Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Grok 4.5 for property and lettings admin

The verdict

Grok 4.5 wins, 8380

Same 12 property and lettings admin tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. Grok 4.5 took 5 tasks, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview took 2, 5 tied. Tested 18 Aug 2026.

Where they differed most

The task — The nine-year-old carpet

Guidance excerpt: 'Deductions from a tenancy deposit must be reasonable and supported by evidence. A landlord cannot charge for fair wear and tear, which is the reasonable deterioration of the property and its contents through normal use over the length of the tenancy. Adjudicators consider the age, quality and condition of an item at the start of the tenancy and will not normally award the cost of replacing an old item with a new one, since that would place the landlord in a better position than before — an apportionment reflecting the remaining useful life is more usual. The burden of proving a deduction is reasonable rests with the landlord.' The evidence: the living room carpet was 9 years old at check-in. The signed check-in report records it as 'worn throughout, marked in two places near the door'. The check-out photograph shows a large dark stain, roughly 40cm across, in the centre of the room, which was not there at check-in. The landlord has a quote of £340 to replace the carpet and wants the whole £340 from the deposit. The tenant disputes it entirely. Answer using only the excerpt — marked against it. Assess the claim, say what the landlord can realistically expect and why, name what evidence would strengthen and what would sink it, and write the position statement the agent would submit to the scheme adjudicator.

Based strictly on the provided guidance excerpt, here is the assessment and required response:

**Assessment of the Claim**
The landlord’s claim for the full £340 is unreasonable. The excerpt states that a landlord cannot be placed in a "better position than before" and adjudicators will not award the cost of "replacing an old item with a new one." Asking for the full replacement cost for a carpet that was already 9 years old and damaged violates this rule. Conversely, the tenant's complete dispute is also flawed, as a 40cm dark stain in the ce…
**Assessment of the claim (strictly against the excerpt)**  
The stain is a new defect (absent at check-in, evidenced by the check-out photograph) and is therefore not fair wear and tear. Fair wear and tear is limited to “the reasonable deterioration of the property and its contents through normal use over the length of the tenancy.” A discrete 40 cm dark stain falls outside that definition.  

However, the carpet was already 9 years old and recorded at check-in as “worn throughout, marked in two places near the door.” The excerpt states that a…

Task by task

TaskGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.5
Two routes, one worried tenant99
Six weeks late and hoping88
Write only the arrears email88
The pre-tenancy checklist8.57
Write only the renewal reply810
Three repairs, one Tuesday89
The nine-year-old carpet85
The rent rise by text message89
Every claim in the advert must be true88
The compliance data, as JSON1010
What the agent must not promise78
Refuse the lock change69

Full receipts: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, Grok 4.5 · judges claude-sonnet-5, gpt-5.6-terra, grok-4.5

Questions people ask

Which is better for property and lettings admin: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.5 — it scored 83/100 against 80/100 on our 12-task property and lettings admin suite, winning 5 tasks to 2 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: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, Grok 4.5