Scottish tenement repairs

8 strangers.
One leaking roof.
No plan.

Poynted gives Scottish tenement owners a single place to see what needs fixing, agree on costs, and pay their share — without the endless group chats and stalled decisions.

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584,000 tenement properties in Scotland
Most have no formal owner coordination
One platform to finally sort it

Repairs don't fail because of money.
They fail because of people.

Scotland's tenements are shared buildings. The roof, the stair, the guttering — they belong to everyone and no-one. When something breaks, the cost gets split. But first, eight strangers need to agree. Then collect money. Then trust someone to spend it.

Most of the time, it doesn't happen. Not because people don't care, but because there's no mechanism to make it easy. The building decays, the disputes fester, and everyone loses.

This is a textbook collective action failure — and it has a solution.

How it works

Four steps. No ambiguity.

01

See what needs fixing

Photos, contractor quotes, and repair scope — all in one place. No more trying to describe a crack over WhatsApp.

02

Vote to approve

Simple majority. Every owner sees the decision and the reasoning. Transparent from start to finish.

03

Pay your share

Payments held securely until the threshold is met. Money only releases when enough owners have committed — no one pays until everyone does.

04

Track what was done

A timestamped repair log for your building. Useful for buyers, factors, and anyone who moves in later.

Who it's for

If you own a flat in a tenement, this is for you.

  • Owners who've been trying to get a repair agreed for months
  • The one person in the stair who actually chases things up
  • Anyone who's just bought in and inherited someone else's mess
  • Factors looking for a better way to manage shared decisions

"The roof's been leaking for two years. We all know it needs fixed. Nobody can agree on anything."

— Every stair in Scotland, probably

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We're building this.
Tell us if you need it.

Poynted is in early development. If you own a tenement flat and this sounds useful, we want to hear from you — your building's situation helps us build something that actually works.

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