For owners & developers

Trust your GC. Verify every dollar.

Ella gives you an independent verification layer on every project — reviewing draw requests, matching invoices to approved scope, and flagging what doesn't add up before you release funds.

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You're writing the checks — but can you verify the backup?

Draw requests arrive with limited documentation. You trust your GC, but you don't have line-item visibility into what the subs are actually billing. That gap is where money disappears — overbilling, unapproved extras, and duplicate charges that no one catches until it's too late.

Draw requests without verification

Your GC sends a draw request and you approve it based on a progress percentage. But has anyone matched the invoices to the approved scope? Are the line items right? Without verification, you're funding on trust alone.

Change order creep

Scope changes happen on every project. But are they priced fairly? Was the original scope adjusted? Extras get invoiced without formal approval, and by the time you notice, the work is done and the leverage is gone.

No visibility across projects

You're funding 3–5 projects. Each has its own GC, its own subs, its own document trail. Without a verification layer, you're relying entirely on each GC's word — and you can't review every invoice yourself.

How Ella verifies what you're paying for

No new software for your GC to adopt. Ella plugs into your inbox, reads every cost document that comes in, and builds an evidence-backed picture of every project's financials.

Connect your project inbox

Ella monitors your Gmail or Outlook for project documents from your GC and subs — invoices, quotes, change orders, permits, inspection reports, and photos.

Ella verifies every cost document

Invoices matched against approved quotes. Change orders checked against contract scope. Cumulative spend tracked per vendor. Every document classified, extracted, and cross-referenced automatically.

Draw requests reviewed with evidence

Before you fund, see exactly which invoices are verified, which have flags, and what's still pending. Ella builds an evidence-backed breakdown of every draw request.

Approve with confidence

Evidence-backed decision packets mean you know exactly what you're paying for. No more approving draws on a GC's word — you see the verified data before you release funds.

Real example

An $85,000 draw request — broken down before you fund

A draw request comes in for $85,000. Instead of approving on a progress percentage, Ella breaks it down line by line — matching invoices to approved quotes, flagging variances, and identifying gaps in documentation.

You know exactly where to push back before releasing funds.

Ella — Draw Request Review

Draw #4 — Riverside Project

Draw request total

$85,000

Verified against approved invoices

$72,000

Flagged — invoice exceeds quote by 12%

$8,000

Pending — no matching quote on file

$5,000

Verification rate

84.7% ($72k of $85k)

Recommendation

Approve $72,000 verified portion. Request backup for $8,000 flagged (plumbing invoice exceeds approved quote by 12%). Hold $5,000 pending — no approved quote on file for electrical trim.

Ella — Change Order Audit

Summit Ave — GC change orders vs. contract baseline

Original contract

$1,240,000

Approved change orders (4)

+$87,500

Unapproved extras invoiced

+$23,000

CO #3 pricing vs. market

+38% above

Action required

$23,000 in extras invoiced without approved change orders. CO #3 (kitchen exhaust relocation) priced 38% above comparable scope. Request formal COs or revised pricing before approving next draw.

Change order tracking

Every change order tracked against the contract baseline

Scope changes are inevitable. But extras that get invoiced without a formal change order — or COs priced well above comparable scope — are where projects blow their budget. Ella tracks every CO against the original contract and flags what doesn't line up.

You see the full picture — approved scope, unapproved extras, and pricing anomalies — before you fund the next draw.

Built for every type of development project

Multi-family development

50+ unit projects with multiple GCs. Ella gives you trade-level spend visibility across every building — so you catch billing issues before they compound.

Custom home investors

Funding luxury builds where change orders are frequent and high-value. Ella ensures every extra is quoted, approved, and invoiced correctly before you pay.

Commercial renovations

Tenant improvements with tight budgets. Ella catches scope creep before it eats your contingency — flagging unapproved extras and invoice variances in real time.

Portfolio owners

Managing ongoing maintenance and renovation across multiple properties. Ella scales verification without adding headcount — every project gets the same rigor.

What changes when Ella verifies your projects

Without Ella

✗Approve draws based on GC's word

✗No line-item visibility into sub invoices

✗Change orders discovered after the fact

✗Hours reviewing backup documentation

✗Overpaying on extras you never approved

With Ella

✓Every draw verified against approved invoices

✓Line-item visibility into every vendor's billing

✓Change orders flagged before approval

✓Evidence-backed decision packets in minutes

✓Independent verification layer on every project

See what Ella catches on your next project

Book a 30-minute call. We'll walk through your draw requests and invoices and show you exactly what Ella flags.

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