Which kind of estate do you run? Buildings, subdivisions, scattered units — and why it matters

Answer three questions

The four shapes, and what each changes

Stacked: buildings with floors

Units carry a floor. Lists group by floor, totals roll up by building, and the housekeeping rota is built around the idea that a cleaner moves along a corridor. This is the shape of an apartment building, a boutique hotel converted to suites, or a condo tower you manage whole.

Flat: streets, blocks and phases

Units are lots. Instead of a floor they carry a street, block or phase label, and the platform stops asking about stairs. The gate, the logbook and association dues move to the front of My day because that is what a subdivision runs on.

Several places: a mix

A building here, a row of townhouses there. You create one place per location, each with its own shape. My day shows them side by side, money pages add them up, and each place keeps its own rota and its own gate if it needs one.

Scattered: units inside buildings you don't run

Two condos in one tower, one in another, a house somewhere else. You create a place per building but add only the units you hold, and mark the building as managed by someone else. The platform will not ask you to clean the lobby or staff the gate of a building you do not run — but it will still tell you what each unit earns.

Can I change my mind?

You can add places of any shape at any time. Changing the shape of a place that already has units and invoices is a bigger operation — contact support and we will walk through it with you — so it is worth getting the first one right, which is what the three questions above are for.