De Raiz

De Raiz is a control tower for people building their own house in Portugal and hiring each trade directly – the plumber, the electrician, the builder – with no main contractor keeping the accounts for them. It answers four questions at any moment: • What will this cost in total, and am I within budget? • How much have I paid, and how much is still owed to each supplier? • Which phase am I in, and what is left before the next one? • Where is the contract, the invoice or the photo of that? BUDGET AND MONEY • A budget with a contingency margin, and a summary showing forecast, contracted, paid and still to pay. • Quotes from several suppliers side by side for each trade, before you award the work. • Payment plans in instalments that add up to the contracted amount, to the cent. • Amounts with or without VAT, as they appear on the invoice. The app lists the rates; which one applies to your…