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Bathroom renos, hot-water swaps, gas and drainage work: the customer funds each stage into a regulated trust account before you start, and it releases the moment the stage is signed off.
No credit card. No lock-in. Funds held by a licensed Australian trustee.
Plumbing jobs span weeks and trades. You’re in early for rough-in, back later for fit-off — and the invoice waits until everyone else is finished.
You do the rough-in before the walls close up, then wait weeks for fit-off and final payment. Staged escrow releases the rough-in money when the rough-in is done.
On a bathroom or kitchen reno the money often sits with a builder or homeowner until the very end. Escrow ring-fences your stage up front, independent of who’s coordinating the job.
Burst mains and blocked drains get fixed on trust and invoiced after. For scheduled staged work, Stagex means the funds are committed before you turn up.
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 / strip-out
Disconnect, demolition of old fixtures and materials order.
Rough-in
New water and waste pipework, in-wall valves before waterproofing.
Fit-off
Tapware, toilet, vanity, shower and connections.
Test & handover
Pressure test, compliance certificate 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. On subcontract work this is exactly the exposure Stagex is built for: your funded milestone is ring-fenced rather than sitting inside the head contractor’s cash flow.
Less so — burst mains and blockages are usually fixed on the spot and invoiced after. Escrow is built for staged work like renos, hot-water and gas fit-offs, where the payment risk is real because the job runs over days or weeks.
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 is 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.