Houst
A large international manager with the fastest published go-live here, and — as of this research — no US coverage at all.
The facts on file
- Service model
- Full service
- Headline fee
- 12–20%
- How the fee is structured
- From 12% of rental revenue for full management; from 18–20% for the flexible/part-time tier. Varies by property type and location.
- Whose Airbnb account holds the listing
- Houst's — they become the host of record
- Time to go live
- Under 10 days from booking a call to the listing going live (company figure) — the fastest published onboarding among the managers here
- Contract and exit
- Not published
- Channels
- Airbnb, Booking.com, Direct booking
- Where they operate
- International only — no current US coverage. About 35 cities across 8 countries: UK, Ireland, France, Portugal, UAE, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
- Portfolio size
- 11,650+ properties (company figure)
- Founded
- 2015
What Houst actually is
Houst, founded in 2015, manages 11,650+ properties across roughly 35 cities in eight countries: the UK, Ireland, France, Portugal, the UAE, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. It is a genuine, sizeable operator. It is in this directory for one reason: it appears constantly in US-facing best-Airbnb-management-company lists written by people who did not check the coverage map. As of this research, neither houst.com nor any current review lists a US city. If your property is in the United States, you cannot hire them. That is the entire verdict, and everything below is context for owners elsewhere.
What it costs, and what the number really buys
Published, and low: from 12% of rental revenue for full management, and from 18–20% for the flexible or part-time tier, varying by property type and location. The inversion is deliberate — the part-time tier costs more per booking because Houst gets fewer nights over which to amortise the work. Those are real numbers in the markets Houst serves. They are not available to you in Austin or Asheville.
Do you keep your Airbnb listing?
No. Houst is the host of record where it operates, with the usual consequences for reviews and guest relationships. VRBO distribution is not confirmed anywhere, so if you are outside the US and multi-channel distribution matters, verify it explicitly before signing rather than assuming a manager of this size covers everything.
Contract, notice and getting out
Not published — no term, no notice period, nothing. Against that, go-live is the fastest published figure of any manager in this directory: under 10 days from booking a call to the listing being live. It is a company figure, but it is specific and falsifiable, which is more than most competitors offer. Use it as a benchmark when you are being sold vagueness: if a company managing 11,650 properties across eight countries can commit to a number in public, a franchise office with forty homes declining to give you one is a choice rather than a constraint.
Who Houst is right for
- You own in London, Dublin, Lisbon, Dubai, Sydney, Auckland, Cape Town or another city Houst actually serves.
- You want the fastest documented onboarding in the category.
- You need part-time coverage and will pay the premium for it.
And who should keep looking
- You own in the United States. No exceptions until coverage changes.
- You need VRBO distribution confirmed in writing.
- You want contract terms before a call.
Strengths and tradeoffs at a glance
Strengths
- Low published headline fee from 12%
- Sub-10-day go-live, the fastest published here
- Real international scale at 11,650+ properties
Tradeoffs
- No US coverage — a disqualifier for this site's readers
- Contract terms entirely unpublished
- VRBO distribution unconfirmed
Go to the source
Official site: www.houst.com. Ask them for the management agreement and the fee schedule in writing before you sign anything — particularly the clause covering who holds the listing and what happens to it when you leave.
What this profile was built from
Verified 2026-08-28. Where a fee, contract term or go-live time is described as reported or estimated, the company does not publish it and we have not invented one.
Fees, contracts and coverage in this category change. Confirm the current terms with the company before you sign.
Back to the full comparison table, or the index of all 17 companies. If you are still deciding between hiring somebody and automating the work, read the two philosophies side by side; if you have already decided to hire, take these questions into the call.