MyEDL is a property inspection application built from the day-to-day experience of Lodgis teams, who carry out thousands of check-in and check-out inspections across France every year. While traditional methods — paper documents, Word files, photos spread across multiple devices — were functional, the most significant challenge turned out not to be completing the inspection itself, but retrieving and comparing check-in and check-out records months later. The application was developed through sustained collaboration between property managers and software developers, with every feature grounded in real field situations rather than theoretical use cases. A 2026 survey of 127 landlords confirmed that over 90% still rely on traditional methods, while 86% expressed genuine interest in a dedicated digital solution — and identified the check-in to check-out comparison as their primary pain point. MyEDL centralises photos, observations and equipment records within a single platform, enables direct room-by-room photo tagging, automates report generation and captures electronic signatures. After several years of exclusive internal use and continuous improvement, Lodgis is now making the application available to landlords who manage their own inspections, offering them a tool proven in the field rather than a ready-made commercial product.
Every year, Lodgis teams carry out thousands of property inspections throughout France.
Apartments in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille and beyond. Student studios, homes for professionals on assignment, family apartments and high-end properties. Behind every rental lies one essential step: the property inspection.
Whether it is a check-in or check-out inspection, this stage is one of the most important moments in a furnished rental. It protects both landlords and tenants by providing an accurate record of the property's condition. We explain this in greater detail in our article on why carrying out an inventory and property inspection is essential for a furnished rental.
For many years, our teams worked like most real estate professionals: paper documents, Word files, photos taken on different devices, manual data entry, manual checks and extensive document archiving.
It was a process that worked, but one that required time—lots of it.
That's how the idea of creating our own application was born. Not to follow a technological trend, not to launch another subscription service, but simply to solve a challenge we faced ourselves every day.
This is the story of MyEDL.
On paper, carrying out a property inspection seems straightforward.
In reality, it is often much more complex than it appears.
Every room must be described accurately, the condition of each fixture and fitting recorded, photos taken, signatures collected, documents stored, and all this information retrieved months later when the tenant moves out.
This preparation requires significant work on the ground. For landlords who carry out inspections themselves, it often begins as soon as they collect the keys and prepare the property for the tenant's arrival.
When hundreds of inspections are completed every month, even the smallest loss of time becomes significant.
But the biggest challenge is not always the one people expect.
Over the years, our teams realized that the greatest difficulty often arises several months after the tenant moves in: comparing the check-in inspection with the check-out inspection.
All of these tasks require precision, organization and a rigorous approach.
"Before MyEDL, a significant part of our work was simply finding information."
When you carry out a large number of property inspections, the appointment itself is not necessarily the hardest part. The real challenge often comes months later, when you need to retrieve photos, compare the property's condition between check-in and check-out, or answer questions from a landlord or tenant.
Before the app, we relied on several different tools. Today, everything is available in one place. It saves us time and, above all, gives us much greater peace of mind when managing our files.
— Lodgis Property Manager
At Lodgis, the idea of creating an app did not come from a marketing strategy—it came from the field.
Over the years, our property managers shared their needs, their challenges and the improvements they wanted to see in their day-to-day work.
Meanwhile, our IT teams faced a major challenge: turning these very practical needs into a tool that was simple, reliable and usable anywhere.
MyEDL was therefore born from close collaboration between our operational teams and our software developers.
Every feature was designed to address a real-life use case. Every improvement was tested by the people who perform inspections every day. Every update is the result of years of accumulated feedback.
"Our greatest challenge wasn't developing an app—it was reproducing our teams' professional expertise."
From day one, we knew we weren't building just another application. Every feature had to solve a real situation encountered in the field.
Our property managers regularly shared their needs, difficulties and ideas for improvement. Our role was to transform that feedback into features that were easy to use while maintaining the level of precision required for such an important legal document.
That constant dialogue between operational teams and developers is probably what has allowed MyEDL to continue evolving over the years.
— Lodgis Development Team
This is probably what sets MyEDL apart from other applications available today: it wasn't designed for hypothetical users, but for professionals who carry out property inspections every single day.
Every feature addresses a real challenge encountered in the field:
The objective has never been to add as many features as possible, but to simplify the work of professionals carrying out property inspections.
Before making the application available to a wider audience, we wanted to better understand how our landlords currently carry out their property inspections.
In spring 2026, we conducted a survey among 10,000 landlords to learn more about their inspection methods and their expectations regarding a digital solution.
The results* confirmed several of our assumptions.
Our first finding was that traditional methods remain by far the most common. More than 90% of respondents still primarily rely on paper documents, Word files or PDFs to carry out their property inspections.
Our second finding was that interest in a digital solution is genuine. 86% of the landlords surveyed said they were either interested in or open to using a dedicated property inspection application.
But the most interesting finding concerns the difficulties landlords face.
Contrary to what many people might expect, the biggest challenge is not writing the inspection report itself.
The issue mentioned most frequently is comparing the check-in inspection with the check-out inspection. This perfectly matches the challenges our own teams have been facing for years.
This challenge is actually at the heart of the check-out inspection, whose primary purpose is to compare the property's condition at the end of the tenancy with its condition at check-in in order to identify any differences or damage.
Over time, MyEDL has fundamentally transformed the way our teams carry out property inspections.
For our teams, centralizing all information represents a major time saver when preparing a tenant's check-out inspection. Photos, observations and equipment records remain accessible in just a few clicks, even months after the tenant moved in.
"Today, I couldn't imagine going back."
The biggest change for me is how we prepare check-out inspections. Before, we had to search through old documents, review photos and compare several different files.
Today, the property's complete history is instantly available. Everything is centralized, making comparisons between check-in and check-out much faster and easier.
Beyond the time savings, it also allows us to be more accurate and more responsive when communicating with landlords and tenants.
— Lodgis Property Manager
For several years, the application was used and continuously improved primarily by Lodgis teams.
Every new property inspection revealed fresh opportunities for improvement.
Every user suggestion helped the application evolve.
Today, we have decided to take the next step.
Many landlords carry out their own property inspections and have expressed interest in a solution that is simple, practical and tailored to their needs.
Rather than offering them a theoretical solution, we chose to give them access to the very application that we use ourselves every day.
MyEDL was not born in a meeting room. It was born inside apartments, through thousands of property inspections.
Through conversations between property managers, landlords, tenants and developers.
If the application continues to evolve today, it is because the realities of the field continue to evolve as well.
And that is probably its greatest strength: it was designed not around a marketing promise, but around real situations encountered every day by real estate professionals.
The story of MyEDL is only just beginning.
* Results collected from 127 landlords.
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