Built for independent living operators

Everything a growing residential operator needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Manage residents, maintenance, cleaning and daily operations from one simple platform designed for independent coliving, student housing and residential teams.

For operators who have outgrown spreadsheets, but do not need expensive enterprise software.

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Built for independent operators managing approximately 10 to 150 units, rooms or beds.

The market gap

Small operators are forced to choose between fragmented tools and enterprise software.

Spreadsheets and WhatsApp become difficult to manage as an operation grows. But traditional property systems are often too complex, too expensive and designed around the needs of much larger operators.

Too fragmented

Manual tools

  • Spreadsheets
  • WhatsApp
  • Email
  • Shared folders
  • Manual follow-ups
  • No clear ownership
  • Information spread across different places

Rova

Right-sized operations

  • One shared workspace
  • Simple resident management
  • Clear ticket ownership
  • Cleaning and task coordination
  • Operational visibility
  • Fast onboarding
  • Only the workflows smaller teams need
Right-sized for independent operators

Too complex

Enterprise property software

  • Long implementations
  • High setup costs
  • Unnecessary modules
  • Difficult training
  • Enterprise workflows
  • Systems designed for large portfolios
The solution

Professional operating tools, sized for your business.

Rova gives independent residential teams the structure and visibility of a professional operating platform, without the cost and complexity of enterprise software.

Centralise

Bring resident information, properties, tickets, cleaning and daily tasks into one connected workspace.

Coordinate

Assign responsibilities, track progress and give every team member a clear view of what they need to do.

Stay ahead

See urgent issues, overdue tasks, arrivals and departures before they become operational problems.

Simple enough for a lean team. Structured enough to run professionally.

Who it's for

Built for independent operators who want to run professionally.

Independent coliving operators

The pain: Resident information, maintenance, cleaning and community operations often depend on a small team and fragmented tools.

With Rova: Run the full daily operation from one simple workspace without hiring a large back-office team.

Boutique student residences

The pain: High numbers of arrivals, departures, maintenance issues and cleaning tasks quickly become difficult to coordinate.

With Rova: Give your team a clear system for residents, units and daily operations without enterprise student housing software.

Growing medium-term rental operators

The pain: Spreadsheets stop working as the number of units, residents and suppliers increases.

With Rova: Add structure before growth creates operational chaos.

Owner-operated residential portfolios

The pain: Owners with internal teams often lack a professional system designed around daily residential operations.

With Rova: Give managers, cleaners and maintenance teams one shared operational platform.

Best suited to operators managing approximately 10 to 150 units, rooms or beds.

Origin story

Built because the available alternatives did not fit.

Rova began inside an independent residential operation. We needed a professional way to manage residents, maintenance, cleaning and daily tasks, but the available alternatives were either fragmented tools or complex systems designed for much larger operators.

So we built the platform we needed ourselves — simple enough for a small team, but structured enough to run a professional operation.

Rova is now being adapted for other independent operators facing the same challenge.

Core features

The core tools your team actually needs.

01

Operational dashboard

See urgent issues, arrivals, departures, cleaning tasks and overdue work from one clear dashboard.

  • Occupied and vacant units
  • Upcoming arrivals and departures
  • Open tickets and urgent issues
  • Cleaning due today and overdue tasks
  • Action Centre
02

Residents and stays

Keep resident information, assigned units, stay dates, notes and activity organised in one place.

  • Resident profiles
  • Current unit and stay dates
  • Status, notes and tags
  • Ticket history
  • Activity timeline
03

Maintenance tickets

Receive, assign and track maintenance issues from the first report to final resolution.

  • Ticket submission with photos
  • Priority, category and status
  • Assignee and internal notes
  • Resident-visible updates
  • Activity timeline
04

Cleaning and operational tasks

Coordinate cleaning, check-ins, check-outs, inspections and recurring operational work.

  • Task types and checklists
  • Due dates and assignees
  • Recurring cleaning
  • Overdue tasks visibility
05

Team coordination

Give managers, cleaners and maintenance staff a shared view of responsibilities and progress.

  • Assigned tasks and tickets
  • Clear ownership
  • Status changes
  • Activity history
06

Multi-property view

Keep a simple portfolio overview while managing each property's daily operation separately.

