Over the past few years, real estate has seen a surge of digital problems that have no ready-made off-the-shelf solution. Brokers, developers, investment teams and property managers accumulate proprietary processes, data and internal spreadsheets — but turning all of that into a full product via the classic hourly agency route is often too expensive, too slow and too risky.
METROX offers a different format: partnership-based PropTech development together with real estate teams.
Partnership-based PropTech development — not an agency rate
We consider joint projects with real estate teams across the DACH region — Austria, Germany, Switzerland and neighbouring markets.
This is not the classical agency model where the client pays for every hour of development. The format is agreed individually: a joint MVP, revenue-share, equity in the product, or the launch of a standalone PropTech venture at the intersection of your industry expertise and our technology layer.
This is not charity and not free development. We invest time and engineering only where we see clear shared potential: real data, a recurring process, a tangible market pain point, and the option to build a product that serves more than one company.
You bring domain expertise, access to a real process and market understanding. We bring engineering, infrastructure, a data layer and experience building analytical products for real estate. Risk and outcome are split between the sides.
When custom PropTech for real estate actually pays off
Across DACH there are already platforms that aggregate ready PropTech tools and help companies select external solutions. For standard needs — document management, virtual tours, CRM basics, light analytics — that can be a workable approach.
But not every problem fits an off-the-shelf SaaS. Custom development pays off when the problem:
- is tied to the company's own proprietary data;
- repeats daily or weekly;
- is currently handled through Excel, CRM, manual exports and several portals;
- directly affects sales, valuation, marketing, asset management or investment decisions;
- is specific enough that a generic product does not cover it cleanly.
METROX works exactly in this space — not picking a third-party tool, but building a new product or internal module for a real process together with the client.
METROX Is Built by One Person. And That's Why It Works.
What we build together — from dashboards to AVM
Frequently sensible undertakings in real estate:
- Internal dashboards for districts, objects, sales and marketing;
- Demand and supply analytics by location;
- AVM modules (Automated Valuation Model) for preliminary property valuation;
- Browser extensions for broker and analytics teams;
- branded calculators for budget, yield and acquisition costs;
- ETL pipelines between CRM, portals, spreadsheets and internal systems;
- Forecast models for portfolios, projects and districts;
- landing and project pages for specific properties or developments;
- internal tools for tracking leads, sales, pricing and marketing performance.
Tech stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, analytical pipelines, EU infrastructure, Vercel and AWS Frankfurt. Our own data layer is the core asset — external APIs are wired in only where the product genuinely needs them.
Whom our partnership development is for
We are open to a conversation if you are:
- a broker or brokerage where processes are stuck in Excel, portal-CRMs and manual work;
- a developer with projects in Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Munich or other DACH cities;
- an investment team or fund needing its own tool for valuation, comparison and screening of properties;
- a property manager looking for a module for reporting, internal processes or communication with owners;
- a financial or insurance partner needing additional market indicators, scoring or an analytical layer on real estate.
The deciding factor is not company size — it is whether there is a real process, real data and a task worth turning into a product.
How the work runs
A short discovery conversation first. We look at the task, the process, the data, the audience and the possible product economics.
After that, we prepare a brief written proposal: what MVP can be built, in what format the collaboration would run, and what the joint model could look like — revenue-share, product equity, joint launch or some other variant.
An MVP can typically be assembled in 4–8 weeks. After that, the sides decide together whether it makes sense to go into production, scale the product and formalise a longer partnership.
The first conversation does not need an NDA or a long pitch. A concrete task, process or idea is enough. Confidential data is discussed only once the cooperation format is clear.
Get in touch
If you have a process or idea for which there is no ready solution on the market, write to:
One or two short paragraphs are enough: who you are, what the current task is, how it is solved today, and why ready-made tools do not fit.
We respond on the substance within a few working days. If the task fits the partnership model — we propose the next step. If not — we say honestly why, and where to look instead.
METROX builds data products for the real estate industry in DACH — visible in the Vienna dashboard, the METROX Lens browser extension and the calculator hub. Methodology: /methodology.
