Single-family builds, custom villas, multi-family blocks, remodels, conversions and interior fit-out.
Two houses of identical square footage can differ by thirty per cent once the finish schedule is priced properly. So finishes get measured room by room and level by level, not smoothed into a rate per square foot.
On remodels, demolition, temporary protection and making-good are separate lines. Those three are the most common omissions in a cheap estimate and the most common change orders afterwards.
Averaged finishes, missing demolition, waste factors applied inconsistently between trades, and tight urban sites priced as if access were free.
Each one has its own page covering how that trade is measured, the units it is measured in, and the errors we look for.
Anonymised: no client names, project numbers or drawing extracts. Each card states what was measured and how the deliverable was structured.
Complete build estimate across fifteen active divisions, from strip footings and slab through framing, roofing, finishes, plumbing, HVAC, electrical and exterior improvements. Every line carried its own production rate and wastage factor.
Conversion of an existing property into self-contained units. Priced in metric with UK labour rates and British conventions, delivered in GBP rather than a US template with a currency conversion applied at the end.
Service, panel schedule, branch circuits, device counts, fixtures and low-voltage rough. Every device covered by a colour bubble on the reflected ceiling plan, with counts carried into a legend the installer used at rough-in.
Yes, and remodels get demolition, temporary protection and making-good as explicit lines rather than folded into a rate. Those three are the most common omissions in a cheap remodel estimate and the most common change orders afterwards.
Yes. The same estimate can be reported against a draw schedule so each stage carries its own value, which is what a lender needs to release funds.
Room by room against the finish schedule. Two houses of identical square footage can differ by thirty per cent once finishes are priced properly, so averaging across the floor area hides most of the money.
A fixed fee, a firm delivery date and a written scope statement, usually back the same working day.
Fixed project fees · Written scope before work starts · Unlimited revisions within scope
