Houzz Launches Houzz Pro Business Software for Remodeling Pros
Houzz Pro brings remodeling pros business management software and marketing features in a single solution
Houzz is announcing the launch of Houzz Pro, a suite of software tools that remodeling pros can use to manage their residential construction businesses. Houzz Pro is the only business software on the market that builders and remodelers can use to manage the full project life cycle, including attracting and converting new clients, creating estimates, communicating with clients and handling billing all in one place. The new tools are just one aspect of the Houzz Pro Resilience Initiative, designed to help pros strengthen their businesses; stay connected to one another, their clients and their teams; and tap into the power of the Houzz community.
A recent Houzz survey found that 2 in 5 home professionals are already adopting remote-collaboration tools (39%) and that more than a quarter are implementing online tools for document and contract approvals (27%), as well as invoicing and payments (29%), to help manage their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What’s more, homeowners on Houzz have said that their remodels would have been better with full project visibility — into progress, actual costs, timing and changes. Houzz is stepping up to help pros provide a better customer experience.
The new tools within Houzz Pro enable construction professionals to manage their businesses from their desktop computers or from the Houzz Pro app. Builders and remodelers who subscribe to Houzz Pro also can benefit from new marketing and advertising features, such as enhanced analytics, and new profile features, such as a company highlight video and featured reviews.
Read on to learn about the major features of this new offering from Houzz.
What’s more, homeowners on Houzz have said that their remodels would have been better with full project visibility — into progress, actual costs, timing and changes. Houzz is stepping up to help pros provide a better customer experience.
The new tools within Houzz Pro enable construction professionals to manage their businesses from their desktop computers or from the Houzz Pro app. Builders and remodelers who subscribe to Houzz Pro also can benefit from new marketing and advertising features, such as enhanced analytics, and new profile features, such as a company highlight video and featured reviews.
Read on to learn about the major features of this new offering from Houzz.
1. Manage Leads
With Houzz Pro, construction pros can manage their client pipeline from any source, including Houzz, allowing them to stay top of mind with potential clients and win more projects. Within Houzz Pro, builders and remodelers can communicate with their leads, add internal notes about projects and attach relevant files and photos.
With Houzz Pro, construction pros can manage their client pipeline from any source, including Houzz, allowing them to stay top of mind with potential clients and win more projects. Within Houzz Pro, builders and remodelers can communicate with their leads, add internal notes about projects and attach relevant files and photos.
A scheduling tool within Houzz Pro integrates with the pro’s calendar, making it easy to schedule meetings with clients and potential clients. When a lead becomes a client, the entire communication history moves seamlessly to the new project.
2. Create Estimates
The new estimate creation tool within Houzz Pro enables builders and remodelers to build fast, accurate estimates from preloaded, project-specific templates complete with products, materials and installation costs specific to the project’s ZIP code.
The new estimate creation tool within Houzz Pro enables builders and remodelers to build fast, accurate estimates from preloaded, project-specific templates complete with products, materials and installation costs specific to the project’s ZIP code.
Pros also can upload estimates or create them from scratch using Houzz Pro. Pros can save templates they have customized for use on future projects.
Construction pros using the Houzz Pro tools can send estimates via email or chat to clients for approval with a digital signature.
Construction pros using the Houzz Pro tools can send estimates via email or chat to clients for approval with a digital signature.
3. Send Change Orders and Invoices and Accept Online Payments
Construction professionals can easily send and track change orders in Houzz Pro, helping to avoid cost overruns.
Construction professionals can easily send and track change orders in Houzz Pro, helping to avoid cost overruns.
They can also send payment requests and invoices directly through Houzz Pro. And they can accept payments online from a client’s credit card. Houzz Pro’s online payment system is easy for clients to use, allowing pros to get paid faster by credit card.
4. Collaborate With Clients
The messaging tool within Houzz Pro tracks the entire client communication history, including chat, email, photos and documents, payment requests, invoices, change orders and timelines, and all client approvals.
The messaging tool within Houzz Pro tracks the entire client communication history, including chat, email, photos and documents, payment requests, invoices, change orders and timelines, and all client approvals.
5. Keep Clients Up to Date
Pros can use Houzz Pro to proactively communicate project status to clients through a built-in dashboard. Pros can choose which content they want clients to see on the client dashboard before sharing it, and a preview function allows pros to confirm everything is correct before sending. The dashboard includes message history; a graphic and interactive project timeline that pros can build and then share with clients; and daily logs where pros can share regular updates of what’s happening on the job site, photos and more.
Pros can use Houzz Pro to proactively communicate project status to clients through a built-in dashboard. Pros can choose which content they want clients to see on the client dashboard before sharing it, and a preview function allows pros to confirm everything is correct before sending. The dashboard includes message history; a graphic and interactive project timeline that pros can build and then share with clients; and daily logs where pros can share regular updates of what’s happening on the job site, photos and more.
This image shows an example of the first scene in a highlight video, a marketing feature now available through Houzz Pro.
6. Attract Clients With New Marketing Tools
In addition to business management software, Houzz Pro subscribers can use new marketing and advertising features, including website building and hosting services, to stand out, build their brands on Houzz and attract new clients.
6. Attract Clients With New Marketing Tools
In addition to business management software, Houzz Pro subscribers can use new marketing and advertising features, including website building and hosting services, to stand out, build their brands on Houzz and attract new clients.
- The highlight video allows pros to show their businesses through an engaging multimedia experience, including photos, reviews and key business information.
- The featured review showcases a handpicked review prominently on the pro’s profile and Houzz directory listing.
- Enhanced analytics through Houzz Pro gives subscribing pros insights into how their profiles are resonating most with the Houzz community.
- Website building and hosting. Subscribers to Houzz Pro can have the Houzz team build, host and manage a professional website as part of any paid subscription package.
Pros who subscribe to Houzz Pro automatically get the “I Use Pro Software” badge on their Houzz profile, helping to market this advantage of working with them to homeowners.
Houzz Pro subscription packages are priced to fit any budget or team. Pros can go to pro.houzz.com to try out Houzz Pro now. Or they can visit houzz.com/pro to learn about features and pricing.
Houzz Pro is available in the U.S., with a global rollout to come.
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Browse millions of photos for inspiration
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Join the Houzz Trade Program
Houzz Pro subscription packages are priced to fit any budget or team. Pros can go to pro.houzz.com to try out Houzz Pro now. Or they can visit houzz.com/pro to learn about features and pricing.
Houzz Pro is available in the U.S., with a global rollout to come.
More on Houzz for Pros
Read stories in our Resilience series
Browse millions of photos for inspiration
Talk with your peers in the Pro-to-Pro discussions
Join the Houzz Trade Program
Read about Houzz Pro features for designers