Ask
Does anyone have a drill I could borrow this weekend? Happy to bring it back with biscuits.
Pop the kettle on, neighbour.
A private app for one building, run by the people who live in it. Ask, offer and arrange things with neighbours you can trust are real residents.
Kettle is in private testing. The app is not in the App Store or Google Play yet.
Event
Roof terrace tidy-up, Sunday 11am. Gloves provided, tea afterwards.
Example posts
Only people who live in your building get in
Join with a building code
A neighbour or steward shares the code. You tell us your floor, never your flat number.
Prove you live there
A one-off check that you're at the address. We keep only pass or fail, never where you were.
Neighbours vouch for you
Two neighbours who know you say so, a steward approves you, or a postcard with a code arrives at the building.
The feed opens
Once three neighbours are verified, the building feed unlocks. Until then, notices from your stewards are there.
Small, and gone in a couple of days
Ask for a hand, offer something spare, plan a get-together. Posts are short and expire after two days by default, a week at most, so there is no endless feed to scroll.
Problems go to the right people
Report a broken lift or a leak privately. Only you and your stewards see it, with a status you can follow until it is sorted.
Built to be trusted
- No phone numbers, no direct messages
- Everything happens in the open, in the building. Posts are short and carry no links or contact details.
- Your email stays private
- It is only for signing in and getting your account back. It is never shown to neighbours, stewards or anyone else.
- Stewards are neighbours
- Residents approve joiners and keep things kind. Reporting and blocking are always free and always private.
- Safe for 16 and 17 year olds
- Younger neighbours can join, with a steward checking their posts first. Nobody under 16 can.
Free to download
Joining, the feed, notices, private issues, reporting and blocking are free, always. A building can optionally upgrade to Kettle Plus to lift the free member limit. One person buys it and the whole building benefits.
For property managers
A portal for managers is planned for later. Today Kettle is run by residents.