Home owners
Building your own home? See every bag, bill and slab from your phone.
Most families build a house once. Buildiary keeps the record a good site engineer would keep: deliveries, the store, payments and progress, each with a photo, a name and a time. You can check your builder's work from home, from the office or from abroad.
What goes wrong when you can't be on site
- Cement, steel and tiles arrive short, or leave the site without a record.
- Bills don't match what was delivered, and advances are hard to follow.
- Progress reports are a few WhatsApp photos with no date or place.
- The money runs out before the finishing starts.
How Buildiary helps
- Every delivery is received against your order, with a photo of the delivery note and the name of the person who checked it.
- Every bag that leaves the store goes to a named person for a named job.
- You approve change orders, petty cash and payments, and the proof stays with each payment.
- Progress is recorded stage by stage with dated photos, and the timeline shows planned against actual.
- The budget is set by stage, so you see early when a stage is running over.
- Every week you get an update in English, Urdu or Arabic, by WhatsApp or email.
Buildiary, or a notebook, Excel and WhatsApp?
| Notebook, Excel, WhatsApp | Buildiary | |
|---|---|---|
| Deliveries | Written later, if at all | Recorded at the gate, with a photo of the delivery note |
| Store | Counted when someone remembers | Live stock; every issue against a person |
| Payments | Spread across chats and receipts | Each payment with its proof, against the budget |
| Progress | Photos without a date or place | Stage by stage, with dated photos |
| Who sees what | Whoever has the file or the chat | Each person sees what their role needs |
| Language | Mixed | English, Urdu or Arabic, for each person |
Fits the Owner plan
USD 15 · PKR 4,200 · SAR 55 · a month
For a family building its own home: your site, your builder and your site staff, on your phone.
Questions people ask
Do I need to understand construction to use Buildiary?
No. Each project starts from a template of stages, so you can see which stage the work is in and what comes next.
My builder doesn't use apps. Can his team still use it?
Yes. The screens have big buttons and few words, in Urdu, Arabic or English, and workers can use a site card with a PIN. If a supervisor can send a WhatsApp photo, he can record a delivery.
How many houses can I manage?
The Owner plan covers up to two projects, for example your house and a parent's. The first 14 days are free.
Guides from our team
The stages of building a house, from design to handover
The 14 stages of building a typical two-storey house in Pakistan and the Gulf, how long each takes, what depends on what and what to check.
Read the guide →How to stop material going missing on a building site
Cement, steel, tiles and fittings are a large part of a house's cost. A simple routine (order, receive, store, release, reconcile) keeps them safe.
Read the guide →How to keep a construction site diary that settles arguments
What a daily site diary should record (weather, people, work done, deliveries, instructions and problems) and why it protects owners and builders alike.
Read the guide →Build with the facts in your pocket.
14 days free. No card. Your workspace is ready in about a minute.