Safety, brokers, and what we don't do.

No brokerage

Stoop is a notice board. We don't take a cut of rent, deposits, or “token” money. If someone asks for a broker fee to show you a home listed here, walk away and report the listing (report sits at the bottom of every home).

Meet like a neighbour

• Prefer daytime visits; tell someone where you're going.
• Don't transfer deposits to an unknown UPI before seeing the keys.
• Ask for the owner's ID / society letter if anything feels off.
• WhatsApp and email stay behind sign-in so the board isn't a harvest list.

What stoop is not

• Not an escrow, escrow agent, or payment processor.
• Not a KYC / Aadhaar verifier (yet). “Account 7+ days” only means the poster's login is older than a week.
• Not a party to your lease. Agreements stay between you and them.
• Not a chat product — we pass notes and visit requests, then get out of the way.

Reporting

Spam, broker fronts, stolen photos, already-rented homes — use Report on the listing. We soft-hide quiet listings after two weeks without a bump so ghosts don't clog the board.

Rate limits

New accounts can post a few listings and messages per day. That keeps scrapers and blast brokers from flooding the board.