Show HN: Dwellable – The app I built after waiving home inspection during Covid
apps.apple.comWhen my wife and I bought our first home in 2020, it was peak COVID. Our agent actually asked us to waive the home inspection, which was terrifying. I ended up walking through the house myself with a set of handwritten notes: “check if Kitchen outlets are GFI,” “make sure toilet flushes”, “test the bath fan”, etc.
That experience became the seed for Dwellable, a home maintenance and inspection app for homeowners like us who didn’t know where to start (both before and after buying).
The app automatically pulls your property records (square footage, year built, fuel type, etc.) and uses AI to recommend reminders and seasonal maintenance tasks. It’s free right now, built entirely native on iOS and Android.
On the side, I’ve been experimenting with VLMs (vision language models) to analyze photos that users take during inspections, for things like spotting corrosion or damaged caulking.
If you’ve ever felt lost after closing on a house, this might resonate.
Tech stack:
- Backend: Python + gRPC, RabbitMQ
- AI: Perplexity + OpenAI
- iOS: SwiftUI
- Android: Fully compose
Would love feedback!