MehliaReal EstateUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates

All-in-One Property Management for Landlords and Tenants

Product Engineering · Technical Architecture & System Design

About Project

One place to manage rentals, tenants, and maintenance

Mehlia is a property-management platform built for independent landlords, property managers, and small agencies who need structure without enterprise complexity. Appening partnered with Selira Technology Ventures to design and engineer the full product surface: a Flutter landlord app, a Flutter tenant app (Mehlia Resident), a Node.js + MongoDB API, and a Next.js marketing site with an authenticated admin CMS.

One place to manage rentals, tenants, and maintenance
The Challenge

Rentals run on spreadsheets, chats, and paper leases

Property management for small and mid-size portfolios runs on tools that were never designed to work together. Landlords stitch together Excel rent logs, email receipts, group chats, and paper leases — and something slips every week.

  • Rent and expenses live in separate places. Payment status, due dates, and expense records sit in different files and apps. Landlords cannot see true profitability per property without manual reconciliation.
  • Maintenance requests arrive without context. Tenants report issues through WhatsApp or phone calls with no photos, no ticket history, and no link to the unit or lease. Every repair starts from scratch.
  • Communication is scattered and untraceable. Landlord–tenant conversations happen across messaging apps with no property context, no audit trail, and no connection to rent or maintenance records.
The Challenge
The Result

Less admin, clearer books, fewer missed repairs

Appening successfully delivered Mehlia from concept to a production-ready platform in just 3 months. The result is a scalable property management platform that simplifies communication, rent collection, and day-to-day operations for both landlords and residents. Key outcomes included:

  • Real-time rent tracking and notifications that keep landlords informed about rent status while automatically notifying residents about upcoming and completed payments.
  • Built-in landlord–tenant messaging powered by Socket.IO, featuring real-time chat, typing indicators, online presence, and image/document sharing, reducing the need for external communication tools.
  • Role-based access control, allowing landlords to delegate responsibilities to property managers and staff while maintaining secure access to relevant property and tenant data.
Product Features

Inside Mehlia

Explore the key modules and capabilities we designed and built. Select one to see what it does.

Multi-Property Dashboard

<p>Landlords get a complete view of their property portfolio from a single dashboard. Key metrics such as occupancy rates, rent collected, overdue payments, maintenance requests, and upcoming lease expirations are surfaced in real time, with quick actions and prioritized task lists for faster property management. </p><p><strong>Agency Engineering Value-Add: </strong> Built aggregated property-level analytics powered by Syncfusion charts and custom visualizations, enabling landlords to track financial performance and operational health at a glance. Advanced reporting features, including PDF and Excel exports, are gated by subscription tiers and managed through a scalable GetX-driven analytics pipeline.</p>

Multi-Property Dashboard
Technology Stack

Backend

Node.js / ExpressNode.js / Express
MongoDB / MongooseMongoDB / Mongoose
JWT + bcrypt JWT + bcrypt
Socket.ioSocket.io
Redis / BullRedis / Bull
StripeStripe
i18next  i18next

Frontend

Next.jsNext.js
React/TypeScript React/TypeScript
TailwindTailwind
TanStack QueryTanStack Query
ZustandZustand
RechartsRecharts

Mobile App

Flutter / DartFlutter / Dart
GetX GetX
SyncfusionSyncfusion
Firebase AuthFirebase Auth
Flutter firebaseFlutter firebase
storekitstorekit
Google MLKitGoogle MLKit
App LinksApp Links

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS S3AWS S3

Third-Party Integrations

Apple IAPApple IAP
Firebase Cloud Messaging Firebase Cloud Messaging
FreshchatFreshchat

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