For strata management firms, building caretaking companies and self-managed councils

Your managers get the credit. Otto does the legwork.

Strata OS gives every building its own phone line and an AI assistant, Otto, that answers calls, texts and email 24/7, turns each one into a tracked request, follows it until it's done, and gives your managers a morning brief for every building.

24/7
calls, texts and email answered
1
numbered record for every request
0
apps or passwords for residents
0
strata dollars through the platform

Otto

The Corazon building line

Online

Hi, the light in the parkade stairwell on P2 has been out for a few days. Anything you can do?

Thanks for flagging it. Want me to file a maintenance request for the burnt-out stairwell light on P2, under unit 512?

Yes please, and it is pretty dark down there

Filed as urgent, reference #100010: P2 stairwell light out, area very dark. We'll follow up. YYJ Stratacare

Otto knew the unit because the number is on the building’s owner and tenant list. It asked once, then filed.

The problem

Strata management in BC is short of managers, and buildings feel it

Before building any of this we read what managers, councils and owners across BC say goes wrong: news stories, tribunal decisions, regulator reports and public reviews, more than 150 of them. Three problems came up more than any other.

Too many buildings, not enough managers.

A manager who should carry five to seven buildings often carries fifteen to twenty. The small things can't all reach one desk, so they wait.

Requests that sit for months.

Owners describe reports that go unanswered, repairs that drag from one season to the next, and nobody who can say where a request stands.

When a manager leaves, everything leaves with them.

Managers change buildings every few years. The history of what was reported, approved and fixed usually lives in one person's inbox, and goes when they do.

From the public record

34,000strata corporations in BC, and about 1,500 licensed strata managers for all of themBC Financial Services Authority, licensing statistics, 2024
300 to 500managers actually working, by the industry's own estimateTimes Colonist (Vancouver Sun), 25 Mar 2023
15 to 20buildings on a manager who should carry five to sevenCBC News, 12 Feb 2018
352 dayson average to settle a strata dispute at the tribunalCivil Resolution Tribunal annual report 2024/25, 4 Dec 2025

None of this is a knock on managers. It comes from there being too few of them for too many buildings. Otto is built to make the manager's week lighter, and to keep the building's record whoever the manager is this year.

What buildings say goes wrong, and what Otto does about each

Calls and emails go unanswered
Otto Every call, text and email to the building line is answered, at any hour, and gets a reference number.
Weekend emergencies wait until Monday
Otto A flood or a stuck elevator is filed as urgent the moment it comes in, and whoever is on call is alerted.
Repairs drag on for months
Otto Every request has a person's name on it the day it arrives. Otto checks with the trade on the day they named, and asks again if a request is still open after three days.
Bills nobody approved
Otto Otto can't approve anything that costs the strata money. It goes to the manager for a yes, and nothing is booked until that yes comes back.
No record of what was done
Otto One record per request, with every step dated, the photos, and who closed it. It goes into a monthly report for council.
A new manager, and the history is gone
Otto The building's bylaws, rules and past reports are read once, and every answer says which page it came from. The record stays with the building.
Council volunteers doing the manager's work
Otto Neighbours who would stop a council member in the lobby call or text the building line instead.

The loop

How it works

Every request goes round the same loop once. It isn't closed until the person who reported it has been told.

It comes in Otto answers One record Then one of three lanes A phone call the building's own line, day and night A text to the same number Otto asks the one question that matters, files it #104210 the unit, the person, anything already open Costs the strata money one email to the manager, then wait No cost handled; one line in the morning email The manager's paperwork sent to the manager; a note on the file The person in charge sees every one as it happens, and decides the ones that need deciding. Otto never approves work and never spends the strata's money. He files, asks, reminds and chases. The deciding is people. It comes in A call any hour A text same number An email to the office Otto answers asks the one question that matters One record: #104210 the unit, the person, what's open Then one of three lanes Costs the strata money one email to the manager, then wait No cost handled; one line in the morning brief The manager's paperwork sent to the manager; a note on the file The person in charge sees every one, and decides the ones that need deciding. Otto never approves work or spends money.
A call, a text and an email each ride the same rails: to Otto, into one record with a number, then into a lane. The picture holds still if your device asks for less motion.
  1. 1A resident calls, texts or emailsThe building's own line, or its page. No app.
  2. 2Otto files a numbered requestHe asks the one question that matters, and joins it to an open one if it's the same thing.
  3. 3It goes to whoever handles itThe crew, a trade, or the manager's office, by the building's own rules.
  4. 4Otto follows up until it's doneHe checks on the day that was named, and tells the resident when it's finished.
  5. 5Your manager sees it in the morningOne email with what came in, what's waiting and what's booked. Council gets a monthly report.

