A turnkey smart building platform for developers in Kazakhstan
Unitify connects access control, video intercoms, dispatching and a resident app into one platform for developers building residential complexes in Almaty, Astana and beyond, and for the ОСИ that holds the mandate and the management company or КСК that runs the building afterward.
Built for Kazakhstan’s ОСИ, НСУ and management companies
Kazakh law gives owners of a multi-apartment building exactly two forms of management: НСУ (direct joint management by the owners) and ОСИ (объединение собственников имущества, a non-profit legal entity, one per building). ОСИ was introduced by the 2019 housing reform (Law № 284-VI of 26 December 2019); НСУ replaced the earlier простое товарищество option under Law № 207-VIII of 15 July 2025, which took effect 60 calendar days after publication, in September 2025. КСК was not abolished: under art. 51-6 a кооператив собственников квартир is a current legal entity — the statute expressly permits the abbreviation “КСК” — but it now sits one tier down, as a management subject engaged by an ОСИ or by owners under НСУ, serving two or more buildings.
“КСК and ОСИ” is not one thing: the law separates the form of management (НСУ or ОСИ, chosen by each building’s owners) from the management subject that actually runs it day to day — a management company or a cooperative of apartment owners (кооператив собственников квартир, still abbreviated “КСК”), engaged under contract with the ОСИ chairman or on the strength of an assembly protocol under НСУ. Unitify supports both tiers. Art. 34-1, added by the 2025 law, obliges owners to pay current, accumulative and targeted contributions — the accumulative one at least 0.005 MRP per m² per month, ring-fenced for capital repair; the targeted one is levied when the assembly resolves to levy it, and once levied it is compulsory, not optional. A building’s access-control or intercom upgrade is funded either from the ring-fenced accumulative fund on an assembly resolution or through a targeted contribution the assembly votes to collect.
Payment rails already in use
Halyk acquiring is integrated directly into billing; Kaspi is the rail Kazakhstan residents already use to pay ОСИ, НСУ and КСК dues.
Kaspi.kz
Residents already find “КСК” and “ОСИ” as a dedicated utility-payment category inside the Kaspi app and pay through it — a payment method Unitify accounts for in billing, not a connected integration.
Halyk Bank / Homebank
Halyk acquiring is integrated directly into Unitify’s billing: dues are paid through the Halyk Homebank residents already use, with no separate app to switch to.
Built around Kazakhstan’s Law on Housing Relations, verified against the primary source
Every claim below links to the primary-source citation it is verified against, not a summary.
Two forms of management: ОСИ and НСУ (arts. 47, 42, 44)
The law gives owners exactly two forms of management: НСУ (direct joint management) and ОСИ (a non-profit legal entity, one per building). ОСИ has existed since the 2019 reform; НСУ replaced the earlier простое товарищество option under the law of 15 July 2025, which took effect 60 calendar days after publication, in September 2025.
Arts. 47, 42, 44 Law on Housing Relations, Adilet ↗Mandatory contributions under art. 34-1
Owners must pay three contributions: a current contribution no lower than the local minimum; an accumulative contribution of at least 0.005 MRP per m² per month, ring-fenced for capital repair; and a targeted contribution — optional to levy, compulsory to pay once the assembly resolves to levy it. Late payment carries penalty interest and no limitation period.
Art. 34-1 Law on Housing Relations, Adilet ↗Digital-object voting — no ЭЦП needed to vote (Order № 163)
Residents vote through a digital object with no ЭЦП: the law and Order № 163 require only that the owner be identified (para. 22, Order № 163). Who signs the resulting electronic protocol is named differently by each — art. 42(15) of the law names the chairman, secretary and the meeting’s initiator, while para. 24 of Order № 163 names the chairman, secretary and house-council members, and the two do not yet agree on one definitive signer list.
Paras. 22, 24, Order № 163 “On approving the Rules...”, Adilet ↗Two accounts, with a small-building exemption (arts. 34-2, 48, 49, 51-1, 51-5, 51-6)
The current and savings accounts are opened within 15 calendar days; when a management company or КСК opens them, the law requires opening them on the condominium object itself, not pooled at the operator. Buildings of fewer than 36 units under НСУ may operate without either account and without engaging a management subject. Capital-repair money can be spent only on an assembly resolution and cannot be pledged against owners’ debts.
Arts. 34-2, 48, 49, 51-1, 51-5, 51-6 Law on Housing Relations, Adilet ↗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, ОСИ boards and management companies ask
How should a developer approach smart-building technology in a new residential 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 ОСИ or management company already connected, not as separate systems to integrate later.
What does a resident and management-company app need to cover?
Meter readings, requests to the board or management company, building news, owner voting — the law expressly provides for voting through a digital object, and residents need no national digital signature, only reliable identification, though the resulting protocol itself is signed with an ЭЦП by officials the law and Order № 163 don't yet name consistently (chairman and secretary either way, plus the meeting's initiator per the law or the house council per the order) — and bill payment through Kaspi or Halyk, in one app rather than several.
What changed for ОСИ, НСУ and КСК in 2025, and does it matter for smart-building decisions?
The simple-partnership legal form was removed — since September 2025 the two forms of management are ОСИ and НСУ, and КСК became a management subject engaged by an ОСИ or by owners under НСУ. The new art. 34-1 obliges owners to pay current, accumulative and targeted contributions — the targeted one compulsory to pay once the assembly resolves to levy it — giving owners a formal way to fund things like a building’s access-control or intercom upgrade.
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, 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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