We post a letter from your business to homes in your suburbs once council or a certifier approves their renovation, pool or granny flat. You choose the suburbs and approve the letter once.
Choose your trade, add your suburbs, and see how many letters would go out each month.
Matching suburbs appear as buttons below the search box.
About 32,000 home projects were approved across NSW in the last 12 months. Pick your trade and a suburb to see yours.
That is every matching approval across 0 suburbs, at $6.00 a letter. Set a monthly cap and we stop when you reach it. You only pay for letters that are posted.
To keep these suburbs to yourself on Exclusive: $0 a month on top of letters. Each suburb's price depends on how busy it is for your trade.
Get early accessAn estimate, not a promise. Your results depend on your trade, your letter and your area.
Your suburbs light up as you add them. You can also click a suburb on the map. Monthly counts are averages from the last 12 months of NSW council and certifier approvals for home projects that fit your trade.
Council and certifier approvals are public. We watch them for you and act the same day, so you don't have to check a council website.
Tell us what you do and where you work. Our AI reads every approval and only picks the ones that fit your kind of job.
Start from our template, add your logo and offer, and sign it off once. Change it whenever you like.
Each approval in your patch gets your letter. A QR code and short web link on every letter show you which ones brought enquiries.
Congratulations on your approval.
We're a local landscaping business and we noticed a project was recently approved at this address. If the garden is on your list once the build is done, we'd be glad to give you a free plan and quote.
Your offer goes here, for example a free garden plan for approved projects this month.
It arrives when the owner is planning the next stage of the project and hasn't started collecting quotes for it.
Most trades use a mix. This is where a letter at approval fits in.
| What you're comparing | Patchpost | Letterbox drops | Lead marketplaces | Online ads | Word of mouth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who it reaches | Only homes with a newly approved project | Every house on the street, planning work or not | People who have posted a job | People searching or scrolling | People who know your past customers |
| What you pay for | Each letter that gets posted | Every flyer printed and delivered | Each lead, whether or not you win the job | Clicks and views | Nothing |
| Who else gets the same lead | Shared on Standard. Yours alone on Exclusive. | Any business can drop in the same street | Usually sent to several businesses at once | Anyone advertising on the same searches | Only you |
| When you reach the owner | Soon after approval, often before they've asked for quotes | Whenever the drop happens to go out | After they've posted the job | When they go searching | When someone happens to mention you |
| Work for you | Set up once | Design, print and book a drop each time | Reply fast to every lead | Run campaigns and watch the budget | None, but you can't turn it up |
| Seeing what worked | Every scan and visit from your letters is counted | Hard to tell which flyers worked | You keep your own tally of wins | Ad platform reports | Hard to measure |
Both plans charge per letter posted. If nothing is approved in your area this month, you pay nothing for letters. Prices include GST, and final pricing is confirmed before your first letter goes out.
For example, 3 suburbs and 20 letters a month comes to about $120 on Standard, or about $267 on Exclusive.
Yes. Everything is included: printing, envelope, addressing, and Australia Post standard delivery. There are no setup fees, minimum order quantities, or hidden costs.
Yes. You choose the maximum number of letters you want sent each month (for example, capped at 25 or 50 letters). Once you hit your limit, letters pause until the next month. You can change your cap or pause campaigns anytime. On Exclusive, your cap limits the letters sent, while your suburb fee remains fixed.
No. We draft a targeted letter for your trade featuring your business name, logo, phone number, and licence details. You review and approve the draft before any letter is posted.
We use AI and matching rules to analyse the council development type and project details published in the NSW Planning Portal. For example, pool approvals match pool fencers, while major additions, granny flats, and knockdown-rebuilds match landscapers and fencers.
Just your trade. If you hold a suburb for fencing, no other fencing business can mail that suburb through Patchpost. Non-competing trades (like air conditioning or solar) can still mail that suburb, meaning homeowners receive relevant offers across different stages of their build.
If you choose Exclusive, we email you a secure link to pay a deposit of one month's fee for that suburb ($19 to $99, based on 12-month approval activity). Your suburbs are locked once paid. The deposit is credited toward your first month at launch, and is fully refundable if you change your mind before your first letter is posted. Your tier price is fixed for 12 months from launch, and you can cancel month to month.
Yes. Physical posted mail is not covered by the Australian Spam Act (which applies to electronic messages like email and SMS). We use public planning records and mail to the property address addressed "To the Homeowner", without collecting or trading personal names or phone numbers. Every letter includes a link for homeowners to opt out of future mailings.
It takes a minute. We'll confirm your suburbs and send a draft letter for your approval when your group opens. Choose Exclusive if you want to hold suburbs for your trade.