Renters say so long to paper cuts, hand cramps and 10 pounds of paperwork
Ailo
22 August 2024
Meet Karla & Anikin. Two renters who shared their experience using their Ailo mobile app to complete an ingoing inspection on their new homes – without the paper cuts, hand cramps, and hours of filling out 100+ reports by hand.
What was it like doing inspections the old way?
Anakin
Very difficult. I think just the time we had to move in, it was like around Christmas time for us.
So just trying to get everything done in the first day or two was just crazy. Then you have to go through 100 different pieces of paper to try and check everything and walk around and mark that off and mark this off. It was a bit of a nightmare.
Karla
I used to conduct my rental inspections prior to Ailo by using large pieces of paper. You would get a gigantic checklist and some of them would have pictures on them and tick boxes, and you would have to go through each one and hand pick every single item that was listed there for you making sure that it was all ok.
And then you would have to hand write everything down that you didn't like or that you disagreed with. It was a very clunky way of being able to do rental inspections.
What do you think of Ailo’s paperless experience?
Anakin
Miles better. Easier to just go through things and just like as you walk around with your phone or whatever device you're using, just tick it off and tick it off. It just made life so much easier.
“When I found out that it was all through the app, I was just like ‘no way, that's awesome’. I never want to go through 100 pages of printed photos again”
— Anakin, a renter in NSW
Karla
It worked perfectly. You were able to just drag things down so you could scroll and go into each room. It would have categories that allowed you to go into each labeled room and it was absolutely perfect to use. You could just go straight down the list.
What did you think of e-signing the report?
Karla
It reminded me of how you sign for a package. So you have your authentic digital signature there without having to go and find a pen to do it. You don't have to bring it back. You don't have to take a photocopy of everything.
“It's seamless. It's all digitalised and it's right there, and it's emailed to you immediately as well so that you have a copy as soon as you're finished.”
— Karla, a renter on the NSW South Coast
How long did it take you to conduct your inspection with Ailo?
Anakin
With Ailo, I got it done in half an hour.
With paper, I'd say with pay for it probably took me a few hours. If you're not familiar with the property that you're moving into, you've gotta then find what those photos are and what parts of the house are like. It might say bedroom, but it doesn't actually tell you which bedroom's number one if there's four bedrooms in the house. So you've gotta then like, try and find what bedroom it is and then where that spot is.
What was it like using the Ailo app with your housemate?
Karla
I did notice that there was a feature that enabled you to be able to share that with. So you could actually share with other people and that you could collectively as a group, actually put all of your comments in at the same time. So you could be in different ends of the house and still be checking things off on the same report.
easier inspections for renters
Ailo's paperless inspections for renters
Why 95% of renters gave us a big thumbs up when we first launched paperless inspections for renters
✅ Electronic signing
✅ Automated notifications
✅ Automated reminders
✅ Time-stamping photos
✅ Conduct inspections with housemates at the same time
✅ Signature tracking and more!