Buildscout is an Official Advocate of BIFIS
Too often, the job goes to whoever reaches the homeowner first. Buildscout has partnered with BIFIS to put qualified installers in front of homeowners as soon as they submit planning, so you can win the right work and grow a sustainable business. BIFIS members get a 14-day free trial and 20% off Find Leads with code BIFIS20, or choose our homeowner outreach package and we’ll handle the marketing for you.
Why We’ve Partnered With BIFIS
Installers face the same problems again and again: feast-or-famine workloads, enquiries that arrive too late, customers who only compare on price, and homeowners who’ve been burned by rogue traders. BIFIS raises standards across the fitted interiors sector. Buildscout puts qualified installers in front of homeowners first. Together, we’re making sure the right trades win the right work.
We are delighted to welcome Buildscout to the BIFIS Advocate community. Our Advocate programme brings together businesses that recognise the importance of a professional, competent and sustainable installation sector and are prepared to play an active role in supporting its development. Buildscout’s decision to become an Advocate demonstrates its commitment to the fitted interiors sector and to the businesses and professionals working within it. We look forward to working closely with the Buildscout team and creating opportunities for them to engage with our installer community and wider stakeholder network.
Buildscout helps skilled professionals connect with homeowners early in the planning process, so they can grow their businesses sustainably and the right projects go to qualified, reputable trades rather than rogue traders. BIFIS shares our commitment to raising standards across the installation sector, and we’re proud to join as an Advocate and support its work with installers.
What's In It For BIFIS Members
As a BIFIS member, you get 20% off Find Leads, our planning data package. Prefer a done-for-you service? Our full lead generation package adds automated homeowner outreach, so the marketing is done for you.
Find Leads: Planning Data Only
See homeowners planning kitchens, extensions, and renovations the moment they submit for planning, then contact them your way. This is a data-only package, and BIFIS members get 20% off with code BIFIS20.
- UK-wide planning applications, updated daily.
- Filter by project type, value, and location, and save your searches.
- Export the data and run your own outreach, your way.
Lead Gen: Outreach to Homeowners
Everything in Find Leads, plus professionally designed direct marketing sent straight to new planning applicants, automatically. You’re first through the door without lifting a finger.
- Automated letters and postcards sent to new planning applicants.
- Follow-ups handled for you, with responses tracked in one place.
- A steady pipeline of the right work, so you can grow sustainably.
How It Works
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Step 1 - Set Your Custom Location
- Choose national, regional, or hyper local coverage
- Across counties and local authorities, everything is included
- Set your area in 1 minute
Step 2 - Filter To What You Want To See
- Combine filters like project type, value, EPC, and dwellings
- Results update instantly as you refine
- Save any search as a preset for next time
Step 3 - Export and Act
- You can export the data multiple times a week
- Data up dated daily
- Re-run saved presets in one click
How Homeowner Outreach Works
Get fully onboarded and design your direct marketing
Get your account fully set up by your dedicated Customer Success Manager and get all your direct marketing materials designed for free, with our external UK marketing team. The industry standard enquiry rate for direct marketing is 1%. Our Customer regularly see a 4% to 8% enquiry rate!
Set up alerts for architects
Stay in the know on what architects in your network are working on as well as new ones you want to build relationships with.
Pick the location and type of leads you want to target
Draw multiple custom areas in the locations you want to work and set filters so you only see homeowners wanting the type of work that is high value and suitable for your company using planning data that’s updated daily.
Further refine your leads to find the perfect jobs
Use our exclusive, advanced keyword filter to look inside all the planning documents and drawings for keywords that would make a job perfect for your company. You can also download all the planning documents and drawings from Buildscout!
Set up a fully automated campaign
Automatically send your custom-designed marketing materials at the key stages of the planning process. Create as many touchpoints as you want to engage leads effectively.
Be as hands on or hands off as you want
You can manually approve which leads to add to a campaign, or set a daily budget limit and automatically add leads to a campaign that meet your perfect fit job criteria.
Track the performance of the campaigns
We include unique QR codes on every piece of direct mail sent that will lead to your website. When someone scans it, you’ll be notified in the platform and be able to see everything related to that lead, including the details and application documents and drawings.
Regular check-ins to make sure you’re getting the most from Buildscout
Your dedicated Customer Success Manager is always on hand to ensure you get the most from Buildscout. They’ll set up regular check-ins to review your campaigns, track results, and make any tweaks needed to maximise performance. We're with you every step of the way.
Our team of experts can also completely manage your account. This includes checking your leads daily, sending letters, and closely monitoring campaigns to ensure your company is positioned in front of the right homeowners every time. See how we do this for Linx Design & Build in their success story.
What our clients say about us
The onboarding process was straightforward and the team have been helpful whenever we’ve needed support. Overall it’s a great system for contractors looking to stay ahead and connect with new work. Would definitely recommend giving it a try.
We’ve been using Buildscout for a while now and it’s made a huge difference to how we manage our projects and communication with clients. The platform is straightforward, reliable and keeps everything organised in one place, which has really helped streamline our admin and follow-up process. Overall, Buildscout has been a great tool for us as a growing construction company, and we’d happily recommend it to anyone looking to bring more structure and professionalism to their workflow.
Buildscout has been excellent for us at Simply Extensions & Lofts Ltd. The software does what it should—clean interface, stable, and easy to use—but the real value is the team behind it. Responses are fast, solutions are practical, and nothing feels like a runaround. We’ve had a consistently personal, efficient service that helps us get the most out of the platform, not just “use” it. In short: reliable tech, backed by people who care. Highly recommended.
Mercia Electrical has been using Build Scout for just over two months, and it has already proven to be an invaluable tool for expanding our customer base. Through the platform, we’ve been able to view both domestic and commercial projects commencing in our chosen areas, giving us access to detailed information on project managers, homeowners, and architects.
Buildscout works! Ganesh and his team are so helpful and have really made a difference to J H Building Services - We have secured 2 new projects through the platform and queries keep coming in from the letters we have sent. Great customer service and fresh ideas. We highly recommend them.
Buildscout have been absolutely brilliant at finding us construction leads through the local planning portal. It’s made a real difference to our business and saves us loads of time. Grant’s been amazing every step of the way, super helpful, always quick to respond, and really knows his stuff. Couldn’t ask for better service. Thanks guys
The staff are always on hand whenever you need them and so far being with build scout it has been an absolute joy, compared to our previous providers of this sort of service. would absolutely recommend buildscout to anyone that is looking for a portal into planning applications for their local area.
The platform provides us with more in-depth data than ever before, which significantly aids other processes across our entire business. We are also able to see the outreach process working in real-time, which is the most important measure of success.
Fantastic company transitioned from another provider to Buildscout, and my business has grown since making the switch.
Success Stories
Don’t take our word for it, see how some of our customers are using Buildscout to successfully win high value projects that are right for them.
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