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Small developers juggle sites, subcontractors, lenders and the next deal at once. Site apps can hold snag lists and progress photos, accounting tools can work out CIS deductions and track costs by site, data services can send deal and planning alerts, and AI can lay quotes side by side. The CIS deadline sits in your own diary first, and every decision on a deal or a builder stays yours.
7 ideastypical cost $36£27€32A$52C$51 a monthtypical saving about $266£200€238A$384C$376 a month
Research the local plan, design and parking rules for a site with a link behind every point, before paying a consultant. From about $17£13€15A$25C$24 a month.
PropertyData emails properties that match your strategy and planning alerts for areas you save, with comparables to check value. From about $29£22€26A$42C$41 a month.
Fieldwire pins each snag to the drawing with photos, a trade and a due date, then exports a PDF list for each trade. From about $88£66€79A$127C$124 a month for two.
CompanyCam timestamps site photos by project and turns them into reports for your lender, monitoring surveyor or investors. From about $63£47€56A$90C$88 a month.
ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini lay competing builders' quotes side by side, line by line, so you spot gaps before you choose. Free to about $27£20€24A$38C$38 a month.
Dext reads receipts and invoices from a photo or email and sends them to Xero tagged to each site. Needs Xero, priced separately. From about $32£24€29A$46C$45 a month.
Xero works out CIS deductions on subcontractor bills and files the monthly return, behind your own diary of the 19th. From about $59£44€52A$84C$83 a month.