u/benjoyner077

Been asking remodelers about the moment mid-demo when hidden damage turns up, or a homeowner says "since you're already here, can you also—". The pattern I keep hearing: the price gets said out loud, the work happens, and it never makes it into anything written until the final invoice, which is exactly when a homeowner is most likely to push back.

I built a tool (Swornbook) that turns that spoken yes into a one-tap approval link, no client account, no app, just a link they approve from their phone. It's tied to the job and the final invoice traces back to it.

Genuinely asking remodelers here: is this a real gap in how you work, or does something you already use (Jobber, a paper form, just texting) cover it well enough that this wouldn't change anything? Would rather hear that now than keep building on a bad assumption.

A friend of mine runs a small hardscaping crew. Mid-patio install, the homeowner asks for a drainage channel along the edge. He quotes it out loud, does the work the same day, and never gets anything in writing. Three weeks later, the invoice is higher than the original bid, and the homeowner says she never agreed to that number. No text, no email, no signature — he ate the cost.

I'm not a developer. I'm a non-technical founder who built this with an AI coding assistant because that story kept happening to people I talked to. It's called Swornbook: a contractor adds the extra work, sends a link, the client taps approve on their phone. No app, no account for the client. The approval gets timestamped and stays on the job record.

I'm not here to sell it; genuinely asking: if you run a hardscape or outdoor living business, does this solve a real problem for you, or am I missing something obvious about how you already handle it? Brutally honest feedback wanted, including "this is pointless."