> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.yorlet.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a unit > Creates a unit. ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi-core.json POST /v1/units openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Yorlet Core API description: Core platform APIs including buildings, customers, units, and tasks. version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://api.yorlet.com description: Production - url: https://api.yorlet.io description: Sandbox security: [] paths: /v1/units: post: tags: - Units summary: Create a unit description: Creates a unit. operationId: units_create requestBody: content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: building: type: - string - 'null' description: The ID of the building the unit belongs to. building_data: type: object properties: active: type: boolean description: Whether the building is currently active. address: type: object properties: line1: type: string line2: type: string city: type: string country: type: string postal_code: type: string state: type: - string - 'null' required: - country description: The physical address of the building. currency: type: string enum: - gbp - usd - eur - sek description: >- Three-letter ISO currency code, in lowercase. Must be a supported currency. example: gbp description: type: - string - 'null' description: An arbitrary description attached to the building. marketing: type: object properties: featured_photo: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The ID of the file used as the featured photo for the building. photos: type: array items: type: string description: >- IDs of additional photos used to market the building. description: Marketing details displayed for the building. metadata: type: - object - 'null' additionalProperties: type: string description: >- Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. name: type: string description: The name of the building. single_unit: type: boolean description: Whether the building is treated as a single unit. type: type: string enum: - block_management - commercial - residential - student description: The type of the building. unit_fees: type: object properties: management_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default management fee charged to landlords for units in the building. management_fee_amount: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The fixed management fee amount, in the smallest currency unit, when using a `fixed` fee type. management_fee_discount: type: - object - 'null' properties: end: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The timestamp at which the management fee discount ends. percent_off: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The percentage discount applied to the management fee. required: - end - percent_off description: An optional discount applied to the management fee. management_fee_type: type: string enum: - percentage - fixed default: percentage description: How the management fee is calculated. renewal_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default renewal fee charged to landlords for units in the building. rent_review_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default rent review fee charged to landlords for units in the building. tax: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default tax rate applied to fees charged to landlords for units in the building. tax_behavior: type: string enum: - exclusive - inclusive default: exclusive description: >- Whether the default tax rate is inclusive or exclusive of the fee amount. tenant_find_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default tenant find fee charged to landlords for units in the building. required: - management_fee - management_fee_amount - management_fee_discount - renewal_fee - rent_review_fee - tax - tenant_find_fee description: Default fees applied to units in this building. description: >- Building details used to create a new building alongside the unit. currency: type: string description: The default currency for the unit. name: type: string description: The name of the unit. address: type: object properties: line1: type: string line2: type: string city: type: string country: type: string postal_code: type: string state: type: - string - 'null' required: - country description: The physical address of the unit. alternate_postal_code: type: - string - 'null' description: An alternate postal code to use for the unit. assignee: type: - string - 'null' description: The ID of the user the unit is assigned to. available_from: type: - number - 'null' description: The date the unit is available from. bathrooms: type: - number - 'null' description: The number of bathrooms in the unit. bedrooms: type: - number - 'null' description: The number of bedrooms in the unit. compliance: type: - object - 'null' properties: epc: type: - string - 'null' description: The ID of the file containing the EPC certificate. epc_expires_at: type: - number - 'null' description: The date at which the EPC certificate expires. electric_safety: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The ID of the file containing the electric safety certificate. electric_safety_expires_at: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The date at which the electric safety certificate expires. gas_safety: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The ID of the file containing the gas safety certificate. gas_safety_expires_at: type: - number - 'null' description: The date at which the gas safety certificate expires. gas_safety_required: type: - boolean - 'null' description: >- Whether a gas safety certificate is required for the unit. completion_date: type: - number - 'null' description: The expected completion date of the unit. contract_address: type: - string - 'null' description: The address used on contracts for the unit. currency_options: type: - object - 'null' additionalProperties: type: object properties: deposit_amount: type: - number - 'null' description: The deposit amount, in the smallest currency unit. rent_amount: type: - number - 'null' description: The rent amount, in the smallest currency unit. rent_tax_percent: type: - number - 'null' description: The tax percentage applied to the rent. required: - deposit_amount - rent_amount description: >- Per-currency options for the unit, keyed by ISO currency code. default_deposit: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default