Author: ResiDev

  • We are recruiting!

    We are recruiting!

    We are a busy, award winning and dynamic property software business aiming to simplify and modernise the property management process for managing agents.

    Our mission is to be the industry leading, cloud based, property management platform. Driven by the belief that we can make property management better for everyone by sharing knowledge, striving for transparency of information and encouraging compliance, and by the desire to set the highest professional standards.

    This is a great opportunity for an organised, independent thinker with excellent communication skills and the ability to support clients with their technical issues. Resident offers good career progression, training and the opportunity to constantly learn information and new skills as well as travel to meet our lovely clients.

    You will be the first point of contact for all clients regarding technical issues i.e. user errors / bugs, this is an extremely varied role focussed on communication, product understanding/ knowledge (training will be given) and research.

    Responsibilities:

    • In-depth knowledge of products (training given).

    • Maintain the support system – answer all support queries by phones or email / ticketing. We currently operate using the Freshdesk ticketing system.

    • Help with maintaining our user knowledge-base, glossary and training videos.

    • Maintain a FAQ or other client facing material, with the focus to reduce support and add-value to clients. 

    • Produce feedback of new features and bugs to address.

    • Other ad hoc duties – research, admin etc.

    – Progress to onsite & in-house training & workshops with Clients

    Ideal candidate:

    • Self-starter (will and capacity to learn new things and think ambitiously).

    • Resourceful (able to learn-on-the-job and independently).

    • Personable (engage effectively with clients).

    • Positive (bring to light the best products to clients).

    • Ambition to learn more about support processes and tools.

    • Sense of humour essential.

    – Driving licence required

    Additional information: 

    • The position is for a five-day week. Your office hours would be 9.00 – 5.30 pm Monday to Friday, however due to the nature of the business you may be expected to work outside these hours when the necessity arises.
    • The annual holiday entitlement is 20 days plus bank holidays in a complete year – 1st January – 31st December. The holiday entitlement will increase by 1 day for every two complete years worked up to a maximum of 30 days.
    • You will be reporting directly to Head of Customer Service and Support

    Benefits: Company pension, opportunity to travel, good office environment – beers with the boss on a Friday, working from home or indeed anywhere once trust & product knowledge is gained.

    Please send your CV to kate@resident.uk.com

  • Training Options with Resident

    Training Options with Resident

    Free onboarding training, weekly webinar tutorials by subscription, online screenshare training, group workshops located around the UK or we come to you and spend time with your team in your office.

    Training tailored to work around you.

    Contact jon@resident.uk.com for more info o read more here: http://staging.resident.uk.com/training

  • Release Notes 28 May 2019

    Release Notes 28 May 2019

    Frontend:

    • Notes will now have text as you type without delays
    • Access to Work Orders from Supplier profiles now accessible – this was restricted before
    • Google maps updated so can locations can be seen if clicked upon at Global or Block level
    • Tags on tasks were erratic – now they are loading correctly
    • You now have the option to filter any categories of debt in the Debtors Report when previously it was only for ALL categories
    • You can now access the Arrears Process from Estate level where before this was restricted

    Operationally

    • Debtors Report at Estate level now pulls all Estate and Block data, instead of Estate level only
    • For CSV Bank Reconciliation you will now only see unpaid or unreconciled Invoices rather than all of them, paid or unpaid.
    • You now have the ability to activate or inactivate Supplier Remittance from Checklists
    • Branding problem – newly added logo not visible in email footer – now you can update logo in signatures again
    • References for Invoices were not always showing on Supplier Statements – this has been fixed
    • Branch details recently were not editable – now these can be amended and updated
    • The total Units shown on the Global Dashboard is now the correct management figure
    • ##workinstructions## tag amended for message templates – this will now be pulled for Work Instructions
    • The problem with End of Year Pack not downloading for RTMs has been fixed
    • Amended User Invite Template – this message is now sent without Resident Support details
  • Thursday 18th April 2019 – Webinar Topic

    Thursday 18th April 2019 – Webinar Topic

    This morning’s 11am webinar – How to Create branded Template Documents in Resident – Statements, demands, budgets, messages, cover letters & more.

  • Resident Release Notes 2nd April 2019

    Resident Release Notes 2nd April 2019

    New features:

    • New Unit types: Commercial Non Vat and Maisonette.  

    What we have changed: 

    • Converted the type previously labelled Commercial VAT to Commercial NON VAT
    • Added a new type called Commercial VAT – which automatically adds VAT to invoices generated from the budget
    • Added a new type – Maisonette – for information purposes only.

