Jobs & milestones
Milestones: paying in stages
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Splitting a bigger job into funded stages so nobody is ever too far exposed.
Why milestones
For anything beyond a small one-off job, paying in stages protects both sides. The provider never works too far ahead of the money; the buyer never funds too far ahead of the work.
How they work
- Agree the stages up front - for a renovation that might be materials, rough-in, and completion.
- Each milestone is funded into escrow before that stage begins.
- You approve each stage as it completes; approving one release does not touch the others.
- Raising a dispute freezes every stage that is currently holding money, not just the one you are unhappy with - so nothing pays out anywhere on the job while it is being sorted. Stages you have already released are unaffected; that money has gone.
Changing scope mid-job
Jobs change. If the scope grows or shrinks, agree the change in the job thread and adjust the remaining milestones. A written trail inside the platform is what makes changes enforceable later.