A decade ago the residential construction market was shaped almost entirely by large contractors. Today, the smallbuilder—lean teams delivering one to fifteen homes a year—commands a growing share of new builds, extensions and knock-downs. Yet while project sizes are manageable, expectations around speed, accuracy and transparency have never been higher. Materials fluctuate daily, subcontractor availability shifts hourly and clients demand digital-first communication. In the middle stands the smallbuilder, juggling clipboards, phone calls and half-finished spreadsheets. CountBricks exists to change that story.
• Lost billable hours spent measuring PDFs and chasing supplier pricing
• Risk of under-quoting when price rises outpace pencil-and-paper updates
• Limited capacity to tender multiple projects simultaneously
• Missed change-order revenue because field notes never reach the office
In short, manual processes keep a thriving smallbuilder looking small. CountBricks turns estimating from a bottleneck into a growth engine.
Voice-to-Estimate
Speak on site and watch CountBricks build a full labour, material and task breakdown in real time. No typing, no double handling.
Live Materials Feed
CountBricks pulls current pricing from leading suppliers every 15 minutes, so a quote printed this afternoon still reflects the market tomorrow morning.
Blueprint AI Take-offs
Upload PDFs or photos and receive instant square metre, linear metre and piece counts, automatically mapped to your cost codes.
One-click Quote Documents
Branded proposals—with allowances, exclusions and staged payment schedules—are generated in seconds and ready for e-signature.
• Sync CountBricks.com/services with your accounting platform once and remove double data entry forever
• Create template assemblies for recurring tasks such as wall framing or flat-pack kitchen installs
• Use the voice note feature to capture client site changes and auto-generate variation quotes before leaving the driveway
• Set margin alerts so you’re notified when live material spikes threaten profitability
• Share read-only estimate links with subcontractors to secure faster, fixed labour rates
1. Import architectural drawings into CountBricks and run AI take-offs
2. Review suggested assemblies, adjust labour hours and select preferred suppliers
3. Generate a branded quote and email the client directly from CountBricks
4. Upon acceptance, convert the quote into a project with scheduled progress payments
5. Capture on-site variations via voice and push automatic invoice updates
6. Export final numbers to your accounting software for reconciliation
A two-percent error on a million-dollar portfolio might be absorbed by a large contractor’s contingencies, but for a smallbuilder running two concurrent $400k homes that same miscalculation can erase an entire year’s profit. CountBricks’ line-item transparency and live pricing protect those slim margins, providing the confidence to bid aggressively and the data to justify each charge.
• Estimates produced up to 80 % faster than spreadsheet methods
• Average material cost variance reduced to under 1 %
• Winning rate on competitive tenders increases as response times drop
• Fewer disputes thanks to itemised, time-stamped change orders
The traditional path to expansion is hiring an in-house estimator and office admin. With CountBricks, a site manager can handle both roles from a tablet. Automatic assemblies, voice commands and pre-built quote templates compress administrative workload, freeing capacity to chase additional projects or refine craftsmanship.
Sign up for a free walkthrough at CountBricks.com/consultation. In under 30 minutes you’ll receive a custom template aligned to your preferred suppliers, labour rates and local building codes. The result: your first CountBricks estimate ready to send before the end of the call.
The residential market rewards speed, accuracy and openness—qualities the traditional toolset struggles to deliver. By integrating AI voice technology, live cost feeds and automated documentation, CountBricks gives every smallbuilder the fire-power once reserved for tier-one contractors. The playing field is level; now it’s your turn to build bigger.
When Turner Homes, a two-person smallbuilder, approached CountBricks they averaged one custom build per year. Their biggest hurdle was quoting speed—each proposal consumed ten evenings and still risked pricing errors. After adopting CountBricks AI Estimating their workflow transformed.
• Quote turnaround dropped from ten days to forty-eight hours
• Live supplier feeds captured a 7 % timber price surge before contracts were signed
• Variation orders worth $42,000 were documented via voice and approved within the app
• The team secured three additional builds without hiring office staff
Template Assemblies—CountBricks cloned Turner Homes’ preferred wall system, including fixings, insulation and labour hours, turning a repetitive task into a single click.
AI Blueprint Take-offs—Complex roof geometries were auto-measured, eliminating hours of manual tracing and potential miscounts.
Progressive Billing—Invoices were auto-generated as milestones were reached, improving cash-flow and reducing debtor days by 30 %.
1. Book a no-obligation demo at CountBricks.com/consultation
2. Upload a recent residential plan set and compare the AI take-off to your manual numbers
3. Customise labour rates and material suppliers to reflect your actual costs
4. Send a test quote to a trusted client and gain instant feedback on professionalism and clarity
CountBricks is built for builders, not bookkeepers. If you’re a smallbuilder ready to compete on speed and precision rather than late nights and guesswork, the next move is simple—put CountBricks to work on your next estimate.
