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What homeowners and your team need
We studied renovation marketplaces, home-service booking sites and field-service software before building Lintel and Canopy. Homeowners want a clear price and date; the business needs every job, change and payment recorded. The table shows each need and where we have built it.
Prices up front
- What the leading sites do
- A cost guide or starting prices by service
- Where we have built it
- Lintel: cost guide
Booking
- What the leading sites do
- A service visit booked by area and slot
- Where we have built it
- Canopy: online booking
Quotes
- What the leading sites do
- Options the customer compares and accepts on a phone
- Where we have built it
- Canopy: quotes accepted online, Lintel: proposal and quotation
Scheduling
- What the leading sites do
- Jobs dispatched to technicians by area and skill
- Where we have built it
- Canopy: dispatch schedule
Technician app
- What the leading sites do
- Jobs, checklists, photos and signatures
- Where we have built it
- Canopy: technician app, job report, Brisa app: checklist, readings and the report
Customer app
- What the leading sites do
- Book at a fixed price, follow the technician and approve extras
- Where we have built it
- Brisa app: book at a fixed price, on the way, extras approved first
Variations
- What the leading sites do
- Extra work approved by the client before it starts
- Where we have built it
- Lintel: variation approval
Claims and payments
- What the leading sites do
- Progress claims, invoices and reminders
- Where we have built it
- Lintel: progress claims, Canopy: invoices and reminders
Defects
- What the leading sites do
- Defects pinned on the floor plan and closed with photos
- Where we have built it
- Lintel: defects on the floor plan
Claims and pay
- What the leading sites do
- Technicians claim parts and mileage with receipts; the month’s pay and payslips
- Where we have built it
- Canopy: expense claims, payroll, payslips
| Need | What the leading sites do | Where we have built it |
|---|---|---|
| Prices up front | A cost guide or starting prices by service | Lintel: cost guide |
| Booking | A service visit booked by area and slot | Canopy: online booking |
| Quotes | Options the customer compares and accepts on a phone | Canopy: quotes accepted online, Lintel: proposal and quotation |
| Scheduling | Jobs dispatched to technicians by area and skill | Canopy: dispatch schedule |
| Technician app | Jobs, checklists, photos and signatures | Canopy: technician app, job report, Brisa app: checklist, readings and the report |
| Customer app | Book at a fixed price, follow the technician and approve extras | Brisa app: book at a fixed price, on the way, extras approved first |
| Variations | Extra work approved by the client before it starts | Lintel: variation approval |
| Claims and payments | Progress claims, invoices and reminders | Lintel: progress claims, Canopy: invoices and reminders |
| Defects | Defects pinned on the floor plan and closed with photos | Lintel: defects on the floor plan |
| Claims and pay | Technicians claim parts and mileage with receipts; the month’s pay and payslips | Canopy: expense claims, payroll, payslips |
From the first quote to the last defect
The pieces only pay off together: a quote becomes the job, the job’s variations change the claim, the claim’s payment shows in cash flow, and defects after handover are tracked to closure. Lintel shows a renovation project run that way, with a client project room so the homeowner sees progress without calling. Canopy shows the recurring-service version: bookings, dispatch, the technician app and invoices.
The building blocks are on our feature pages: bookings and deposits, signing and consent, calculators and estimators, field service apps, quotation systems and WhatsApp reminders.