Perch sits behind every stage of owning a house, from the first inspection to the day you hand the keys to the next owner. The work runs in three layers: get organized, find people who'll work with you from afar, then run the work without being there. The record carries from one phase to the next, so you don't re-explain the house to yourself or to anyone else.
Phase 1, Discovery. Add a property and run the first Property Report. It is free, extracted by AI from inspection PDFs and your own notes, and it is what your plan stands on.
Phase 2, Assessment. Confirm what matters and what does not. Concerns arrive triaged, with severity, category and your read on each one, instead of as a wall of issues.
Phase 3, Planning. The Plan Builder turns confirmed concerns into a phased plan (roof first, then kitchen, then garden) with an order-of-magnitude budget per phase.
Phase 4, Sourcing and execution. Send structured quote requests, compare quotes line by line and track milestones with photo evidence. Contractors message you in the channel they prefer, and you read everything in one inbox.
Phase 5, Ownership. After the build, the record keeps going. Maintenance schedules, warranties and change history stay attached to the property instead of your email.
Phase 6, Handover. Sell, gift or pass on the property with the Property Passport. The next owner inherits the entire record on day one.
What Perch leaves out: no social feed, no marketplace fees on your contractors (bring your own, and Perch takes no cut of their work), no replacement for an inspection, and no pushy notifications, only a weekly digest and occasional milestone confirmations.