deposit, in the smallest currency unit, charged for the unit. default_price: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default monthly rent, in the smallest currency unit, for the unit. default_rent_tax_rate: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The ID of the default tax rate applied to the rent for the unit. features: type: - object - 'null' properties: aspect: type: - string - 'null' enum: - 'n' - s - e - w - ne - nw - se - sw - corner - null description: The orientation of the unit. balcony: type: - boolean - 'null' description: Whether the unit has a balcony. pet_friendly: type: - boolean - 'null' description: Whether the unit is pet-friendly. view: type: - string - 'null' description: A description of the view from the unit. min_term: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The minimum term, expressed as an ISO 8601 duration, for the unit. fees: type: object properties: management_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: The management fee charged to landlords for the unit. management_fee_amount: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The fixed management fee amount, in the smallest currency unit, when using a `fixed` fee type. management_fee_discount: type: - object - 'null' properties: end: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The timestamp at which the management fee discount ends. percent_off: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The percentage discount applied to the management fee. description: An optional discount applied to the management fee. management_fee_type: type: string enum: - percentage - fixed description: How the management fee is calculated. renewal_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: The renewal fee charged to landlords for the unit. rent_review_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: The rent review fee charged to landlords for the unit. send_update_email: type: boolean description: >- Whether to send a notification email to landlords when the fees are updated. tax: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The tax rate applied to fees charged to landlords for the unit. tax_behavior: type: string enum: - exclusive - inclusive description: >- Whether the tax rate is inclusive or exclusive of the fee amount. tenant_find_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: The tenant find fee charged to landlords for the unit. description: >- Fee overrides for the unit. Defaults to the fees on the building when not set. floor: type: - number - 'null' description: The floor the unit is on. furnished: type: - boolean - 'null' description: Whether the unit is furnished. maintenance_threshold: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The spend threshold, in the smallest currency unit, above which maintenance requires owner approval. management_type: type: string enum: - fully_managed - let_only - rent_collection description: The management type for the unit. metadata: type: - object - 'null' additionalProperties: type: string description: >- Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. offline_reason: type: - string - 'null' description: The reason the unit is offline. owners: type: - array - 'null' items: type: object properties: owner: type: string description: The ID of the owner to attach to the unit. contract: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The ID of the contract to use for the owner on this unit. percent_ownership: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The percentage of ownership this owner holds in the unit. required: - owner description: Owners to attach to the unit on creation. plot_number: type: - string - 'null' description: The plot number of the unit. reference: type: - string - 'null' description: An arbitrary reference attached to the unit. rent: type: - object - 'null' properties: default: type: - number - 'null' description: The default monthly rent, in the smallest currency unit. maximum: type: - number - 'null' description: The maximum monthly rent the unit will be advertised at. minimum: type: - number - 'null' description: The minimum monthly rent the unit will be advertised at. tax_percent: type: - number - 'null' description: The tax percentage applied to the rent. sales: type: - object - 'null' properties: last_purchase_price: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The last purchase price of the unit, in the smallest currency unit. square_foot: type: - number - 'null' description: The size of the unit in square feet. square_metre: type: - number - 'null' description: The size of the unit in square metres. status: type: string enum: - available - maintenance - offline - unmanaged description: The status of the unit. unit_group: type: - string - 'null' description: The ID of the unit group the unit belongs to. workspace: type: - string - 'null' description: The ID of the workspace to attach the unit to. required: - currency - name responses: '200': description: Returns the unit object if the request succeeded. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Unique identifier for the object. created: type: number description: >- Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch. account: type: string description: >- The account that the object belongs to. Only returned if the request is made with a valid Yorlet-Context header. deleted: type: boolean default: false description: Only returned if the object has been deleted. object: type: string enum: - unit active: type: boolean description: Whether the unit is currently active. address: type: object properties: line1: type: - string - 'null' line2: type: - string - 'null' city: type: - string - 'null' country: type: - string - 'null' postal_code: type: - string - 'null' state: type: - string - 'null' description: The physical address of the unit. archived: type: boolean description: Whether the unit has been archived. archived_at: type: - number - 'null' description: The time at which the unit was archived. assignee: type: - string - 'null' description: The ID of the user the unit is assigned to. available_from: type: - number - 'null' description: The date the unit is available from. bathrooms: type: - number - 'null' description: The number of bathrooms in the unit. bedrooms: type: - number - 'null' description: The number of bedrooms in the unit. building: anyOf: - type: object properties: