Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.5 for property and lettings admin

The verdict

GPT-5.5 wins, 9485

Same 12 property and lettings admin tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. GPT-5.5 took 6 tasks, Claude Sonnet 5 took 1, 5 tied. Tested 18 Aug 2026.

Where they differed most

The task — Three repairs, one Tuesday

Guidance excerpt: 'A landlord is responsible for repairs to the structure and exterior of the property and to the installations for the supply of water, gas and electricity, for sanitation, and for space heating and heating water. Repairs should be carried out within a reasonable time, and what is reasonable depends on how serious the problem is and its effect on the tenant. Loss of heating or hot water is generally treated as urgent, particularly in cold weather or where a tenant is vulnerable. Tenants should report problems in writing and landlords should keep a record of what was reported and when.' Three reports arrive on the same Tuesday in November. (a) No hot water at all in a flat let to a tenant in her eighties. (b) A dripping kitchen tap. (c) A bannister that has come loose from the wall on the stairs. Answer using only the excerpt — marked against it. Triage the three, saying for each what makes it urgent or not by reference to the excerpt, what the agent does today, and what the agent tells the tenant today. Say which of the three the excerpt does not clearly cover and what you would do about that rather than guessing.

# Triage of Three Repair Reports

## (a) No hot water — elderly tenant

**Urgency:** The excerpt states loss of hot water is "generally treated as urgent, particularly in cold weather or where a tenant is vulnerable." This case has both aggravating factors named in the excerpt: it is November (cold weather) and the tenant is in her eighties (potentially a vulnerable tenant). This is the clearest urgent case under the excerpt.

**What the agent does today:** Records the report (what was reported and when, as the excerpt requires), and arranges f…
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### Triage based only on the excerpt

| Report | Urgency under the excerpt | What the agent does today | What the agent tells the tenant today |
|---|---|---|---|
| **(a) No hot water at all in a flat let to a tenant in her eighties** | **Urgent.** The excerpt says the landlord is responsible for installations for **heating water**. It also says **loss of hot water is generally urgent**, especially in **cold weather** or where the tenant is **vulnerable**. Here it is November and the tenant is in her eighties. | Log the report in writing with t…

Task by task

TaskClaude Sonnet 5GPT-5.5
Two routes, one worried tenant1010
Six weeks late and hoping98
Write only the arrears email1010
The pre-tenancy checklist89
Write only the renewal reply1010
Three repairs, one Tuesday610
The nine-year-old carpet58
The rent rise by text message89
Every claim in the advert must be true89
The compliance data, as JSON1010
What the agent must not promise810
Refuse the lock change1010

Full receipts: Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.5 · judges gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gpt-5.6-terra, grok-4.5

Questions people ask

Which is better for property and lettings admin: Claude Sonnet 5 or GPT-5.5?

GPT-5.5 — it scored 94/100 against 85/100 on our 12-task property and lettings admin suite, winning 6 tasks to 1 with 5 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.

How was this tested?

Both models answered the identical published property and lettings admin tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.

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Full ranking: Best AI for property and lettings admin · model pages: Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.5