About OurStreet

The premise

Most people know more about strangers on the internet than the people who live thirty metres away. We think that's the wrong way around.

OurStreet is a private community platform for residential streets. Each street has its own hub, closed to outsiders, built around the household, owned by the residents who actually live there. It is designed for the relationships that already exist by virtue of where you live, and the ones that should.

How it works

A hub serves a single street. Membership is tied to a verified residential address, through an invitation code, geolocation at the property, or verification by existing neighbours. This isn't a feed of strangers. It's the people on your actual street, verified to be there.

Hubs operate independently of one another. There's no central feed, no global discovery, no algorithmic ranking. Posts, events, and conversations stay where they belong: on the street they came from.

What we believe

Local trust is built slowly, in person, over years. Software can't manufacture that, but it can help residents find each other once it exists.

Verified identity matters more than reach. A community of fifteen people you'll see at the bus stop is more valuable than fifteen thousand you'll never meet.

Most community platforms have it backwards: they grow by erasing context, monetise by selling attention, and scale by treating residents as users rather than neighbours. OurStreet is built on the opposite premises: small, local, and resident-first.

Privacy and ownership

OurStreet does not sell data, run advertising, or share information with third parties. Hub content is visible only to verified residents of that street. Profiles, posts, and household details never leave the hub.

The platform is independently operated. Decisions about features, moderation, and policy are made with residents' interests as the only input that matters.

Full details are in our Privacy Policy.

Starting a hub on your street

If your street doesn't have a hub yet, you can start one yourself. Search your address from the home page and the platform takes care of the rest.

Get in touch

For partnerships, press, or anything else, get in touch.