EstateIQ EMS – Estate Management Solution for Community Schemes
Built for South African Body Corporates & Home Owners' Associations

One platform.
Total control.

EstateIQ EMS is a governance, compliance and transparency platform built specifically for South African sectional title schemes and homeowners associations. Self-managed or agent-managed, the body corporate stays in control of its own data.

15
Modules
8
User Roles
24
Permission Keys
23
Document Categories
Key Differentiators

Why EstateIQ EMS?

EstateIQ EMS is built around the body corporate's legal requirements. Not just a document store. A purpose-built governance, compliance and transparency platform for the way South African community schemes actually operate.

The body corporate owns its data

Every record, document and audit entry belongs exclusively to the scheme. Grant your managing agent the access they need, and retain full ownership regardless of who administers the estate.

Built for South African legislation

Sectional Title Legislation, POPIA, FICA beneficial ownership and CSOS compliance are built in from the ground up. Not bolted on as an afterthought.

Trustee-controlled permissions

Trustees control exactly who can see, upload or action any part of the system. 24 individual access settings across 6 areas. No blanket access. No surprises.

Owner Document Rights

Owners always have access to documents relating to their own section. This is a legal entitlement, not a permission setting. No administrator can restrict an owner's view of their own records.

Every action is recorded

Tamper-evident, append-only audit trail on every change made in the system. 7-year retention aligned with South African legislation.

Works with or without a managing agent

Whether your scheme is self-managed or professionally managed, EMS fits seamlessly into your existing structure. No need to change how your estate operates to get the benefits.

Built for governance, compliance and transparency

Not just a tool for day-to-day admin. A platform that puts proper governance at the centre of every body corporate decision.

Ready to take control?

Everything your scheme needs, in one place.

EstateIQ EMS brings governance, compliance, document management and more under a single platform built specifically for South African body corporates and homeowners associations. Join the waitlist today and be first in line when we launch.

Platform Modules

15 modules. Everything included.

Every module is purpose-built for the way South African body corporates operate. Nothing is an add-on. Nothing costs extra.

User Management

Create and manage user accounts, roles and granular permissions across all 8 system roles. Invite emails sent automatically with a 5-day expiry.

Owner Management

Tracks current and historical ownership for natural persons and juristic entities. FICA and beneficial ownership compliant. Records are never deleted.

Tenants

POPIA-compliant residency register for the body corporate. Tracks tenants and occupants per section. Excludes all private lease financial details.

Service Providers

Day-to-day management of all estate service providers, contracts, linked documents and trustee-voted payment approvals. Contract expiry monitoring built in.

Pet Register

Scheme-wide register of all pets per section. Tracks approval status and supporting documentation. Fully linked to the owner and section record.

Vehicle Register

Centralised record of all vehicles associated with each section. Supports scheme rules enforcement and parking management.

Access Device Register

Tracks all access devices issued per section, including remote controls, tags and fobs. Supports deactivation and handover management.

Parking Bay Register

Maintains a complete record of all parking bays and their current allocations. Eliminates disputes and keeps the scheme's parking picture accurate at all times.

Document Management

Centralised repository across 23 categories with role-based access control and a full download audit trail. Every document is permanently section-linked.

Reports

Read-only reports across all modules, organised by audience: Financial, Governance, Property and Audit. Exportable to PDF and CSV. Never writes to the database.

Task Management

Keeps all trustee tasks, compliance actions and owner requests in one place. Assign, track and sign off on items as a team. Majority vote thresholds are configurable per task type.

Forms

Structured submission and approval workflows for owner requests and notifications. Every decision automatically generates a compliance document linked to the section.

Property & Section Management

Central register of all sections. Auto-calculates participation quota and levies. Tracks whether each unit is occupied or vacant, so the scheme always has an accurate, up-to-date picture.

Estate Settings

Manage and update all estate configuration at any time after initial setup is complete. Every change is audit logged with old and new values.

Audit Trail

Tamper-evident, append-only record of every significant action taken in the EMS. 7-year retention aligned with South African legislation.

More Coming Soon

Additional modules are in development. EstateIQ EMS continues to grow.

Built for Ease of Use

Designed around the way trustees actually work.

Powerful where it counts. Simple where it matters.

Estate Setup Wizard

A guided, step-by-step setup process gets your estate configured and ready to use in minutes.

CSV Data Import

Bulk-import property, ownership and tenancy data with full pre-import validation and a grouped audit trail.

Visual Dashboard Navigation

A role-appropriate visual dashboard gives every user instant access to the modules relevant to them.

Compliance built in from day one.

EstateIQ EMS is designed around South African legislation, not adapted to it.

Sectional Title Legislation
Scheme governance
POPIA
Data protection
FICA
Beneficial ownership
CSOS
Governance compliance