Owning and maintaining what you have is not always local.
For many people, it means managing a home in another country and the vehicles that go with it, whether that is a family property, a rental, or a place they plan to return to someday. Until now, most home and vehicle maintenance tools, including early versions of iMaintain, quietly assumed everything lived in the United States.
That changes today.
iMaintain now supports international properties and vehicles, with smarter address handling, country-aware AI research, correct currency formatting, and distance units that match how you actually track usage.
The challenge with international ownership
Managing property and vehicles outside the United States comes with a unique set of challenges:
- Address formats vary widely by country
- Data sources differ by region
- Currency formatting matters for valuation and planning
- Distance units are not universal, such as miles versus kilometers
- Many tools rely on US-centric assumptions that break down elsewhere
If you have ever tried to track maintenance or research something abroad using software built only for the United States, you have probably felt that friction.
We wanted iMaintain to work wherever your things are, not just where we started.
What’s new in iMaintain
International property onboarding
You can now add and manage properties outside the United States. Property onboarding supports international address formats and uses a global address search powered by Google Places to make selecting the correct location easy and reliable.
This improves:
- Address accuracy
- Metadata consistency
- Long-term reliability for reminders, files, and history
Country-aware AI property analysis
Property analysis is now location-aware.
When available, iMaintain’s AI uses country-relevant data sources to research properties outside the United States. This improves accuracy for non-US properties and keeps source links aligned with local, trusted sites instead of defaulting to US-based references.
The result is more relevant insights and better context for properties located abroad.
International vehicles
International support now includes vehicles as well.
- You can add vehicles for supported countries with country-aware details, rather than US-only assumptions
- Registration card analysis supports international formats and captures the appropriate fields for each country when available
- Vehicle values display using the correct currency formatting
- Vehicles follow the same consistent structure as properties, including maintenance schedules, reminders, history, files, and notes, regardless of country.
Distance units that match your vehicle
Vehicle maintenance is not just time-based. It is also usage-based, and usage is not the same everywhere.
Non-boat vehicles use miles or kilometers depending on country and preference. iMaintain also supports boats, which are tracked using engine hours rather than distance.
- You can switch between miles and kilometers, and iMaintain automatically converts stored usage values so schedules, reminders, and history remain consistent
Correct currency formatting
Property and vehicle values now display using the correct currency symbol based on location:
- United States: USD ($)
- Canada: CA$
- United Kingdom: £
- Ireland: €
- Australia: AU$
- New Zealand: NZ$
This may seem small, but it matters when you are tracking value, planning maintenance, or reviewing details over time.
Supported countries at launch
International support is available today for:
- United States (US)
- Canada (CA)
- United Kingdom (GB)
- Australia (AU)
- New Zealand (NZ)
- Ireland (IE)
These countries were chosen intentionally to balance data quality, address reliability, and AI research coverage.
Why this matters
This update moves iMaintain closer to its long-term goal of helping people manage and care for everything they own, wherever it is located.
It supports:
- Families with homes in multiple countries
- Property owners living abroad
- Investors managing international properties
- Anyone tired of tools that assume “US-only” by default
What’s next
This is the first step, not the last.
We will continue expanding international coverage, improving country-specific insights, and refining how AI adapts to local context. As always, feedback from early users plays a big role in shaping what comes next.
If you manage property or vehicles outside the United States, or plan to, we would love to hear how this works for you.