You will spend more money, over more months, on more decisions than you ever have. HOME BLDR walks the entire build beside you — what's happening now, what's coming next, and the exact question to ask before the moment passes.
Free to download · Only the first stage is free · Now on iPhone and Android
The Problem
Your builder has done this two hundred times. You are doing it once. They know the sequence by heart, so they never narrate it — and you find out about most decisions only after they have already been made.
The schedule lives in someone else's head. You hear about the tile deadline the week it's already late.
By the time the question reaches you, the substrate is down, the wall is closed, and the answer costs a change order.
Two thousand shots in a camera roll, none of them labeled. When you finally need the one of the plumbing behind that wall, it may as well not exist.
A text, a call, a conversation in the driveway. Six months later nobody agrees on what was agreed.
The Film
FROM FIRST STAKE TO FRONT DOOR
Why Timing Is Everything
A house buries its own evidence. Reinforcement vanishes under concrete. Plumbing vanishes behind insulation. Waterproofing vanishes under tile. HOME BLDR tells you what to look at — and the last moment you can still look at it.
The consequence, in one line — so you know instantly which items are worth stopping the job over.
The exact question, written for you. You don't need the vocabulary. You just need to ask.
The trade that's about to cover it up — timing turned into a deadline you can see coming.
The model number, the paint color, the warranty — captured while somebody still remembers.
Inside The App
Open the app and see the whole build at a glance — what's finished, what's active, and what's about to become urgent. Laid out in the order a house is actually built, not the order you happened to think of it.
Open any item and it tells you what it is, why it matters, what to ask your builder, and what to verify before the next trade shows up. Then keep the photos and the record right there, on the item they belong to.
Decisions carry dates, and dates carry consequences. Put a completion date on anything and it lands on your calendar — so the selection surfaces weeks before the crew arrives, not the morning they do.
Common Questions
Homeowners. Nearly every construction app on the market is built for the contractor — scheduling crews, running budgets, managing subs. HOME BLDR is built for the person paying for the house and moving into it. It assumes you have never done this before and explains everything in plain language.
No. HOME BLDR works entirely on your side. You don't need your builder's cooperation, a login for them, or their permission. Many owners never mention they're using it — they just start showing up with better questions.
The pre-drywall walkthrough is one of the most consequential hours of your build, because everything inside the walls is about to become invisible. HOME BLDR walks you through it item by item — insulation, outlet and switch locations, the plumbing pressure test, duct layout, blocking for future fixtures, and the photo set you'll want years later. Each one tells you what to look for and what to ask.
The app is free to download, and only the first stage — your project vision, budget, and builder selection — is free to use. The remaining fourteen stages unlock with a subscription inside the app.
Yes. HOME BLDR is available on Google Play as well as the Apple App Store, with the same fifteen stages on both.
As early as possible — ideally before you sign a builder contract, since the earliest work covers goal-setting, budget contingency, contract review, and the questions to ask during builder interviews. That said, it's useful at any point; open where you are and work forward from there.
What you captured during the build becomes the long-term record of your house — paint colors, tile specs, appliance model numbers, warranty terms, and trade contacts. It's the file you'll be glad exists in ten years, and the one that adds real value when you eventually sell.
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How it works, what it costs, and whether your builder needs to be involved at all. Short answers, no sales pitch.
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