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Paying guest accommodations · CRM

Keep every enquiry, advance and move-out date in one place, not in chats.

A CRM for a PG is the shared record of who enquired, which room they were shown, what advance is pending and when each tenant is due to leave. GullySales works on setting that record up in a tool your staff will actually open, with fields that tie each enquiry to a room.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 8 Nov 2026.

For paying guest accommodations

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The enquiry lives in three phones”

    The call went to the owner, the chat to the warden and the Instagram message to a cousin. Nobody can say who replied to whom, so a tenant gets two answers or none. One record per person ends the guessing.

  • “The room is the unit, not the lead”

    A sales tool tracks a deal; a PG tracks a bed. The record has to show which room is vacant from which date, which is held against an advance and which is booked from the next semester.

  • “Move-out dates are sales dates”

    A tenant whose contract ends in May is a vacancy in May, and the work to refill it starts earlier. A record that stores notice and expected leaving dates makes the next vacancy visible while the bed is still occupied.

  • “A spreadsheet works until two people edit it”

    A shared sheet is a fair start for one building. It breaks when a second warden or a second property joins, because rows get overwritten and nobody knows which version holds the latest advance.

What we do

What we deliver for paying guest accommodations.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Enquiry fields that match the questions asked

    Name, number, college or office, move-in date, room type, who is paying and where the enquiry came from.

    Result: Every enquiry carries the details needed to quote.

  2. A room and bed board

    Every room and bed with its status: vacant, held, booked, occupied or due to leave.

    Result: The owner sees vacancies without asking the warden.

  3. An advance and deposit tracker

    Each advance against a named tenant and room, with what was paid, what is pending and what is refundable.

    Result: No advance is held without a name against it.

  4. Move-out and renewal dates

    Expected leaving dates and notice given, with a reminder placed ahead of each one.

    Result: A coming vacancy is on the board before the room is empty.

  5. Roles and access

    Who may add enquiries, who may allot a room and who may only view.

    Result: Room status can be trusted by everyone reading it.

  6. Import of existing records

    Current tenants and past enquiries moved in from notebooks, sheets and phone contacts, with duplicates merged.

    Result: Nothing is left sitting in one personal phone.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

A PG record tracks a bed, so the fields describe the room, the payer and the leaving date.

Room and bed number
Filled by the warden at allotment. Lets the owner see which beds are vacant and from which date.
Advance paid and deposit held
Filled by whoever receives the money. Prevents a dispute at move-out and tells you which holds are real.
Payer's name and contact
Filled at sign-up when the parent or employer pays. Lets reminders for rent go to the person who actually pays.
Move-out or renewal date
Filled at allotment. Starts the work to refill the bed before it falls vacant.
Enquiry source and visit status
Filled by the person who took the call. Shows which source brings residents who visit and which only ask the price.
Diet and house rule notes
Filled by the warden. Lets the mess manager and the next warden see what was agreed with the resident.

Who it is for

This is written for these paying guest accommodations.

  • Boys' and girls' PG accommodations near colleges
  • Co-living spaces for working professionals
  • PGs near tech parks and business hubs
  • PGs near hospitals for patients and attendants
  • Furnished single and shared-room PGs
  • Multi-property PG chains

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Only one person handles every enquiry and bed, and a notebook does the same work.
  • You have not decided who may see residents' contact numbers and identity papers, which must be settled before any are stored.
  • Beds are let through a single contract with an institution, so there is little enquiry flow to record.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Tell us what you need
Do we need paid CRM software?
Not at the start. A well-built shared sheet or a free plan of a popular CRM holds enquiries, rooms and dates for a single building. Move to dedicated software when several people edit it or when you run more than one property.
What should we avoid storing?
Store what the booking needs: name, number, college or office, room and advance. Keep identity documents and family details in a restricted place, and ask your own adviser what the law expects of you when holding tenant data.
Who should be allowed to edit the board?
Let the person who takes the advance and the person who allots the room edit it, and give everyone else view access. Fewer editors means the room status is believed.
How should we store identity documents of residents?
Keep them out of the CRM and in a locked place the owner controls, with only the number of the document noted if needed. Photographs of identity papers on a shared sheet or a phone are a risk. Check your state's rules for registering residents with your own adviser.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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