Bridgefield Estate

Help & How-to Guides

Practical, step-by-step help for residents, staff, and directors

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Short, practical guides for the tasks you do in the portal. Choose your role or search for a task.

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Residents

Submit and follow a service request

Report a maintenance, security, noise, or shared-area issue and follow updates from the estate team.

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  1. Open Your requests and choose New request.
  2. Add a short subject, select the closest category and priority, then describe what happened and where.
  3. Submit the request. Its current status and estate-team updates will appear under Your requests.
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Residents

Upload or download a resident document

Keep important records attached to your resident profile and retrieve them when needed.

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  1. Go to Documents in the resident portal.
  2. Choose a document type, select a PDF or image, and choose Upload document.
  3. When the upload is complete, use Download beside the document to retrieve it later.
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Residents

Find current estate announcements

Check notices published for your estate, including community updates and service information.

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  1. Open Estate notices in your resident portal.
  2. Read the announcement and its published date. New notices appear in this section when they are available.
  3. If you need clarification about an announcement, contact the estate management office.
View estate notices
Estate teamAdministrators

Manage residents and move-in onboarding

Find resident records, review occupancy details, and keep move-in tasks and documents organized.

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  1. Open Resident Portfolios and search for the resident or household.
  2. Open the resident record or occupancy view to review property and occupancy information.
  3. Use the onboarding checklist and document controls on the resident record to track outstanding move-in items.
Open resident portfolios
Estate teamAdministrators

Log and manage a complaint

Record an issue, assign responsibility, and keep its status and follow-up visible.

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  1. Open Complaints & SLA and choose the action to log a complaint.
  2. Select the resident or unit, describe the issue, and set an appropriate category and priority.
  3. Assign an owner, add updates as work progresses, and move the complaint through its status workflow.
Open complaints
DirectorsAdministrators

Review and record a board decision

Review pending approval requests and preserve the outcome with a decision note.

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  1. Open Board Resolutions and review requests marked Pending.
  2. Read the request summary, owner, category, and any decision deadline.
  3. Review the current vote tally and other submitted votes, then cast an approve, reject, or abstain vote with a reason. A request is approved only after four members vote yes; changes remain open until four approvals are reached or that threshold is no longer possible.
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DirectorsAdministrators

Track actions on the director action board

Review action items, find work by portfolio, and keep progress up to date.

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  1. Open Director Action Board and search by task, assignee, or portfolio, or choose a portfolio filter.
  2. Review the owner, priority, and due date on each task.
  3. Use Move to when the task changes stage. Open History to review recorded updates.
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Administrators

Set up an estate and register properties

Create the estate first, then add properties and units to establish the portfolio.

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  1. Open Estate Portfolio and choose Create estate. Enter the estate name and unique code.
  2. After the estate is created, choose Add property and enter its name and available address details.
  3. Open the property record to add units where applicable.
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Administrators

Create a staff account

Give a team member an appropriate role and estate scope.

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  1. Open Staff Accounts and choose Add staff account.
  2. Enter the staff member’s name, email, and temporary password, then select their role and estate scope.
  3. Share temporary sign-in details securely. Give only the access needed for their responsibilities.
Open staff accounts
Still need a hand?

Contact the Bridgefield Estate management office for help with your account or a situation not covered here.