A construction platform connecting homeowners, contractors and suppliers in one app

Overview

UBuild connects homeowners, vendors and contractors. Builders find materials and trusted professionals, businesses get a digital profile customers can discover, and every project expense is tracked in one place. Ecomsy designed the mobile app experience and the website that supports it.

Business challenges

• A fragmented trade. Finding the right supplier or contractor still depends on word of mouth and phone calls.
• Small businesses without a digital presence. Many vendors have no way to be discovered online.
• Expenses on paper. Project spending is tracked in notebooks, so nobody has a clear picture of the budget.

The scope

A mobile-first platform with a familiar, social feel for discovery, plus practical tools for profiles, payments and project expenses.

Key priorities

• Make discovery feel as easy as a social feed
• Give every business a shareable profile
• Track project expenses simply
• Reward payments made through the app

Solution

We combined the patterns people already know from social apps with the practical tools a building project needs.

• A social-style feed and reels. Homeowners browse work, materials and ideas the way they already browse social media.
• Digital business profiles. Vendors and contractors get a profile customers can find, follow and contact.
• Smart Khata. A digital ledger that keeps every project expense in check.

The result. One app that takes a project from first idea to final payment, available on iOS, Android and the web.