Maintenance collection

Apartment maintenance collection, without the door-to-door chase

Owners keep paying the way they do today: cash, UPI or bank transfer, straight to the association. Nestie records every payment against the flat, issues a receipt, and shows everyone who has paid.

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Nestie payment acknowledgement of ₹3,790 for Flat 201 by UPI, with receipt number PP-20260908-000173

Where the money goes

Nestie never holds, moves or touches your association’s money. It is not a wallet or a payment gateway. Cash goes to your watchman or coordinator, and UPI and bank transfers go straight to the association’s own bank account or UPI ID. Nestie keeps the record and the receipt.

Because Nestie does not process payments, there is no payment gateway to sign up for.

Four ways maintenance comes in

Every one of them ends the same way: a payment recorded against the flat, with a receipt the owner can share.

Cash to the watchman

The watchman picks the flat, enters the amount and confirms. A receipt is ready at once. Later the watchman hands the cash to the coordinator, who counts and confirms it in the app.

Watchman

UPI at the gate

The watchman shows a QR code for your society’s own UPI ID, with the amount filled in. The owner pays, and the watchman enters the UTR from their success screen.

Watchman

UPI from the owner’s phone

An owner pays from their own login with the QR code or a UPI app link, then sends the 12-digit UTR. The coordinator finds the credit in the bank account and confirms it.

Owner + coordinator

Bank transfer

A transfer to the association’s account is recorded with its reference, against the right flat and month.

Watchman

A receipt for every payment

When a payment is recorded, Nestie creates an acknowledgement with its own receipt number and tells the owner in the app and by email. The owner can open it or share it at any time, which settles most “I already paid” conversations.

Payments are never quietly edited or deleted. A correction needs a reason and leaves a record of what changed and who changed it. Nestie also warns when a payment looks like a duplicate of one already recorded.

Nestie Money screen with dues, disputes, expenses, payables, salaries, statements, reports, decisions and notifications

Keeping the money and the record in step

Cash handover

The watchman declares how much cash they are handing over; the coordinator counts it and confirms. If the amounts differ, the handover is flagged for investigation instead of being forgotten.

UPI waiting for checks

A UPI payment reported by an owner does not change any balance until the coordinator confirms it against the bank account. If it is rejected, the owner sees the reason.

Your bank stays the source

Nestie does not read bank statements. The coordinator checks UPI and transfers against the association’s account, and the monthly statement shows what was received.

Moving from a notebook to Nestie

  1. See the demo

    We walk your committee through collection in our sample apartment, on a call or in person.

  2. We set you up

    Your flats, owners, watchman and the association’s UPI ID go in before the next month starts.

  3. Collect next month

    The watchman starts recording payments, and owners see their receipts and the collection progress.

Once payments are in, see how the month’s figures add up in apartment accounts and statements.

Questions about collection

Does the money pass through Nestie?

No. UPI and bank payments go directly to your association’s own account, and cash goes to your watchman or coordinator. Nestie only records the payment.

Do we need a payment gateway or merchant account?

No. The QR codes Nestie shows are for your society’s existing UPI ID.

What if an owner says they paid but it is not recorded?

The owner can check their receipts in the app. If a UPI payment is missing, they can report it with the UTR, and the coordinator checks it against the bank account.

Can the watchman change a payment after recording it?

No. Corrections go through the coordinator, need a reason, and stay in the history.

See it working in 15 minutes.

Message us on WhatsApp for a free demo with Sunrise Residency, our sample apartment. If your association likes it, we set up your flats, owners and watchman for you. You can also email .

+91 91210 09941