IN LKV

IN LKV is a real estate agency based in Turku that approaches its work with passion and love. As part of IN LKV’s concept, apartments are always styled and, if necessary, furnished at no extra cost—real-life styling, not virtual photo retouching.

The COVID-19 prevention measures in 2020 and 2021 caused a sharp decline in the popularity of traditional home showings. G-Works was invited to develop a concept for safe home sales as well as a floor plan design service. A challenge we were happy to take on.

IN LKV has a strong philosophy of always providing as much added value as possible to both buyers and sellers. This philosophy is reflected in the fact that homes are always staged for the client at no additional cost.

The changing world and the shifts in traditional real estate transactions brought about by the coronavirus presented an opportunity for IN LKV. In-person home viewings decreased significantly, and a new concept was needed to enable safe real estate transactions while also allowing clients to design their dream homes.

The ”Safe Home Purchase” concept was designed to ensure that only a predetermined number of people would arrive for a home showing at a predetermined time. After the viewing, the company wanted to offer the service of requesting floor plans and customizing the buyer’s dream home, rather than having buyers go to significant extra trouble to do so themselves.

We embarked on a project that encompassed several components: the website needed to be redesigned, and at the same time, an appointment scheduling system for home viewings based on text message confirmations needed to be implemented. To support this overall effort, a service was developed that allowed prospective buyers to plan the dimensions of their furniture for their new home and visualize their dream home.

All of this had to be implemented in a way that created as few additional steps as possible for IN LKV’s real estate agents.

Since the solution had to avoid the need to enter data multiple times into different systems, the entire system had to retrieve data from Alma Media’s KIVI real estate brokerage system. Similarly, the booking of apartment viewings, property presentations, and the floor plan design service all had to rely on this single data source.

In the solution, data was retrieved via an API into a WordPress installation and from there to a floor plan design application built using React technology. Viewing appointments were booked through the website, which were then integrated via an API into an SMS messaging service. The technology stack for the solution was extensive. The system as a whole included multiple interfaces, and the KIVI system generated hundreds of different data keys for the solution.

IN LKV’s website, floor plan design service, and secure real estate transaction service have found their users, and a virtual floor plan is still created for every IN LKV property, allowing buyers to freely bring their dreams to life.

IN LKV provides added value to home sellers that many real estate agents in the area are unable to offer.