Common Ground · built in Aotearoa

everything your
community needs,
in one quiet place.

notices, votes, maintenance and meeting minutes — gathered in one shared app your neighbours actually open. set up in ten minutes. free for sixty days, then $20 a month.

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OVERDUE · ACTION NEEDED
Culvert clearing
15 days overdue · $2,000
Resolve now
Notice Boardrock glen · 24
upkeep · today
Culvert clearing Thursday
vote · closes sunday
Replace bark with schist
11/24
10 minutes to set up·60 days free, no card·no ads, no data resale·made in aotearoa
why common ground

run your community without running yourself ragged.

most community software is built for property managers billing by the hour. common ground is built for the volunteer chair, the engaged owner, and the neighbour who just wants to know what's happening.

i

one source of truth

no more "did you see that email?" notices, votes, contractor info and minutes live in one shared view — searchable, sorted, seen by everyone.

ii

nothing forgotten

track short-term jobs and long-term capital plans alike. reminders arrive before things become urgent — or expensive.

iii

decisions that finish

run votes with quorum, deadlines and clear results. members vote from a phone in thirty seconds; outcomes recorded and linked to the minutes.

what's inside

four tools, one shared place.

notice board

the feed your neighbours actually open.

a single place for announcements, lost cats, contractor visits, social events and the small stuff that builds a real community.

  • pinned notices for the things that matter most
  • comments and replies — discussion stays in context
  • email digest for members who'd rather not log in
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PINNED · UPKEEPtoday
Culvert clearing Thursday
Wakatipu Landscaping clear the culvert by units 12–18, 8–10am. Driveway partially blocked.
Fiona M.💬 4
VOTEyesterday
Replace bark with schist
11/24
Sarah R. · yesterday
Lost cat — grey tabby
Last seen near unit 6 Sunday. Answers to “Tussock”.
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ORDINARY · >50%

Replace bark with schist in common beds

Approve replacing bark mulch in the common beds with grey schist chip — est. NZD 2,400 from the 2026 landscaping budget.

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votes & meetings

decisions that finish — with the receipts attached.

open a vote, set the threshold from your constitution, get a signed, timestamped record. run the meeting that ratifies it — minutes a member can actually find later.

  • ordinary, special & written resolutions — your thresholds
  • live tally, full audit trail, vote from a phone
  • minutes published to the board with one click
maintenance

a schedule that remembers what you forgot.

track every recurring job and every long-term capital plan in one timeline. reminders before things go overdue — and a clear record of what was done, by whom, for how much.

  • short-term and long-term capital plans in one view
  • cost history, contractor contacts, completion logs
  • auto-rolling due dates; yearly rollups for the levy
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Maintenance
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This year
$6,820
9 jobs
Reserve plan
$65k
2 capital items
Culvert clearing
Annual · 15 days ago
OVERDUE
Insurance renewal
Annual · in 14 days
DUE SOON
Gutter clean
6-monthly · in 1 month
UPCOMING
Lawns & common beds
Monthly · in 8 days
UPCOMING
Fire-alarm test
Annual · in 3 months
UPCOMING
Road reseal
Capital ~7yr · 2033
CAPITAL
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Finance · 2026
Reserve fund
$68,200
+$6k YTD
Levies due
$3,150
3 of 24
Budget vs actual · 35% of $42,000
Insurance$3,000 / $3,200
Landscaping$2,400 / $8,000
Repairs & maint.$2,200 / $9,000
Reserve transfer$6,000 / $12,000
Q3 levy run
24 branded invoices ready · $1,050 base
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finance · basic + finance

the books, without the spreadsheet.

budget vs actual, levy invoices that send themselves, payments tracked against the right property. hand the treasurer something that already balances.

  • annual budget — line items, forecasts, actuals
  • levy invoicing with property tiers, branded PDFs
  • payment tracking, reconciliation, cost roll-up

also inside — issues · documents · members register, all included

how it works

from setup to full community in an afternoon.

01

create your space

name your community, add a couple of details — you're in. no credit card. the maintenance schedule arrives pre-filled with sensible defaults.

02

invite your neighbours

one shareable link covers everyone. they join in thirty seconds — no app store, no password gymnastics.

03

run your community

post a notice. raise an issue. open a vote. everyone sees what they need — and you get your evenings back.

pricing

free for sixty days. $20 a month after.

every feature unlocked for 60 days, no card. cancel any time; keep read-only access for 180 days.

for most communities

basic

$20 /mo

everything to run the community, minus the books. annual $200/yr.

  • notice board & comments
  • issues & maintenance
  • meetings, minutes & votes
  • documents & members register
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basic + finance

$40 /mo

for communities that run their own books. annual $400/yr.

  • everything in basic
  • budgets — forecasts & actuals
  • levy invoicing & property tiers
  • payment tracking & branded PDFs
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body corps & managers

enterprise

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over 200 lots, multiple communities, or data to migrate.

  • everything in basic + finance
  • whitelabel & white-glove onboarding
  • historical data import
  • multi-community portal & SLA
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all prices NZD, GST-inclusive · cancel any time · annual billing saves two months

questions

the questions we get most often.

do my neighbours need to download an app?
no. it runs in any web browser on a phone, tablet or computer. members join from one shared link with a one-time email code — no app store, no passwords.
is this only for body corporates / strata?
no — it works for any self-governing community: residents' associations, lifestyle villages, small apartment complexes, co-housing, informal owner committees.
who owns the data?
your community does. you can export everything at any time. we don't sell or share data, and we don't show ads.
can we still use our own accountant or property manager?
yes. common ground is the coordination layer — notices, votes, maintenance, meetings — not the accounting or legal layer. it plays nicely alongside any external manager or contractor.
what happens after the 60-day trial?
pick a plan, or don't. if you don't, your community goes read-only for 180 days — members can still sign in and see everything. subscribe any time to resume. no surprise deletions.

run your community
without the email chain.

60 days free, no card. $20/mo after. set up in ten minutes.

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