Residential Networks installs
and manages websites for residential developments in order that residents
can communicate with one another as well as the building manager/managing
agent.
We have been building and managing residential websites for over 5 years,
working with a number of developers, residents associations and managing
agents.
The websites contain a wide range of tools enabling them to become the
prime residents' medium for news, problem reporting and monitoring, polls
and surveys relating to the development.
Normally when a website is built for a residential development, it is
created by a resident, very often as a free service. Invariably however,
the resident moves away from the development leaving users without the
ability to modify or continue the development of the site. A resident
could also be in the position to exploit the web site by airing his own
grievances.
Those that are not created by the residents are often created by the
managing agent in which case residents are wary of negative comments
being edited or removed by the managing agent.
Our strength is that we are independent. Residential websites are our
sole business, and as such we try to serve the interests of residents
and owners/leaseholders by taking an objective view. We firmly believe
that, once the website is well established, its cost can be heavily subsidised
by advertising revenue to the point where the site may even provide a
source of revenue for the development. |