Owner Builder Buddy is a WA-focused platform for owner-builders who want a clearer way to organise their project — from planning and build stages through to budgets, scheduling, documents and day-to-day coordination.
The services complement each other, but they remain separate. Use the one that solves the problem you have.
For the steel-frame package and the work needed to get it ready for manufacture.
For organising the broader owner-builder project around the structure and trades.
Once the design and structure are moving, you still need a practical way to keep the rest of the project organised.
Use structured build stages to understand the sequence of the project rather than trying to run the whole build from scattered notes.
Organise project costs as the build progresses so decisions are made with a clearer picture of the overall budget.
Keep dates, stages and upcoming work visible so you can prepare for trades and decisions before they become urgent.
Bring documents and project information together instead of relying on a mixture of inboxes, spreadsheets and message threads.
Work with SFD on the steel-frame package, detailing and the project-specific items relevant to that scope.
Use Owner Builder Buddy to organise your build stages, budget, schedule and project information.
Keep the bigger picture visible while you coordinate the different trades, decisions and documents that make up an owner-build.
OBB is not required to purchase an SFD steel-frame package, and SFD is not required to use Owner Builder Buddy. They are separate services designed around different parts of the same owner-builder journey.
Explore the platform, set up your project and see whether the workflow suits the way you want to manage your owner-build.
No. OBB is a separate platform. You can use SFD without OBB, and you can use OBB without purchasing a steel-frame package from SFD.
OBB is designed to help owner-builders organise the wider project, including build stages, budgeting, scheduling, documents, product decisions and other project-management tasks.
No. OBB is a project-management and guidance platform. You still engage the professionals, consultants and trades required for your particular project.
Yes. OBB can be useful earlier in the project because owner-builders need to organise planning, approvals, budgets, design decisions and upcoming work before construction begins.
No. Owner Builder Buddy is an owner-builder platform. This SFD page introduces it because many SFD customers are managing their own wider build.
If the steel frame is only one part of what you're trying to organise, OBB gives you a dedicated place to manage the broader owner-builder project.
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