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Restorers use a hoist and flat bay inside a city garage workshop

DIY Mechanic Bay Booking Software for New Zealand.

Hoist bays and flat bays booked separately, because a car that will not start again at four is not a problem the next booking should inherit.

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  • Live hoist bay availability
  • Regular restorer bookings repeat
  • Vehicle arrival stays protected
  • Full card checkout on Pro
  • Bay clean-down stays visible

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Sell real mechanic bay availability

List hoist, lift and hard-standing blocks only when the correct bay is free. A reserved vehicle job removes that workshop space.

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A hoist bay booked for a Saturday morning brake job.
New bookingAvailable
BayBay 2 - two-poster hoist
Vehicle2014 Hilux dual cab
WhenSat 13 Sep - 8:00am to 12:00pm
Priced instantly$140

One live timetable

Keep every vehicle arrival clear

See vehicle arrivals, hoist time and bay clean-downs on one garage calendar, with the exact lift or flat bay on every hire.

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A day on the schedule's calendar, with three jobs placed on a vertical time grid at the times they run.
Wednesday1 Jul
3 bookings
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
08:00 · Ponsonby
Bay 2 - hoist, brake job
09:00 · Mount Eden
Bay 4 - hard stand, service
13:00 · Grey Lynn
Bay 1 - hoist, pre-rego check

The seized bolt is your afternoon.

A four-hour booking is a guess. When it turns into seven, the bay is occupied by a car that will not start and cannot be moved out of the way.

  • Hoist bays and flat bays are different

    Half the jobs people hire a bay for need a lift. Listing them separately stops a brake job being sent to the concrete space in the corner.

  • The bay is named on the booking

    Bay 2, not "a bay". When somebody runs over you can see exactly what is held and what is still free without walking the workshop.

  • Booked is booked

    A confirmed bay leaves the page immediately, so the Saturday hoist everybody wants cannot be sold to two owners at once.

A day on the schedule's calendar, with three jobs placed on a vertical time grid at the times they run.
Wednesday1 Jul
3 bookings
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
08:00 · Ponsonby
Bay 2 - hoist, brake job
09:00 · Mount Eden
Bay 4 - hard stand, service
13:00 · Grey Lynn
Bay 1 - hoist, pre-rego check

Built for your workshop

Built for every kind of bay hire

Saturday service jobs

Show the mechanic bay time genuinely open; confirmation removes that hoist bay before another hirer can choose it.

Weekend restoration work

Carry the same mechanic bay weekly or monthly on Free through the run, then end it on the agreed final date.

Mobile mechanic bookings

Hold the full vehicle arrival together while ordinary time around it remains available.

Car-club mornings

Reserve the right resource and two-post hoist details together rather than sorting them out when everyone arrives.

Hard-stand service blocks

Put the organiser and weekend job needs on one booking for a clean handover.

Full-day hoist hires

Send the itemised quote for the bay days and hoist hours before the block is held.

Jobs running longer

Shift an owner to a workable bay with what they paid and their earlier jobs still attached.

Bay clean-downs

Take only the necessary time offline for bay clean-down, leaving every ready resource live.

A list of quotes showing whether each is sent, viewed or accepted, and when it was last opened.
Quotes5 awaiting reply
  • Hemi WalkerBooked just now$215Accepted
  • Sarah ColemanOpened 2h ago$480Viewed
  • The Oak CaféSent yesterday$120Sent

A restoration block is priced, not listed.

Bay days, hoist hours and any tooling on one itemised quote the owner approves online. What was agreed stays attached to the booking.

A day on the schedule's calendar, with three jobs placed on a vertical time grid at the times they run.
Wednesday1 Jul
3 bookings
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
08:00 · Ponsonby
Bay 2 - hoist, brake job
09:00 · Mount Eden
Bay 4 - hard stand, service
13:00 · Grey Lynn
Bay 1 - hoist, pre-rego check

One clear day across every hoist bay.

See Saturday service jobs, mobile mechanic bookings and bay clean-down together, with the actual resource attached to every entry.

Pro

The bay hire fee beside the booking.

Keep payment status with the lift-bay booking, including offline money recorded on Free and complete online card checkout on Pro.

  • Full card payment online

    Pro collects the complete bay hire fee online for the lift-bay booking. Record cash or bank transfer manually on Free.

  • Offline money stays recorded

    Record cash or bank transfer manually on Free, keeping the bay hire fee visible beside the lift-bay booking.

  • Longer work starts with a quote

    Send an itemised quote for the weekend job and agreed extras, then keep later payments with the accepted details.

A list of payments, each with the customer, reference, date, method and amount, with totals received and still outstanding.
Received$4,310
Outstanding$3,840
  • Hemi WalkerP-1011 · 25 Jun · Bank transfer$380
  • Sarah ColemanP-1012 · 25 Jun · Cash$240
  • Mere SolomonP-1013 · 28 Jun · Card$380
  • James FifitaP-1001 · 27 Jun · Card$190

One app for every booking

Everything you need to run your bay hire business.

Online booking

List hoist, lift and hard-standing blocks only when the correct bay is free. A reserved vehicle job removes that workshop space.

Scheduling

See vehicle arrivals, hoist time and bay clean-downs on one garage calendar, with the exact lift or flat bay on every hire.

Standing bookings

Carry a restorer’s mechanic bay weekly or monthly on Free, ending after the final Saturday in the agreed project run.

One bay, one job

A booked bay leaves the page at once, so the hoist somebody paid for at eight is not also promised to a service at eleven.

Estimates

Itemise a weekend repair, lift time and agreed equipment in a quote, retaining the accepted garage plan for the booked day.

Email reminders

Email the hirer their bay, vehicle arrival time and workshop access notes ahead of the car reaches the roller door.

Customers

Hold each hirer’s vehicle jobs, bay choices and payment history together when the same project car returns for the booked day.

Team

Give the workshop manager one view of vehicles, lift hires and bay turnovers ahead of the first bonnet is opened for the booked day.

Payments

Mark cash or transfer for a bay session on Free, or take the full bay hire fee by card as the lift bay is reserved on Pro.

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Common questions.

Yes. Your public page shows genuinely open mechanic bay time and removes the selected hoist bay when the booking is completed.

Yes. Repeat the same mechanic bay weekly or monthly on Free, ending on a chosen date or after the final planned booking.

Yes. Pro collects the complete bay hire fee online for the lift-bay booking. Record cash or bank transfer manually on Free.

Yes. Close the exact window needed for vehicle arrival or bay clean-down while every unaffected resource remains available.

Yes. Set every hoist bay up as a separate resource so a confirmed booking removes only that resource and time.

Yes. Itemise the longer weekend job and agreed extras, send the quote and keep the accepted version with the booking.

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