🚀 Overview

EstateLab is an all-in-one real estate CMS that helps you launch a branded property portal fast. List residential, commercial, and rental inventory; capture inquiries; automate follow-ups; and track performance from a modern dashboard.
Purpose-built for realty firms, independent agents, and multi-office brokerages that need speed, control, and clean code.

Experience-driven design: Inspired by day-to-day agency workflows—photography-heavy listings, map search, lead routing, and appointment calendars—so teams spend less time on admin and more time closing.

✨ Key Features

• Listings & Categories: sale/rent, residential/commercial, custom property types, attributes, and amenities.
• Advanced Search & Filters: price, beds/baths, area, property type, features, and saved searches with alerts.
• Interactive Maps: map view with clustering, draw-search (polygon), and nearby POIs.
• Media-Rich Pages: image galleries, floor plans, 360°/video embeds, documents (brochures, EPC).
• Leads & CRM Lite: contact/booking forms, call-back requests, pipeline status, notes, and follow-up reminders.
• Agent & Office Profiles: agent bios, ratings, assigned listings, and office pages with contact widgets.
• Appointments & Open Houses: viewing scheduler, calendar, iCal export, email/SMS reminders.
• Multi-Currency & Units: localized prices, sqft/m² toggle, date/number formats, and translations/RTL.
• Monetization: featured listings, subscriptions, promotional banners, coupon codes.
• SEO-Ready: clean slugs, meta controls, Open Graph, schema markup hooks, XML sitemap compatibility.
• Analytics & Reports: traffic, inquiries, conversion, most-viewed listings, agent performance.
• Roles & Permissions: Admin, Manager, Agent, Owner, and limited Contributor roles (granular RBAC).
• Security & Audit: moderation queue, content versioning, activity logs, spam/abuse handling.
• Extensible: event/listener architecture, service classes, blade view overrides, API-ready structure.

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Framework: Laravel (9/10+ typical compatibility)
• Language: PHP 8.1+ recommended
• Database: MySQL 5.7+/8.0 or MariaDB 10.3+
• Frontend: Blade, Tailwind/Bootstrap, Alpine.js/Vanilla JS
• Maps: Leaflet/Mapbox/Google Maps (configurable)
• Storage/CDN: local, S3-compatible, or CDN for media offload
• Build Tools: Composer, Node.js (Vite/Laravel Mix)
• Server: Nginx/Apache with HTTPS; PHP extensions: openssl, mbstring, pdo_mysql, intl, curl, fileinfo, json, zip

🧩 Installation Guide

1. Upload: deploy files to your server/hosting.
2. Database: create DB & user; update .env credentials.
3. Dependencies: composer install --no-dev & php artisan key:generate.
4. Migrate/Seed: php artisan migrate --force (seed demo data if provided).
5. Assets: npm install & npm run build.
6. Optimize: php artisan optimize:clear, ensure storage/ & bootstrap/cache are writable.
7. Maps: add API key (if using Mapbox/Google) and configure default location.
8. Mail/Queue: set SMTP & (optional) queue worker for alerts and reminders.

Tip: Keep a staging site for theme edits and SEO testing before publishing live inventory.

📦 Deliverables

• Complete Laravel project (GPL build) with listing, agents, and search modules
• Admin dashboard + Agent/Office profiles
• Front-end listing theme with map/search templates
• Sample data & configuration notes
• GPL license text & changelog

📱 Supported Platforms

• Server OS: Linux recommended; Windows/macOS for development
• Browsers: Latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge
• Devices: Responsive UI for desktop, tablet, and mobile

🧠 Notes

• License: Distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) for educational, testing, and lawful use.
• Customization Tips: implement child views for theming; use events/listeners for business rules; avoid core edits to ease updates.
• SEO Assurance: unique titles/descriptions per listing, structured data (JSON-LD), image alt text, and canonical URLs.
• Performance: enable caching, media compression, lazy-loading, and optional CDN for large galleries.
• Security: HTTPS, role-based permissions, spam protection, and regular dependency updates.

👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

Originally developed by the vendor listed on
CodeCanyon.
Please support the author by purchasing a commercial license when your use case requires it.

🔒 Disclaimer

This is a GPL redistribution intended for learning, testing, and lawful use. We are not the original developers and provide no implied warranties.
All product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. For commercial deployments, review licensing obligations and obtain a valid license from the original developer.