Pay your trades the safe, stress-free way.
Only pay for work that's been checked and verified. Your money is held safely until each stage passes — no deposits into thin air, no wondering if it was done properly. Your renovation, sorted.
All work verified before payment
Before any money moves, every stage is checked item by item — so you only pay for work that's done right.
- 1Evidence capturedWhen a stage is finished, photos and measurements are taken on site.
- 2Checked against the codeWe check every item against the National Construction Code and the product maker's instructions.
- 3Issues handled for youIf something falls short — like grout that needs another look — we take it up with your trade, show them the evidence and the standard it has to meet, and follow it through until it's fixed. No awkward conversations, no chasing, no disputes to sort out yourself.
- 4Then paidOnly once every item passes is the payment released to your trade.
Stop paying trades the old way
Traditional payment
The way it works today
- Gone the moment you send it.
- Nobody has checked the work.
- Any dispute is yours to sort out.
- Warranty rests on paperwork nobody kept.
Trade Pay
The way it should work
- Held safely until the stage passes.
- Every stage checked against the National Construction Code.
- Queries raised before a cent moves.
- Extended warranty on everything that passes.
Pay the smart way
Funds are held safely and released only once each stage is complete and correct.
We visit site and inspect each stage for you, then send photos and notes — you stay across every detail without taking a day off.
If something goes wrong, we step in with the evidence and sort it out — no arguments.
Why Trade Pay?
The quality is all in what you can't see
Footings, framing, wiring, plumbing, waterproofing — the work that decides whether it lasts gets built over and never seen again. Foreman checks each stage against the standards before it's covered up, so what you can't see is done right.
Don't pay before you know it's right
Today, stage payments go out long before anyone knows the work was done properly — and by the time you find out, the money's spent. With Foreman, you only pay once each stage has been checked and passed.
A warranty you can't actually claim
Most product guarantees only hold if the material was installed exactly as the maker specifies — and without a record, you can't prove it was. Foreman logs how every stage was done, with photos, measurements and sign-offs, so you have the proof you need to make a claim.
How Foreman works
Your trade sets the plan
They break the job into stages the way they'd work it anyway, and name the products they're using. We turn that into a checklist from the standards behind it — and you both sign it off before anyone starts.
LOGGED
Evidence captured against the standard
Each check names what it needs before the trade starts — the membrane height, the fall, the film thickness. What gets logged on site is proof against AS 3740 and the product's own datasheet, not just a photo.
We do the checking
Every check is a number against a limit — the turn-up height, the dry film thickness, the cure time before a flood test. Measured against AS 3740 and the membrane maker's own datasheet.
You review, payment moves
A short summary lands in your inbox: passed, queried, what happens next. One tap to release the stage payment.
Built with good trades, not against them
The trades we've spoken to are tired of being lumped in with cowboys, chased for snags they didn't cause, and paid sixty days late. Foreman is a record of work done properly — and a faster route to getting paid for it.
- Stage payments released the day the work passes — not when the homeowner gets round to it.
- A standards-backed record that settles snag disputes before they turn into arguments.
- Evidence logged from your phone in minutes, not an evening of paperwork.
- A verified track record that wins you the jobs price-only competitors can't.
“Winning work used to mean talking people into trusting me. Now the quality is guaranteed and the risk is off the table, so the quote sells itself. I spend my time building, not convincing.”
Get on the Trade Pay waitlist
We're onboarding a first group of home renovators and trades later this year. Tell us which you are and we'll be in touch before we open up.