1) What was the inspiration behind launching HomeZada?
HomeZada
was started out of personal need. Having documents in file folders, on
multiple computers, on sticky notes and just plain pieces of paper all
over my home, I knew there had to be a better way to gain an
understanding what is in my home, how to take care of the things in and
around my home and how to track and shop for projects that required me
to update or fix items around my home, as well as all the finances and
budgets associated with my projects, maintenance and home inventory.
But nothing existed. I waited for years for a tool to become available
to fit this need.
Working
in the technology industry, myself and two other co-founders that have
worked together for many years decided that others could also benefit
from a tool like HomeZada. Therefore, we shook hands and became
co-founders designing, developing and marketing HomeZada.
2) What features does it have for homeowners?
HomeZada
allows homeowners the ability to track home inventory, home maintenance
and home improvement projects. Tracking everything in and around your
house by taking photos, uploading receipts and any kind of document, and
adding details that may be important to a homeowner like warranty
period and original purchase price can be done within HomeZada. HomeZada
also alerts you based on your maintenance calendar on what needs to be
done to your home or equipment when to make sure you home and equipment
are in great working order and will last for years. Assigning tasks to
others in your home like spouses and children can also be done with an
email alert being sent to the appropriate party to know when those tasks
need to be completed. Additionally, homeowners can track budgets,
progress, shopping comparisons and more around any home improvement
project.
HomeZada
also helps homeowners by providing over 150 standard maintenance tasks
to choose and add to a calendar and over 50 common home improvement
projects with all the details and items needed to conduct that project.
Allowing the homeowner to become better equipped with managing their
home.
3) Is it suitable just for remodeling or does it have other uses as well?
HomeZada
has full functional remodeling or home improvements feature set that
helps manage the shopping comparisons, budgets, status of projects and
it can support managing multiple projects over time. Once a home
improvement or remodeling project is completed, then the homeowner has
the ability to automatically update their home inventory with the most
current home data. This allows a homeowner to take this updated
inventory into their insurance agent and make sure they have the
appropriate insurance coverage. Once you have your home inventory
updated, a homeowner can track all maintenance associated with the home
to make sure they are maintaining the value of their home. When
information is entered into HomeZada, dashboards reveal data like
project budgets over time and maintenance costs spent annually as well
as the overall value of everything inside the house.
4) What are your favorite ways to save hassle when remodeling?
Understanding
what you need for a project prior to starting the project is crucial to
make sure you can manage your funds, your schedule and how to better
work with your contractors if you use contractors. With HomeZada
prepopulating 50 common remodeling projects with all the items you need
for that project to help get you started helps in managing the budgets
but also your time and knowledge of knowing what you need to make
choices of in order to finish the project. Making these choices in
HomeZada is as easy as using the HomeZada bookmarking tool to grab items
on the internet and track and compare them within one central place
like HomeZada. This also helps in the process of making decisions with
your spouse or partner because everyone in the family can access the
same information in one spot.
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