How Powerhouse grew 36% with Onsite

Powerhouse Management runs a portfolio of 30 residential buildings across Auckland. Like many growing building managers, they hit a familiar problem: the economics of smaller buildings made it hard to justify a proper building management system, so different buildings ran on different tools - MYBOS in some, Google Sheets in others. The team had to context-switch between systems constantly, and Carlos had no single view across the portfolio.

In the three years since moving to Onsite, Powerhouse has grown their lots under management by 36%.

The economics that finally made it work

The turning point was pricing. Smaller buildings in the Powerhouse portfolio didn’t generate enough revenue to justify a per-building BMS subscription. Onsite’s flexible pricing model changed that equation, making it viable to bring every building onto one platform regardless of size. Three years on, the product itself has become the reason to stay - Onsite has since surpassed the capabilities of the tools Powerhouse left behind.

They started with one or two buildings as a pilot, proved it worked, and moved the whole portfolio across.

One platform for the whole portfolio

With every building on Onsite, a team of six now manages 30 buildings from a single platform — no more system-switching, no more knowledge siloed to whoever knew that particular tool. Operations, communications, and work tracking happen in one place.

Shaping the product together

Powerhouse came on early, and that relationship has shaped the platform. Their feedback has informed how Onsite handles portfolio-scale operations, and the product has evolved to reflect what teams like theirs actually need day-to-day.

Contractor sign-in and digital lockboxes

Today Powerhouse runs operations across the portfolio using features like contractor sign-in and digital lockboxes. Contractors check in and access what they need without extra admin, and the team has a clear record of who’s been on site.