Hands-off energy management for short-stay property portfolios.
Monty manages your energy costs and helps to cut bills across every property you look after.
A managed solution to reduce owners' energy bills, increase their profit, and build your management value.
The questions we answer.
Whether they come from you or from an owner, the answer is the same: worked out on that property's own numbers, not a rule of thumb.
Am I on the best electricity deal?
We check 16,000 plans against twelve months of that property's actual usage, then keep re-checking as the market moves.
Would solar or a battery make sense here?
Sized against the property's own demand, not a rule of thumb. Where the payback is not there, we say so.
What would it cost, and what comes back?
Capex, simple payback and annual return, modelled property by property, before anyone commits a dollar.
How do I know it is good value and reliable?
Up to three quotes sourced and reviewed line by line. Our fee is set by the cheapest compliant one, so we gain nothing by talking you up.
Does an EV charger make sense for my guests?
Only where the tariff and the booking pattern support it. A genuine draw at some properties, dead capital at others.
What else can I do to cut cost and emissions?
Efficiency opportunities and new rebates flagged as they appear, in a quarterly statement that goes out in your name.
You send twelve months for three properties
Bills are enough to start; interval data helps but is not required. Recommended next steps come back within a week.
We find the cheapest plan and prepare the switch
We check 16,000 plans against 12 months of your actual usage. Where you hold the account we execute it, where the owner does we write the request and you press send. You see the saving on the next bill.
We recommend solar or battery only where the numbers work
We size the system, get up to three quotes, and give your owner a straight recommendation. Where the payback is not there, we say so. No project fee until the quotes and recommendation are in your hands.
We keep optimising, permanently
Tariffs move, rebates change, usage shifts between seasons. We keep watching every property and keep switching, so you stay on the best deal available. This is not a one-time fix.
Real savings and real value for each party.
Manager
- A visible win to take to every owner.
- A point of difference few managers in this market can offer.
- Credible action while short-stay is under pressure.
Owner
- Lower running costs from the first bill.
- Battery blackout resilience protects bookings and reviews.
- Solar, battery and EV charging lift property value.
- Confidence that they are getting the best price and ongoing low bills.
Guests
- Lower emissions across the portfolio.
- Appeal to increasingly environmentally minded guests.
- EV chargers can also be a valuable add-on.
Every property is different. Monty is one solution.
The mix does not matter. Some properties just need a better tariff, some earn their solar, some justify a battery, some suit an EV charger. Every one of them lands somewhere, and we handle all of it.
Across this portfolio: about $72,000 a year saved, and roughly $6,000 a year in management fees for Monty.
A free tariff switch, then up to 85% off where solar and battery pay for themselves.
How we modelled this
Illustrative modelling at current South East Queensland rates for an 11,000 kWh a year property. The tariff switch needs no capital and saves $460 a year from the next bill. Solar and battery are two separate capital decisions, and we show the owner both on their own numbers rather than as one blended figure:
- Solar: $9,320 after rebates, saving a further $1,960 a year. Payback about 5 years.
- Battery: $10,100 after the federal rebate, saving a further $980 a year on top of solar. Payback about 10 years.
Together that is $19,400 of capex plus our project fee (10% of the lowest compliant quote, about $1,940 here), a $21,340 total investment returning $2,940 a year: a blended simple payback of about 7 years. These are simple, undiscounted figures with no allowance for panel degradation, battery replacement or feed-in tariff changes, and we say so to the owner.
Independent, and paid by your savings.
Your owners, your guests and your trades stay yours. Monty takes on the energy industry for you, and takes nothing from it.
No commission, referral fee or incentive from any energy retailer.
No margin on equipment. We do not sell or install.
The project fee is set by the cheapest compliant quote, not by the one we recommend.
Most advice in this market comes with a commission attached. Monty's does not.
What we do not do.
Contact your owners directly. Everything goes out through you, in your name.
Sell them anything. We are not a retailer, an installer or a reseller.
Enter a property while a guest is in it.
Fees are structured to be paid once savings are locked in.
Free
Portfolio scan
Free for the first three properties: tariff findings, projected savings, and an indicative solar and battery scan, no obligation. $100 per property after that.
10%
Project advice
Of the lowest compliant quote, paid by the owner, net of rebates. Minimum $1,500. Payable on delivery of the quotes and recommendation.
$10
Management, per property per month
Tariff optimisation and re-checks, plus a quarterly owner statement in your name. $7 above 100 properties, $5 above 500. Minimum $100 a month.
The monthly fee need not sit on your cost line. Most managers recover it through the management agreement, or add a margin to it. White-label pricing is available if you would prefer the service ran under your own name.
Let's look at your portfolio.
Send twelve months for three properties. Bills are enough; interval data helps. We'll come back with next steps within a week.
The owner relationship stays with you. Everything we produce goes out under your name.