The village social app

Neighbours, on the verandah

A lift to the shops. Who’s going to bowls. Not an office portal — the village, talking to itself.

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Wattle Grove

Your village

From the officeNotices
ActivitiesOn this week
LiftsA seat for a neighbour
Clubs & groupsThe regular ones
Book a roomCraft room, guest suite
Who’s whoYour neighbours
Have your sayVote on things
Beyond the gateNearby offers
Ask the officeA fault, or a question
FamilyWho follows you

Residents

Lifts, clubs, and who’s going this week.

The office

Notices, rooms, and the week as it is today.

Head office

Every community you run, in one place. For villages

Local shops

A listing in Beyond the gate. Shop pricing

Both sides

You write. They answer.

You

The office

Notices, the weekly newsletter, who came, and who has gone quiet. One place to run the social life of the village.

Residents

The village

A lift to the shops, who’s already going to bowls, clubs, and a name for the neighbour three doors down. They join with a code from the noticeboard.

In the app

Notices, the week, the clubs, the neighbours

You write the notices. Residents put up the week, offer a lift, join a club, and put names to faces.

What’s onThe office writes it once. Everyone sees it.
ActivitiesWho’s already going. That’s what gets someone out the door.
ClubsStanding groups. Nobody has to recreate them each week.
Who’s whoSo someone three weeks in can put names to faces.
Tap through it yourselfA demo village with invented neighbours. See it as a resident, the office, or head office. No sign-up.
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What’s in it

Everything the village already does

Not a portal of forms. The social life of the place, in one app residents will actually open.

LiftsA seat to bowls, or to the shops. Nobody is paid — you do it for a neighbour, and they can write to thank you.
ActivitiesWhat’s on this week, who’s already going, and I’ll be there. Residents can put something on themselves.
Clubs & groupsThe regular ones — Thursday cards, the walking group — so nobody recreates them each week.
Who’s whoName, street, a photo. Opt in. So someone three weeks in can put a face to a name.
MessagesA private note between two neighbours. Not a feed, not the whole village.
From the officeThe pool is closed. Christmas lunch is on. Written once, seen by everyone.
Ask the officeA path light that’s out, or a question. It goes to staff, not into a Facebook thread.
Book a roomCraft room, guest suite, the green. The paper diary can go.
PhotosShare a picture from bowls. Neighbours can say they were there.
Have your sayOne question, a few answers. The Christmas party date, settled.
FamilyAn adult child follows along — only what you choose to share. Never messages. Never neighbours.
Beyond the gateThe café near the gate, and offers meant for the people who live here. List your business.

Why it’s different

Not another village portal

Most of what’s sold to over-55s communities is the office talking at people, or a social feed that was never built for this age. Verandah is the bit in between: neighbours, on the verandah.

Out there

An office portal: notices, forms, and a password nobody remembers.

Verandah

Neighbours helping neighbours. A lift, a seat at bowls, a note to say thanks.

Out there

A Facebook group. Loud, public, and the office can’t really run it.

Verandah

Private messages, and a home of big tiles — one job per screen, read at arm’s length.

Out there

A PDF newsletter once a week, already out of date.

Verandah

The week as it is today. Who’s going. Who still needs a seat.

Out there

A family “safety” app that watches someone.

Verandah

The resident chooses what family sees. They get reassurance. Privacy stays at home.

In the same app

The rest of village life

The things a community already does, with one place for you and your residents to do them.

Have your sayOne question, a few answers. The Christmas party date, settled.
Book a roomCraft room, guest suite, the green. The paper diary can go.
Needs fixingA resident reports a path light. Staff triage it and close it.
FamilyAn adult child follows along — only what Mum chooses to share.
LiftsSomeone offers a seat to bowls. Someone who no longer drives takes it.
Beyond the villageThe café near the gate, and offers for the people who live here.
PhotosAn album on the Cup lunch, for the people who couldn’t come.
The newsletterAssembled from the week. You edit it and send it.

For you

You can see the week

Staff write the notices, approve what residents put up, mark who came, and send the newsletter. Head office sees across every community they run.

Who has gone quietSomeone who came to book club for two years, then stopped. Flagged in weeks. Your staff see it. Other residents do not.
AttendanceWhoever hosts marks who actually came — including people who will never open an app.
No smartphoneThe office keeps a phone list. A burst pipe still reaches the people who never join the app.
One community, or fortyEach village is sealed off from the next. An operator still gets one view across all of theirs.
The newsletterAssembled from the week. You edit it and send it, without opening Word.

More for village teams and head office →

Pricing

One simple price for the whole village

Residents never pay. You pay for the village, by how many homes are in it. Every village gets every feature.

1 How many homes in the village?

A couple in one villa is one home.

2 How would you like to pay?

  1. 1Make your account

    Sign up as head office and agree to the service agreement.

  2. 2Add your village

    Name it, set the homes, and pay by card on Stripe’s secure page.

  3. 3Residents join

    Put the join code on the noticeboard. People without a smartphone go on the office phone list.

Can we cancel?

Yes, any time in the app. Month to month, or a year if you choose yearly. Refunds.

What if the village grows?

The price moves to the next band on your next charge. The village never gets switched off.

If we leave?

You get an export of your events, attendance and residents. Then we delete ours.

Questions first? Send us a message or try the demo village.

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Available now on iPhone and Android.

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Talk to us

Questions? Send us a note

About Verandah for your village, a listing for your business, or help with the app. A real person in Melbourne will write back, usually within a working day.

A real person in Melbourne reads every message, usually within a working day. Or email hello@verandahapp.com.au.