Home Post Production transforms scheduling with freispace
A modern post facility scheduling tool delivering speed, clarity, and operational excellence
Home Post Production is the largest post facility outside London, based in Manchester and delivering premium picture, audio, and VFX services for broadcasters, streamers, and agencies across the UK. Following its transition to independence, the facility needed an operations platform that could match its creative ambitions. With freispace, Home Post found a modern post-production scheduling software that delivers both efficiency and empowerment.
Achieved
✓Hours saved: Schedule changes that took hours now take minutes
✓Swift migration: One-month migration from legacy system to freispace
✓100% cloud access: No license restrictions or logins blocking productivity
✓Unified workflow across sales, production, and finance
✓Immediate ROI: faster and smoother operations, improved team visibility
Home Post Production at a Glance
Mix of scripted, unscripted, animation and commercial work
Currently managing over 200 Staff, Suites and Resources
Managing around 30 concurrent Projects at any time
Legacy tools couldn’t keep pace with a fast-growing post house
When Home Post separated from a large corporate group, it inherited a legacy scheduling platform that reached its limits. The software was slow, fragile, and poorly suited to the complex, dynamic nature of long-form post-production.
“We were using a tool that simply wasn’t built for how we work today,” recalls Martin Day, Head of Operations. “It crashed often, it lagged when we needed to move fast, and even something as simple as logging in could cause a chain reaction of delays across the team. We were constantly hitting a ceiling.”
Daily operations were constrained by license restrictions and manual workarounds. Freelancers couldn’t access the system without displacing staff. Producers spent valuable time generating reports and tracking changes manually in spreadsheets.
“There were breaks in operation,” says Day. “The system was supposed to help us move faster, but instead it slowed everything down. It didn’t reflect who we were becoming as a company — modern, progressive, and efficient.”
With the business expanding, the leadership team saw the opportunity to reset. They needed a post facility scheduling tool that would enable scalability, simplify collaboration, and remove every operational barrier standing in the way of creativity.
The Solution
freispace — purpose-built for post-production operations
Home Post discovered freispace at the Media Production & Technology Show and quickly recognised its potential. Designed specifically for media workflows, freispace provides a single, cloud-based environment where production, scheduling, and finance operate from a shared source of truth.
The team deployed freispace across the entire business within 30 days as a full migration, without disruption to client delivery.
“The onboarding was seamless. We started the rollout on October 1, and by the end of the month we’d fully switched over. The feedback from all the team has been nothing but positive.”
Key enablers of success:
Zero per-user license limits: instant access for full-time staff and freelancers alike
Browser-based interface: reliable performance anywhere, on any device
Orders module: connecting quoting, scheduling, and invoicing
Granular roles and permissions: transparency without overwhelming the team
Rapid product evolution: new features shipped within weeks based on real user feedback
“It feels like it’s designed for the human brain. freispace is intuitive, clean, and efficient. You don’t have to think about the software — it just helps you get the job done.”
The Use Case
Operational Excellence in Practice
At Home Post, operational excellence is more than efficiency — it’s the foundation of creative freedom. Every project runs across multiple departments, each with its own constraints, resources, and client demands. Schedules change constantly; the ability to adapt quickly determines success.
Before freispace, reassigning a single booking meant navigating crashes, lost data, or manual updates across systems. Today, the process is effortless.
“If an edit shifts, or a client changes a delivery, we can update the schedule instantly,” says Day. “Before, we’d spend way too long rebuilding timelines and chasing down who was available. Now, it takes minutes — and everyone sees the change immediately. That visibility alone has transformed how we operate.”
The Orders workflow has also become a game-changer, connecting production planning with financial control.
“Orders bridges everything,” Day explains. “Sales, producers, and finance are all looking at the same data. It’s made forecasting, budgeting, and project tracking not only faster but more accurate. We can see quoted versus actual cost in real time — that’s powerful.”
Beyond the metrics, the human impact has been profound. Team morale has lifted, communication is smoother, and the system itself reflects Home Post’s renewed brand identity: modern, smart, and progressive.
“Our team actually enjoys using freispace. That might sound small, but in post-production, where people are juggling so many moving parts, having a tool that feels fun to use changes the atmosphere. It’s made us more confident, more efficient, and more aligned.”
The Results
From hours to minutes — and a new standard for operational agility
✓Full migration in 30 days, from outdated system to full cloud operations
✓Scheduling time cut by over 80% on complex projects
✓ Immediate productivity gains with no dual-running or downtime
✓ Improved reporting accuracy and financial transparency
✓ Morale boost across production and operations teams
“This was our first major change since becoming independent,” says Paul Austin, Managing Director. “It’s symbolic. freispace proves that we’re serious about innovation. It’s helped us move from legacy thinking to a modern, flexible, and scalable way of working — exactly what a business like ours needs.”
Austin sees freispace as a foundation for the facility’s long-term growth, not just a software upgrade.
“For us, this isn’t just a new scheduling system — it’s the backbone of how we’ll operate going forward. freispace connects every part of the business, gives us visibility we never had before, and lets our teams focus on the creative work that matters. It’s made us more efficient, more transparent, and more confident in the way we deliver.”
Looking Ahead
Home Post and freispace are now collaborating on the next stage: tighter API integrations to streamline data flow across the business and AI features for smarter resource allocation across projects.
With its new infrastructure in place, Home Post is positioned to lead the industry’s next era of operational excellence — one where scheduling is effortless, information is transparent, and teams are empowered to focus on what they do best: delivering world-class creative work.
About Home Post Production
Home Post Production is a full-service boutique post facility based in Manchester, UK, offering premium picture, audio, and VFX services for broadcast, film, and advertising. Independently operated since 2025, Home Post combines creative excellence with operational innovation.
About freispace
freispace is a cloud-based scheduling and project management platform designed specifically for the post-production industry. Combining modern design with powerful functionality, freispace enables facilities to streamline their entire workflow from quoting to invoicing while providing the flexibility and scalability needed in today’s dynamic media landscape.
