Buurt community

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Users Interact, Shares Location
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About this app

Welcome to Buurt — Where Neighbourhoods Come Alive.
Buurt is South Africa's community platform built for estates, gated communities, and retirement villages. Whether you live behind a boom gate or in a retirement village, Buurt connects you to the people, information, and opportunities right on your doorstep.

🏘️ Your Community. Your Economy.
Buy, sell, and trade within your own neighbourhood. Offer your skills, advertise your services, or find what you need from someone who lives down the road. Buurt powers micro-economies that keep value where it belongs — in your community.

💬 Real Connections with Real Neighbours
No more dead WhatsApp groups or missed notice boards. Buurt gives you a trusted space to connect with neighbours, join interest groups, organise events, and build the kind of community worth coming home to.

📢 Always in the Know
Get instant access to estate notices, HOA updates, security alerts, visitor management, emergency contacts, and local service providers — all in one place, always up to date.

🔒 Safe. Trusted. Verified.
Buurt is built exclusively for verified residents. Your community stays private, secure, and free from outside noise.

Why Buurt?
South Africa deserves communities that work. Buurt was founded in 2021 with one mission — to make South Africa the place to live, by solving the everyday problems that divide us and building the digital infrastructure that brings us together.
From Pretoria to Cape Town. From Security Villages to Retirement Estates. This is your Buurt.

Download Buurt today and discover what your neighbourhood is really capable of.
Your community in your pocket
Updated on
Aug 18, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Messages, Photos and videos, and App info and performance
  • This app may collect these data types
    Location, Personal info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted
  • Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

What’s new

Chat has a fresh look — each channel has its own colour, and unread ones stand out.

Also new:
• Report or block anyone in chat; manage blocks from Profile
• Home tiles show a count when there's something new
• Tap Environment photos to view them full screen
• Safer wildlife IDs — we tell you when we can't confirm something is harmless
• Meet your estate team, and find the estate office in Contacts

Admins: estate dashboard, 7-day bookings view, and service approvals from your phone.