Managers

For your managers

The point is a lighter week, and a manager who always has the answer when council asks.

Every morning

One email for every building

What came in, what's waiting on them, and what's booked, each item one tap to open. Anything urgent doesn't wait for it.

Approvals

A yes or a no, in one tap

A request that needs the manager's approval arrives as one link. Nothing is booked until they approve it, and a no needs a reason the resident is told.

Ask Otto

Answers from the building's own papers

How much is a fob, what's the move-in fee, when were the windows last cleaned. Otto answers from the building's documents and says which page it came from.

Day one

A new manager is up to speed at once

The building's history is already on file: every request, contact, booking and job. Nobody has to dig through a predecessor's inbox.

For residents: No app and no password. The less a resident has to learn, the more of them use it.

Three ways in

Call, text, or the building's page

The building has one number and one page. A QR code on the lobby notice opens the page.

Report

A problem in three taps

Pick what it is, say where, send. It gets a reference number, and they can always ask where it stands.

Book and order

The elevator, a room, a fob

Bookings follow the building's own notice period and hours, with a confirmation and reminders.

Told when it's done

No wondering

When the work is finished, the person who reported it hears so.

One request from start to finish: who reported it, who was assigned, the photos, and when the resident was told
One request, start to finish, on the test company: who reported it, who was assigned, the photos, and when the resident was told.

The command centre

Run the buildings by talking to Otto

The person in charge doesn't have to learn a system. They tell Otto what they want in plain words, at a desk or from a phone, and watch it happen. We call it vibe management.

OperationsYour company
Panes
My streamyou and Otto, the same thread as your phone

Today

  1. Otto · 9:12 am

    Morning. Three things need you. First: unit 402 at Harbour Court says the garage door is sticking half open. Send the door company on file?

  2. 9:13 am

    Yes, and tell 402.

  3. Otto · 9:13 am

    Done. The door company has it and 402 has been told. It's request #104212.

  4. 9:14 am

    What's still open at the Linden?

  5. Otto · 9:14 am

    Four. The oldest is the lobby light, #104198, waiting on the electrician since Tuesday. I check with them tomorrow at 9.

Live all
  • Everyone
  • Crew
  • Residents
  • Managers
  • Trades

BuildingAll buildings

live · 1 talking now · 14 on the list

Live now · 1

  • Resident, unit 311Harbour Court · text

    311: Is the gym open on the holiday?

    Otto: Yes, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Earlier · 13

  • CrewThe Linden · text

    Crew: Lobby glass done, photo attached.

    Otto: Logged on the walk-around. Thanks.

  • Elevator companyElm Street · email

    Technician on site at 1 p.m.

    #104201
  • Strata managerHarbour Court · approval

    Approved. Go ahead with the door repair.

    Otto: Booked with the door company for Thursday.

    #104212
  • Resident, unit 1204The Linden · call

    Asked to book the elevator for a move.

    Otto: Booked, Saturday 10 to 12.

The appToday

Thursday, November 12

5 buildings · 9:14 am · Otto on the line

For you3what needs your word, and what Otto is askingAll approvals

  • #104212 Garage door sticking half open(unit 402) · Harbour Courtopened today · with the door company
  • The notice for the window cleaningHarbour Court · to every residentwaiting on your Approve
  • #104198 Lobby light outThe Lindena quote is in · Otto has it to ask you
  • Open requests

    142 asleep

    1 urgent
  • This week
    1. M9
    2. T10
    3. W11
    4. T12
    5. F13
    6. S14
    7. S15
    2 on today
  • Calls and texts

    37today

    4 calls · 33 texts · 6,120 this year
  • Buildings

    5

    Elm Street · Harbour Court · the Linden…
The appRequests

Requests

14 requests

  • Open
  • Mine
  • Due
  • Urgent
  • Awaiting approval
  • Waiting
  • Sleeping
  • Done
  • All

Maintenance or issue report · Harbour Court #104212

Unit 402

The garage door is sticking half open.

with the door company

Vibe manage this ticket

Type it like a text. Otto does it.

