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Brickwork, blockwork, extensions and feature walls: the customer funds each stage into a regulated Australian trust account before the first course goes down — and it releases the moment the stage is signed off.
No credit card. No lock-in. Funds held by a licensed Australian trustee.
Brickies front bricks, blocks, sand and cement, run a crew that has to be paid weekly, and usually work as a subbie on someone else’s build — where the money lands late.
Bricks, blocks, sand and cement are your outlay, and your gang gets paid weekly regardless of when the job settles. Escrow funds the stage before that pressure hits.
Most brickwork is subcontracted, and the builder holds the cash. Staged escrow ring-fences your stage before you lay a course, independent of their cycle.
You lay a wall over days, but the payment waits for the whole stage of the build. Pre-funded milestones release your section as you complete it.
The fix
Your customer funds each stage into a regulated Australian trust account (Zai Pty Ltd, AFSL 461841) before you pick up a tool. You do the work, capture the evidence, and the money releases the moment the stage is signed off — typically 1–2 business days via NPP. That’s the difference between getting paid faster and getting paid, full stop.
Each stage is funded before it starts and releases on sign-off. Here’s how a typical job breaks down.
Deposit / materials
Bricks, blocks, sand, cement and ties delivered to site.
Footing courses
Set-out, damp course and first courses laid to level.
Wall build
Walls laid course by course to height, openings formed.
Clean & sign-off
Capping, pointing, clean-down and customer sign-off.
Trustee-held escrow
Zai Pty Ltd · AFSL 461841
7-day payouts
After milestone sign-off
Dispute cover
Funds already set aside
No lock-in
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Escrow works whether the customer is a homeowner or a builder — whoever funds the stage funds it into the regulated trust account before you start. Most brickwork is subcontract work, and that’s exactly the exposure Stagex is built for: your funded stage is ring-fenced rather than sitting inside the builder’s cash flow.
Because the stage is funded before you start and releases on sign-off, your cash isn’t stuck behind a builder’s payment cycle while you’re still paying your crew each week. The money for the work is committed up front and released promptly once the stage is done.
A milestone releases within 7 days of the customer signing off — typically 1–2 business days via NPP. The stage was pre-funded, so there’s no invoice to chase.
Stagex Professional is $59/mo. The first $30,000 funded into escrow per job is fee-free; above that a flat 1.6% escrow fee applies only to the amount over $30,000. No lock-in.
Bring one staged job through Stagex this week and see what guaranteed, chase-free payment feels like.
Stage by stage. Always paid.