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askporter Housing — Smart Repairs

Close repairs faster, with fewer failed visits.

Your team stops chasing approvals, contractors and residents. Smart Repairs automates the workflow — with an audit trail that runs from the first message.

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Where repair time really goes

Most of the time on a repair is spent on coordination, not the work itself.

Repairs sit in queues waiting for approval. Contractors call to confirm access that never happens. Residents wait without updates while teams chase by phone and email. The 2024/25 Tenant Satisfaction Measures show only 36% of tenants are satisfied with how their landlord handles complaints — much of that gap is not the work, it is the wait around the work. Awaab's Law adds a hard clock: 24 hours for emergencies, 10 working days to investigate damp and mould, 5 working days to begin safety works. Manual coordination cannot meet that timeline reliably.

"Only 36% of tenants are satisfied with how their landlord handles complaints."

— Regulator of Social Housing, TSM 2024/25 Headline Report

What it changes in your repairs reporting

Heads of Repairs can get the reporting numbers in the right direction

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Reduce time to completion

Automated approval and scheduling replace manual chasing. The clock stops when the work is done, not when the team finds time to act.

Workflow automated end-to-end

Reduce no-access visits

Residents are reminded the day before the appointment and again on the morning, with the arrival window. Reschedules happen in the same conversation, not by phone tag.

In-channel reminders & rescheduling

Increase first-time fix rate

Asset-aware questions capture the right detail at the point of report — model, fault history, supporting images. Operatives arrive briefed, with the right part.

97% auto-diagnostic accuracy (L&G)

Evidence every step four compliance

Every interaction, decision and timestamp is captured in the audit trail. Awaab's Law deadlines are tracked from the moment the report comes in.

24h / 10d / 5d statutory clocks

See how the workflow works for different users

Residents

Report a repair on WhatsApp, SMS, email or web — and get progress updates without picking up the phone. Confirm access in one tap; reschedule the same way.

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Housing teams

See every active repair, every SLA and every approval — without a spreadsheet. The chasing happens in the system, not in your inbox.

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Contractors and operatives

Arrive briefed: asset history, access codes, arrival window. Update status in the same channel residents already use. Closure photos and feedback captured automatically.

An operative scanning a QR code on a faulty boiler, with askporter automatically pulling through the asset details — brand, model number, error type, and power spec — giving the engineer everything they need before they start the job.

Heads of Repairs & Asset Managers

A single record, one source of truth from first report to job sign-off. Audit-ready evidence for Awaab's Law and TSM, without separate compliance reporting work.

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What Smart Repairs does

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A facilities manager reviewing the askporter dashboard on a tablet, showing task response and resolution charts, total tasks over time, and a prioritised task list — with the AI assistant panel open alongside for real-time queries.
An operative scanning a QR code on a faulty coffee machine, with askporter automatically pulling through the asset details — brand, model number, error type, and power spec — giving the engineer everything they need before they start the job.
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Smart Repairs

Operational Efficiency

From report to resolution, with minimal intervention. Smart Repairs covers the entire repairs workflow. First, it captures the right information at the point of report — asset-aware questions, image recognition, vulnerability-aware prioritisation — and creates a system-ready task in your HMS or on the askporter platoform.Then, approval, scheduling, contractor briefing, and AI-driven appointment coordination so jobs get done on the first visit.Both parts work independently or alongside your existing HMS — Salesforce, MRI, Civica Cx, NEC Housing, Capita — via API or webhook.

  • Smart Task Raising — asset-aware task creation that captures the right information first time.

  • AI-driven conversations — AI deduces specific information from the conversation, such as identifying the appropriate trade, so questions and assignment are tailored to the issue.

  • HMS integration — sync tasks directly into your HMS (Salesforce, MRI, Civica Cx, NEC Housing, Capita) via API or webhook.

  • Intelligent Prioritisation — prioritisation of tasks driven by data the team already trusts: fault classification and resident vulnerability.

  • Automated task assignment — tailor task allocation to specific team members or departments to align with your operational requirements.

  • Workflow Automation — automated approval and scheduling chain from task raised through to appointment booked — no manual chasing required.

  • Access & Appointment Management — AI-driven access reminders and intelligent rescheduling to coordinate resident availability and reduce failed visits.

  • Appointment & Repair Notifications — resident notifications throughout the repairs journey — appointment confirmations, status updates and completion messages.

  • Vetted tradespeople (on demand) — through our Checkatrade partnership, access a network of vetted, insured tradespeople when in-house capacity runs short. Learn more

  • Out of Hours Partnership (coming soon) — through our PropCall partnership, transfer to pre-determined emergency support with a dedicated out-of-hours line.

Partnership · askporter × Checkatrade

Access to vetted UK tradespeople, no contractor network needed. 12 months free for new customers.

Learn about the partnership

Inside the workflow

From task raised to job closed.

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Task raised with asset context

Smart Task Raising captures the right detail at the point of report — asset, model, fault history, supporting images.
 
2

Synced into your HMS (where relevant)

it arrives as a fully manageable task or work-order
 
3

Access coordinated

Reminders sent out to confirm availability. Reschedules happen in the same channel as the report.
 
4

Operative briefed

Asset history, access codes and the arrival window go to the operative automatically — not handed over on a job slip and a postcode.
 
5

Status updated in real time

Residents see on-the-way / on-site / completed without anyone calling. The housing team sees the same view.
 
6

Job closed and feedback captured

A completion notification triggers a satisfaction prompt. The audit trail closes itself.

Three repairs that didn't need chasing

What this looks like on a working day.

Reduce time to completion

A broken window, closed without a single chase email.

A resident reports a broken window on WhatsApp. The task lands in the HMS with the right asset detail attached. Approval is automated, the appointment is booked, the contractor accepts. Nobody in the housing team picked up the phone or sent a chase email.

Reduce no-access visits

A missed appointment, rescheduled without a phone call.

An operative arrives to fix a leak — no answer at the door. askporter pings the resident on WhatsApp: "We missed you. What's a better time?" The resident picks a new slot. The appointment is re-booked and the contractor re-briefed automatically — no call to the housing team, no ticket stuck in limbo.

Increase first-time fix rate

The shower repair the operative arrives for with the right part.

A resident reports a fault with their electric shower. Before the task is raised, askporter asks for the model, when the fault started, and an image. The operative arrives briefed, with the right part. One visit, one fix.

Where Smart Repairs earns its keep

Four things that make this work in production — not just in a demo.

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The audit trail starts at the report, not the work order.

Every interaction, decision and timestamp is captured from the moment the resident messages — so Awaab's Law clocks run from minute one, not from when someone first picks up the ticket. The evidence is built as the repair happens, not reconstructed afterwards.

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Asset context travels with the task.

Operatives arrive briefed with the asset history, model and fault detail captured at point of report — not handed a job slip and a postcode. First-time fix rates depend on what was asked at the start, and Smart Task Raising asks the right things.

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Access stays in the resident's existing channel.

Reminders, reschedules and arrival windows happen on the same WhatsApp thread, SMS chain or email the report came in on. There is no second portal for residents to remember and no app to download — which is why they actually respond.

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Builds a system-ready task in your HMS.

Tasks arrive fully formed in your chosen system, where they can be managed as a task, job or work order. Your team picks them up complete, with no need to re-key the ticket.

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Ready to close repairs faster — without the chasing?

A 30-minute conversation is enough to walk through the workflow with your numbers — repairs volume, no-access rate, current cycle time. We will show how Smart Repairs sits alongside your existing HMS, your contractors and your team.