See the whole board before you make a move.
Schell Systems connects the data a construction company runs on (public records, your jobs, your crews, your numbers) into one picture you can act on. It starts with Crow's Nest: every permit, sale and zoning approval in town, scored and on a map.
Latest records
Every system you run on, in one picture.
Most contractors run on six disconnected things: the city's permit portal, project software, accounting, group texts, a spreadsheet and memory. Schell Systems pulls them together and links every record to the property, job or crew it touches, so the answer is already on the screen.
How one house reads: built 1987 → sold last year → addition approved by zoning last week → no building permit yet → a remodel that hasn't hired anyone.
The lookout at the top of the mast sees land before anyone on deck. Crow's Nest does the same for your market: it reads every public record in Hendersonville and Gallatin each morning, ties it to the property, and shows you where the next jobs are before your competitors see them.
Remodel-ready homes
Scored 75+ out of 21,440 homes on age, years since the last update, recent sale and size. Your mailer list, ranked.
Additions approved, no permit yet
The owner already got zoning approval but hasn't pulled a building permit. They're about to hire someone.
Permits in 12 months
Who's building what, where and for how much. Every permit is tied to the contractor who pulled it.
Contractors, sorted out
"ABC Roofing", "ABC Roofing LLC" and "A.B.C. Roofing" become one company with a real track record.
Plan reviews & development
Site plans, plats and build-outs months before the dirt moves. Know what's coming to town.
Refreshed every morning
New permits, plan reviews, code cases, storm reports and contractor checks land before you're up, with a list of what's new for your trade.
Three seats per trade. The edge only works if it's yours.
If every remodeler in town sees the same lead on the same morning, it's not a lead anymore. So Crow's Nest is limited to three founding companies per trade, and they keep founding pricing. Founding companies also get Gallatin included free, which is normally a $99/month add-on.
Built from public records. Owner names and mailing addresses are shown only to signed-in subscribers. No phone numbers or emails, and Crow's Nest never contacts anyone for you.
Run the jobs. Every system feeds the picture.
Crow's Nest shows you the market. These run your side of it, and each one adds its data to the same picture.
Job Standard
Crews check in at the house, take protection photos before they start, and read the house rules in English or Spanish. No-shows text you in 15 minutes, not when the client calls.
Shop Tracker
Check tools, trailers and equipment in and out from any phone, with a photo trail on every item. Built for crews who don't like software.
Open the live demo →Software setup
Already paying for software nobody uses right? I set it up to fit how you work: jobs, cost codes, templates, estimates that turn into budgets, client portals, and training for the office.
Website
A fast site that looks like the work you do: up to 5 pages, a quote form that goes straight to the office, and your Google profile set up right.
Need something else? Dashboards, scorecards, connecting the tools you already use. Custom work is quoted after a 30-minute call.
Every system runs on a real crew first.
Nothing here is a pitch deck. Each system was built for a working Hendersonville remodeling company, used by real crews, and fixed until it held up. Then it's offered to you.
- LiveCrow's Nest. Hendersonville and Gallatin, refreshed every morning.
- LiveShop Tracker. The tool and trailer tracker crews use every day.
- LiveWebsite. Fast on phones, quote requests straight to the office.
- LiveProject software. Jobs, budgets and schedules, set up and running.
- PilotJob Standard. Check-ins and scorecards for subcontractors.
Built by someone who's run the jobsite.
I'm Baker Schell. I build the systems behind a working remodeling company in Hendersonville: the website, the tool tracker the crews use every day, the job software, and now Crow's Nest.
Big companies have whole teams turning data into decisions. Local contractors have a phone and a gut feeling. Schell Systems gives a small company the same view, built by one person who knows how the work actually runs and answers the phone.