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Featured · For Tradespeople

We don't charge you to work

Tradelynx has set its marketplace commission to 0% and folded LabourLynx into Pro. Here's the thinking: traders aren't a commodity, and a platform that only exists because you bring the work shouldn't charge you for the privilege.

Mike Fellows, founder
12 Jul 2026 · 4 min
Why this one’s featured

Most homeowners delay this job for years and end up paying for emergency repairs a small annual service would have avoided. We pulled the numbers and the buying advice into one short read.

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Privacy — The location data hidden in your photos
Privacy

The location data hidden in your photos

A photo of your boiler usually carries the coordinates of your house. We strip that before it is stored, and it is worth knowing why.

Tradelynx18 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
For letting agents — Renters' Rights readiness, for letting agents
For letting agents

Renters' Rights readiness, for letting agents

The reforms change what has to be true about a property before it is let, and most of the work is proving things you already do.

Tradelynx17 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
Standards — The insurance check that stops work
Standards

The insurance check that stops work

Public liability insurance is the one credential we treat as a hard gate. Without current evidence on file, a trader cannot accept new work.

Tradelynx16 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
Property records — Why we grade evidence instead of saying verified
Property records

Why we grade evidence instead of saying verified

Verified is a word people use loosely. On a property record it should mean something specific, and it should be obvious when it does not apply.

Tradelynx13 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
Progress — What we shipped, and one thing we got wrong
Progress

What we shipped, and one thing we got wrong

A fortnight of platform work, including a security control we built, deployed, and then found was protecting the wrong half of the product.

Tradelynx12 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
For housing associations — Awaab's Law: what the clock actually requires
For housing associations

Awaab's Law: what the clock actually requires

Most compliance teams already hold the damp and mould data. What they lack is one place that knows what the statutory clock says for each property, today.

Tradelynx11 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
For landlords — The compliance dates that catch landlords out
For landlords

The compliance dates that catch landlords out

Gas, electrical, energy, deposits, licensing. None of it is difficult on its own. All of it is easy to drop when you have a day job and two properties.

Tradelynx10 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
Features — Knowing what is due before it is due
Features

Knowing what is due before it is due

Most home maintenance is predictable. A boiler serviced last October is due next October. The hard part is remembering in a year, so the record does it.

Tradelynx8 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
For trades — Proof of your work, without more paperwork
For trades

Proof of your work, without more paperwork

Trades lose jobs to worse trades because the customer cannot tell them apart. The fix is evidence a stranger can check, built from work you have already done.

Tradelynx7 Aug 2026 · 1 min read
Property records — What a service history is worth when you sell
Property records

What a service history is worth when you sell

Buyers ask what has been done to a house. A record that answers on the spot, with the evidence behind each entry, is worth more than a good memory.

Tradelynx6 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
For Tradespeople — What the 2026 home-buying reforms mean for tradesmen
For Tradespeople

What the 2026 home-buying reforms mean for tradesmen

The UK's June 2026 home-buying and selling reforms push digital property logbooks and upfront information. Here's what that shift means for tradespeople — in plain English.

Tradelynx team27 Jun 2026 · 6 min
For Tradespeople — Digital job records for trades: why they're worth the habit
For Tradespeople

Digital job records for trades: why they're worth the habit

Why keeping digital records of your work pays off for UK tradespeople — warranties, repeat work, disputes, and the property logbooks home-buying reform is pushing — and how to do it without the admin.

Tradelynx team27 Jun 2026 · 5 min
Product — See Tradelynx for yourself — a day in the life, no sign-up
Product

See Tradelynx for yourself — a day in the life, no sign-up

You shouldn't have to register to find out whether a product is for you. So we rebuilt our demos to play out a real day — for homeowners, tradespeople and property teams — with Property DNA, Property Health and live data you can interact with. No account required.

Tradelynx Team13 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Notes — The Trades Industry Doesn’t Have a Lead Problem. It Has a Trust Problem.
Notes

The Trades Industry Doesn’t Have a Lead Problem. It Has a Trust Problem.

The trades industry doesn’t have a lead problem — it has a trust problem. Tradelynx is building the future of property operations by creating a connected record of maintenance, compliance and improvement history that stays with a property for life.

Tradelynx Team10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
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