No more emergency runs to the yard

One app that gets your materials on site on time and on budget.
Priced, ordered and tracked across every supplier you use.
Stop chasing yards and get back on the tools.

Built for
Builders, chippies, landscapers
Suppliers
Every local yard you already use
Beta starts
NSW June 2026
01 / The shitshow all trades know

Crew’s on site.
Materials aren’t.
The job stops, and you cop the bill.

3 in 4
Jobs slip on materials
Most jobs that go late aren’t late because of weather. They’re late because something didn’t turn up.
Source · 34 site supervisors, NSW & VIC, Q1’26
+18%
Materials cost
What you pay for a stop-gap pack off a Bunnings shelf vs the yard rate on your contract. Straight out of your margin.
Source · 412 invoices, builder audit
$1,400/day
Wasted cost of an idle crew
Four blokes on a Sydney site doing nothing because the order didn’t come in. You wear it whether they swing a hammer or not.
Source · HIA benchmark + builder check
A real Tuesday · Marrickville duplex · reconstructed from supervisor logs
Out of your pocket · one slip
$5,000

One missed order. One Tuesday. Across the seven jobs you’re juggling, that’s a six-figure leak you never see on a P&L line, because it shows up as “just the way it goes.”

  • 06:12Framer rolls in. Pack of F17 90×45 didn’t show. Yard reckons it’s on tomorrow’s truck.
  • 06:40Foreman rings another yard. Quoted 18% over contract rate. + $1,180
  • 07:30Apprentice does a Bunnings run for stop-gap lengths. + $240 fuel/labour
  • 09:50Crew stands down ninety minutes. Coffees and scrolling. + $620
  • 13:00Sparky pushes Friday → Tuesday. Variation invoice incoming. + $1,230
  • MonPlasterer slips a week. Client emails the builder. Job ends three days late. LDs back on the table. + $1,730
// Reconstructed from a real February job. Builder + suburb anonymised.
02 / Why it keeps happening

Mate, it's not your fault.

You’re running seven jobs, four crews and a phone that never stops.
Ordering on time means holding dozens of lead times in your head for every supplier and every phase, all while you’re flat out on the tools.
Nobody can keep all of that straight, so eventually an order slips.
That’s not on you, it’s on a system that was never built for the way trades actually work.

I lose a full day a week just building shopping lists. There’s another job sitting there waiting and I haven’t got the headspace to take it on.

, James M. · architect + builder · Northern Beaches, Sydney

Every tool I’ve tried has way too much going on. I’m a tradie, not a computer wizard. End up back on the phone every time.

, Liam R. · builder · Northern Beaches, Sydney
03 / How it works

Gary tells you when to order
before the job slips.

  • Set up your job - connect your schedule, or we build one from your quote PDF
  • Order triggered - Gary pings you the day you should actually be ordering
  • PO approval - supplier confirms stock + price, you approve with one tap (live pricing to come!)
  • Reconfirm quantities - two days out, Gary asks “still right?” before the truck loads
  • Raise a variation - client approves on their phone before the order leaves the yard
Click a tab → see the moment

Have a poke around.

01 · Set up your job

Gary turns a quote into a delivery schedule.

Connect SimPro, BuildPass or Revit. Or upload your quote and Gantt. Gary reads the scope, infers the build sequence, and marks the order trigger for every phase, including the client selection deadlines that drive them.

