MullionBot

About our crawler

Mullion is a buying agent for people looking for a home. To point buyers at the right properties we keep an index of homes for sale in the UK. MullionBot is the automated visitor that keeps that index current.

How it behaves

  • It obeys robots.txt. A block is final — we do not work around it.
  • It waits at least three seconds between requests to the same site.
  • It identifies itself with a user agent that links back to this page.
  • It requests listing pages only, at a low rate, outside peak hours where possible.

What we store

  • The facts of the listing: price, location, size, rooms and features.
  • The web addresses of the agent's photos — we link to them, we never copy or rehost them.
  • A short excerpt of the description, used only for matching. Never the full text.
  • A link to the agent's own listing page, shown with the agent's name every time.

Removal requests

If you are an estate agent and would like your listings excluded, email bot@mullion.homes from a company address. We remove the source within two working days and confirm in writing. We are also happy to take a direct data feed instead — it is better for both of us.