The residential construction market is more competitive than ever. Homeowners expect speed, accuracy and transparency, yet traditional estimating methods often rely on spreadsheets and manual take-offs that delay project starts. CountBricks replaces the old spreadsheets with real-time voice capture, live material databases and automated invoices—all powered by our proprietary AI pricing engine.
1. Speak your scope: During a site visit or client call, simply describe the project out loud. Our mobile app converts speech to structured line items in seconds.
2. Match live databases: CountBricks instantly checks current lumber, concrete, finish and labor rates in your region to populate every task with accurate costs.
3. Auto-apply mark-ups: Company-level margins, taxes and contingencies are pre-set, ensuring every quote reflects your exact business model.
4. Generate polished documents: Branded proposals, schedules of values and invoices are exported to PDF or directly emailed from CountBricks.com/portal.
• Starter: Ideal for solo builders needing up to 10 estimates per month and unlimited invoices.
• Growth: Designed for small crews, includes 50 estimates, advanced blueprint takeoffs and multi-user access.
• Pro: Unlimited estimates, priority support, API integrations and white-label quote documents.
Every tier features unlimited voice capture sessions and access to the CountBricks.com/materials database.
1. Time savings: Contractors report cutting estimating time from four hours to 25 minutes.
2. Error reduction: Automated line items eliminate overlooked tasks that typically cost 3-5 % in rework.
3. Faster approvals: Interactive quotes shorten homeowner sign-off cycles, accelerating cash flow.
• Residential specialization: Our task library was built from thousands of detached homes, additions and remodels—no commercial clutter.
• Blueprint AI: Upload PDF plans and receive count-ready wall, slab and roof areas loaded straight into your estimate.
• Real-time collaboration: Share a live link with subs to lock in prices before you present the final bid.
• Predictive scheduling: As you build your cost breakdown, CountBricks suggests durations and start dates, creating a baseline Gantt chart automatically.
Is there a fee per user? No. Each subscription includes unlimited team members, so field supers can pull up costs without extra logins.
Do my unused estimates roll over? Yes. Any unused monthly estimates bank for 90 days, perfect for seasonal builders.
How are material price changes handled? CountBricks refreshes commodity data nightly. When prices move more than 2 %, you’ll get an alert to recalculate affected estimates with one tap.
1. Visit CountBricks.com/pricing and select your tier.
2. Import your company logo and default mark-ups.
3. Add team members and set permissions.
4. Start talking through your first project—the AI will do the rest.
• Use voice tags like “include demo” or “exclude painting” to let the AI pick correct assemblies.
• Leverage the Blueprint Takeoff feature for additions; it will flag wall types that need shear panel upgrades.
• Sync with QuickBooks via CountBricks.com/integrations to push invoices the moment a client signs.
• Run “What-If” scenarios by cloning an estimate and adjusting finishes to present tiered options.
• Schedule a quarterly rate audit—available to Growth and Pro users—to make sure labor rates stay competitive.
Contractors who adopt CountBricks AI pricing win jobs 32 % faster on average. If you’re ready to leave manual spreadsheets behind, explore the plans at CountBricks.com/pricing or book a live demo with our residential specialists.
Maple Street Homes builds 25 custom residences annually across the Midwest. The estimating team faced bottlenecks whenever plan revisions arrived late in the design cycle. By switching to CountBricks Pro, they re-priced framing, roofing and finishes for a 3 500 sq ft farmhouse in under 40 minutes—down from nearly two full days.
• 75 % reduction in estimating hours on the first project
• $9 300 in additional profit captured by uncovering previously missed labor for decorative beams
• Same-day homeowner approval after receiving an interactive quote with three finish level options
1. The project manager opened CountBricks on a tablet during a site walk, narrating each room’s scope. The AI generated 142 line items in real time.
2. Blueprint Takeoff flagged a vaulted ceiling requiring upgraded insulation—instantly added to the budget.
3. Material inflation hit lumber that week. CountBricks auto-updated 2 × 10 pricing and sent a push notification to refresh the estimate before submission.
4. After homeowner sign-off, the invoice synced to QuickBooks and a Gantt schedule exported to the field team.
For residential builders, speed isn’t just convenience—it’s competitive advantage. By eliminating redundant data entry and surfacing live material costs, CountBricks ensures your bids stay razor-thin on time and rock-solid on accuracy. Explore similar success stories at CountBricks.com/portfolio and schedule your own strategy call at CountBricks.com/consultation.
