A new beginning … Feeling really excited to start this new series – App Idea. This has been in my mind for a long time now, albeit in a different way. My restless mind wants to do so much but has to fight against the fact that there are only 24 hours in a day. This series has come out of the need of that restless “developer” mind’s wish to create all kinds of apps to solve various kinds of problems people face in day-to-day life. Every time I faced a problem my software developer mind thought of an app to resolve it. The very first one was a need to help my friend’s son do Last Minute Revision effectively. And here goes the most recent one I faced as part of one of my struggles on the home front .. The inspiration One of the most tedious activities a couple has to go through is a home shift. It is tedious in a practical way but for sure there is also an associated excited flutter in your heart where you visualise a new life with your family. I thought I had it all settled in my mind that I needed xyz and abc to setup a new life. But slowly and gradually the pqr, lmn started adding up as things started coming to my mind. Right from a flower vase to a customised closet, my mind was soon bogged down by the amount of activities I had to manage related to home shifting. I did manage eventually using an Evernote list but decided in my mind that I would create an app to help others do this more effectively and yeah why not make some name, fame and fortune for myself too. Caught up in the daily grind I still haven’t had the time to do it (like the many more other ideas that I had thought of earlier) so here I am throwing out all my thoughts to the developer community out there to give shape to my dream.
The wish list
- Will help people who have bought a new home / office to set it up in an organized way right from deciding what they want to do in it to finding the right vendors to get it done
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App elements
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Home/Office Organizer
- Deciding elements of work
- Organizing elements of work by room e.g. set up a lounger in the dining area
- Organizing elements of work by category of work e.g. civil, electric, carpentry etc
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Keep the purse strings tight
- Give estimations as per your knowledge to arrive at a budget
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Choose the right vendor (Possibility of using Data Science here)
- Vendor Listing with details
- Vendor quotations
- Share quotations
- Compare quotations
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Check out other vendors
- Focused shopping – with similar products as you want
- The full mall – all products by all vendors
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Pick and choose
- Existing Template designs with estimation
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Live your design
- Visualise design – Upload your home pics / plan layout and place elements and see how it looks
- 3D view (Augmented Reality)
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Wishlist(Possibility of using Data Science here)
- The app will find vendors who provide whats on your wishlist
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FavoritesCollection
- Create a collection of favorite pics from which you can shortlist finally to create your home elements
- Expert Advice
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Color Palette
- Complete Color Palette
- Click and choose
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Home/Office Organizer
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Revenue plan
- Ads by vendors
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Interior designers
- for expert advice
- for putting up their portfolio
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Similar apps
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.houzz.app
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.anuman.HomeDesign3D
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zalebox.living.room.decorating.ideas.s1&hl=en
- https://www.androidauthority.com/best-home-design-apps-home-improvement-apps-android-799037/
- http://joyofandroid.com/best-home-design-apps-for-android/
- https://www.1stdibs.com/blogs/the-study/interior-design-apps/
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Edge
- Not many apps like this. Do have features like home visualisation etc. but not organizer, vendor co-ordination
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Expenses
- App
- Website
- Blog
- Digital Marketing
Need any brainstorming.. I’m just a call away!