Small repairs to full refurbishments
Show the job once. Get the right trades to bid.
REFUR.BID handles anything from a small repair to a larger refurbishment. It identifies the appropriate trade, prepares the brief and lets relevant professionals bid remotely — builders, plumbers, electricians, gardeners, carpenters and more.
Start here
Two ways to post
Pick the one that fits. If you are not sure, AI will suggest — and you decide.
Post a Quick Task
A leaking tap, a fence panel, a door that sticks. Show it with photos, a short video or a voice note. AI drafts the task, picks the trade and prepares a concise brief; qualified tradespeople bid.
Plan a Refurbishment Project
A kitchen, a bathroom, a whole flat. Guided evidence capture, a structured specification you approve, builder questions, itemised bids you can compare and a full audit trail.
Interactive demonstration
See REFUR.BID in action — no login required
Click a role and you are straight in, with your own private copy of the sample data. No password, no sign-up, no card. Nothing is submitted, purchased or sent to real tradespeople, and you can reset it at any time.
Explore as a Customer
Post a leaking tap as a Quick Task, correct the AI's suggestion, pay the sample posting fee and compare bids.
- Capture the job with photos, video or a voice note
- AI suggests the trade — you decide
- Compare price, availability and reviews
Explore as a Tradesperson
Open a verified plumber's feed, read the brief, ask a question, spend a sample bid credit and revise your bid.
- Your trades and area, by default
- See the evidence before you spend a credit
- Credit wallet, ledger and reviews
Explore Administration
Moderate a reported review, verify trades, restore bid credits and read the audit trail.
- Review moderation with audited decisions
- Credit ledger and manual adjustments
- Remove fraudulent listings
How it works
The same record of the job, from first description through to a reviewed finish.
- Step 1
Show the job once
Text, voice, photos or video — in the app, nothing saved to your phone's gallery.
- Step 2
The right trade
AI suggests the job type and trade, with qualification warnings. You confirm or change it.
- Step 3
The right trades bid
Only tradespeople approved for that trade can bid, each spending a bid credit.
- Step 4
Compare, award, review
Compare price, availability and reviews. Both sides review after the work.
Fair for both sides
- Customers pay a small posting fee per published job (£2.50 Quick Task, £5.00 Trade Job). It is not a subscription and not payment for the work.
- Tradespeople browse for free and spend one bid credit per bid. A credit comes back if the job is cancelled, removed or its scope changes.
- Reviews are two-sided: only the customer and the awarded tradesperson can write one, and only after both confirm the job is complete. They stay hidden until both have reviewed.
- REFUR.BID is in public beta. Prices shown are sample prices and real payment processing is not enabled.
Important limits
REFUR.BID is not a survey. AI suggestions are recommendations, never certification: it does not certify structural, gas, electrical, asbestos or fire safety, and a remote quotation is not a contract. Regulated work needs suitably qualified, registered people.
Remote quotes for UK homes, from small jobs to refurbishments
Handyman, plumbing and carpentry quotes
Post a small building job with a few photographs or a short video and compare handyman, plumbing, carpentry or gardening quotes without waiting in for a site visit.
Building quotations from photographs and video
AI turns what you show into a draft job specification. You review and correct it, so every tradesperson quotes against the same description.
Compare builder bids for refurbishment
For a larger refurbishment, compare itemised remote builder quotes side by side on price, start date, assumptions and exclusions. A remote quotation is not a contract.