Off‑the‑shelf software makes you bend to fit it. Bespoke software bends to fit you. We build tools designed around exactly how you work - cutting out the busywork, taming your data, and doing the specific job you actually need doing. It's more practical, and more affordable, than most people expect.
Because it was. Instead of paying monthly for a big product where you use a tenth of the features - and still can't do the one thing you need - you get a tool that does your job, your way, and nothing you don't.
We've done it for ourselves: our own apps started as software built to solve real, specific problems. We can do the same for you.
Your wayBuilt around your process, not the reverse
Yours to ownNo per‑seat fees for features you never use
PracticalSolves the real, specific problem
SupportedBuilt, hosted & maintained
Working examples
What bespoke looks like.
Six things people ask us for most, built as small working examples you can click around right here. Each one is the kind of piece we'd build into your system - the difference is that yours would carry your branding, your data and your rules.
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Good morning, Alice14 Whitethorn Close, Northbridge · client since 2024
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£1,240Due 28 Sep
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Drawings v3 uploaded for the garden studioToday
Oak kitchen moved to Fitting - week of 22 SepYesterday
Invoice KJ-0418-2 issued12 Sep
Oak kitchen, fittedFitting · 70%
Garden studio doorsDesign sign-off · 20%
Alcove shelving pairCompleted · Jun
Quote KJ-0418.pdf2 Sep
Drawings v3 - garden studio.pdfToday
Invoice KJ-0418-2.pdf12 Sep
Care guide - oiled oak.pdfJun
KJ-0418-2 · Oak kitchen, second stage£1,240Due
KJ-0418-1 · Oak kitchen, deposit£2,480Paid
KJ-0402 · Alcove shelving pair£860Paid
Hi Alice - drawings v3 for the studio doors are in your Documents. Any changes before we cut timber?Today 08:40 · Tom, Kilnbrook Joinery
Thanks Tom, looks right. One question on the handle height.Today 09:12 · Alice
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Client portal
Give customers a branded place to log in, see where their job is, download documents, pay an invoice and message you - without a phone call. Each client sees only their own records.
Every order in one secure database: reference numbers, who it's for, what stage it's at, and a text to the customer the moment it moves. Search finds anything in an instant. No more chasing a spreadsheet.
A dog walk, a delivery or an engineer's route, recorded from the phone in their pocket and shared live with the person waiting at home. The finished route, distance and time are saved against the job automatically.
⌂ExtensionsRear, side and wrap-around, from first sketch to sign-off.
▤Loft conversionsDormers and hip-to-gable, with building regs handled.
◈New buildsSelf-build homes and small developments.
Architecture for homes that last.
A small Northbridge practice designing extensions, lofts and new homes that fit the way you live.
Kestrel RiseRear extension
Marlowe CourtLoft conversion
Alder WayNew build
Kestrel RiseRear extension
Marlowe CourtLoft conversion
Alder WayNew build
Sandpiper WaySide extension
Whitethorn CloseHip-to-gable loft
Kilnbrook RoadSelf-build plot
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Marlowe & Ashworth
Architecture for homes that last.
Extensions, lofts and new homes, designed around you.
Kestrel RiseRear extension
Marlowe CourtLoft conversion
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Kestrel RiseRear extension
Marlowe CourtLoft conversion
Alder WayNew build
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Animated menus & navigation
Navigation that feels finished: a mega-menu that opens on desktop and a drawer that slides in on phones, with your pages in it. The same care goes into every screen of a bespoke system, not just the front page.
Customers pick a free slot, you get the booking, they get a confirmation by text and email. Deposits, reminders and a cancellation policy can all sit behind it. No back-and-forth, no double-booking.
Your numbers, live, without a spreadsheet: what's been invoiced, what's finished and who your best customers are, for any period you pick. Built from the same database that runs the rest of your system.
Every example runs entirely in your browser, built with the same tools we use for client work. People, companies, addresses and figures are fictional.
Real builds, recorded
The finished article.
Short clips of software we've actually built and run, recorded from the apps themselves on demo data. Two of these started life as bespoke builds for one business and grew into products; that's a route open to you too.
Lettright · property management
Property management, end to end
Every property, tenant, repair and rent payment in one place, with compliance dates that go amber before they go red. Built first for one agency, now sold as Lettright.
On a phone · MyWorkBase and a bespoke dog-walking app
Built for the phone in your pocket
Left: MyWorkBase, invoicing and CIS worked out from the van. Right: a bespoke app for a dog-walking business, with walks tracked live by GPS and the route saved to the booking. The client stays anonymous; the software is real.
Appraisal, budget against actual spend, CIS and a cashflow grid that shows the month the money runs tightest. A bespoke build for a small developer, in testing now.