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A real estate software development company for buildings, property and the people who work on them

We are a real estate software development company working on both sides of a building: the systems that run it, and PropTech software development for the people who rent, sell, fix and invest in property. For KMC Controls we modernized a building automation platform into one dashboard; we have also built a cloud CRM for contractors, marketplaces for vacation rentals and for choosing a real estate agent, and a platform for investing in property projects.

The situation

A building with two dashboards

A facility manager starts the morning on one screen, where the air quality of each floor shows up as a column of readings from a system older than most of the staff. A complaint about a stuffy meeting room arrives in a different tool, as a work order. Neither tool knows about the other, and the legacy system behind the readings is the part nobody wants to touch, because the building depends on it.

Across town, a contractor quotes a kitchen job from a phone in a client's hallway, then retypes the same numbers into the accounting tool that evening. A property owner compares agents by asking each one the same questions in turn. Each of them works with property every day, and each one's software was built for a different job.

In custom real estate software development, that means two kinds of work. On the building side, the hardware stays on the wall far longer than any interface, so modernization has to replace the screens without disturbing what they control. On the people side, the product has to fit a working day that happens mostly away from a desk.

Smart building software one dashboard in place of a legacy system

Building automation is a field where the software ages faster than the equipment it runs. Controllers and sensors stay installed long after their software has dated; the interface that monitors them collects features, workarounds and screens until operators keep to the few parts they trust.

For KMC Controls, a US maker of building automation, we modernized its Commander platform into one dashboard for monitoring and controlling air quality in buildings, replacing a legacy system.

Work like this starts with a map of the system: what to keep, what to rewrite and what to retire, and the order of the phases. Each phase is planned so that the old system keeps doing its job while its replacement takes over, because a building cannot pause while its software is changed. That is our Legacy Modernization service.

Real estate CRM software development for contractors and home-improvement pros

Contractors and home-improvement professionals sell, schedule and invoice from wherever the job is. A general-purpose CRM rarely fits that day, and the one that does still leaves them copying figures into accounting by hand.

For a US company we built a cloud CRM for contractors and home-improvement professionals, with integrations to their accounting tools, the place where figures used to be retyped by hand.

Custom real estate CRM software development is product work for us: the first version scoped feature by feature and shown as a clickable prototype before it is built, then delivered in our AI MVP Development service.

Real estate app development marketplaces and an investment platform

Marketplaces in property have two sides to win at once. Guests and hosts, owners and agents, investors and project sponsors each need a reason to come back, and each side's screens decide whether the other side ever sees them.

StayNest is a US vacation rental marketplace for family-friendly homes and larger groups. We built it from research to launch: booking for guests, and for hosts the tools to manage bookings, pricing and messages with guests. Prop.ly, a Singapore startup, is a mobile marketplace where property owners compare real estate agents by commission and terms; we designed its brand identity alongside the app.

iFunded, a Berlin-based startup, is a platform for investing in real estate projects, for private and institutional investors. We built deal management, document flow and secure payments for it, in a market where financial regulation shapes what the product may do.

All three were new products, designed and built from the first version: our AI MVP Development and Product Design services working together.

Questions

What real estate software have you built?

A single dashboard for monitoring and controlling air quality in buildings for KMC Controls, a cloud CRM for contractors with accounting integrations, the StayNest vacation rental marketplace, the Prop.ly marketplace for choosing a real estate agent, and the iFunded real estate investment platform.

Do you do property management software development?

StayNest gives hosts their side of a rental platform: bookings, pricing and messages with guests. A dedicated property management product starts the way every product we build does, with the first version scoped feature by feature and a clickable prototype of it.

Are you a real estate app development company?

Yes. Prop.ly is a mobile marketplace where owners compare real estate agents by commission and terms, and StayNest is a rental marketplace we built from research to launch. Both were designed and built by us.

How much does real estate app development cost?

The price depends on the scope, so it is set on the first call. Our way into a new product is a scope and a clickable prototype: the first version broken into features with an estimate for each, and a plan to the first release.

Can you modernize legacy smart building management software?

Yes. For KMC Controls we turned its legacy Commander platform into one dashboard for air quality in buildings. The work starts with a map of the system, what to keep, rewrite or retire, and a phase plan.

Do you build PropTech software for regulated markets?

We built iFunded, a real estate investment platform for private and institutional investors in a regulated market, with deal management, document flow and secure payments.

What real estate software development services do you offer?

Modernization of building systems through Legacy Modernization, and new products such as a CRM, marketplaces and an investment platform through AI MVP Development and Product Design.

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