  • Snap a photo of your quote, or connect SimPro, BuildPass or Revit.
  • Gary auto-generates the full materials list, every line, every phase. No typing.
  • Client selection triggers get scheduled too, so tiles, tapware and finishes land before the order needs to leave.
  • The trade reviews and confirms. Schedule is live from there.
// What you see when it's connected
  1. AJob ingested from SimPro. 184-day program.
  2. BFive phases identified. Order triggers placed.
  3. C5 client selection triggers added.
  4. DOne tap to confirm. You can edit anything later.
8:14
New job
Marrickville duplex
Step 1 · Add your quote
Just photograph the quote.
PDF, printout or a snap off the dash, Gary reads it.
Quote · BuildCo Pty Ltd
Marrickville duplex
F17 90×45 framing
Weathertex cladding
Cavity battens H3
Galv fixings + adhesive
Total ex GST$48,200
Reading quote… 4 phases · 38 lines
// Snap your quote
8:14
Materials
Marrickville duplex · 38 lines
Auto-generated from your quote in 8 seconds. Nothing typed by hand.
Auto-generated · grouped by phase
Every line, sorted and ready.
F17 90×45 framing pine
Framing · H2 treated
320 lin/m
Weathertex Selflok cladding
Cladding · 3660 × 200
42 lin/m
Cavity battens, H3
Cladding · 42 × 19
14 lin/m
Plasterboard, 10mm
Fit-out · 1200 × 6000
38 sheets
4 phases · 38 lines detectedReady
// Auto-generated materials list
04 / Built for your trade

If your day starts on a ute and ends covered in dust, this is for you.

Different trades, same problem. Here’s what changes for you.

Builders & site supers

Stop being the human Gantt chart. Gary watches every trade’s order trigger and tells you what’s coming up across all your live jobs.

  • Multi-job view, seven jobs, one notification feed. No more “which site was that for?”
  • Locked yard rates. Bowens, Boral, your local supplier. Gary routes to whoever’s fastest at contract price.
  • One tap, GST invoice in your inbox. No portals, no logins, no PO numbers to chase.
Pilot trade. Sydney + Melbourne first.

Carpenters & chippies

Frame, fix, finish. Three phases that each have a different lead time. Gary knows which ply your yard actually has in stock today.

  • F17, MGP10, LVL. Gary reads the takeoff from your plans, you confirm quantities, you don’t key them in.
  • Stop the Bunnings runs. Stop-gap lengths at retail are the silent margin killer. Gary catches it Friday.
  • Splits across yards when one’s out of stock. You see one delivery, Gary handles the rest.
Beta open for crews of 2–12.

Landscapers

Sand, soil, turf, pavers, retaining timber, irrigation. A dozen suppliers and weather that ruins everything. Gary handles the timing.

  • Weather-aware ordering. Gary checks the forecast and pushes your turf delivery if Tuesday’s a washout.
  • Bulk + delivery windows. Soil pours and skip swaps slotted around the crew, not the other way round.
  • Plants that are actually in stock. Gary checks the nursery before you commit to a planting plan.
EARLY ACCESS. NSW BETA JUNE 2026.
Plays nice with
06 / Fair questions

The bit before you sign up.

What does it cost?+
First 2 weeks is on us, no limit on jobs, users or orders. First 100 Beta customers will pay $70 a month. For life. (Until we start charging the suppliers per transaction and make it free for all trades of course... watch this space. Tiered subscription pricing will be updated in July 2026 which we expect will range from $99 to $400 per month based on measurable value (time and money).
Do I have to use a specific yard?+
Nope. Gary works with your existing contracts and yards first - whatever rates you’ve already negotiated, Gary respects. We’ll suggest faster or cheaper alternatives when they exist, but the call is always yours. We’re not anyone’s salesperson.
What if I don’t use scheduling software?+
Most of our beta crews don’t. Upload a quote PDF, a Gantt printout, sketch it on a serviette and send it to Lucy, or use our beta scheduling tool in-app. Gary infers the build sequence from there. Five-minute setup.
Where does my data go?+
Hosted in Australia, on AWS Sydney. Your job pricing is yours, we never share it with suppliers, never use it to train anything, and you can export and delete it any time. We’re a small Australian company, not a data broker.
When can I actually use it?+
Beta opens for NSW-based trades in June 2026. Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast follow in August. Other capitals into 2027. Get on the list and we’ll text you the week your suburb opens up.
Who’s building this?+
Two Legendary Aussies that have smarts, the means and are (literally) married to the problem. We’ve spent the last six months on sites with builders, carpenters and landscapers across NSW and VIC. Email Lucy at lucy@nicegary.com.au if you want to chat before signing up.