Your data

Your files and your data stay yours.

Files in your own Google Drive

Plans, photos, contracts, bills and supplier papers go into a Better Reno folder in your own Google Drive, by client and job, in folders you name. Better Reno sees only the files it makes there, never the rest of your Drive. Being switched on now: until then files are kept in Better Reno.

Why it helps: Your files are in your Drive, even if you stop using Better Reno.

In Better Reno: A job, profile or supplier → Files · Settings → Files and data → File storage

Better Reno takes care of

Makes a folder for each client and job, in folders you name.
Renames and moves the folders when a client or job is renamed.
Keeps the approved drawings, sent copies and plans in the right folder by itself.

A job’s files in folders: drawings, photos, contracts — A job’s files, in folders, in your own Google Drive.

Bring it in, take it out

Bring in your clients and your price list from spreadsheets, and a quote from a spreadsheet. Download all your data as a zip any time.

Why it helps: Easy to start, and never locked in.

In Better Reno: Settings → Files and data · Rates and items → Import and export

Better Reno takes care of

Checks a spreadsheet before anything is added and shows what would be added, what is already there and what is wrong.
Downloads all your data as a zip any time, with no one to ask.
Offers the download before an account is ever closed.

A test company and a demo company

Try the demo: a made-up company filled with clients, quotes, jobs and money, to play with safely. Your test company is a copy of your own set-up to try changes before your real company; bring templates and price-list items across when you are happy.

Why it helps: Learn and experiment without touching your real jobs.

In Better Reno: Settings → Referrals and demo

Better Reno takes care of

Fills the demo with believable clients, quotes, jobs, money and history from the past year.
Keeps the test and demo companies’ emails and PDFs marked as tests, never sent to real clients.
Brings the templates and items you are happy with across into your real company.

Refer a builder

Your own link for builders and trades you know. When one joins and uses Better Reno, you get AI points every month for a year, and you both get a free month once billing starts.

Why it helps: Better Reno grows by builders recommending it to builders.

In Better Reno: Settings → Referrals and demo → Refer a builder

Better Reno takes care of

Works out when the builder you referred has really started using Better Reno.
Adds the AI points to your company by itself every month.
Keeps the free months owed until billing starts.

Would Better Reno suit your business?

Better Reno is used by invited builders for now. Email us about your business and we will set you up with your own company (and a demo to try it on).

Ask for an invite

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