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Experience with CommonFloor has been wonderful – TOI, Pune

Nov 27th, 10 / 0 Comments

Housing societies getting tech-savvy

The Times of India

Nov 25, 2010, Prasad Kulkarni & Kalyani Sardesai, Pune

With internet technology reaching out to all spheres of life, several housing societies in the city are giving a thumbs-up to managing their affairs through online portals …..

Nitin Pandya, vice-chairman of Cloud Nine, a residential complex on NIBM Road said, “Our society is using a portal called Common Floor. With the help of this portal, the society facilitates easy online communication. Residents can register their complaints about a variety of issues, avail information and issue notices, too.”

According to Pandya, the society of around 200 households has been using the site for about a year. “The experience has been wonderful,” he said.

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Thanks Mr. Nitin for the mention and appreciation. We look forward for the continued support from all our users.

Read complete article here

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New: Vendor Connect – Vendor Management and Vendor Marketplace

Oct 20th, 10 / 1 Comment

My beloved users/moderators/Committee Members and well wishers,

I am glad to announce the launch of our latest upgraded feature “Vendor Connect”- India’s Largest Business to Community-B2Com, Marketplace of Vendors for services to Apartment Communities.

Enhancing our earlier feature “Vendor/Services” we have launched a full fledged Vendor Management along with a Marketplace(for Annual Maintenance Contracts and One time service needs).This feature in is intended to ease the pain of Handling vendor information and getting new vendors.

The objectives of the feature are:
1. To help you Manage your Vendors .

  • Who are currently Serving you, have served you in past or sent you a proposal
  • Manage the AMC(Annual Maintenance Contracts) due dates and Contracts.
  • List of communities where the vendor is serving
  • The Escalation Matrix(Service Executives at different levels)
  • Maintain Notes by outgoing committee about a vendor

2. To provide a Comprehensive Vendor list and Request for Quote

  • See the list of all vendors in your city
  • Request for quotation for services for your community
  • Know how many communities the vendor is serving

Login to your Commonfloor now to use this feature!!!

I thank all our communities from Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR who have contributed their thoughts and requirements in making this feature very useful for everyone.

Do take it for a spin and let me know your thoughts, comments, testimonials and feedback.

Looking forward to an easier Vendor Management in your Community.

Cheers!!
Vikas

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CommonFloor features in Financial Express’s story on Indian Social Media

Sep 5th, 10 / 1 Comment

Goutam Das
Posted: Monday, Sep 06, 2010

financial-express “… CommonFloor is a social media platform for apartment owners, helping in local networking. Know what book your neighbour is reading; what he thinks of the swimming pool no one visits; of dog menace in the locality; is he open to car pooling? … ”

” …There are 20,000 apartment communities on the platform from 95 Indian cities. About 500 businesses—starting from banks to car makers—are either advertising on the site or paying a fee to get recommended to consumers who need a product or service…. ”

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We will, We will, Rock You! CF turns 3

Jun 8th, 10 / 2 Comments

Its a moment of pride, satisfaction and joy for all the members of Commonfloor team as we celebrate 3rd anniversary of maxHeap Technologies pvt ltd ( Parent company of CommonFloor.com). The mantra on every team member’s lips is “We will, We will Rock You!”

Three years of making things happen,  getting our users smile and enriching community living has been a thrilling adventure. It’s been a pleasure to cater to such enthusiastic users/moderators/committee members who have made CommonFloor the must have portal for every apartment/residential society. We thank them all for this day,  for their trust and for their commitment to make their communities e-empowered.

We also thank our passionate and zealous team,  now numbering over 35 members,  for their love, commitment, hard work and single minded customer focus that makes us what we are.

This day we stand together and re-iterate our pledge of  providing the best in class technology solution to make living-in  and managing apartment easier.

The Team celebrated this day with cake, games and dance party; below are few snaps from the celebration at maxHeap office(June 5th, 2010):

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CommonFloor.com: Our Swanky New Office

Mar 31st, 10 / 4 Comments

Today we would like to quote the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius , Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger ) , as we go forward creating a platform of choice for thousands of our Apartment /Residential communities across over 70 cities in India.

We have migrated to a larger office to accommodate our ever growing team of Tech whizzes to ensure that you get the best of technology to help you enjoy a Happy Community Living. Our team now has 25 young, dynamic and energetic members bringing in diverse skills to the company. The team comprises of IITians, BITsians, XLRI Alum, MBA’s , Engineers with background experience from SAP,ORACLE, SAMSUNG, TATA and more.

The plush green swanky new office

The plush green swanky new office

On this occasion we would like to thank all our Communities, Moderators/Administrators, Apartment Associations, Customers, Partners and Employees for their support, belief and continuous appreciation of our services.

We are very excited about the feedback and usage of CommonFloor and you can look forward to an exciting array of features, functionality and ground breaking innovative possibilities in coming months.

