Homeowner outreach

Stop chasing jobs
everyone else is quoting.

A letter in your name can go out the day they apply for planning, and lands with the homeowner a couple of days later.

✓ Posted today
QRLetter scanned14 Elm Road looked you up
Posted the day they apply.
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Your letter goes out up to 22 days before validation.

We pick up applications when they’re submitted, not when the council validates them. So you’re the first builder they hear from.

Day 0
Day 5
Day 10
Day 15
Day 22
You
with Buildscout
Everyone else
waiting on the council
we spot it
Application submitted
Your letter goes out
first through the door
the client looks you up
QR scanned
Site visit booked
with you, nobody else
now everyone can see it
Validated by the council
Your head start: up to 22 days
Every feature

Everything in Homeowner outreach.

Target the right workFind the jobs you want before you write a single letter
AI · loft conversions within 2 miles

Map, area and AI search

Draw an area, or just ask.

14 Elm Road · application
AI summary
Rear extensionGlazed roofApplied 2 days ago

AI summary of every application

Know the job in ten seconds.

ProposalTimelinePeopleDrawings

The full application

Proposal, timeline, people and drawings.

1998Unit built
2012Signage
2019Change of use
2026Extension
Unit 4, Canal Wharf · 27 documents

History back to 1980

Every past application on a site.

“bifold doors” · 3

Keyword search in drawings

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Your product, found on the drawings.

Distance
3 miles
Property value
£50k+
LoftsExtensionsNew builds

Filters that fit your work

Type, distance and property value.

Reach homeowners firstLetters that win you jobs
14 Elm Road
Posted today

Letters from submission

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Up to 22 days before validation.

Submitted
Letter 1
Validated
Letter 2
Approved
Letter 3

Follow-ups at validation and approval

First to arrive, last to be forgotten.

AI letter designer

Three designs from your website.

Scans this week
41 people looked you up

QR tracking and campaign stats

See who looked you up.

Incoming call
14 Elm Road
Letter sequence
Paused: client replied

Sequences stop on reply

No awkward chasing.

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Your outreach team
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Outreach team support

Never on your own.

Your patch
1,000 a year included

Cover your whole patch

1,000 applications a year included.

Also includedIncluded with Homeowner outreach
Rear extension · programme
Strip out
Steel
First fix
Plaster
Bifolds

Projects

IncludedSee Projects →

Run the job, the team and the client.

1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Live today

Planning data

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UK-wide, live and back to 1980.

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Stop waiting for work to find you.

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