Project and cost management for residential construction

Cost truth across every trade — from the plot to the sale.

Cost truth from day one – work out purchase price, margin and exit reliably before you buy. New build and retrofit alike, from a single apartment block to a whole portfolio.

60 days of the full platform, free – no credit card, nothing charged automatically · you pay only once a scheme is realised

  • Do the maths before you sign. Purchase price, development potential and apartment-block costing in one model – you know whether the deal stacks up before you get to the notary.
  • Real contractor prices, not estimates. Your costs are built on real market prices across every trade – which is why “from day one” actually holds.
  • One number, from acquisition to exit. Costing, tendering, construction and sale all draw on the same data core – from a single block to a whole portfolio. No spreadsheet breaks.

Built by practitioners: 10 years of retrofit project management plus 30+ years of construction expertise.

New build & retrofit Houses to apartment blocks Portfolio dashboard Real contractor prices
Renaldo Developer: portfolio dashboard with assets, residential units, investment volume and project status – preview
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Why Renaldo for developers

One truth for everyone – costing, construction and exit from the same data.

An acquisition case that holds

Residual value and maximum land price derived from real trade-level costing – not from gut feeling.

Scales per residential unit

Apartment-block structure with buildings, cores and units – quantities and costs scale automatically.

The whole lifecycle

Early stage, construction and sale on one data core – no handover gaps between costing, award and exit.

Six features

What you won't find anywhere else.

From acquisition through to operation — all six come out of one configuration. That is why costs, dates and the tender always agree.

Acquisition

Three-click feasibility

All the way to the residual land value.

Type in an address. Renaldo pulls the standard land value, cadastral map and development potential, works out the maximum massing — and shows GDV, margin and the highest land price the scheme can carry.

Costing

Costing without a quantity take-off

Quantities from the building, prices from the market.

You choose the work item. The quantity comes from your building and room data, the price from real regional contractor rates. No counting windows, no calculating wall areas.

Tendering

The bill of quantities you never have to write

Straight from the configuration into the tender.

Your configuration becomes a tender-ready bill of quantities across every trade — with long descriptions, quantities and unit prices. From there straight into the local search and the online request.

Award

The bid comparison that shows the gaps too

Every bid measured against your own bill of quantities.

The bids line up next to each other, item by item. What becomes visible is not only who is cheaper — but what the cheapest bid leaves out, and how much money that leaves open.

Construction

The construction schedule that writes itself

And everyone involved keeps it current.

The durations come from the same configuration as the costs. If one task slips, the whole plan follows. Firms report from the portal — via link, no account.

Operation

From ESG baseline to a costed retrofit

Rating, measure, new class.

Energy class and CO₂ per asset — then cost an upgrade at real prices and see which ESG class comes out of it, and what rent uplift § 559 allows.

The whole lifecycle

From the first appraisal to the last flat sold.

01 · Early stage & acquisition · free for good on Developer Start

Plot, 3D & feasibility – before you buy.

From plot to return in a single pass: official standard land value (BORIS), cadastral map and development potential (plot ratio, site coverage, storeys) with automatic calculation of maximum gross floor area and residential units – no add-on services required. Define the building automatically as maximum massing, manually, or via IFC import – including a walkable 3D model, georeferenced to the parcel. Feasibility is calculated from real trade costs instead of lump sums and shows GDV, margin and residual value – switchable between sale and letting, financing bridge included. Save and compare scenarios.

  • Standard land value (BORIS), cadastral map & development potential (max. GFA/units)
  • Walkable 3D building model with sun path & overshadowing
  • Feasibility from real costs: GDV, margin, residual value
  • Financing bridge (max. loan, DSCR, cash flow) & scenario comparison
Renaldo: early stage with development potential, site utilisation and a plot scenario – preview
02 · Apartment-block project structure

Buildings, cores, units – cleanly structured.

Model apartment blocks and whole neighbourhoods: buildings with cores, storeys and residential units, each with its own room schedule. Quantities and costs are derived from that structure and scale automatically with the number of units.

  • Building → cores → residential units → room schedule
  • Quantities scale per residential unit
  • New build and retrofit in the same model
Renaldo: apartment-block project structure with buildings, cores and residential units – preview
03 · Cost truth across every trade

Costing with real contractor prices.

Ready-made bills of quantities across every trade, backed by real contractor and consultant prices and linked directly to the building and room data. Which means a reliable full-cost plan in minutes – funding and financing included.

  • Real market prices instead of a spreadsheet guess
  • Funding & financing module included
  • Quantities derived automatically from the structure
Renaldo: costing across every trade with real contractor prices
04 · Tendering & award

From bill of quantities to award – compare bids objectively.

Tender straight from the finished bill of quantities: local search across the professional network, online request and award in the portal. The AI bid analysis lines the bids up item by item – for an award you can justify.

  • Contractor portal + online award
  • AI bid comparison item by item
  • Export to German tendering software (ORCA, Abbey) or CSV/Excel
Renaldo: tendering, contractor portal and AI bid comparison
New · Supplier library

Your network of trades – portfolio-wide, not per project.

Keep the contractors and subcontractors who have proven themselves in one central supplier library, and use them across every project in your portfolio. Rate each collaboration in three categories (communication, quality, price fairness), with history and average. For every trade Renaldo suggests your best suppliers; with auto-inclusion they land in matching tenders automatically.

  • Three-category rating with history & average
  • Usable portfolio-wide · auto-inclusion per trade
  • Block list for “don't ask again”
Renaldo: supplier library with subcontractor ratings in three categories – preview
05 · Construction & handover

Site supervision that lets nothing slip through.

