About PriceNailer

I'm Michael. I've been getting my hands dirty with DIY since I was a kid. Helping my dad, watching how things got built, figuring out how they came apart. That curiosity never went away. It just got more expensive.

My first flat was a baptism of fire. Then came the second one. Then came the big one: a full-scale renovation that tested every ounce of patience I had.

But it wasn't the physical graft that nearly broke me. It was the shopping.

The Problem

Every single material purchase became a research project. I'd find a product I needed, then spend hours hopping between supplier websites trying to work out who actually stocked it, at what price, and whether they'd deliver to my area.

Prices varied wildly. Sometimes 30%, 50%, even more for the exact same thing. Builders' merchants with opaque pricing. National chains that were convenient but expensive. Local suppliers with better deals, but impossible to find unless you already knew they existed.

I kept thinking: why is this so hard? We have comparison sites for insurance, for energy, for flights. But when you're spending tens of thousands on building materials - often the biggest purchase after the house itself - you're on your own with a spreadsheet and a dozen browser tabs.

The Solution

PriceNailer exists because I got tired of the runaround. I built the tool I wished I'd had.

As someone who works in software by day and renovates by night (and weekend, and bank holiday...), I was in a unique position to do something about it. So I did.

Building PriceNailer, supervised by Zeus.

PriceNailer lets you compare building material prices across top UK suppliers in seconds. No more tab-hopping, no more spreadsheets, no more guessing whether you're getting a fair deal. Just search for what you need and see the prices side by side.

What Drives Us

This isn't a faceless corporate project. PriceNailer was born out of real frustration with a real problem. Every feature we build, every supplier we add, every tool we create - it all comes back to one question: would this have saved me time and money on my renovation?

If you're a homeowner tackling your first renovation, a seasoned DIYer, or a contractor buying materials every week, PriceNailer is here to make sure you never overpay for building materials again.