Home maintenance reminder software for builders
Afterkey is home maintenance reminder software for residential home builders. It reads a home’s own documents — owner’s manuals, spec sheets, invoices — proposes the maintenance schedule for that specific house, cites the source behind every interval, and sends the reminders to the homeowner automatically once the builder confirms the schedule.
The problem
Why builders stop giving homeowners maintenance guidance
- Building a real schedule means reading every manual in the house, per house.
- A generic “change your filters” checklist is not worth handing to a buyer.
- Nobody remembers to send the reminder six months after closing.
- Deferred maintenance turns into a warranty claim that the builder ends up eating.
- Homeowners lose the paper binder within a year.
The solution
How Afterkey handles it
The schedule builds itself from the home’s documents
Upload the manuals, spec sheets, and invoices you already have. Afterkey proposes a maintenance schedule for the actual equipment in that home.
Every line cites where it came from
For a known make and model, Afterkey looks up the manufacturer’s published maintenance and attaches a numbered footnote — a link to the manufacturer, a reference to the document you uploaded, or an honest “typical schedule — verify against the manual” label. It never invents an interval.
You confirm before a homeowner sees it
The AI proposes; you review and approve every line. Nothing reaches a homeowner that you have not signed off on.
Reminders go out on their own
Once confirmed, the schedule sends its own reminders by email, and by text for builders on the SMS add-on. Homeowners stay ahead of the maintenance that would otherwise become your callback.
It gets cheaper the more it is used
The appliance library is shared across every builder on Afterkey. Once a model has been researched, every future home with that model reuses the schedule instantly and free — and Afterkey shows you a cost preview before spending anything.
Common questions
Does the AI make up maintenance intervals?
No. Every suggestion carries a numbered footnote identifying its source: the manufacturer’s published maintenance schedule, the document uploaded for that home, or an explicit label stating that it is a typical schedule that should be verified against the manual. Where Afterkey does not have a manufacturer source, it says so rather than presenting a guess as fact. The builder reviews and confirms every line before it is published to a homeowner.
What does an AI action cost?
The AI add-on is $5 per month per active home and includes 8 AI actions per home per month, pooled across all of your homes. Appliances already in the shared library are free and do not count against the pool. Additional actions are $1.50 each, metered live with a ceiling you set. Without the add-on, you get 5 free actions per month to try it.
Can homeowners see the maintenance schedule themselves?
Yes. The confirmed schedule appears in the homeowner portal alongside their service history, with the same source footnotes the builder saw. Builders who sell maintenance memberships typically use the schedule as the substance of the plan.
Try it on your own homes
$149/month plus $10 per active home, unlimited users and subs, no contracts. Start a 30-day free trial and set up your first home today.