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Renovations, extensions and staged builds: each milestone is funded into a regulated trust account before you start it, and releases on sign-off. Progress paid with certainty — not a claim you have to chase.
No credit card. No lock-in. Funds held by a licensed Australian trustee.
A progress claim is a request the client still has to pay. On a reno or extension, one slow or short payment mid-build can stall the whole job — and your cash flow.
You issue the claim and hope it’s paid in full and on time. Escrow means the stage was already funded before you started it — the money exists before the claim does.
You’re funding materials and subbies to keep momentum. When a mid-build payment lands late, everything downstream slips. Pre-funded stages keep the cash flowing to plan.
Deposits and progress payments make homeowners anxious. Escrow protects them too — their money is held by a licensed trustee and only released when each stage is genuinely done. That certainty helps you win the job.
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 / site prep
Permits, site set-up, footings and slab preparation.
Frame & roof
Structural frame, roof on, lock-up stage reached.
Lock-up & fit-out
Cladding, windows, internal linings and services rough-in.
Fixing & completion
Fit-off, finishes, final inspection and handover 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
A progress claim is a formal request for payment the client still has to action. With Stagex the money for that stage was funded into a regulated trust account before you started the stage, and it releases within days of sign-off. It is the difference between claiming payment and having it already secured.
No — those statutory rights are yours by law and Stagex sits alongside them. Escrow ring-fences the money before the work rather than helping you pursue it after. Our Security of Payment Act guide explains how prevention and remedy fit together.
No. Stagex is focused on jobs, milestones and escrow-secured payment — it is deliberately lean, not a heavy project/inventory platform. It suits renovation and small-build work where getting paid on staged jobs is the real risk.
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.