    Bugs resolved:

    • More Actions button is not changing the name after selection
    • If an invoice has zero items (works orders) it is no longer changing its order automatically – ‘flickering invoices’
    • Deselecting categories for the bank account – categories on the bank account allows you to match bank account with arrears process.
  • Resident’s 5th Birthday

    Resident’s 5th Birthday

    Five years ago I incorporated Resident at companies house. I was so fed up with the software we were using at work that I just believed there could be a better way. I thought we would build a system & post CDs to clients for them to load onto their servers in their offices. OMG how much things have changed in 5 years! It took a year to launch the first version for leaseholders who self manage their blocks of flats. That version is now known as SELF. 

    And then the phone calls started coming in from agents asking if they could use our software instead of the expensive legacy softwares that were taking their business for granted because managing agents had no choice. And so we set about creating a system that gave them that choice. 

    It has been far from easy but we kept developing, creating and listening using the most modern technologies and we will continue to.

    As a 5th birthday pressie to clients we have gifted the ability for site inspections to be administered in Resident without the need to purchase or integrate with another app. The new site inspection facility is free for Resident clients.

    I have learnt a lot over the past 5 years but to reflect encourage your children to learn code and encourage them to daydream because combined they can create really cool solutions.

    KB – Founder

  • Our new LPE1 function

    Our new LPE1 function

    Our new LPE1 features automatically generates a downloable pdf form in Law Society format and collates together the documents needed to response to the solicitors enquiries such as building insurance, risk assessments and accounts.

    For a demo please contact jon@resident.uk.com

  • Resident launches new Webinar series

    Resident launches new Webinar series

    Every Thursday at 11am, we will be hosting hour-long webinars with Q&As at the end tutoring different aspects of the software, with a guest host once a month which might be a solicitor, accountant, surveyor etc offering industry advice which can count towards your CPD.

    Subscribe for just £50 per month. We have categorised the topics into Property Manager, Accountant, Admin or CPD purely to assist with who the seminar might be targeted towards but you will have access to all of them. Also, if you would like to (we don’t think you will!) you can cancel at any time. If you can’t attend at 11am they will be saved for you to watch later.

  • Resident is recruiting a Full Stack Developer

    The Company

    Resident is an energetic PropTech company. We proud ourselves on having an aggressive pace of delivering new features to market, and are looking for a full stack developer who is up for a journey of continuous learning and personal growth.

    The Role

    We are looking for a resourceful person, who has the curiosity to learn new skills and the humility to work on any technical challenge necessary (including third level support).

    This role will be expected to, with time, have a complete view of the whole product, in order to be able to do support and develop new feature across any layer and business area.

    The technologies we work with are C#, .NET WebApi, Entity framework, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AngularJS and lots of Azure.

    Required Skills

    • C#
    • SQL
    • (Typescript) JavaScript and HTML
    • REST web services
    • Capable of working independently
    • Eager learner
    • Work under pressure
    • 2 to 5 years experience

    Desirable Skills

    • Angular2+ (or similar framework)
    • Azure AppServices
    • Azure SQL DB
    • Azure WebJobs
    • Redis Cache
    • CI/CD
    • Able to communicate in non-technical terms

    We follow Agile project management, TDD, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. All of these are easily learnable, and though we’re looking for someone that like to do things properly, pragmatism is compulsory.

    An absolute requirement is a sense of humour and the ability to put things in perspective.

    We’re a small team, so everyone is able to do everything and reports to everyone else. This makes the growth opportunity for a developer endless, and the person will be exposed to a full stack product and development practices.

    Apply – kate@resident.uk.com

  • Case Study – Gordon Estates – Northern Ireland

    Gordon Estates has quickly grown to be Northern Ireland’s premier open space and block management agency, specialising in the management of residential estates and complex communal spaces.  With an ever-growing portfolio, Managing Director Christopher Gordon is convinced their success is a result of continually monitoring their clients experience with them. 

    “It’s the most effective way to ensure we always deliver exceptional service.   Our processes must be transparent and the team must be accessible.  It’s key to professional property management”  

    Gordon Estates was looking for a block management software solution that was built as much for owners and developers as it was for property managers.   

    “We didn’t just want an online admin system for our staff.  We realised that the right property management software would give us the opportunity to further engage and communicate with our clients wherever we or our clients are” 

    With an intuitive and user-friendly interface, Resident’s cloud-based software can be accessed from any device.  So whether via lap top, tablet or mobile phone the Gordon team can easily share important information and documentation with their clients. 

    “As block managers we’re responsible for maintaining and enhancing the fabric, amenities and services of all the 64 developments that we have been appointed on.   With Resident we can set reminders for any works or safety checks, provide clarity on budgets and estimated costs and communicate project timescales.  When we were looking at different software options it was clear to me that Resident was built for the most important end user, the resident.  That level of transparency is key for us” 

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    Resident is fully scalable and as Gordon Estates continues to expand our cutting-edge software will support their operations and help them to deliver their committed, client focused block management services. 

    For a free trial of Resident please contact Jon Burrough – jon@resident.uk.com – 0203 7515 628.