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Owners building near youfind you here,at home and abroad.

Trace My Build is how families follow the house they're building, often from the other side of the world. Make a service provider profile, and they can find you, ask you for quotes and bring you onto their build.

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The work is local. More and more of the clients aren't.

Families abroad are building back home, and what they need most is someone on the ground they can trust. Good people lose those jobs every day, not on price or quality, but on distance and doubt.

  • Owners abroad can't meet you

    So the job goes to whoever the family knows, not whoever does the best work.

  • A quote on WhatsApp proves nothing

    Here you price the owner's own house, phase by phase, next to local rates, so a fair price looks fair.

  • Every payment becomes a phone call

    Log it with the receipt and the owner approves it in the app. No arguments over what was spent.

How it works

  1. 1

    Make your profile

    Two minutes: what you do, where you work, a photo and a few words about how you work.

  2. 2

    Check your phone number

    A code by text. Owners only see service providers whose number we've checked.

  3. 3

    Owners find you

    They save you to message you on WhatsApp, ask you for a quote, and invite you onto their build.

What you get

Requests for quotes

Owners near you send the house and the phases they need. You price each phase, and they compare quotes side by side.

Every payment on the record

Log what you spend with the receipt. The owner approves it in the app, wherever they are, and everyone sees the same figures.

Show the work

Send dated photos from site. Owners abroad see the house go up, and so does everyone they've invited.

A profile that proves it

A checked number and the builds you're on, so owners who've never met you have a reason to trust you.

Questions service providers ask

Who sees my phone number?
We check it with a code by text, and owners only see service providers whose number is checked. Your public profile never shows it: an owner sees it in the app once they save your profile, so they can message you on WhatsApp.
Where can I sign up?
Zimbabwe, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana, wherever the Estimate prices houses, since quotes are asked for from it. You choose the places you work, and owners building there see you.
Do I need a smartphone?
The app is on iPhone and Android, and everything also works in a browser. Most service providers use the app, to send site photos and log payments with their receipts the day they happen.

Your next client is building near you right now.

Set up your profile in two minutes. Owners start seeing you once your number is checked.

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Service providers work for the owners who choose them, not for Trace My Build. No money goes through the app.