Monitor short-term rental activity in any apartment building before you buy or invest
Apartment buyers inherit costly, hard-to-fix problems from unregulated short-term letting when the body corporate lacks proper controls.
BlockWatch lets investors track specific buildings and receive alerts when new short-term rental listings appear or when body corporate sentiment changes. Community members anonymously report issues, creating a live risk map for prospective buyers in STR hotspots.
Prospective apartment buyers and investors in strata-titled buildings in short-term rental hotspots
Live community intelligence network combined with automated listing detection — no other tool offers ongoing building-level visibility for strata investors.
supportive
Add any apartment complex to your personal monitoring list
Email and in-app alerts when new STR listings appear in watched buildings
Anonymous reporting of noise, damage, or rule violations with photo upload
Interactive map showing STR density and risk levels by suburb
Public profiles showing history, reported issues, and aggregate risk score
Tracks body corporate meeting tone changes over time
Curated email summary of activity in your watched buildings
Professional PDF reports for lenders or co-investors
Access to building data for real estate professionals
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| subscription_tier | text | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| address | text | No |
| strata_plan | text | Yes |
| risk_score | int | Yes |
| last_updated | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| building_id | uuid | No |
| alert_level | text | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| building_id | uuid | No |
| category | text | No |
| description | text | No |
| is_anonymous | bool | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/buildings/searchSearch buildings by address or suburb
/api/watchlistAdd building to user's watchlist
/api/reportsSubmit community report
/api/alertsGet pending alerts for user
/api/heatmapFetch suburb risk data for map
No alerts
None
Unlimited
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 240 | 14% | $840 | $10,080 |
| Month 6 | 1,850 | 21% | $9,765 | $117,180 |
Real community reports and live short-term rental activity alerts for strata buildings.
Seed the platform with 40 buildings in Byron Bay, Surfers Paradise and Melbourne CBD by manually collecting public data and initial reports. Offer free lifetime Pro accounts to the first 25 active community contributors. Partner with 3 property investment coaches who will promote the tool to their audiences.
Strong data for hosts
No community sentiment or buyer focus
Buyer and investor-centric community layer
Huge property database
No STR risk or community reporting features
Hyper-specific risk intelligence
Community network effects — more users reporting creates more valuable data, increasing retention and attracting new users.
Explosion of short-term rental platforms combined with new regulatory crackdowns has created information asymmetry that technology can now solve at scale.
Low community participation leading to sparse data
Seed data ourselves and incentivize early reporters with free premium access
Defamation claims from reported issues
Strong moderation, anonymous reporting, and legal review of terms
Difficulty automatically detecting new listings
Start with community reporting, add scraping/API integration later
Success: 100+ comments expressing pain and interest in monitoring tool
Success: 200 signups and 40 active watchers in first 30 days
Success: $1,000 MRR within 45 days of launch
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