One platform for body corporate administration and smart building operations in South Africa
Unitify connects video intercoms, access control, cameras, meter readings and a resident app into one system, and keeps levies and balances organised per unit every month. Anything that exposes an API or SIP interface is connected under the project: intercoms, access controllers, barriers with plate recognition, lift access, cameras, meters and smart-home devices in apartments.
Built around the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act
One platform for the body corporate, its trustees and the managing agent they appoint — levies per unit, resident communication and the scheme’s hardware in one system.
Payment methods already in use
Owners pay as they do today and Unitify records the payment against the right unit; debit orders and EFT are not integrated with Unitify.
Debit order
A levy collected from the owner’s bank account under a debit order mandate the owner has signed. Owners can keep paying this way; Unitify records the payment against the right unit.
Bank transfer (EFT)
An electronic funds transfer from the owner’s own banking app or internet banking. Owners can keep paying this way; Unitify records the payment against the right unit.
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
Readings come from residents in the app, from a file or over the API from your metering system. Smart meters that expose an interface are connected under the project.
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 trustees ask
What must the developer hand over at the first body corporate meeting?
The developer convenes a meeting of the members not more than 60 days after the body corporate is established and gives them a copy of the sectional plan, a local authority certificate that rates due by the developer up to that date have been paid, and proof of revenue and expenditure from the first occupation of any unit (s. 2(8)). Any residue is paid over to the body corporate (s. 2(9)).
Can the body corporate buy access control or intercom equipment?
The Act lets the body corporate purchase, hire or otherwise acquire movable property for the use of owners for their enjoyment or protection, or in connection with the enjoyment or protection of the common property (s. 4). Unitify then connects that equipment to the resident app under the project, where it exposes an interface.
What does Unitify keep for the managing agent?
A balance per unit, each payment recorded against the right unit, automatic reminders, the levy sent to the resident app, resident communication and a log of resident requests.
Does Unitify work with debit orders or EFT?
There is no integration. Owners pay as they do today; the platform records each payment against the right unit and organises the communication.
Can you connect the intercom or access hardware we already have?
Usually yes. If the panel, controller, camera or meter exposes an integration interface (an API, SIP, ONVIF or a Modbus or M-Bus gateway), we connect it to the resident app under the project. Barriers with plate recognition, lift access and in-apartment smart home are handled the same way, as project work. Hardware with no interface cannot be connected, and we check the exact model before you commit.
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