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Show the house rising floor by floor so a family can watch before they sign.

Social media marketing for a residential contractor means using Instagram, Facebook and YouTube to show houses as they are built and finished, so a family sees the work before the first call. GullySales works on what to post, who approves it and how a viewer reaches the office.

Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

Realistic editorial illustration of turnkey construction companies at work in India

What social media means

Social media is the ongoing posting your business does on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn to stay visible to customers and prospects between purchases. GullySales plans a posting calendar, writes captions and designs the images so the page looks active and answers what a visitor would ask.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For residential construction contractors

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “A finished house is a single photograph, a build is a story”

    A family gains more confidence from the footing, the slab, the plaster and the handover in order than from one glossy picture. The sequence shows how the site is run.

  • “Owners' faces and addresses are not yours to post”

    Families are protective of a house they have just built. Without clear permission, even a harmless photograph causes a quarrel. Agree what may be shown before the first brick.

  • “Followers are not plot owners”

    A page followed by masons and suppliers looks busy and produces no enquiries. Posts have to speak to the family deciding, in their words, with a plain way to ask a question.

  • “The crew has the best material and no time”

    The site supervisor takes good pictures all day, but nobody collects them. A shared folder and one person who picks three each time makes the page regular without extra work.

What we do

What we deliver for residential construction contractors.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A shot list for each stage of a build

    Footing, columns, slab, plaster, flooring and handover, so the site supervisor knows what to photograph.

    Result: Every project gives usable pictures.

  2. A permission note signed with the agreement

    A short clause on what may be posted and what stays private.

    Result: No post causes a dispute with an owner.

  3. Posts written for the deciding family

    Captions that name the plot size, floors and town and explain one step of the build in plain words.

    Result: A viewer learns something from each post.

  4. A video walk-through format

    A short walk through a finished house with the owner's consent, shot upright for the phone.

    Result: You have a repeatable video to post.

  5. A reply routine for messages

    A named person who answers direct messages and moves serious ones to a phone call.

    Result: No message from a family sits unanswered.

How the result is measured

  • Posts published
  • Engagement rate
  • Enquiries from social profiles

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Who it is for

This is written for these residential construction contractors.

  • Contractors who build independent houses on 20 by 30 to 40 by 60 plots
  • Villa builders working inside gated layouts
  • Contractors for small apartment blocks of four to eight flats
  • Rural and small-town house builders
  • Contractors who work only on labour contracts with the owner buying material
  • Contractors offering fixed-rate packages with material included
  • Contractors who build additional floors on existing houses
  • Contractors who build farmhouses and weekend homes

How it works

How the social media work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Understand your audience and platforms

    We identify which platforms your specific buyers actually use and what kind of content they respond to.

  2. 2

    Audit current presence

    We review existing pages, past content performance and any gaps in consistency.

  3. 3

    Build the content calendar

    A plan is created, balancing genuine value with occasional direct offers.

  4. 4

    Implement and post

    Content is created and published consistently on the agreed schedule.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track enquiries alongside engagement and adjust the content mix based on what actually performs.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Which platform should a house builder use?
Start where your families already are. Instagram and Facebook suit pictures and short videos, while YouTube suits a longer house tour. Choose one and keep it going before adding another.
Do I need to show prices on social media?
No. Show what the rate includes and invite the family to ask for a written quote. Prices posted without a specification attract comparison with cheaper offers.
Should I run paid promotion on posts?
Test a small spend on a finished-house video aimed at your towns, and count the enquiries. Check the platform's current rules for advertising property and construction services.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.