Features
Your estate’s record, kept by you
Follow each repair from reported to fixed, vote once per home, and keep the documents where the next committee will find them.
What needs you first, then what is coming up and your neighbours’ news.
Talk
Ask the building, float an idea, join a group. Approved neighbours only.
Decide
Surveys, elections and meetings. Open now lists what waits for your vote.
Our place
Who lives here, who to call, what is on, and where the papers are.
Manage
Approve who joins, set up the buildings, publish statements and send newsletters.
See it working · Catch up
What needs you, at the top of the page
Catch up is the first screen a resident sees. What needs you sits at the top; below it, the week ahead and what your neighbours are doing.
- Open votes, nominations and your open issues, as notes at the top
- The next three meetings, then a link to the full calendar
- Busy threads, your own threads, and new and popular ideas
- A new member's first three things to do
- Notifications in the app, by email and in the browser
Gareth Evans · just now
See it working · Decide
One ballot per home, counted in the open
Each home’s voting representative casts one ballot. When the election closes, the results show the votes and share of each candidate who received votes, the abstentions, and Most votes on the candidate or candidates with the most votes.
See ElectionsSee it working · Report
From reported to fixed, in the open
Organisers, the committee and the managing agent move an issue from New to Resolved, and residents see the new status in their list.
See IssuesTrust
How your residents’ data is kept, and who can see it.
An audit log of changes, privacy controls each resident sets, each estate’s data kept apart, and data you can export or delete yourself.
See Security and privacyComparison
Side by side with WhatsApp, email and paper
| Feature | Residents Circle | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved residents only | Yes | No | No | No |
| Issue tracking | Yes | No | No | No |
| Anonymous surveys | Yes | No | No | Manual |
| Audit trail | Yes | No | No | No |
| Privacy controls | Yes | No | No | No |
| Real-time messages | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Searchable archive | Yes | Limited | Limited | No |
| Role-based access | Yes | No | No | No |
Our first estates
Run your estate in the open
Tell us what your estate needs. We’ll help you choose between Community and Open Books.
For residents
£0 free, for every resident