BUILD Q2 2019

BUILD Q2 2019 18 Mar19107 rawing on the expertise of its Founders, Yourkeys offers a unique solution that aims to reduce the hassle from purchasing a home. After all, buying a house is ranked as the no.1 most stressful experi- ence in modern life. This is largely due to poor communication and the protracted nature of the sale, and as a result 39% of all house sales fall-through, which represents £1B of costs to UK housebuilders. Their technology accelerates the time it takes to exchange contracts to just 21 days, which means fewer sales fall through. When Co-Founder Riccardo Dawson worked for Shape, a mid- sized house developer building 450 houses PA, he witnessed the enormous strain of the buying process on both buyers and developer. He was baffled that housebuilders, selling the most expensive thing that anyone buys in their life, didn’t project themselves in a more exciting and professional manner. Furthermore, he pondered how it was possible that the process was so tortuous that instead of stimulating passion of their new home, the process actively alienated and patronised buyers. That was when he realised that, while house buying wasn’t exactly broken, it just didn’t work, and was the turning point for him to strive for a better solution. That coupled with the fact that the world was moving towards digital, where even an item bought on Amazon had full visibility of each delivery step or a £10 Uber journey provided real time visuals of the arrival time, demonstrated how archaic the house sales sector was. Building upon this experience and others, Riccardo co-founded Yourkeys, and the firm has now created a solution that radically Yourkeys: Wins Best New Technology for Housebuilders by Taking Property Buying Online Since its inception in 2017 Yourkeys has been a pioneer in the property industry as the first property platform to take the entire property sales process online. Recently the firm found success in BUILD’s Design & Build Awards where they were righteously awarded the accolade Best New Technology for Housebuilders. On the back of this win, we profile this revolutionary company to find out more. D