Your rentals,
managed.
You just approve.
Keel gently handles the day-to-day behind a rental - messages, maintenance, rent, compliance - and hands you back only the few moments that genuinely need you.
- 30-day free trial
- No lock-in contract
- Cancel anytime
Built for NZ landlords,from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
Get your evenings
back.
Keel runs the rental quietly in the background, so managing your own properties stops eating your weekends.
The first layer of operations, handled.
Skip takes the tenant messages, routes maintenance to your trades, chases late rent and drafts the paperwork - then quietly surfaces the moments that need you.
Māhuta Rangi
Tenant · 4B Hawker St
Tenant · 8 min ago
Skip · 2 min ago
Tenant · just now
Draft · not sent
Compliance timeline
12 Oriental Pde · Wellington
- Mar 14
Insulation statement
Signed · filed with tenancy
- Mar 14
Smoke alarm check
Last serviced 22 Feb · compliant
- Apr 28
Heating assessment
Reminder queued · 7 days out
- Jul 10
Healthy Homes statement
Due on tenancy renewal
- Nov 04
Annual inspection
Tenant notice 48h prior
Four little moments a week.
That’s really the whole job.
Every other message, reminder and chase happens softly in the background. You just see the moments that move a rental forward.
Every obligation,
tracked properly.
Keel is modelled on the Residential Tenancies Act and the Healthy Homes Standards - not a generic global tool with NZ fields bolted on.
Next review Jul 10 · Compliant
Next review Sep 02 · Compliant
Heating statement due in 14d · Action needed
Built for the way
New Zealand actually rents.
From a Wellington villa to an Auckland townhouse - Keel speaks RTA, Healthy Homes and Tenancy Services natively.
Made by a Kiwi landlord,
for Kiwi landlords.
Keel isn’t a faceless platform. It’s built by someone who manages his own rentals here in NZ - so it handles the work the way you actually would, and it’s honest about what it can and can’t do.
One plan. No surprises.
$15/month per property - everything Skip does, across all your rentals. Add properties and each one costs less. Start free for 30 days; pay only when Keel’s actually saving you the evenings.
| Props | Monthly | Per prop / mo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15 | $15.00 |
| 2 | $25 | $12.50 |
| 3 | $35 | $11.67 |
| 5 | $55 | $11.00 |
| 9 | $95 | $10.56 |
| 10 or more | $99 | $9.90 |
| Props | Monthly | Per prop / mo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15 | $15.00 |
| 3 | $35 | $11.67 |
| 5 | $55 | $11.00 |
| 10 or more | $99 | $9.90 |
Prices exclude GST. From 10 properties, pricing caps - every property after is free.
The five questions every
landlord asks first.
How is Keel different from a property manager?
A property manager runs your rentals for ~8.5% of weekly rent + GST - roughly $275/month per property on a $600/week home. Keel costs $15/month per property and takes the operating work off your plate (tenant messages, maintenance triage, arrears notices, compliance reminders). You stay the decision-maker - Skip drafts, you approve.
Is Keel built specifically for New Zealand?
Yes - built around the Residential Tenancies Act 1986, the Healthy Homes Standards, and Tenancy Services. Notice templates are RTA-compliant. Compliance tracking is per-standard (heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture, draught). Akahu (NZ's open-banking standard) bank-feed reconciliation is in preview now, GA Q3 2026 - until then rent is marked paid manually. We don't serve any market other than NZ today.
What does $15 a month actually include?
Everything bundled: Skip AI for tenant comms + maintenance triage, Healthy Homes compliance tracking, tenancy agreements + e-signing, document storage, rent ledger, late-payment chasing, RTA-aligned notices, contractor management, financial reporting, Xero CSV export, and an audit trail. Listing-distribution boosts are the only live paid add-on today. Tenant credit checks (via Centrix) and Akahu auto rent reconciliation are coming Q3 2026.
Can I cancel any time? Is there a lock-in?
Cancel any time, no lock-in, no early-termination fees. Your data stays yours - export everything as CSV/PDF in Settings. The 30-day trial doesn't need a credit card; you only enter payment details when you decide to continue.
Will Skip ever message my tenants without my approval?
No. Every outbound action - sending a notice, contacting a tradie, recording a payment - has a server-side confirmation gate. Skip drafts the message and shows you a confirm/cancel card; nothing fires until you tap confirm. Read-only operations (looking up data, summarising the inbox) run automatically; everything that writes or sends needs your approval.
More questions on our pricing page · or ask us anything
Start today
Let Keel carry the busywork. You keep the calls that matter.
Thirty days free, no card needed. If Keel isn’t right for your rental, the 2-minute fit check will tell you honestly.
- From $15/mo
- No lock-in
- Made for Aotearoa