Hand it off
“Give it to the crew” · “Send it to the door company”
Calendar
  • Bookings
  • Visits
  • Building events
  • Meetings
  • Crew off

Nov 9 to 15 this week

  1. Mon9

    • Elm StreetFire alarm test
  2. Tue10

    Nothing booked
  3. Wed11

    • The LindenWalk-around
  4. Thu12

    • Harbour CourtDoor company, garage door (let in by the crew)
    • Harbour CourtWindow cleaning
  5. Fri13

    Nothing booked
  6. Sat14

    • The LindenElevator booked for a move, unit 1204
  7. Sun15

    Nothing booked
Brief · Thu Nov 12, 5:00 a.m.
Morning

Thursday, November 12

Today: overcast, high 12°, low 8°. The week: Fri overcast 13°, Sat rain 12°, Sun light rain 12°.

Being worked on, silent (6). Nothing needed from you; it's here in case you've heard something6

crew 3

Booked today
  • Door company at Harbour Court, 8 to 12, let in by the crew
  • Window cleaning, Harbour Court
By building

Harbour Court2

  • Garage door sticking half open #104212: the door company comes today
  • Fob not opening the gym, unit 311 #104189: done, resident told
OttoThe same thread as your desk
  1. You

    At the Linden. What have you got?

  2. Otto

    Two here. 1 of 2: the P2 stairwell light is out, #104220. Is it fixed?

  3. You

    Done, new bulb.

  4. Otto

    Closed, and unit 208 has been told. 2 of 2: the council asked when the windows get cleaned.

  5. You

    Tell the council it's Thursday.

  6. Otto

    Sent to the council by email. It's on the calendar.

My stream

Your own line to Otto

One conversation, the same at your desk and on your phone. He brings you what needs you, one thing at a time, and does what you tell him.

Live all

Every conversation as it happens

Residents, crew, managers and trades, newest first. Narrow it to one group or one building. Send a notice and watch the replies come in.

The work

Requests, calendar and the daily brief, beside the streams

Up to three panes open side by side. Name a request in a conversation and its card lights up in the list.

On the go

Vibe management

Say it the way you'd say it to a colleague: tell 402 the door company is coming, what's open at Harbour Court, close it. Otto does it and keeps the record, so the app is current when you're back at a desk.

Text him or call him. He knows who you are by your number. The streams are for the person in charge. Crew see only their own buildings and their own work.

A drawing of the real screens, in the app's own look. The buildings, units and messages in it are made up.

Listen

Hear Otto take a call

Two real calls, recorded on our test building. The resident is an actor. Otto is Otto, with nothing edited.

Booking the elevator for a delivery0:55
OttoHi Margaret, it's Otto at YYJ Stratacare. How can I help?
Margaret, 402Hi Otto, it's Margaret in 402. I need to book the elevator for a couch delivery.
Margaret, 402Saturday at 2 o'clock.
OttoOne moment while I
Ottocheck if the elevator is free on Saturday at 2 pm.The elevator is free on Saturday, October 24. The available slots include 2 pm to 5 pm. Would you like me to book it for your delivery from 2 pm to 5 pm?
Margaret, 402Yes, please book it.
OttoBooking the elevator for your delivery on Saturday
Ottoat 2 pm.The elevator is booked for your delivery on Saturday, October 24, from 2 pm to 5 pm. You’ll get a confirmation by email and text, plus reminders the day before and the morning of. The caretaker will be notified as well. Is there anything else I can help you with?
Margaret, 402Lovely, that's all I needed. Thank you, Otto.
OttoThanks for calling, Margaret. Have a great night!
A light out, and a stain on the carpet1:09
OttoHi Margaret, it's Otto at YYJ Stratacare. How can I help?
Margaret, 402Hi Otto, it's Margaret in 402. There's a light out in the hallway on my floor, the 4th floor. just outside the elevator, and there's a coffee stain on the carpet right in front of the elevator as well.
Margaret, 402Neither one's urgent. It's just dark by the elevator at night.
OttoNoting the light out for
Ottothe caretaker.
OttoNoting the coffee
Ottostain for cleaning.Both are noted for the caretaker: the light out and the coffee stain in front of the elevator on the 4th floor. Is there anything else I can help you with?
Margaret, 402Yes, both of them please. And will I get told when somebody's been sent to look at it? And again when it's actually been cleaned up and the light's been fixed?
OttoThe office will follow up once the caretaker has looked at it or when it’s fixed. You won’t get a message right when someone is sent, but you’ll hear back when the work is done. Anything else I can help with tonight?
Margaret, 402That's perfect. Thank you, Otto.
OttoThanks for calling, Margaret. Bye for now.

