Our story

Obraa was not created by a construction professional.
That is why it changes everything.

It all started with flooding at my home. I needed professionals, quickly, and ones I could trust. I booked six appointments with recommended companies. Three never came back with a quote. The other three sent me amounts so different that I no longer knew whom to trust.

Instead of complaining, I wanted to understand. I interviewed many construction professionals and discovered what nobody says: they are not the problem. They work twelve hours a day, come home exhausted, then face a mountain of paperwork. Many come from the Portuguese, Brazilian, Polish, Romanian or Italian communities, and every quote written in French or Dutch is an ordeal.

I also realised that highly skilled professionals never set up on their own. Not for lack of talent: out of fear of the paperwork.

Obraa was born for them. So that a professional can prepare a quote in 2 minutes on WhatsApp, in their own language, without opening a computer. So that they get home earlier. And so that those who do not dare to start out can finally do it.

I am not from the construction world. I struggled to find a good professional, I listened to those nobody listens to, and I built this tool with my partner Nico to solve a real problem.

Denden, co-founder of Obraa