Getting-started guide

When you sign in to VAREK for the first time, a getting-started guide appears at the top of the dashboard to help you get going. The guide adapts to your role.

For the board: the “Get started” checklist

The board admin and chair see a checklist that walks through setting up the housing company. A progress bar shows how far along you are.

1. Complete the housing company details — builder and completion date. These create the security-document templates and the warranty deadlines. → Settings
2. Add buildings and apartments — the company’s buildings and their apartments. → Settings → Apartments
3. Invite the board and shareholders — send invitations to members. → Settings → Members
4. Upload the security documents — track what has been received from the builder. → Security documents
5. Create lifecycle tasks — guided tasks for the phases of the warranty period. → Guide

Steps are ticked off automatically as you complete them — there’s no list to update by hand. Once everything is done, the card disappears. You can also hide it with the Hide link.

For other roles: the welcome card

Shareholders, tenants, accountants and other roles see a lighter welcome card with quick links to the most important actions — for example their own apartment, filing a defect report, booking a facility, or their own invoices. The card can be hidden.

Quick tour

On your first sign-in, the dashboard may also offer a quick tour that points out the key places: the menu sections, switching housing companies, and the AI assistant. The tour is optional — you can start it or skip it. It appears on a computer screen where the full menu is visible.