Custom software,seriously engineered.

Most engagements land between $6k and $60k AUD, depending on scope. Smaller automations start around $3k. You always get a written, fixed-price quote before any work begins — and if the budget and the ambition don’t match, I’ll tell you early instead of at the invoice.

In writing, like everything else. Every proposal includes a simple payment schedule agreed before work begins — typically a deposit to secure the start date, with the balance tied to delivered milestones you’ve already seen working on the staging link. No hourly meter, no surprises.

Automations: one to three weeks. Websites: three to six weeks. Full web applications and CRMs: six to twelve weeks. Whatever the size, you see working software on a private staging link every week — never a six-month black box.

Yes — one hundred percent. The repository, the infrastructure and the documentation live in your accounts from day one. If we ever part ways, you keep everything and any competent engineer can pick it up. No lock-in, ever.

Almost always. Legacy databases, half-finished builds from a previous developer, ageing CRMs held together with exports — integrating with and rescuing existing systems is a specialty, not an exception.

Yes, deliberately. You brief the person who writes the code, so decisions happen in hours instead of sprint ceremonies. For specialist work — visual design, penetration testing — I bring in trusted collaborators, but every line of code ships through me.

Less than you’d fear — by design. The code, infrastructure, documentation and accounts live in your name from day one, so any competent engineer could pick the project up mid-stream. That isn’t an accident; it’s the ownership model doing exactly what it’s for.

Your call. Some clients take the documentation and run it themselves; most keep a monthly support arrangement covering monitoring, updates and small improvements. Either way, launch day is a beginning, not a hand-off and goodbye.

Of course. Most projects run over video calls and a shared staging link, and I work comfortably across every Australian time zone. Gold Coast and Brisbane clients get the bonus of meeting in person.

You get a reply within one business day to set up a free thirty-minute call. On the call you describe the problem; if custom software isn’t the answer, I’ll say so and point you somewhere better. If it is, you get a written fixed-price proposal — and you decide from there. No follow-up sequence, no pressure.