Guide

File statuses

Every file moves through the same track. A client sees these ten statuses, always in this order, and only the ones their service actually uses.

  1. 1Lead submitted
    Your request has arrived. Nobody has reviewed it yet.
  2. 2Under assessment
    A Case Manager has taken the file and is reviewing what you asked for and what you supplied.
  3. 3Quoted
    A price has been offered. The file waits for you to accept it.
  4. 4Awaiting payment
    You accepted the quotation. The file waits for the advance payment before work starts.
  5. 5In production
    The actual work. For a valuation this covers the site survey, data entry, the document check, and drafting.
  6. 6Under authorization
    The Principal Engineer is reviewing and signing. Some bank formats need a second signature from the firm, and the file stays in this status while it waits — so this status can last longer than you expect.
  7. 7Report ready
    The report is authorised and complete. It waits for the final payment.
  8. 8Final payment awaited
    The remaining fee is due. The report is locked, and the amount owing is shown.
  9. 9Delivered
    You have the report. The review window opens.
  10. 10Review window
    A period in which you can ask for a correction. After it closes, a change needs a new request.

Two ways a file ends early

StatusWhat it means
CancelledThe file was stopped. A client cannot cancel from the app — ask your Case Manager, who records it with a reason.
RefundedMoney paid has been returned.

Both are final. A file in either status does not move again.

Only the statuses your service uses

A service with no site visit never shows a survey step. A fixed-price service moves through quoting quickly, because there is nothing to negotiate. You will not see statuses that do not apply to what you asked for.

When something is blocked, it says so

The platform does not hide a blocked action and let you wonder. If your report cannot be downloaded because the final payment has not settled, you see the report, locked, with the amount due and a way to pay it. The refusal explains itself.

If you are staff and these names look wrong

Staff work in operational lanes with their own names, which are more detailed than this track. A file waiting for a firm’s second signature, for example, is in its own internal state but still reads as Under authorization to the client. If a status here does not match what you see on your console, that is expected — you are looking at two views of the same file.

Last reviewed 2026-09-08.