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We have been building homes in Queensland for over 25 years, unlike some of the other sites, which are run by developers and content writers/entrepreneurs (neither of whom are actually builders).

Details make all the difference. We share information with you, such as detailed checklists, that other sites do not even know exist, since they have never used them or built them for a working environment (construction site). Our products have all been made by us and used to build our own homes and the homes of our clients. Time tested.

If its good enough for pilots and doctors its good enough for builders and home owners.

Atul Gawande, a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and a staff writer at The New Yorker, he argues in his book (The Checklist Manfesto) that checklists can help us manage the extreme complexity of the modern world. In medicine, he writes, the problem is "making sure we apply the knowledge we have consistently and correctly." Failure, he argues, results not so much from ignorance (not knowing enough about what works) as from ineptitude (not properly applying what we know works).

Checklists are the easiest way to apply what we know works!

We think that wrapping up 25 years of both construction management and site experience into a relatively small charge (compared to the cost of a new home) encourages us to keep creating more content for you. Also, we want to make sure that the cost is affordable for you, so we offer both monthly and yearly subscriptions.

Absolutely. We do not handle any of your credit card information. Stripe is the payment provider (see below)

All card numbers are encrypted at rest with AES-256. Decryption keys are stored on separate machines. 

Anyone involved with the processing, transmission, or storage of card data must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). Stripe has been audited by an independent PCI Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) and is certified as a PCI Level 1 Service Provider. This is the most stringent level of certification available in the payments industry.

PCI compliance is a shared responsibility and applies to both Stripe and your business. When accepting payments, you must do so in a PCI compliant manner. The simplest way for you to be PCI compliant is to never see (or have access to) card data at all. Stripe makes this easy for you as we can do the heavy lifting to protect your customers’ card information.

In short, this means that we do not see or store or have access to your credit card data on our servers because it is sent directly to Stripe. We do not handle any sensitive data on our server. This means that a breach of our servers wouldn’t result in any stolen credit card data.