A turnkey smart building platform for developers in Armenia
Unitify connects access control, video intercoms, dispatching and a resident app into one platform for developers building residential complexes in Yerevan and beyond, and for the համատիրություն, trust manager or authorised manager that runs the building afterward.
Built for how Armenian law actually organizes building management
Armenia's building-management regime rests on one statute — the Law on the Management of a Multi-Apartment Building (ՀՕ-334 of 7 May 2002), amended fourteen times, most recently in March 2026. It recognizes three forms of management: a համատիրություն (a condominium legal entity created by the owners), an authorised manager acting under a power of attorney, and a trust manager — exactly one management body per building. Where owners constitute none, the powers fall by default to the head of the community, which is what has happened at about 58% of the country's roughly 19,100 multi-apartment buildings (RA Statistical Committee, 2024 Yearbook).
Since 1 July 2025, running one of Armenia's 8,043 buildings under a համատիրություն, trust manager or authorised manager has been a regulated professional activity: the manager must hold a qualification tested by the Urban Development Committee, and such buildings must engage managers from the Committee's published list of trained persons. Managers already in post have until 1 July 2027 to enter the process, or be reported to their community for a vote to terminate their mandate. Buildings of up to 4 owners and buildings run by the community head sit outside this regime.
How residents already pay, and the acquirer already integrated
Flitt is Unitify's integrated payment acquirer, live in the Caucasus (verified in Georgia); IDram, Telcell, EasyPay and ArCa are rails Armenian residents already use for everyday payments.
Flitt
Unitify's integrated payment acquirer, live in the Caucasus (verified in Georgia) — dues can be collected and reconciled straight through it, with no separate app to switch to.
IDram
A Central Bank of Armenia-licensed payment organisation residents already use for everyday payments — a way residents pay, not a connected Unitify integration.
Telcell
A Central Bank of Armenia-licensed payment organisation residents already use for everyday payments — a way residents pay, not a connected Unitify integration.
EasyPay
A Central Bank of Armenia-licensed payment organisation residents already use for everyday payments — a way residents pay, not a connected Unitify integration.
ArCa
Armenian Card CJSC, a Central Bank of Armenia-licensed payment organisation since 2003 — a way residents pay, not a connected Unitify integration.
Built around Armenia's Law on the Management of a Multi-Apartment Building, verified against the primary source
Every claim below links to the primary-source citation it is verified against, not a summary.
One law, three forms of management, one body per building (arts. 17, 22, 26, 32)
Owners choose a management body — a համատիրություն, an authorised manager or a trust manager — with exactly one management body per building. Buildings of up to 4 owners may run the mandatory norms through the assembly instead. Where owners create none, the powers fall by default to the head of the community until they do.
Arts. 17, 22, 26, 32, Law on the Management of a Multi-Apartment Building, ARLIS ↗Manager certification, in force since 1 July 2025, deadline 1 July 2027 (art. 17.1)
Managing one of Armenia's 8,043 համատիրություն/trust/authorised-manager buildings is now a regulated professional activity: the manager must pass a Government-set qualification test and be engaged from the Urban Development Committee's published list of trained persons. Sitting managers have until 1 July 2027 to enter the process or be reported to their community for a vote to terminate their mandate.
Art. 17.1, Law on the Management of a Multi-Apartment Building; Government Decision N 1737-Ն, ARLIS ↗Mandatory charges paid cashless, into one bank account per building (art. 15.1)
Since 1 April 2020 the mandatory and other charges owners pay must go cashless, separately for each building, to a bank account opened in the management body's name. Failing to open that account is an administrative offence. Arrears are recovered through the courts after two missed payments and follow the apartment to its next owner.
Art. 15.1, Law on the Management of a Multi-Apartment Building, ARLIS ↗Owner decisions: a convened meeting, a written poll, or notification — never electronic voting (arts. 11–14)
Armenian law lets owners decide at a convened meeting (quorum: more than half of all votes, 7 days' notice), by written poll in absentia, or — for a closed list of questions — by a posted notification where silence counts as assent. The written poll is expressly a signature exercise on one paper original; the law provides no electronic ballot.
Arts. 11–14, Law on the Management of a Multi-Apartment Building, ARLIS ↗The hardware layer, wired into your platform
Intercom, access, video, meters and EV charging connect through mini apps, alongside your requests and billing.
Digital intercom
Calls go straight to the resident’s phone. Entry by app, BLE tag or face.
Access control
Contactless entry by phone or tag. Vehicle access by plate recognition.
Video surveillance
Live cameras, digital archives and plate recognition at the gate.
Meter telemetry
Electricity, water, gas and heat readings arrive automatically, no manual rounds.
EV charging
Stations on the map, sessions booked, billed and tracked in the app.
Building management
Ventilation, heating, lifts and other systems monitored from one dashboard, with instant alerts.
Devices, orchestrator, resident app
Devices
Intercoms, access control, cameras, meters, EV chargers and building systems, from any vendor.
Orchestrator
Unitify connects every device to one dashboard. New hardware plugs in as a mini app, nothing gets replaced.
Resident app
One app for doors, meters, intercom calls and charging. No fifth login to remember.
Questions developers and building managers ask
How should a developer approach smart-building technology in a new Armenian complex?
Treat it as one platform decision, not a shopping list of hardware: access control, video intercoms, dispatching and a resident app should hand over to the building's management body already connected — and, since 1 January 2026, Armenian law puts the developer in the seat that chooses that management body's form at handover (art. 28.1), which is exactly the moment a platform decision gets made.
What changed for building managers in Armenia in 2025?
Running a building under a համատիրություն, trust manager or authorised manager became a regulated professional activity: the manager must pass a Government-set test and be engaged from the Urban Development Committee's published list. Sitting managers have until 1 July 2027 to enter the process.
Does Armenian law let owners vote electronically?
No. The in-absentia written poll is expressly a signature exercise on one paper original, question by question. A platform can prepare, distribute and archive the documents; it cannot make the vote itself electronic.
How does a video intercom with phone unlocking work?
The call goes to the resident's phone through the app instead of a panel inside the apartment. The resident sees the visitor on camera and unlocks the door remotely.
What does a smart building cost a developer in Armenia, roughly?
It depends on which systems are included — access control, intercoms, dispatching, meters — and scales with unit count. Unitify's cost calculator breaks this down per building rather than quoting a flat industry number.
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