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How it works
How it works
A transparent, community-powered home OS built for regional Australia.
Prioritising true local tradies
Before you hire anyone, you need to know they actually service your postcode. We put regional communities first—ensuring you are connected with local professionals based right here in the Central West, not agencies outsourcing from capital cities.
- ✓ Hyper-local radius filtering
- ✓ Verified physical local business addresses
- ✓ Backed by regional community knowledge
Central West NSW
Bathurst • Orange • Dubbo • Mudgee
Select your exact trade category
Whether you need a structural builder, a licensed plumber for emergency hot water, or a tiler who specializes in custom bathrooms, narrow down precisely what work needs doing without wading through bloated directories.
- ✓ Granular trade specializations
- ✓ Scope-specific intake questions
- ✓ Zero lead-buying or forced bidding spam
Scope Definition
Compare without corporate bias
Evaluate tradies on facts that matter: years trading, company structure (sole trader vs. PTY LTD), and community-driven insights. While data is community-editable to keep records alive and accurate, every single edit is strictly verified and manually approved by our team before publishing.
- ✓ Community notes & factual history
- ✓ Strict admin approval on all profile edits
- ✓ Real-world track records, not star ratings
Connect, message, and upload quotes
All communication, file sharing, and project scoping live securely inside our site. Homeowners can easily upload PDF quotes provided by tradies, keeping all project intelligence, contractor notes, and agreements in one centralized home history ledger.
- ✓ Secure internal messaging vault
- ✓ Upload and store contractor PDF quotes
- ✓ Complete conversation and document history
Secure bookings, deposits & milestone payments
When a job is accepted, a secure deposit is processed through our site. For larger projects over $20,000, all future milestone payments are handled directly through the platform as the tradie uploads subsequent invoices—reducing merchant fees for both sides.
- ✓ Built-in deposit protection available for additional fee
- ✓ Streamlined milestone invoicing for big jobs
- ✓ Optional add-ons for completion guarantees
Aligning Your Homeowner Journey
We don’t ask your tradies to change how they run their business, and we don’t change how you search. Knoa seamlessly connects the platforms you both already use into one home.
| The Homeowner’s Workflow Step | How You Typically Intersect It | How Knoa Integrates & Streamlines It |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Discovery & Social Proof |
You find local recommendations and read public reviews across communities. |
Consolidated Hub
We embrace your discovery path. Knoa links a tradie’s verified profiles from Google, Facebook, and Instagram into one storefront, backed by manual human verification so you can compare real reputations instantly. With the added bonus of links to that tradies ABN and License |
| 2. Tendering & Quoting | Hipages Airtasker Service Seeking |
Controlled Bidding
Instead of an automated broadcast, you retain total control. Choose exactly which verified tradies receive your job details to gather real-world transparent tenders—without hidden lead fees or masked numbers.Still want to use these sites? Absolutely you can, simply use their flow and when you are ready create a job in Knoa to store the historical data and manage the assigned tradesperson |
| 3. Active Job Management | ServiceM8 Tradify Fergus |
Zero Software Friction
We never force a tradie to use our software. If they use industry-leading tools like ServiceM8, Tradify or Fergus, they simply export their quotes,invoices, elections or variations to your job. Knoa aligns it for one easy to digest and accessible consumer-facing dashboard. Everything for your job in one place |
| 4. The Future Lifespan |
Call/SMS
Email
Jobs end, invoices disappear into email threads, and details are forgotten over time. |
Permanent Asset History
Your job history lives forever in your account. Need a sparky to hook up what the plumber just Installed? Instantly share the existing job timeline, structural photos, and notes so the next trade has total context. |
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