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From BuilderMT to a future-ready operating platform.
How Inspired Homes replaced an aging ERP and disconnected accounting workflows with one integrated system built for home builders.
The challenge
Systems that no longer matched the business.
BuilderMT had become an aging environment. Sage handled accounting separately. Key workflows still ran on manual processes, Excel, or disconnected tools.
This was not just an IT issue. It was an operating issue. Above all, Inspired Homes wanted confidence that its systems would support the next stage of growth instead of holding it back.
“BuildBase gives us a fully integrated system on an AI-capable platform, with reporting and analytics capabilities well beyond what is typically available to a builder our size.”
Why BuildBase
Understand the business first. Then build.
Inspired Homes did not want to recreate old workflows in a new system. They chose BuildBase for three reasons.
Built for home builders
One platform connecting sales, construction, accounting, documents, vendors, and analytics. Not a generic ERP bent into shape.
Discovery-led implementation
It started with a multi-day onsite session to learn the people, processes, and pain points before configuring anything.
Best practices, local fit
Proven ideas from other builders, designed around the realities of Inspired Homes' own market.
“We give realistic, honest timelines, and then we stick to our commitments. We don't believe in throwing technology over the fence and wishing you good luck.” Inspired Homes went live in roughly five months, on time and on budget.
The implementation
Six stages from legacy to live.
Go-live was not the finish line. It was the point where the business began operating in a new way.
Multi-day onsite session on people, processes, pain points, and growth goals.
Current-state processes mapped to future-state workflows. A chance to rethink, not just migrate.
Configure, migrate, train, and test using Inspired Homes' real business data.
BuilderMT and Sage fully replaced.
BuildBase stayed close after launch, refining workflows and building confidence.
Six months of product improvements, feature onboarding, and reporting upgrades.
Proof point
A gap turned into a feature.
Built with them, not over the fence.
Discovery revealed Inspired Homes relied on Sage Paperless for non-job-related POs, a critical workflow that had to survive the Sage replacement. Rather than forcing a workaround, BuildBase partnered with the team to build Smart Invoicing, bringing the entire process natively into the platform.
Their items. Their pricing.
A core goal was putting Inspired Homes' purchasing agents in control of their own item library: owning and maintaining items, pricing, and structure, instead of depending on outside hands. The build was designed to hand them that control.
Migration done right
Nothing left behind.
Moving off a legacy ERP usually means choosing what to abandon. Inspired Homes brought everything with them.
What moved into BuildBase
- EOM totals, migrated from inception
- 2 years of detailed transactions
- In-progress construction
- Open POs and every vendor
What Inspired Homes gained
In their words
“The discovery process gave us confidence that we would end up with a system that actually matched our needs.”
“This has been one of the most fulfilling work weeks I've had in a long time. I can't wait to unlock everything this system can do.”
“BuildBase gives us a fully integrated system on an AI-capable platform, with reporting and analytics capabilities well beyond what is typically available to a builder our size.”
For builders still on BuilderMT
The move is achievable.
Many builders on BuilderMT know they need to move, but the transition can feel intimidating. Inspired Homes shows it does not have to be a disruptive rip-and-replace. Done correctly, it becomes the moment a builder:
- Cleans up workflows and reduces manual work
- Improves reporting and connects teams
- Brings vendors along
- Creates a stronger operating foundation for growth
Ready to move beyond BuilderMT?
With the right implementation partner, modernization can become the cleanest path to operating with more clarity, confidence, and control.
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