On the phone Otto runs on OpenAI's GPT-4.1 through a voice service. For texts, email and chat he runs on Claude, from Anthropic.

Try him

Ask Otto yourself

Ask him about the software, or play a resident at a made-up building and watch what he does with it. He can't see or change anything real from here.

OttoI'm Otto. Ask me how I work or what I cost, or try me: tell me you're a resident at Harbour Court and what's wrong.

A demonstration. Harbour Court is a made-up building: nothing you type is filed, and no real building or person can be reached from here. Book a demo

Explainers

How Otto handles each situation

Each one is the real flow, in the order it happens, with the line Otto won't cross. Where a person does a step, it says so.

EmergencyA leak or a flood
  1. By text, Otto files it as urgent in the same message, before he asks anything else.
  2. The building's caretaker gets a text with the reference number and the unit, never the resident's name. If no caretaker is on file, the office is told at once.
  3. The resident gets a safe first step from the building's own instructions, such as where the shut-off is.
  4. On the phone, he asks whether it's still running, whether it's more than a drip, whether it's going into another unit, and whether they can reach the shut-off. Then he alerts whoever is on call.
  5. After the call there's a record, an urgent alert to the office, and an emergency text to the person on call.

Never He won't talk anyone through a fire, a gas smell or someone hurt. He says call 911 first. He won't promise a time.

By a person Calling in the plumber or restoration company is the company's decision. Otto offers to place the call to the trade on file when the office or the crew say so.

EmergencyThe elevator is down, or someone is trapped
  1. Someone trapped: "If anyone inside is unwell, hang up and call 911," then "press the alarm button in the car." No questions first.
  2. A car out of service: he asks whether anyone is inside, alerts whoever is on call, and opens an urgent record. By text, it's filed as urgent straight away.
  3. On a yes from the office or the crew, Otto phones the elevator company's dispatch from the company's line, gets past the phone menu and writes down their reference number.
  4. One call at a time on the same record, and he rings dispatch back six hours later for an update.

Never He won't try to troubleshoot an entrapment, and he won't tell residents who is coming or when.

By a person An elevator record is closed only once the elevator company has said what was wrong and what they fixed. That check is done by a person.

AccessA lockout, or a key
  1. On the phone: getting into a suite is arranged with the occupant directly. He takes the details and alerts whoever is on call.
  2. By text, asked whether the company holds a key for a unit, he gives a plain yes or no, and says how an owner can leave one with the company.
  3. If the office has a resident's own key, he hands it to the office as urgent in the same message.
  4. Door, suite, lockbox and alarm codes are stored encrypted. Only the people the company has named can read them, and only in their own conversation.

Never He won't let anyone in because they phoned, and he won't give a code or a key in a message to a resident, council, the manager or the public. He opens no front doors: no building has door rules set.

By a person Letting someone into a suite is done by a person, with the occupant's say-so.

AccessA fob
  1. A resident asks for one on the building page. The unit's owner approves it first.
  2. The office is texted, and the request goes to a crew member.
  3. The crew member texts the fob's number or a photo of it. Otto reads it digit by digit and sends it to the office.
  4. The office programs the fob and tells Otto. The crew member is told to deliver it.
  5. "Delivered" closes the request, tells the resident, and puts the fob on the month's statement to the manager, payable to the strata.