  • Simple portfolio overview
  • Property-level operations
  • Team assignments
  • Property-specific activity
How it works

From scattered workflows to one clear operation.

  1. 1

    Add your properties and units

    Create a simple overview of your buildings, rooms, apartments or units.

  2. 2

    Bring residents and stays into one place

    Centralise resident information, assigned units and stay dates.

  3. 3

    Coordinate tickets, cleaning and tasks

    Assign every issue or task to a clear owner with a status and deadline.

  4. 4

    Focus on what needs attention

    Use the dashboard and Action Centre to see urgent, overdue and upcoming work.

  5. 5

    Run a more consistent operation

    Create clearer processes without introducing enterprise complexity.

Product tour

A closer look inside the workspace.

Realistic views from the Rova workspace for a fictional operator, Arc Living — three properties, 128 units, one team.

Occupancy

87.5%

112 / 128 units

Arrivals this week

6

2 today

Departures this week

5

1 inspection due

Open tickets

14

2 urgent

Portfolio status

Kreuzberg House45/48 occupied5 tickets2 cleans today
Riverside Residence46/52 occupied6 tickets5 cleans today
Nord Studios21/28 occupied3 tickets2 cleans today

Action Centre

Urgent · Boiler not heating

Unit 4.02 · assigned to Marco T.

Urgent

3 check-outs tomorrow

Inspections scheduled

Action

4 cleaning tasks overdue

Riverside Residence

Overdue

Resident awaiting reply

Lena M. · Wi-Fi issue

Action
AI assistance

AI that helps a small team work more efficiently.

Rova uses AI to reduce manual coordination and help teams identify what needs attention. Important decisions and external actions remain under human control.

Ticket triage

Suggests category, priority and the recommended next action.

Suggested resident responses

Prepares a response the team can review, edit and approve.

Daily operations brief

Summarises urgent tickets, overdue tasks, arrivals and departures.

Daily Operations Brief

Arc Living · Tuesday, 08:00

AI-generated · Review before action
  • 2 urgent maintenance tickets
  • 3 overdue cleaning tasks
  • 2 arrivals today
  • 1 check-out requiring inspection
  • 1 resident waiting for a response

Suggested focus: resolve the boiler ticket in Unit 4.02 before today's arrivals, and reassign the two Riverside turnover cleans due before 15:00.

Outcomes

Professional operations without the enterprise overhead.

Faster onboarding

Start with a simple setup instead of a long implementation project.

Easier adoption

Give a small team a platform they can understand and use quickly.

Less operational noise

Replace scattered messages, sheets and manual follow-ups with one shared workspace.

Clearer accountability

Every ticket and task has an owner, status and deadline.

Better visibility

See what is urgent, overdue or upcoming without asking the team for updates.

More consistent resident service

Respond faster and follow issues through to completion.

The shift

Move beyond spreadsheets without moving into enterprise complexity.

Before Rova

  • Resident information in spreadsheets
  • Requests arriving through WhatsApp
  • Cleaning managed manually
  • Tasks followed through messages
  • No clear view of urgent work
  • Managers constantly asking for updates

With Rova

  • One connected workspace
  • Structured resident profiles
  • Clear maintenance tickets
  • Assigned cleaning and tasks
  • Action Centre for priorities
  • Shared visibility across the team
Built for the stage between manual tools and enterprise systems.
Why Rova

Designed around the realities of independent operators.

Right-sized

Built for operators that need professional structure without enterprise complexity.

Operational by design

Focused on residents, maintenance, cleaning and daily work — not unnecessary modules.

Fast to understand

Designed for lean teams without specialist software administrators.

Built from a real operation

Created around the daily workflows of an independent residential business.

Early access

Built with independent operators, not just for them.

We are opening Rova to a limited number of independent residential operators who want to help shape the product around real operational workflows.

Early access operators receive:

  • Personal onboarding
  • Workflow configuration
  • Direct access to the product team
  • Support during implementation
  • Early access to new functionality
  • Opportunity to influence the product roadmap
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See how Rova would run your operation.

Tell us a little about your operation and we will schedule a personal walkthrough of the platform, tailored to your properties and workflows.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Run professionally without operating like a large enterprise.

Bring residents, maintenance, cleaning and daily operations into one simple platform built for independent residential teams.

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For independent operators managing approximately 10 to 150 units, rooms or beds.