Rich Tolley

Rich Tolley

Web designer turned SaaS founder 🇦🇺
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Web designer from Australia who got frustrated watching clients in the hire and rental industry lose money to damage disputes they couldn't prove. So I built the fix. I'm the founder of three damage documentation apps: 🔧 HireCheck — for plant & equipment hire companies 🏠 LodgeCheck — for Airbnb hosts & short-term rental managers 🪚 TradieCheck — for tradies & construction businesses Each app lets you photograph and document condition before handover, get a digital sign-off, and walk away with timestamped, bulletproof evidence. Building in public. Always happy to connect with other indie founders.

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Brew p/brew-5•

1mo ago

#1 Product of the Day

Wild to say but Brew took the #1 spot just from word of mouth!

If you have not tried it yet, it is free: https://brew.new.

TradieCheck — Proof Before You Startp/tradiecheck-proof-before-you-start•

1mo ago

Why I built this (a web designer with no dev background)

I'm not a developer. A year ago I couldn't write a line of backend code.

But I kept seeing the same story in tradie Facebook groups. Someone does a solid job, client claims they caused damage that was already there, no proof, dispute goes nowhere. It happens constantly and nobody had built a simple tool to fix it.

So I built TradieCheck. It took about 8 months of nights and weekends, a lot of dead ends, and more "what am I doing" moments than I'd like to admit.

The app does one thing: documents site condition before work starts. Photos, GPS, timestamp, client signature. Two minutes at the start of a job that could save thousands in a dispute.

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1mo ago

TradieCheck — Proof Before You Start - Timestamped photo proof before you touch anything

Tradies get blamed for damage they didn't cause. Without proof, it's their word against the client's. TradieCheck fixes that. Show up to a job, do a quick walkthrough, photograph anything pre-existing. The report is GPS-tagged, timestamped, and sent to the client for digital sign-off before work starts. If something comes up later, you open the report. That's it. Works on any phone. No app install for clients. 7-day free trial, no credit card needed.
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