is a privately held, boutique property management agency in Western Australia that provides residential and commercial property management services to individual property investors across Perth and its metro suburbs, operating since 2014.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Perth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Property Management Fees: Ongoing management fees charged as a percentage of gross rent collected from tenants. For non-retail commercial tenancies, tenants pay management fees along with property expenses. For retail commercial tenancies, owners pay the management fee as prescribed by the Retail Tenancies Act. Additional letting fees apply for vacant properties plus advertising costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Perth Property Management (PPM) provides full-service residential and commercial property management for property owners and investors across Perth and its metro suburbs. Core services include tenant sourcing and placement, rent collection, lease preparation and management, quarterly property inspections, maintenance coordination, and compliance with Western Australian tenancy legislation. The company charges ongoing management fees as a percentage of gross rent collected, plus separate letting and advertising fees for vacant properties, and operates exclusively as a specialist property management agency.

Product overview

Perth Property Management (PPM) is a boutique property management company offering residential and commercial property management services across Perth and metro suburbs. The core offering consists of Residential Property Management and Commercial Property Management as primary services, supported by integrated service modules including Property Inspections, Rental Agreements, Property Listing & Marketing, and Rental Listings portal. PPM also provides a 60-Day Service Guarantee and Free Rental Appraisal as key differentiators. The company operates exclusively in property management with no real estate sales division, positioning itself as specialists in this domain since 2014.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Property Management Full-service residential property management for property owners and investors in Perth and metro suburbs, including tenant sourcing, rent collection, property inspections, maintenance coordination, lease management, and compliance with the WA Residential Tenancies Act. Targeted at individual residential property investors seeking outsourced portfolio management.
• Commercial Property Management Commercial property management service covering industrial, retail, office, childcare, and medical property types in Perth, including tenant sourcing, lease negotiation, variable outgoings management, and ongoing administration. Targeted at commercial property owners seeking specialist management outside of residential-focused agencies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60-day service guarantee - release from management authority at no cost if unsatisfied
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Belle Property: Australian boutique real estate brand with a strong property management focus and premium positioning, similar to PPM's boutique specialist stance. Competes for the same investor-owned residential mandates in major metros.

Broad incumbents

• McGrath Estate Agents: Major Australian residential real estate network with a substantial property management division. Offers overlapping PM services across multiple states but anchored to a sales-led brand rather than PM-specialist positioning.
• Ray White: Largest Australian and trans-Tasman real estate group with a sizable property management operation. Competes on scale, brand recognition and fee structure against boutique operators like PPM.
• LJ Hooker: Long-established Australian real estate franchise with national PM capability. Competes for landlord mandates via scale economics and brand familiarity that smaller boutique firms must differentiate against.
• Harcourts: Australian and New Zealand real estate franchise group offering residential and commercial property management. Broad incumbent with overlapping PM services across WA and other states.
• Elders Real Estate: National Australian real estate network with a property management arm active in WA regional and metro markets. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping services to PPM's investor clients.

Emerging players

• PropertyMe: Australian cloud-based property management software platform used by many Australian agencies. Not a direct PM services competitor but represents the technology layer that could disintermediate or empower boutique PM operators.

Regional players

• Acton | Belle Property: WA-rooted real estate brand with strong Perth presence and property management services. Direct regional competitor for residential and commercial mandates within PPM's home market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/perthpm
• Facebookfacebook.com/PPMWA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/perth-property-management

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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