Homes for rent or sale inside the society
An owner lists the flat for rent or sale, neighbours refer people they know, and a link any resident can share collects interest. The owner hears of each enquiry and follows it to a deal.
PLANSFrom Growth
The problem it solves
- An owner wants a tenant the neighbours know, not a stranger sent by a broker.
- Neighbours hear of a friend looking for a 2 BHK but do not know which flat is free.
- Listings shared in the society group get lost under fifty other messages.
- The owner's phone number ends up on every website the link reaches.
How it works
- An owner opens Society > Homes for rent and clicks List my home. They fill in the title, the rent or price, the details and up to 8 photos.
- They choose whether the shared link shows their phone and their flat number. Both are off to start with: the link shows the tower and floor only.
- The other flats are told that a home is listed. Any resident can open it, press Share for their own link to send on WhatsApp, or Refer someone with a name and phone.
- Whoever opens the link sees the photos and details with no login. They send their name and phone with I am interested.
- The owner is told of every enquiry, with who referred or shared it. They move it along: New, Contacted, Visit fixed, Agreed or Not going ahead.
- When the flat is taken, the owner marks it Let out / Sold or takes it down. List again brings it back.
Everything it does
The listing
- For rent (the default) or For sale
- Rent a month (needed for rent), deposit, price (for sale), Maintenance Included
- Available from, bedrooms or type (such as 3 BHK), area (from the flat when left empty), floor (from the flat)
- Furnishing: Unfurnished, Semi-furnished (the default), Fully furnished
- Suits: Anyone (the default), Families, Bachelors / working, Company lease
- Pets allowed, parking, description, contact name and phone (the owner's to start with)
- Up to 8 photos, JPG, PNG or WebP
- States: Listed, Let out / Sold, Taken down
Who may list
- Only a resident recorded as Owner of the flat lists it or changes the listing
- Every resident of the society sees the listed homes
- The office sees and corrects every listing under Visitors > Residents > Community > Homes for Rent
The shared link
- A page that needs no login, with photos, the details, the tower and floor, and the society's name
- Phone on the Shared Link and Flat Number on the Shared Link: off to start with
- Each resident's link carries their own code, so an enquiry shows who shared it; the code cannot be guessed
- An I am interested form: name, phone (6 to 15 digits), email and message; a hidden field turns away form robots
- Link Opened: how many times the page was opened
- Once the home is let out or taken down, the page no longer takes interest
Enquiries
- From the shared link, or Referred by a resident (with their flat)
- States: New, Contacted, Visit fixed, Agreed, Not going ahead
- The owner calls from the enquiry and changes its state on the page or in the app
Who uses it
OwnerLists the flat, chooses what the link shows, follows enquiries and marks it let out or sold.
NeighbourShares their own link or refers someone they know straight to the owner.
Interested personOpens the link, looks at the photos and sends their interest, with no login.
Society officeSees all listings and enquiries, and corrects or takes down a listing if needed.
Where you use it
- Resident portal: Society > Homes for rent
- The SmartMy Society Resident app: Society > Homes for rent: list, share on WhatsApp, refer, call and follow enquiries. It is built and in testing, not in the app stores yet
- The shared link: a public page at your society's address, no login
- Web (office): Visitors > Residents > Community > Homes for Rent (Listings, Enquiries)
- Not published on property websites; no rent agreement, tenant check or brokerage
What you control
Settings
- Phone on the Shared Link: off
- Flat Number on the Shared Link: off
- Kind: For rent; Furnishing: Semi-furnished; Suits: Anyone
- Each resident: Homes for rent alerts on, switched off under Alerts > Notify me about
Notifications
- Flat: Homes for Rent: to the other flats' residents who get Homes for rent alerts when a home is listed. Also to the owner who listed it for each new enquiry, with name, phone and who referred it. A push to those signed in to the Resident app and the first of WhatsApp, SMS and email that reaches them, and always in-app
- It is a transactional event: it goes out at once, and a person can switch off a channel but not the event
Questions
Can a tenant list the flat?
No. Only a resident recorded as Owner of the flat can list it. The office can add or correct a listing from the back office.Will my phone number be public?
Only if you switch on Phone on the Shared Link. Otherwise people send their interest and you call them. Your flat number is hidden too unless you choose to show it.How do I know which neighbour sent someone?
Every resident shares the home with their own link. An enquiry from it, or a referral from the Homes page, shows the neighbour's name.Is the home shown on property portals?
No. It is shown to residents of your society and to people who get the link from one of them.Does the society charge a brokerage?
No payment of any kind goes through this page. What the owner and the new tenant or buyer agree is between them.Related features
FLATS AND RESIDENTSTowers, flats and resident loginsSet up your towers and flats once, add the owners, tenants and family of each flat, and give every resident a login of their own. Each resident sees only their own flat.FLATS AND RESIDENTSFamily page: who approves visitors and who gets alertsEach flat keeps its own Family members page. The owner or primary contact adds members and decides who may let visitors in and who hears about the gate, without calling the office.FLATS AND RESIDENTSResident app and resident web portalResidents answer the gate, invite guests, follow daily help and parcels and read alerts in the SmartMy Society Resident app or in a browser. Both show the same flat and do the same things.FLATS AND RESIDENTSAlerts feed for the flat, with switches per personEverything the flat is told, from the gate and from the society office, is kept on one Alerts page. Each person in the flat chooses which kinds they want to hear about, and the feed keeps the rest for them to read later.SOCIETY OFFICENotice board for flats, towers and ownersThe society office posts notices to every flat, to chosen towers or to owners only, pins the important ones and attaches files. Residents are alerted when a notice goes up, and the office sees who has seen it.
See it set up for your own society.
Tell us how many towers, flats and gates you have. We will show you and your committee the resident app, the guard app and the office screens, set up that way.