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Codena Studios

Selected work.

Representative of what we take on: websites, apps and the systems behind them. Each one is live, and each comes with the story behind it.

Projects

  • The paytrader.net app: a bathroom renovation with its four stages, the first released and the second held in escrow, and a button to review photos and approve the stage.
    The paytrader.net mark

    paytrader.net: escrow that pays when the job is done

    paytrader.net is Codena's own product. Money for UK home-improvement work is held safely until each stage of the job is confirmed, for homeowners and tradespeople. Mobile apps and a web platform, built so every balance reconciles and every movement leaves a trail.

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    • Product
    • iOS and Android
    • Web
    • Escrow
    • Payments
    • Payment API
    • Design system
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  • The Profile's home page: the headline 'Building the future of creator partnerships.' on a black ground, with buttons to work with the agency or apply as a creator.

    The Profile: a creator agency site the agency runs itself

    Website for a creator and influencer management agency: rosters of creators and campaigns, enquiry forms for brands and creators, and a dashboard the agency uses to keep all of it current. Built to grow into a portal.

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    • Website
    • Admin dashboard
    • Next.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • Lead capture
    • Automated tests
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  • The CMS home page: the headline 'Exceptional homes, quietly delivered.' over a photograph of a restored red-brick London mansion block and its garden.

    CMS: construction management, credible at a glance

    Website for a chartered construction manager running luxury residential projects in prime central London. Clients arrive by referral and look the firm up before they call, often on a phone.

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    • Website
    • Astro
    • Photography
    • Enquiry form
    • Lighthouse 100
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Apps that feel native.

Web and mobile, and the system behind them. paytrader.net, our own product, is both: the wallet a homeowner checks on a laptop and the app a tradesperson taps on site, built by the same small team.

  • The tradesperson submits proof on the phone; the client confirms on the web; the escrow releases. One codebase, one ledger.
  • Offline first where the signal drops.
  • Hosted if you want, and handed over in your name.

Read the case studypaytrader.net

Recreated in code from the product, not screenshots. Sample job and amounts.

paytrader.netClient wallet

Kitchen refit
Held in escrow
£1,500.00
Released
£900.00
Milestones
1 of 4
  1. Strip outReleased£900.00
  2. First fixFunded, awaiting proof£600.00
  3. Units and worktopFunded, held£900.00
  4. FinishNot yet funded£600.00

Recreated in code from paytrader.net. Sample job.

paytrader.net

Kitchen refit

  1. Strip out£900.00
  2. First fix£600.00
  3. Units and worktop£900.00
  4. Finish£600.00

First fix done? Add a photo.

£1,500.00 still held

paytrader.net’s client wallet, taken apart.

Our own product. Six layers of the client’s wallet, each with the measurements it was built to. Scroll and they settle into the finished screen.

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Tell us what you are building.

We read every enquiry and reply personally, usually within one working day. Prefer email? hello@codena.co.uk

Or email hello@codena.co.uk. Kept for 24 months, then deleted.