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Business Genie is home builder software for the proposal, the crews and the books. Send proposals with deposits, schedule crews, give buyers a customer portal, track what each build cost with job costing, and sync with QuickBooks Online.
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One superintendent’s day, in booked order and as routed. A sample home building day, simulated, beside this.
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A home building day, as booked
A builder’s superintendent, the super, keeps a list of every house under way by job number, which is the order the houses were started, and walks it top to bottom with the day’s fixed times written in: the buyers at nine, the inspector some time before noon, an orientation at half past twelve. Job numbers follow the order the lots were bought, not where they are, so the list sends the truck from one side of the valley to the other and back.
- 1Cabinets in, counters measured tomorrowSite walk · Granite Pass30 min
- 2Drywall hung, tape and texture nextSite walk · Desert Hills Dr25 min
- 3Rough-in inspection before noonCity inspection · Stone Canyon Ct30 min7 am–12 pm
- 4The buyers see the wiring before drywallPre-drywall walk · Saddleback Rd75 min9 am–9:15 am
- 5Framers on the second floorSite walk · Butte View Ln30 min
- 6Slab poured, forms coming offSite walk · Mesquite Bend20 min
- 7New start: stakes and setbacksLot walk for a new start · Ranch Rd45 min
- 8The buyers’ walk before Friday’s closingNew-home orientation · Quail Ridge Ct150 min12:30 pm–12:45 pm
As booked: 2 h 46 min of driving, 1 time window missed, the last job done at 4:01 pm.
The same day, routed
Business Genie puts the day’s stops in the order that drives least, and keeps the time windows you promised and the length of every job.
In this sample the same 8 jobs take 1 h 30 min of driving instead of 2 h 46 min, with every time window kept instead of 1 missed, and the last one is finished at 3:00 pm instead of 4:01 pm.
11:10 am, openings framed too small
The framing lead calls from Juniper Crest: the windows came this morning, and two openings on the back wall are framed too small for them. The crew has stopped on that wall until the super sees it.
Add the job and Business Genie re-orders the rest of the day around it, keeping the time windows already promised. The superintendent gets turn-by-turn directions to the next stop.
In this sample the call is fitted in at 11:16 am and the day is done at 3:34 pm. Taken straight after the job in hand, with the rest driven as booked, the day runs to 4:36 pm.
Before the walls close
Stop 4 · Saddleback Rd · 75 min
The buyers see the wiring before drywall.
It is booked for the few days between the rough-in inspection passing and the drywall going up. Once the board is on, a missing outlet or a TV with no blocking behind it means cutting open a finished wall.
Every house on the route is at a different week of its build
What the super does at a stop depends on where that house is in a build of about seven months, and the city’s inspections decide when the next trade can start. Read along the build and the stop numbers jump: the route follows the map, not the schedule.
Stop 4 · 75 min· Week 16, before insulation
The buyers see the wiring before drywall
Pre-drywall walk: the rough-in has passed and the insulation is next, so this is the buyers’ last look inside their walls: each outlet and switch against where their furniture will go, the blocking behind the TV and the grab bars, and a photo of every wall for later.
As drawn, not yet built City inspection What the visit is for
Route your own home building day
Put in your own jobs, how long each takes and the windows you promise, and Business Genie puts them in the order that drives least, and re-orders it when a call comes in.
The first month is free. The team sets up your account and moves your customer data over at no charge, and route optimization is on every plan.
Home building jobs, and how long they take
The work a home building business books, and how long each job takes once the superintendent is there. Business Genie keeps the length you set for each job when it routes the day.
- Site walk20–45 minSite walk×4
- City inspection20–45 minCity inspection×1
- Problem on site20–45 minProblem on site×1
- Lot walk for a new start30–60 minLot walk for a new start×1
- Warranty visit30–90 minWarranty visit–
- Pre-drywall walk60–90 minPre-drywall walk×1
- Punch-list visit30–120 minPunch-list visit–
- New-home orientation90–180 minNew-home orientation×1
Site walk
Every open house gets walked most days: which subs showed up and what they finished, whether the work matches the plans, what material is on site and what is missing for tomorrow, and anything to fix before the next trade covers it.
City inspection
The super meets the inspector with the permit card and the plans on site. Each stage has its own: footings, the rough-in, insulation, the final. The next sub cannot cover the work until it passes, and a failed item means a fix and another inspection.
Problem on site
A sub finds something that does not match the plans or cannot be built as drawn, and stops until the super sees it: an opening framed to the wrong size, a drain in the wrong place, a beam that will not fit. The super decides on site.
Lot walk for a new start
The super walks the empty lot with the plans: the surveyor’s stakes for the corners and setbacks, where the driveway cuts in, where the dumpster, the toilet and the deliveries go, and which way the water will drain.
Warranty visit
After closing, the builder comes back for what the warranty covers: a door that sticks, nail pops and settling cracks in the drywall, a sprinkler zone that will not shut off. The eleven-month walk finds the rest before the first year is up.
Pre-drywall walk
Before the walls are closed, the buyers walk the framed house with the super: every outlet, switch and light, the blocking for the TV and the grab bars, where the pipes and wires run. Every wall is photographed for later.
Punch-list visit
The blue-tape items are worked off before closing: paint touch-ups, a cabinet door to adjust, a scratched fixture to swap. The super checks each one and signs it off.
New-home orientation
Before closing, the buyers walk the finished house with the super: the water shutoff, the breakers, the air conditioning and the irrigation, what the warranty covers, and a strip of blue tape on every nick and flaw they find. The tape becomes the punch list.
Questions about home builder software
- Does Business Genie do job costing for builders?
- Yes. Job costing is part of Business Genie, with estimates and proposals, scheduling and dispatch, and invoicing.
- Does it sync with QuickBooks?
- Yes. Business Genie syncs with QuickBooks Online.
- Is there a free trial?
- Yes. The first month is free, with no credit card to start.