“Together we herald a new era in Apartment Management and Communication making every community a Happy CommonFloor Community”.

Thanks again for your continued support and feedback in making your CommonFloor even better for your communities.

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Go out and vote in Bangalore BBMP elections on 28th March, 2010

Mar 23rd, 10 / 11 Comments

Jaagte RahoJanaagraha’s Jaagte Raho! campaign has teamed up with CommonFloor to ensure all residents of Bangalore go out and vote for these all important elections, which will affect our quality of lives on a day-to-day basis!

The BBMP elections are here finally! Get ready to elect your Ward Corporator on coming Sunday – 28th March 2010, and play your role in improving the governance in Bangalore.

In case you wish to BE THE CHANGE, you can run an effective door-to-door campaign in your own society / neighbourhood, and ensure that all your neighbors go out and vote in these elections!

Download our guide to organize a neighborhood door-to-door drive.

In order to vote in these elections, your name must be on the voter’s list.

  • If you were registered to vote for 2009 Loksabha elections, check the voter list click here.
  • If you registered recently (after May 2009), check the latest supplement at the office of your Revenue Officer (RO). Click here for to find the address.

Please remember that your name must be on the voter list for you to cast your vote whether you have a voter ID card or not. If you haven’t been issued a voter ID card, you can vote with any other valid photo ID card.

To know more about your candidates, click here to check the affidavit details (education, assets, criminal records) of the candidates contesting from your ward. You can also be a part of the following “Know Your Candidate” events being held across Bangalore:

Ward 7- Byataranayapura
Date and Time: March 23 (Tue), 4:30pm
Venue: Vinayaka Sunrise School, Coffee Board Layout, Near MK Ahmed Stores, Kempapura.

Ward: 112-Domlur
Date and Time: March 24 (Wed), 4:30pm
Venue: Domlur club, Domlur

Ward: 34-Gangenahalli
Date and Time: March 24 (Wed), 5pm
Venue: Staff institute, DGQA Residential Complex near Para School, Mekhri School,Opp. HQ training command, airforce, Bangalore- 560032

Ward 6: Thanisandra
Date and Time: March 24 (Wed), 4:30pm
Venue:Kenneth George English School, Bhuvaneshwari Nagar.

To volunteer with Jaagte Raho! campaign or for further details, call at (080) 41277105.

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The Hindu Coverage – Connecting apartment residents online

Nov 17th, 09 / 5 Comments


Connecting apartment residents online: Neighbours stay in touch thanks to technology

Bangalore-based start-up www.CommonFloor.com claims to have its presence in 22 cities…

In Chennai, the company has designed the online apartment management tool for around 1,500 communities, where services like maintenance fee tracker, issue tracker, SMS reminders for active residents and owners’ association members come installed. Online communities help address issues effectively, particularly when members have no time to attend association meetings…

Ceebros Mayfair Owners and Residents, Velachery, and YS Enclave Owners and Residents, Virugambakkam, are among those using technology to stay connected …

Complete Coverage

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Celebrating 2 years of hard work & success

Jun 6th, 09 / 3 Comments

maxHeap Tech, CommonFloor parent company, turns 2 today.

maxHeap 2nd Bday

maxHeap 2nd Bday

During last 2 years of our existence, we have successfully deployed CommonFloor in 10,000 apartment communities across 8 major cities in India. We would like to thank all our users, partners, boat sailors, and everyone who have been directly or indirectly associated with us to help us achieve this landmark. We are committed to take maxHeap to the next level with much more enthusiasm and hard work.

PS: CommonFloor is the flagship product by maxHeap Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

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CommonFloor among Dataquest’s 25 Hot Indian Internet start-ups

May 13th, 09 / 8 Comments

CommonFloor.com is among 25 of India’s Hot Web Startups, published by DataQuest Magazine (May 2009 Edition).

Thanks a lot to all our users for their love and valuable inputs in making CF better each day.

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BBMP Property Tax Self Assesment Scheme 2009

Feb 24th, 09 / 48 Comments

SAS 2009 for Property Owners

BBMP Bangalore comes with innovative ideas for easy and safe payment of tax. BBMP started collecting property tax from February 10 and the property owner can pay their tax through Citizens’ service center. It is estimated that government can keep track on the tax collected as BBMP organized one center for 4000 property and property owner can get information from BBMP on property tax collecting center from helpline that operates daily from 11 am to 2:30 pm.

BBMP has come with training session for property owners’ to get clear idea on calculation of tax. Currently BBMP collects property tax from Citizens’ service center for the year 2008-09. The property holders having arrears can contact zonal joint or additional commissioner for further proceeding. BBMP has advised property owner to calculate property tax on Unit Area Value (UAV) and not on the basis of Annual Rateable Value (ARV) which were previously calculated. Read More

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