2houses was founded in May 2011 in Belgium by Gill Ruidant, a divorced parent who built the platform to address organizational gaps he encountered managing shared custody. The company graduated from the Brussels Founder Institute and won first place at the Spring 2011 Brussels Semester. It has since grown into an internationally used co-parenting platform available on web, iOS, and Android.
The platform's core features include a custody calendar that syncs with iCal, Google Calendar, and Outlook and supports schedule-change requests with notification and approval workflows, shared expense tracking with balance displays and exportable PDF or CSV reports by category and time period, a secure messaging channel, a journal for sharing photos, school updates, and medical information, and storage for important child-related documents.
2houses is used by separated and divorced parents managing shared custody arrangements globally, particularly in Europe and North America. Family law attorneys and mediators recommend it as a practical tool for parents transitioning from litigation to structured co-parenting, as the documented expense records and communication history can be referenced in post-decree proceedings.
Compared with more litigation-focused tools like TalkingParents, 2houses emphasizes day-to-day organizational convenience — calendar management and expense equity — rather than court-admissible record certification. This makes it better suited for cooperative co-parenting situations and less suited for high-conflict cases requiring authenticated communications.
Hands-on review pending.