Never He won't close it before the fob is in the resident's hand, and he never collects the fee.

By a person Programming the fob is done by a person. Otto tracks every step around it.

EverydayA move or an elevator booking
  1. Residents book on the building page. A caller on the building's list can book by phone: Otto checks the free times, reads them back and books only after a yes.
  2. The same rules apply either way: the building's notice period, its hours, no double bookings and any approvals it needs.
  3. The person who booked and the crew member for the building both get a confirmation and reminders.
  4. Where the building's rules say so, the manager's office is emailed the move details. The Form K and move fees stay with the manager.

Never He won't cancel a resident's booking himself; he hands it to the office and says so. He quotes fees only as the building's own schedule states them, payable to the strata. The building-page chat can't book.

EverydayA trade who needs to get in
  1. On the new building page, a trade's access request goes to the strata manager for approval wherever the building's rules say the manager approves.
  2. The manager gets one email with one link: the trade, the work, what residents will notice, and the window. It says "Nothing is booked until you approve it."
  3. Approve books the visit and tells the person who asked. Deny needs a reason, and they're told why.
  4. Once booked, the visit goes on the calendar with the name of whoever lets them in, reminders to everyone involved, and a check afterwards.

Never He won't let a trade in at the front door on his own.

By a person The new building page is switched on one building at a time.

EverydayA broken washer or dryer
  1. Filed straight away, one machine to a request, with the machine, its number and the fault.
  2. The caretaker is texted, and the building's laundry technician is emailed the fault only.
  3. The technician's reply lands on the request and the office is texted. A visit they name becomes a reminder, then a follow-up.
  4. When it's fixed, the technician is thanked and the resident is told.
  5. Coin refunds are recorded by unit, machine, amount and day for the manager's monthly report. No money moves through the platform.

Never He never puts the resident's name in the technician's email.

ReportsNoise, or a bylaw complaint
  1. Otto takes it down and files it.
  2. He tells the resident plainly that reports are passed on, and council decides.
  3. The office decides whether it goes to the manager, and Otto drafts that email for a yes.

Never He never fines, warns, rules on a bylaw or holds a hearing, and never tells one resident anything about another.

By a person Passing a complaint to the manager is a person's call, each time. Nothing sends it automatically.

PrivacySomeone asking who lives where
  1. Anyone not on the building's list gets the building's public facts and nothing about people.
  2. He never confirms that anyone lives anywhere. A phone number isn't an identity, and typing "I'm the owner of 704" unlocks nothing.
  3. Nobody is told who is on site, who was there, or when anyone works. The calendar residents and the public see has no names on it.

Never He won't give a name, a number or a car, and he won't say who's away.

NightsAfter hours, and who gets woken
  1. Who's on call comes from each person's on-call hours, plus BC holidays. Any gap goes to the company's owner.
  2. Fire, gas or someone hurt: call 911. On the phone, an urgent property problem goes to whoever is on call. He never reads out their number.
  3. After an urgent call, the office is alerted and the person on call is texted.
  4. Texts to residents go out between 9 in the morning and 9 at night. Whoever is on call takes them at any hour.

Never He won't put a crew member's cell on a resident page, or tell residents who is on call.

By a person An urgent report that comes in by text alerts the office straight away, and a person wakes whoever is on call.

Follow-throughFollowing a job until it's closed
  1. Before filing, he checks whether the same person already has the same thing open. If so, it joins that record.
  2. Every new request gets a person's name the day it comes in.
  3. Still open after three days? The office is asked whether it's done, and the person who reported it is asked once whether anyone got back to them.
  4. Anything waiting on someone else stays quiet until the next business morning. No nagging.
  5. Closing needs what was done, plus a photo or the reason there isn't one. The resident hears it's done, with the reference number, and it goes into the monthly report the company approves.

Never He never says something was done, sent or closed unless it actually was. Code checks his words against the records.

New callersA number nobody knows
  1. Nobody is turned away for not being on file. A problem they report becomes a record at once.
  2. After the call, Otto texts them once, asking only for what's missing: building, unit and name.
  3. Their answer puts them on the list as unconfirmed. If it clashes with what's on file, it goes to the office to approve.

