From checking your plot to handing over the keys.
Every Banao build follows the same five steps. Your agent runs each one with you, professionals compete for the work, and your money sits in escrow until the work is approved.
One agent per client
A named Banao agent is your contact for the whole project. You never deal with a contractor directly.
Verified professionals
Architects, contractors, installers and listings are reviewed by Banao before they go live.
Money held in escrow
You fund the accepted bid into escrow. Professionals are paid from it only for work you approve.
Timelines you can see
Every step shows how long it usually takes and your expected completion date.
Five steps, start to finish
Times are typical, not guaranteed. Your dashboard shows your own expected completion date.
- 01Usually 1–3 days
Land & Plot
Before anyone designs anything, make sure the land is safe to build on. Start with a plot you own, or buy one through Banao: your agent verifies it and deals with the seller, so you never have to.
A seven-point readiness check
Ownership papers, dues cleared (NDC), demarcation, physical possession, building-plan rules, soil investigation and utilities. Mark anything you are unsure of and your agent sorts it out.
Your own timeline
Tell us how long you want each step to take. Your agent agrees a timeline with you, and your dashboard tracks it.
The Land & Plot step: tick what you have, ask for help with the rest. - 02Usually 4–7 weeks
Architecture & Design
Verified architects bid for your design against an itemised brief your agent prepares. You choose one, fund the design fee into escrow, and the architect is paid once you approve the drawings.
A bid document, not a guess
Your agent turns your requirements into a bid document so every architect prices the same thing. It’s priced on your covered area, and you see your total before you pay.
Revisions before payment
Ask for changes until the drawings are right. The architect’s payment only leaves escrow when you approve.
- 03Usually 7–14 days
Contractor Tender
Contractors bid on your approved drawings and schedule of work. Every bid is split into payment milestones (foundation, structure, masonry, finishing), so you can see how the money will be paid out before you choose.
Serious bids only
Contractors buy the bid document to download it, and bidding is free, which keeps out copy-paste proposals. Contact details are removed from proposals so the job stays protected on Banao.
An itemised BOQ to bid on
Your agent prepares the contractor bid document: a bill of quantities (BOQ) for your drawings, priced on your covered area. You approve it, then every contractor prices the same items, so bids compare line by line.
- 04Usually 3–7 days
Review & Award
Compare bids side by side, talk them through with your agent, and award the contract. The contract starts when escrow is funded.
Three ways to fund
Pay the full amount into escrow, fund one milestone at a time, or pay in installments on larger bids.
Pay by bank transfer
Transfer to Banao’s account and upload the screenshot in your support chat. Your agent confirms it, usually within 1 working day.
Review & Award: every bid with its milestones, ready to compare. - 05Usually 8–14 months
Construction
The contractor submits each milestone, you review it, and you either approve it or ask for changes. Only an approved milestone is paid from escrow, into the contractor’s earnings.
Nothing paid in advance
Each milestone is paid after the work is done and approved, never before. Money not yet released stays in escrow.
Watch from anywhere
Meet your agent over Zoom or Google Meet, and where a site camera is installed, watch the site live from your dashboard.
Someone on your side at every step
Your agent verifies your plot, prepares bid documents, confirms your bank transfers, books video meetings and steps in when something goes wrong. Message them any time from your dashboard; they usually reply within a few hours, 9am–5pm, Monday to Saturday (Pakistan time).
What protects you when a job goes badly
Normally this is where you would be chasing someone who has stopped answering their phone. On Banao, the money has not left escrow, and your agent is already involved.
Report a dispute
Something wrong on site or with a professional? Report it from your project. Your agent reviews disputes within 24 hours and works it through with both sides.
Warnings for professionals
Professionals who break the rules get formal warnings on their record, and can be suspended. They can dispute a warning, and Banao reviews it.
Deals stay on the platform
Phone numbers, emails and handles are automatically removed from chats and proposals, so nobody can take your job off-platform, where escrow cannot protect it.
Join the journey where you are
Already have drawings?
Skip the land and design steps and go straight to the contractor tender. You can ask your agent to open either step later.
Start a construction-only project →Already have a builder?
Keep your own architect and contractor, and have Banao inspect the build stage by stage with a consultancy plan.
See consultancy plans →Find the right starting point for you
Homeowners & overseas Pakistanis
Post a project for free. Pay into escrow only when you award the work.
Start your project →Contractors
Bid on scoped tenders with approved drawings, and get paid from escrow as each milestone is approved.
Join as a contractor →Architects
Win design jobs with a clear brief. Your fee is held in escrow before you start.
Join as an architect →Consultants & solar installers
List plots and properties for buyers our agents bring, or quote on solar jobs once the site is assessed, by a Banao inspector or from the client's own video and measurements.
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