The national operating network for property work
Scoped in writing. Paid through escrow. Recorded end to end.
Step 1 · The ask
Post the work in plain English.
42 W Clinton · Duplex · Unit 2
“Full bath gut upstairs — new supply lines, tile, vanity. Need it turned in 3 weeks.”
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Job value
—
In escrow
—
Fee on release
—
1.5–3%
Transaction fee
$5
To move $8,000 · ACH
100%
Escrowed at acceptance
$0
Lead fees, ever
What it looks like today
The group text was never a system. Lehvel brings the project, the scope, the bids, the messages, the documentation and the money into one record — so the answer to what was agreed, by whom, for how much takes a second, not an afternoon.
Property operators shouldn’t have to manage the chaos. Good local contractors shouldn’t have to spend their lives chasing work.
For operators
Every no-show, change order, and receipt — captured where it can't be argued with.
Change order #2
+$380 · Signed
The scope of work
The accepted bid becomes a signed, timestamped scope of work — the document that never existed before. Change orders reference it. They don't rewrite it.
The money
Owner funds Held in escrow Paid on approval
Cost to move $8,000
ACH rail
$5
Card rail
$232
Pricing
Investors & PMs
$99–299/mo
Tiered by active projects. A fraction of enterprise construction software.
Start your first projectPer transaction
1.5–3%
Fee on an $8,000 job
On Lehvel
$160
15% platform
$1,200
Every trade
Plumbing
Typical range
$150–$900
Availability
Same-day
Resources
Permits, lead-safe rules, and real Cleveland numbers — written for the people who have to price the job, not rank for it.
For the trades · Built by one
Pre-scoped work from repeat buyers. Escrow means the money is real before you mobilize.
Cost plate · $8,000 job
On Lehvel
$209
15% platform
$1,200
Fifteen years of good work, finally portable — ★ every rating tied to a paid job
Phase 2
Homeowners inherit the network — the same trades the pros bet their own money on.
FAQ
Professionals first: fix-and-flip investors and small property managers coordinating multiple trades across properties, and the vetted contractors who work for them. Homeowners get access to the same vetted network in a later phase.
Contractors: $49/month. Operators (investors and property managers): $99–299/month depending on active project volume. On each completed job, a transaction fee of 1.5–3% is applied at payout — 3% under $1,000, sliding down to 1.5% over $15,000. For comparison, consumer platforms take 15–30% of the job or charge $25–75 per lead. There are no lead fees on Lehvel, ever.
When a bid is accepted it becomes a signed scope of work, and the funds move into escrow at that same moment — so the contractor knows the money is real before mobilizing. When the work is done and the operator approves it, the payout releases straight to the contractor’s bank. Disputes pause the release, and the complete job record — scope, photos, messages, change orders — is the evidence.
Because that is what makes fair pricing possible. Card processing costs 2.9% of the job — on an $8,000 kitchen that’s $232 before anyone earns anything, which is why other platforms charge 15%+. Bank (ACH) payments cost a flat $5 at any size. We route construction-sized payments over the rail built for them, and pass the savings through as a 1.5–3% fee.
Materials are approved before they’re bought, not argued about after. The contractor submits the cost, the operator approves it in a tap, and the receipt attaches to the job record. No more surprise line items.
Lehvel serves Ohio. We are starting in Cleveland, where the first operators and trades are, and opening the rest of the state as supply builds — Columbus, Cincinnati, Akron, Canton, Toledo, Dayton and Youngstown included. Sign-ups anywhere in Ohio are welcome, and Cleveland gets priority onboarding.