A construction schedule with phases and milestones, inspection points derived from the configured works, defects with photo and location – all audit-proof. The digital site diary documents every working day defensibly: weather pulled automatically from the German weather service, entries by dictation, and an AI weekly report at the touch of a button. AI invoice checking reconciles every invoice against the bill of quantities and the awarded contracts.

  • Construction schedule, dates & inspection points (planned/actual per trade)
  • Digital site diary: weather automatically, dictation, AI weekly report
  • Defects with photo & location · AI invoice checking against the bill of quantities
Renaldo: construction & handover with inspection points, defect management and AI invoice checking
06 · Sale & exit

From finished asset to sale – out of the same data.

The project produces brochures per residential unit with AI-written marketing copy, a shareable data room for buyers and lenders, and the listing export – including an automatically pre-filled asking price derived from the feasibility appraisal, the rent roll and the standard land value. The financing bridge supplies the figures the bank and the buyer need – without reassembling anything.

  • Unit brochure with AI marketing copy & a shareable data room
  • Listing export with an automatically pre-filled asking price
  • Financing bridge (LTV, DSCR, cash flow)

Holding rather than selling? Operation & letting (tenant management, maintenance, ESG) run through the Renaldo Operate module – addable at any time.

Renaldo: unit brochure, data room and listing export for the sale – preview
07 · Portfolio & status

Every asset, figure and phase at a glance.

The portfolio dashboard brings together assets, investment volume, residential units and project status across all your schemes. The project-status timeline shows which phase each project is in – from development through to sale.

  • Investment volume, residential units & € per unit
  • Project-status timeline per scheme
  • Sortable & comparable across the portfolio
Renaldo: portfolio dashboard with key figures and a project-status timeline – preview
Also on board

Tools that carry every project.

SAM – AI assistant

Technical questions on German building-energy law, funding, building physics and standards – in the context of your project, in expert terms.

Team & roles – collaborative

Architect, energy consultant, lender and the rest all work on the same project – with roles and permissions, and no per-head surcharge.

White-label export

PDFs and exports in your own house layout – for investors, banks and buyers.

Funding & financing module

Match KfW/BAFA programmes including new-build funding (e.g. KFN/QNG) and feed the financing calculator straight from the budget.

AI photo staging

Photorealistic before/after visualisations from existing stock or shell construction, for marketing and sales.

Data room & document storage

Drawings, certificates, contracts and correspondence kept audit-proof per project – shareable with buyers and lenders.

Building import (IFC)

Import existing-building and design data via IFC, Hottgenroth, EVEBI or Doorbit – per building.

GDPR & German servers

All project data hosted in Germany. Exportable or deletable at any time.

One platform · every phase

The entire lifecycle of a residential building – in one data core.

From acquisition and development potential through costing, tendering and construction to operation and sale. New build and retrofit, from single-family homes to apartment blocks – every work item linked directly to the building and room data.

The core

Costing across every trade – with ready-made bills of quantities and real contractor prices. Every work item linked directly to the building & room data.

1

Acquisition

  • Development potential (plot ratio / site coverage)
  • Standard land value (BORIS) & cadastral map
  • 3D building model
  • Feasibility (margin, GDV, residual value)
2

Design & costing

  • Building import (IFC)
  • Drawing register
  • Energy consulting module
  • Building profile
  • Funding module
  • Financing calculator
  • Material selection
  • Apartment-block structure
  • Neubau
3

Tendering & award

  • Contractor portal
  • Online contract award
  • Bids + AI comparison
  • Contractor address book
  • Tendering-software / CSV export
4

Construction & handover

  • Construction schedule & dates
  • Site diary & AI weekly report
  • Defect management
  • Site supervision
  • AI invoice checking
5

Operation & sale

  • Tenant management
  • Maintenance & billing
  • ESG rating
  • Unit brochure & data room
  • Financing bridge
  • Listing export
Always included
SAM – AI assistant Every project party in one place Project roadmap & tasks by phase Portfolio dashboard Photo gallery Document storage AI photo staging Team & roles White-label export
Plan

Renaldo Developer Scale – billed on project value.

The base fee (Developer Scale) unlocks the platform for unlimited projects and participants. Each project adds a one-off project fee per residential unit – fair, transparent and payable only once the scheme is realised. 60 days free – no credit card.

Developer Scale
from €500
net / month · 60-day free trial
Project fee
per unit
one-off, tapered · only once realised
Operation (Operate)
€9 / unit / mo
optional module, if you hold

Developer and Renaldo Operate can be combined – both modules on one organisation at the same time, prices additive.

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FAQ

Quick answers

For developers, housebuilders and investors creating residential buildings – new build and retrofit alike, from a single apartment block up to a portfolio. If you hold and operate existing stock, the better starting point is the page for asset managers & housing companies.
On project value: a monthly base fee called Developer Scale (from €500 net, annual payment available) unlocks the platform for unlimited projects and participants. Each project adds a one-off project fee per residential unit (tapered, and only once the scheme is realised). Operating buildings you hold is billed optionally through Renaldo Operate (€9 per unit per month). You'll get a concrete quote for your own portfolio on the demo call.
Yes. As soon as you register you have 60 days of the full Developer platform for your entire organisation – no credit card and no sales call. After that nothing is charged automatically: you either book Developer Scale, or carry on solo on Developer Start, free for good. You only pay once a scheme is realised (the project fee per residential unit) – nothing is debited quietly.
Yes. Everyone involved works collaboratively on the same project – with roles and permissions. Participants cost nothing extra; billing runs through the project, not through headcount.

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