Never He never tells them what else is on file, and nobody already on the list is replaced.

Under the hood

The technology behind him

Plainly: a strong model, a short list of things it is allowed to do, the building's own papers, and checks on every message before it leaves.

What wakes him A text arrives Twilio hands it over at once A call comes in Retell carries the voice The mailbox read every five minutes The building page a form, a booking, a sign-in The clock 25 jobs a day on a schedule His helpers, each with one job The checker reads a crew send against their words before it goes The reviewer reads every monthly report before a person does The reader reads a building's papers, page by page, with sources The morning sweep tidies the list before the brief; nothing asked twice The email acknowledger says received, looking into it, once a thread The report writer drafts the month's report; a person approves each Otto the operations assistant Texts and email on Claude; calls on GPT-4.1, through the voice service. Files · asks · books · reminds · chases In charge sees all of it, decides the rest What wakes him A text arrivesTwilio hands it over at once A call comes inRetell carries the voice The mailboxread every five minutes The building pagea form, a booking, a sign-in The clock25 scheduled jobs a day Otto the operations assistant Claude for texts; GPT-4.1 for calls. Files · asks · books · reminds · chases In charge sees all of it, decides the rest His helpers, one job each The checkerreads crew sends before they go The reviewerreads every monthly report first The readerreads a building's papers, with sources The morning sweeptidies the list; nothing asked twice The acknowledger“received, looking into it” once The report writerdrafts the month; a person approves it
Otto in the middle: what wakes him, the helpers that check his work, and a person in charge who sees all of it.
The model

Claude for writing, GPT-4.1 on the phone

Texts, email and the building-page chat run on Claude, from Anthropic. Phone calls go through a voice service that runs on GPT-4.1, from OpenAI. Each has a short list of actions it is allowed to take.

Who can reach what

Tools are scoped by who is asking

The company's owner can reach everything. The crew sees only their own buildings and never the money. A manager gets their buildings' records. A resident gets their own unit. A number nobody knows gets public facts only. Every tool checks who is asking again before it runs.

The building's papers

Answers with the page they came from

Bylaws, rules and past reports are read page by page, and each fact Otto can quote is tied to the page it came from.

One gate for every text

Every text passes the same checks

There is one way a text leaves the system. It checks, in order: no links to residents, no words carriers block, nobody who opted out, Canadian numbers only, and quiet hours.

Limits

Rate limits, so nothing floods

No more than 8 messages an hour to one person. A number nobody knows gets 6 answers an hour and 20 a day. Building-wide notices go out 40 at a time, every five minutes.

Checks after he writes

Code reads his reply before it is sent

If he says something was done and no tool did it, code catches it and corrects him. An urgent report that did not reach a record is filed by code.

Your firm stays in charge

Works alongside your firm, not around it

Strata OS is not strata management. Your licensed managers stay in charge of the money, the paperwork and the decisions.

Your items

Sent to your office

Form Ks, fees, insurance and anything else your firm handles is emailed to your office, or the resident is sent to your own portal.

Money

None moves through the platform

Fees and charges are recorded as payable to the strata. The strata or its manager collects them.

Bylaws

Otto never enforces

He never fines, warns or rules on a bylaw. He writes down what was reported, and the manager or council decides.

A person

For the things that need one

Fee, levy, insurance and Form B questions go to a person. Anything Otto sends to a council or a manager on the company's behalf waits for a yes.

Who it's for

Strata management firms
Every building reports the same way, so your managers read one kind of email and one kind of report.
Building caretaking and maintenance companies
Run several buildings with a small crew: the phone, the requests, the crew's morning brief and the monthly report.
Self-managed councils, 15 to 75 units
Take the phone off the volunteers and have every request tracked, without hiring a manager.

It also runs rental buildings, with the owner or their property manager where the strata manager would be.

Proof

Running today in Victoria

Otto was built for YYJ Stratacare, a building caretaking company in Victoria, BC, and runs at the buildings it looks after. YYJ works alongside the strata management firms at those buildings.

