Change Order Quick.
An app idea for landscaping companies.
Lets crew leads submit a change order from the field when a client asks for extra work, and gets a yes or no from the owner before the crew starts.
What the search found
- Who pays
- Landscaping business owners
- The problem
- Clients say 'landscaper did extra work and is charging $1,500 extra without approval.' Owners get stuck eating the cost or fighting over the bill. Crew leads in the field have no fast way to get a yes or no before starting extra work.
- The gap
- Existing field service tools focus on work orders, scheduling, and photo proof. They do not have a simple field-initiated change order flow where a crew lead can send a request and get an owner approval before starting the work. The gap is the approval step, not the work order.
- Already out there
- Janmar Systems janmarsystems.com
Work order management with mobile access and geofence alerts. Does not mention field-initiated change orders with owner approval.
- RealGreen realgreen.com
Crew app for service and work orders, documenting conditions for upsells. Upsells are not the same as getting approval before extra work starts.
- Field Ascend field-ascend.com
Before and after photos, customer signatures, work done notes. No mention of a field change order approval flow.
- FieldCamp fieldcamp.ai
AI dispatch for landscaping. Focuses on scheduling and re-sequencing, not change order approvals.
- Janmar Systems janmarsystems.com
- People asking for it
- Landscaper did extra work and is charging $1500 reddit.com
Client says landscaper did extra work and is charging $1,500 extra without approval.
- Landscaper charged for a fall cleanup job without my knowledge or approval reddit.com
Client says landscaper charged for a fall cleanup without knowledge or approval.
- Landscaper wants to be paid for work I did not hire him to do reddit.com
Client says they did not authorize the work and should not pay.
- Landscaper did extra work and is charging $1500 reddit.com
- The big assumption
- Crew leads will actually use a field app to request approval before starting extra work, instead of just doing the work and telling the owner later.
- Test it this week
- Show a mockup. Count how many say yes and ask to try it.
Check your own market first.
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- Gap found
Snow Route Swap Board
A simple board where crew leads swap snow plow routes when someone calls in sick, so all driveways get cleared without the owner making calls.