The diaspora signature offer

You live abroad. Your building site is here.

Entrust us with your land and your budget: a PontBat project manager drafts the specifications with you, puts the works out to tender, requires a bank bond from the contractor and inspects every milestone. You approve everything from your phone — in Paris, Lyon or Montreal.

Your money stays in escrow: nothing is paid upfront, nothing is released without verified proof.

Villa Yasmine — El MouroujMilestone 3/8 under review
Total works budgetTND 450,000
Paid into escrowTND 180,000
Released on verified milestonesTND 117,000
Protected balanceTND 63,000
Why this offer exists

Three ways to build from abroad, three predictable failures

Without a trusted third party, no option protects your money, your site… or your holidays.

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“I trust my family”

Money mismanaged, expenses without invoices, sums diverted “in good faith”, works without control. No recourse: nothing written, nothing proven. In the end: savings lost… and a broken family.

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“I trust a developer”

Advances paid without guarantees, specifications ignored, cut-price materials, endless delays — sometimes abandoned sites. From 2,000 km away, you see nothing, control nothing, and hold no leverage.

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“I manage it myself, remotely”

Sacrificed leave and costly trips back just to check on the works. Holidays back home turn into a building site: no rest, no family. Blind decisions over the phone — time and money lost, for a disappointing result.

What we do for you

From your idea to your keys: the signature journey in 8 steps

Fully delegated project ownership, entirely traced in the app. Every step produces evidence — and nothing starts until your land is legally safe.

Step 1

Scoping & legal land verification — BLOCKING

Scoping video call (project, budget, property type), then verification of the title deed, the land's legal status and feasibility (building permit). It is a blocking checkpoint: until the land is safe, nothing starts — the lock that prevents 80% of disasters.

Step 2

Specifications drafted together

Material grades, areas, deadlines — defined with you by video call, then signed electronically. This is your reference contract: nothing can be “arranged” outside it.

Step 3

Design & 3D modelling

Call for proposals to partner design offices: plans and 3D models. You compare, you choose.

Step 4

Standardised tendering

Published to the network of verified contractors, bids on a schedule comparable line by line, shortlist — and final selection with you.

Step 5

Three-party contract & bank bond

Client / contractor / PontBat contract, bank performance bond required from the contractor, milestone schedule and delay penalties written in black and white.

Step 6

Inspected works, weekly reporting

Budget in escrow, materials bought at the network's negotiated prices, payments released verified milestone by verified milestone. Every week: geolocated, time-stamped photos, progress %, expenses. Every change order goes through the app — priced quote, your approval, traced.

Step 7

Acceptance & defect resolution

Joint inspection, defect list, defects resolved — then final acceptance: release of the retention and handover of the as-built file (plans, warranties, invoices).

Step 8

After-sales & furniture

Warranty period tracked in the app. Furnish your delivered home through the furniture marketplace — and tomorrow, rental management and concierge services.

You remain the decision-maker

You keep control, without the constraints

Delegating execution does not mean losing your grip: every important decision remains yours — without taking a single day off.

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Every milestone approved from the app

Photos, inspection report, invoices: everything lands on your phone. No payment is released without your tap of approval.

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Scheduled site video calls

Regular video meetings with your project manager, live from the site. You watch the walls rise, you ask your questions.

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Every dinar traced

Expense ↔ invoice ↔ milestone ↔ photo: the escrow statement is reconciled at all times. You always know where your money is.

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Your holidays become holidays again

No more sacrificed leave or inspection trips: when you come home, you come to see your house — not to police it.

The proof, live

What Karim sees, from Lyon

Karim T. lives in Lyon and is building Villa Yasmine in El Mourouj (ground + 1 floor, 220 m²). Here is his dashboard, as he opens it every week:

  • Milestone 3 of 8 under review — structural work at 45%, backed by geolocated photos
  • Nothing moves without him — milestone 3 is only paid after the inspection report and his approval
  • Statement reconciled at all times — paid in, released, balance: the three amounts match to the dinar
  • Weekly reporting — progress, expenses and photos, every week, without asking for anything
Villa Yasmine — El MouroujMilestone 3/8 under review
Total works budgetTND 450,000
Paid into escrowTND 180,000
Released on verified milestonesTND 117,000
Protected balanceTND 63,000
The fees

Transparent fees, announced before we start

Trust is our product: opacity would destroy it. All platform commissions are displayed.

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A % of the works budget

Our full-management fee is a percentage of the works budget, announced at scoping and written into the contract — no surprises along the way.

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No hidden margin

Materials are bought through the network at negotiated prices, and you pay at most the market price. PontBat never takes a concealed margin.

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Flat-rate file fees

The feasibility study and the legal land verification are covered by a flat fee announced upfront — the price of safety, known before you commit.

See the detailed pricing

Your site deserves a project manager — not your days off

Describe your project in 5 minutes, or talk directly to a PontBat expert: first scoping video call with no commitment.

Full management available for Tunisia — more countries to follow.