Since Otto went live on 4 October 2026, to 10 November

43calls answered by Otto
3,263texts in, and 6,605 sent back
218conversations with Otto
158requests done, of 202 opened
10 sfor half his text replies to be written
7buildings on the system today

Read-only counts from the live system on 10 November 2026. Reply time is the time Otto takes to write; the phone company's delivery time is on top. A further 21 reports were the same problem sent twice and joined to the first record.

The buildings

Paul Cook
Paul CookOwner, YYJ Stratacare Ltd. Built Otto and Strata OS.

I've been a building caretaker in Victoria since 2007. For most of that time we ran on Google Docs, email and a shared calendar. It worked, mostly, until things slipped. So I built the system I wished I'd had: every request gets a number, every job gets followed up, and nothing depends on one person's memory. It runs our own buildings every day, bugs and all, and I fix what it gets wrong.

Pricing

Pricing

One price list, shown openly. Canadian dollars, plus GST.

Monthly, per building
$12 a unit a month up to 75 units, $9 a unit above that. $395 minimum per building.
Setup, once
$1,500 up to 75 units, $2,500 above. We do the setup.
Texts
Included. It is a flat rate: no count of texts and no charge per text.
A year up front
Costs ten months.
Stopping
30 days' notice. Your records are returned.
$600
a month
$6,000
for a year up front
$1,500
setup, once
Included
texts, calls and email: a flat rate

Firms bringing several buildings: talk to us.

Safety and questions

Data and safety

Where the information lives

Devices: windows, not filing cabinets. Nothing is stored on them.

  • A resident's phonea text, a call, the building's page
  • The manager's laptopthe morning email, a yes or a no
  • The officethe desk, the live stream
  • The crewthe morning brief, the phone

The cloud: four services, one job each. Not on anyone's computer.

  • The phone linesThey carry the texts and the calls, in and out, at any hour.
  • The appThe pages, the forms, the morning email and the schedule. It never switches off, and it stores nothing.
  • The thinkingClaude for texts, email and chat; GPT-4.1 on calls. It is given a question and only the records that matter.
  • The filing cabinetOne database in Canada, in the Montréal region. The only place anything is kept.

One drawer per building

  • Building 1
  • Building 2
  • Building 3
  • Building 4
  • Yours
  • Requests, bookings, the owner and tenant list, photos
  • Encrypted on the disk and on the wire
  • Backed up every day, a week kept
  • A wall between companies
The dots are records on the move, encrypted every step. The soft pulse on the filing cabinet is its daily backup.
Stored in Canada
The database and files are in the Montréal region, backed up daily, encrypted in transit and at rest.
No passwords
People sign in with a code or a link sent to the address or phone on the building's list.
Each company walled off
A check on every request, and the database's own row-level rules behind it.
The strata owns its records
Under BC's PIPA. Never sold, never used for advertising, and returned when the agreement ends.
The AI doesn't learn from it
Texts, email and chat run on Anthropic's Claude, whose commercial terms don't train on your data. Calls run through a voice service on OpenAI's GPT-4.1.
Breaches
Reported the same day to the manager and the council president.

The full data-safety page

Questions we hear

Is this strata management?

No. Your licensed managers stay in charge. Strata OS handles the intake, the follow-up, the logistics and the reporting.

Do we have to change our portal?

No. Otto sends residents to your own portal for the things you handle there, and emails your office the rest.

What does Otto never do?

He never approves work or spends the strata's money. He never fines, warns or rules on a bylaw. He never tells anyone who lives in a unit, or who is on site. And he never does what he hasn't been taught: a new situation goes to a person.

Is it a real person on the phone?

No, and he says so. He introduces himself as the building's assistant. Putting a caller straight through to the person on call is built and being switched on; today he takes the details and alerts whoever is on call.

How long does setup take?

We do the setup: the bylaws, rules, minutes, owner list and trades go in, and Otto is taught how the building handles a leak, a lockout or a noise complaint. Council's time is about two hours.

Who owns the data?

The strata does, under BC's PIPA. It is never sold and never used for advertising.

Can we leave?

Yes, on 30 days' notice. Your records are returned.

Next step

Book a demo

Tell us about your buildings and Paul will be in touch, usually the same day. We'll show you Otto on a test building, so nothing touches a real one.