For architecture practices
The project moves on closed phases, not on verbal promises
Between planning submission, technical design and construction detail, a practice loses most of its time not drawing, but reconstructing what was asked for and what was approved. Layro keeps the discussion attached to the drawing and the decision attached to the person who made it.
Free forever plan, no card. Your client does not need an account.
What it costs a practice
The loss does not come from a bad project, but from the process around it
The design work itself is the predictable part. What happens between you and the client — the requests, the revisions, the approvals — is the part that stretches, and it appears in no fee proposal.
The next phase starts on top of an unclosed one
You begin technical design while items from the previous phase are still unsettled. When the client reopens an earlier decision, the change propagates through everything you have drawn since.
Requests arrive on four different channels
A message on WhatsApp, a marked-up drawing by email, a remark on the phone and another one on site. Each exists somewhere, but none of them is attached to the drawing and the version it referred to.
The approval was given, but it exists nowhere
"Yes, that is fine, carry on" was said in a meeting. A month later, when "that is not what I approved" arrives, you have nothing to put on the table except your own memory.
Extra work is priced after it has been done
Changes requested along the way get executed first and valued at the end. By then you are not agreeing a price — you are trying to justify an invoice for work already delivered.
How you work in Layro
Every decision has a place, an author and a date
Layro does not change how you design. It changes only how a request reaches you and how the client’s answer stays on the record.
The remark sits on the drawing, not in a chat
The client clicks the exact point on the drawing or the PDF page and writes there. The discussion stays tied to that point and to the version it was opened against, however many versions follow.
A phase closes with a signature, not with silence
A phase only goes out for sign-off once every open discussion on it has been settled. While it sits with the client it is locked, and a new phase can only be created after the current one has been approved.
Versions come with rules
A new version can only be uploaded once the open discussions on that file have been resolved. Earlier versions stay accessible read-only, and resolved discussions are carried forward onto the new version.
The history cannot be rewritten
Versions, discussions, approvals and costs all enter a cryptographically chained log. One button confirms the chain is intact — neither you nor the client can alter what happened after the fact.
Questions
What architecture practices ask
Does Layro fit the work stages we use?
Yes. You name the phases yourself — RIBA stages, local statutory stages, or whatever your practice uses. Layro enforces one rule only: a new phase can be created after the client has approved the current one, so you never deliver on top of a phase nobody closed.
Can several people from the practice work on the same project?
Yes. The plan limits are the number of active projects and the number of clients invited per project — not the number of drawings or discussions.
What files can I upload?
Images and PDFs. Discussions attach to a point on an image or on a PDF page. Maximum file size depends on the plan: 25 MB on Free, 100 MB on Starter and 250 MB on Pro.
Does Layro replace our CAD software?
No. You keep drawing in your own software. Layro is the layer between you and the client: it is where drawings go for review, where the discussion about them happens, and where the approval stays.
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Try it on a real project, with no deadline
The free plan keeps one project active with the whole flow: discussions on the drawing, named approvals, meeting minutes, additional costs and a verifiable history. No card and no expiry date.
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