Commercial rental app for Alterra Group: manage your rental space with one tap
Alterra Group builds, develops and manages commercial and retail property for businesses of various sizes. Perpetio built a cross-platform Flutter app and a web admin panel, so tenants and the managing company can solve any issue without long messages or constant calls.
Alterra Group takes away the hustle of finding a suitable commercial rental space, renovating it, and managing the utilities. Perpetio built a cross-platform Flutter app and a web admin panel that let a rental unit manager and a client stay in touch and solve any issue without long messages or constant calls.
Alterra Group
Alterra Group builds, develops, and manages commercial and retail property for businesses of various sizes, and provides a ready-to-go space for opening new businesses, be it a warehouse or a shop. Over 300 companies are collaborating with Alterra Group.
The challenge: a full-featured app on a strict deadline
Alterra Group needed a finished app by a certain deadline, so we started the work right away. The UI/UX design wasn’t completed when development began, so the team had to find a balance between changing requirements and a tight schedule.
Ship the app by a fixed deadline while the design was still in progress
Build an architecture with every feature for managing a commercial unit
Serve both sides: the renting company and its clients
Keep all the features properly organized and accessible
Work with third-party APIs and create some from scratch
The solution: a Flutter app for tenants and a web panel for the managing company
Cross-platform app
One Flutter app runs seamlessly on iOS and Android, so users of any smartphone can manage their commercial rentals with a few taps.
Web admin panel
A hub for the rental company to review client requests, add information about the unit, check the utility meters’ readings, and more.
Parking lot availability
Users see how many cars are parked on the lot and when employees’ cars enter and exit it.
Utility meter readings
Meter readings data is added in the app, so the manager and the client both see it.
Access for visitors
Permanent or temporary access slips for people and separate permissions for cars.
Requests and news
Renovation and fixing requests go straight to the property manager, and the management shares all the important updates in the app.
For tenants
Everything about the rented unit in one app
Business owners and employees see the unit’s news, leave requests to the property manager and manage who can enter their unit.
Requests processed online
Parking space availability for work schedule planning
Access slips for people and cars
300+companies are collaborating with Alterra Group
For the managing company
One web portal to run the property
Rental company representatives review client requests, add information about the unit and check the utility meters’ readings in the web admin panel.
Client requests in one place
Unit information and news
Utility meter readings
1web portal for requests, unit information and meter readings
How the Alterra app works
Home
See the parking lot and the meters at a glance
Users can check how many cars are parked on the lot and when the employees’ cars enter and exit the parking lot. This allows for better work schedule planning according to parking space availability. Utility meter readings are right in the app too.
1Sign in with a mobile number
2Check free parking spaces for cars and trucks
3See the utility meter readings
Granting access to the unit
Decide who can enter the unit
Clients of the rented commercial space can create permanent or temporary access slips in the app. Users can check how many people can access the unit and what permission type they hold, and create separate access permissions for cars.
1Open Access and grant a new pass
2Choose a permanent or temporary pass, for a person or a car
3See who can access the unit and with what permission
Requests for the managing company
Fix any issue without calls and emails
Businesses don’t need to rely on long messages, back-and-forward calls, and emails to fix a running tap or any other minor issue. Clients can make requests to the management in the app on anything from adding more outlets to setting up a recycling bin.
1Create a request to the management in the app
2Ask for anything from more outlets to a recycling bin
3Get the request processed online
Rental unit news
Know about every change in advance
Alterra Group’s clients don’t need to wonder why they’ve heard a drill sound or why one of the units next door is closed for renovation. The management shares all the important updates in the app so business owners and employees can prepare for any changes.
1Open the unit’s news feed
2Read updates and personal notifications
3Prepare for planned works in advance
Results: a rental unit managed from the phone
commercial rental unit went live right after QA testing
1st
platforms from one Flutter codebase: iOS and Android
2
admin panel for the rental company
Web
months of development
12
Right after the testing by Perpetio’s quality assurance specialist, the app became available on its first commercial rental unit. The first users can view all the news about the unit right in the app, leave renovation and fixing requests to the property manager and get their application processed online.
Tech stack behind the Alterra app
A Flutter app for iOS and Android, a NestJS backend and a React web admin panel, integrated with Hikvision HikCentral.
Languages
Dart, JavaScript
Platforms
iOS + Android + Web
Team
5 people
Client location
Ukraine
Mobile app
Language and IDE
Dart
Flutter
Visual Studio Code
Backend
API and data
NestJS
Mongoose
passport-jwt
Web admin panel
Frontend
React
Vite
antd
dayjs
zustand
Sign-in & stability
Login and crash reporting
Mobile number login
Sentry
Integrations
Access control
Hikvision HikCentral
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