id: type: string description: Unique identifier for the object. created: type: number description: >- Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch. account: type: string description: >- The account that the object belongs to. Only returned if the request is made with a valid Yorlet-Context header. deleted: type: boolean default: false description: Only returned if the object has been deleted. object: type: string enum: - building active: type: boolean description: Whether the building is currently active. address: type: object properties: line1: type: - string - 'null' line2: type: - string - 'null' city: type: - string - 'null' country: type: - string - 'null' postal_code: type: - string - 'null' state: type: - string - 'null' description: The physical address of the building. currency: type: string description: The default currency used for the building. description: type: - string - 'null' description: An arbitrary description attached to the building. marketing: type: object properties: featured_photo: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The ID of the file used as the featured photo for the building. photos: type: array items: type: string description: >- IDs of additional photos used to market the building. description: Marketing details displayed for the building. metadata: type: - object - 'null' additionalProperties: type: string description: >- Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. name: type: string description: The name of the building. removable: type: boolean description: Whether the building can be deleted. single_unit: type: boolean description: Whether the building is treated as a single unit. type: type: - string - 'null' enum: - block_management - commercial - residential - student - null description: The type of the building. unit_fees: type: object properties: management_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default management fee charged to landlords for units in the building. management_fee_amount: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The fixed management fee amount, in the smallest currency unit, when using a `fixed` fee type. management_fee_discount: type: - object - 'null' properties: end: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The timestamp at which the management fee discount ends. percent_off: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The percentage discount applied to the management fee. required: - percent_off description: >- An optional discount applied to the management fee. management_fee_type: type: - string - 'null' enum: - percentage - fixed - null description: How the management fee is calculated. renewal_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default renewal fee charged to landlords for units in the building. rent_review_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default rent review fee charged to landlords for units in the building. tax: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default tax rate applied to fees charged to landlords for units in the building. tax_behavior: type: - string - 'null' enum: - exclusive - inclusive - null description: >- Whether the default tax rate is inclusive or exclusive of the fee amount. tenant_find_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default tenant find fee charged to landlords for units in the building. updated_at: type: - integer - 'null' description: >- The time at which the unit fees were last updated. required: - management_fee - management_fee_amount - management_fee_discount - management_fee_type - renewal_fee - rent_review_fee - tax - tax_behavior - tenant_find_fee - updated_at description: Default fees applied to units in this building. required: - id - created - object - active - address - currency - description - marketing - name - removable - single_unit - type - unit_fees - type: string description: The building the unit belongs to. completion_date: type: - number - 'null' description: The expected completion date of the unit. contract_address: type: - string - 'null' description: The address used on contracts for the unit. currency: type: string description: The default currency for the unit. currency_options: type: - object - 'null' additionalProperties: type: object properties: deposit_amount: type: - number - 'null' description: The deposit amount, in the smallest currency unit. rent_amount: type: - number - 'null' description: The rent amount, in the smallest currency unit. rent_tax_percent: type: - number - 'null' description: The tax percentage applied to the rent. required: - deposit_amount - rent_amount description: >- Per-currency options for the unit, keyed by ISO currency code. default_deposit: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default deposit, in the smallest currency unit, charged for the unit. default_price: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default monthly rent, in the smallest currency unit, for the unit. default_rent_tax_rate: anyOf: - type: object properties: id: type: string description: Unique identifier for the object. created: type: number description: >- Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch. account: type: string description: >- The account that the object belongs to. Only returned if the request is made with a valid Yorlet-Context header. deleted: type: boolean default: false description: Only returned if the object has been deleted. object: type: string enum: - tax_rate active: type: boolean description: Whether the tax rate is active. country: type: - string - 'null' description: The country for the tax rate. metadata: type: - object - 'null' additionalProperties: type: string description: >- Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. description: type: - string - 'null' description: The description of the tax rate. inclusive: type: boolean description: Whether the tax rate is inclusive or exclusive. jurisdiction: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The jurisdiction for the tax rate. You can use this label field for tax reporting purposes. It also appears on your customer’s invoice. name: type: string description: >- The name of the tax rates as it will appear to your customer on their receipt email, PDF, and the hosted invoice page. percentage: type: number description: The percentage of the tax rate out of 100. state: type: - string - 'null' description: The state for the tax rate. tax_type: type: - string - 'null' enum: - gst - sales_tax - vat - custom - null description: The high-level tax type. required: - id - created - object - active - country - description - inclusive - jurisdiction - name - percentage - state - tax_type - type: string - type: 'null' description: The default tax rate applied to the rent for the unit. features: type: - object - 'null' properties: aspect: type: - string - 'null' enum: - 'n' - s - e - w - ne - nw - se - sw - corner - null description: The orientation of the unit. balcony: type: - boolean - 'null' description: Whether the unit has a balcony. pet_friendly: type: - boolean - 'null' description: Whether the unit is pet-friendly. view: type: - string - 'null' description: A description of the view from the unit. min_term: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The minimum term, expressed as an ISO 8601 duration, for the unit. fees: type: - object - 'null' properties: management_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default management fee charged to landlords for units in the building. management_fee_amount: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The fixed management fee amount, in the smallest currency unit, when using a `fixed` fee type. management_fee_discount: type: - object - 'null' properties: end: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The timestamp at which the management fee discount ends. percent_off: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The percentage discount applied to the management fee. required: - percent_off description: An optional discount applied to the management fee. management_fee_type: type: - string - 'null' enum: - percentage - fixed - null description: How the management fee is calculated. renewal_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default renewal fee charged to landlords for units in the building. rent_review_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default rent review fee charged to landlords for units in the building. tax: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default tax rate applied to fees charged to landlords for units in the building. tax_behavior: type: - string - 'null' enum: - exclusive - inclusive - null description: >- Whether the default tax rate is inclusive or exclusive of the fee amount. tenant_find_fee: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default tenant find fee charged to landlords for units in the building. updated_at: type: - integer - 'null' description: The time at which the unit fees were last updated. required: - management_fee - management_fee_amount - management_fee_discount - management_fee_type - renewal_fee - rent_review_fee - tax - tax_behavior - tenant_find_fee - updated_at description: >- Fee overrides for the unit. Defaults to the fees on the building when not set. furnished: type: - boolean - 'null' description: Whether the unit is furnished. floor: type: - number - 'null' description: The floor the unit is on. has_owner: type: - boolean - 'null' description: >- Whether the unit currently has at least one owner attached. compliance: type: - object - 'null' properties: epc: type: - string - 'null' description: The ID of the file containing the EPC certificate. epc_expires_at: type: - number - 'null' description: The date at which the EPC certificate expires. electric_safety: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The ID of the file containing the electric safety certificate. electric_safety_expires_at: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The date at which the electric safety certificate expires. gas_safety: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The ID of the file containing the gas safety certificate. gas_safety_expires_at: type: - number - 'null' description: The date at which the gas safety certificate expires. gas_safety_required: type: - boolean - 'null' description: >- Whether a gas safety certificate is required for the unit. maintenance_threshold: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The spend threshold, in the smallest currency unit, above which maintenance requires owner approval. management_type: type: string enum: - fully_managed - let_only - rent_collection description: The management type for the unit. metadata: type: - object - 'null' additionalProperties: type: string description: >- Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. name: type: string description: The name of the unit. offline_reason: type: - string - 'null' description: The reason the unit is offline. reference: type: - string - 'null' description: An arbitrary reference attached to the unit. plot_number: type: - string - 'null' description: The plot number of the unit. rent: type: - object - 'null' properties: default: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The default monthly rent, in the smallest currency unit. maximum: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The maximum monthly rent the unit will be advertised at. minimum: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The minimum monthly rent the unit will be advertised at. tax_percent: type: - number - 'null' description: The tax percentage applied to the rent. sales: type: - object - 'null' properties: last_purchase_price: type: - number - 'null' description: >- The last purchase price of the unit, in the smallest currency unit. square_foot: type: - number - 'null' description: The size of the unit in square feet. square_metre: type: - number - 'null' description: The size of the unit in square metres. status: type: string enum: - available - maintenance - occupied - offline - unmanaged description: The status of the unit. under_offer: type: boolean description: Whether the unit is currently under offer. unit_group: type: - string - 'null' description: The ID of the unit group the unit belongs to. required: - id - created - object - active - address - available_from - bathrooms - bedrooms - building - completion_date - contract_address - currency - currency_options - default_deposit - default_price - default_rent_tax_rate - fees - furnished - floor - has_owner - maintenance_threshold - management_type - name - plot_number - square_foot security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] components: securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: Authorization description: API Key authentication. Use "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY". ````