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How Be Nice Properties started
Be Nice Properties started with a married couple, Alex and Della Henry, who kept seeing the same thing happen to people who needed somewhere to live for a while. Someone takes a contract in a new city, or starts a new job, or lands an internship, and suddenly they need a place for a few weeks or a few months. Their options are a hotel they can't afford for that long, a twelve-month lease they don't want, or a listing on a platform where the photos may or may not be real and nobody picks up the phone.
We thought that should be easier, and kinder. So we started setting up homes the way we would want one set up for ourselves: a private, fully furnished room in a calm, well-run house, one flat weekly price with the bills already in it, and a real person on the other end of the line.
The name is the whole plan. Be nice to the people who stay with us, be nice to the homes, and be honest about the price. Everything else follows from that.
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Why we started it
We started Be Nice Properties because renting a place to stay had become impersonal. Faceless listings, fees that show up at checkout, and a call center instead of a host.
We wanted the opposite. Homes we're proud of. A price you can see up front, with utilities, Wi-Fi, and weekly cleaning of the shared spaces already included. And a direct line to the people who actually run the house, so a question gets answered by someone who can fix it.
It's also why you book with us directly. There's no platform in the middle taking a cut, so there's no markup passed on to you, and no stranger between you and your host.
“We own or manage every home on this site. When you send a message, it reaches one of us, not a call center.”
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Who it's built for
Be Nice Properties is built for working adults who need a furnished place for a season, not forever. Travel nurses and healthcare staff on contract. Interns and new hires starting somewhere new. Contractors and project crews working away from home. People between leases, or relocating and still deciding where to settle.
What they have in common is that they want to land somewhere calm, unpack, and get on with their work. Our homes are shared with other working professionals, everyone is screened before move-in, and stays run from a 7-night minimum up to 90 days, so you can stay a few weeks or settle in for a few months.
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What makes it different
Every home on this site is one we own or manage ourselves. We don't list other people's properties, so every room meets the same standard before anyone moves in.
One flat rate covers it all: power, water, and gas, fast Wi-Fi, weekly cleaning of the shared spaces, a fully furnished room and home, on-site laundry, and a stocked kitchen. You choose to pay weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, and we walk you through every payment and due date before you commit.
And when you message us, it reaches one of us. Alex handles the systems side: bookings, pricing, and the software that keeps the homes running. Della looks after the homes themselves and the people in them, making sure a house is genuinely ready before someone moves in and that it stays that way while they're here.
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Where we are
We're based in Douglasville, Georgia, just west of Atlanta, and our homes are across the Southeast United States: Atlanta, Charlotte, Charleston, and Jacksonville, with more locations opening as we grow. We're adding one well-run home at a time rather than chasing size, because a home we can't run well isn't one we want to offer.