Your rentals,managed.You just approve.
Keel handles the operating work behind a rental — tenant messages, maintenance triage, rent chasing, compliance. You make the decisions that matter, not the ones that don’t.
- 30-day free trial
- No lock-in contract
- Cancel anytime
Built by Sam Sadler, an NZ landlord in Wellington · for landlords from Auckland to InvercargillNeeds your approval
3 decisions waiting
TUE · 4:12 PM
Heat pump — no cold air
Skip matched Wellington Heat Pump Co · quote $340 · avail Wed AM.
Rent 3 days late
First chase sent Mon. Second chase scheduled for Thu 9am.
Healthy Homes statement
Draft built from last inspection. Ready to send to tenant.
14 things handled this week — messages answered, arrears chased, compliance tracked.
Needs your approval
3 decisions waiting
Heat pump — no cold air
MAINTENANCE · 12 Oriental Pde · Liu-Chen
Rent 3 days late
RENT · 4B Hawker St · Māhuta
Healthy Homes statement
COMPLIANCE · 19 Mt Victoria Rise · new tenancy
Most landlord software stores information. Keel does the work. The routine operational load — messages, triage, chasing, paperwork — runs underneath. What comes back to you is a short queue of decisions only you can make.
Skip · the operator
The first layer of operations, handled.
Skip is the operator inside Keel. It takes tenant messages, routes maintenance to your trades, chases late rent, drafts compliance paperwork — then 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
A week in review
Four moments a week. That’s the job.
Every other message, reminder, chase and draft happens underneath. You see the moments that move a rental forward.
MON · 8:14 AM
Tenant messageA tenant flags a dishwasher leak.
Skip triaged, coached the tenant through shutting off the inlet, and booked Wellington Plumbing.
You
Tap approve on the $280 cap.
WED · 11:02 AM
MaintenanceThe plumber files a quote.
Quote matched against your trades, cross-checked vs market, added to the timeline for the property.
You
One tap approve. Job moves.
FRI · 4:40 PM
ComplianceHealthy Homes deadline in 14 days.
Skip pre-drafted the statement from the last inspection, ready to send.
You
Review, sign, send. 90 seconds.
SAT · Weekend
NothingZero tasks. Rent cleared Wed.
The week closed itself. Rent receipts filed, statement exported for Xero.
You
Close the laptop.
Average landlord week on Keel: 4 approvals, 5 minutes total.
See a full landlord’s weekBuilt for Aotearoa
Every obligation, tracked properly.
Keel is modelled on the Residential Tenancies Act and Healthy Homes Standards — not a generic global property tool with NZ fields bolted on.
Healthy Homes Standards tracked per property
Heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture, draught — each a separate row with its own deadline.
Tribunal-aligned notices and templates
14-day, 21-day, breach, rent increase. Dated, served, filed.
Bond & rent flow matches Tenancy Services
Akahu bank-feed reconciliation in preview (GA Q3 2026). Bond lodgement coming Q3 — manual via Tenancy Services for now. Pro-rata on move-in and move-out.
Healthy Homes · portfolio view
3 properties
12 Oriental Pde
Next review Jul 10 · Compliant
4B Hawker St
Next review Sep 02 · Compliant
19 Mt Victoria Rise
Heating statement due in 14d · Action needed
H heating · I insulation · V ventilation · M moisture · D draught
Pricing
One property. One flat fee.
Volume priced — add properties and each one costs less. From property 10, every extra property is free (capped at $99/mo, $9.90 effective each).
Volume scale
| 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.
Frequently asked
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 handles the operating work (tenant messages, maintenance triage, arrears chasing, compliance reminders) automatically. 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). Bank reconciliation runs through Akahu, NZ's open-banking standard. 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. The only paid add-ons are tenant credit checks ($19+ per check) and listing-distribution boosts.
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
Set up your first rental. Let the week close itself.
30 days free. No credit card. If Keel doesn’t fit your rental, take the 2-minute fit check first — we’ll tell you honestly.
- From $15/mo
- No lock-in
- Made for Aotearoa