In a market where every minute and every dollar counts, residential construction professionals need a faster, more precise way to create estimates and invoices. CountBricks harnesses real-time voice recognition and artificial intelligence to generate detailed proposals while you talk. No spreadsheets, no manual data entry—just accurate numbers that reflect today’s material costs and labor rates.
• Manual takeoffs consume hours you could spend on site supervision
• Static price books leave you exposed to sudden supplier increases
• Re-keying data from estimates into invoices causes costly errors
• Clients expect rapid turnaround and professional-looking quote documents
Real-Time Voice Capture: Speak naturally about room dimensions, fixture counts, or scope changes. CountBricks converts your words into line-items instantly.
Dynamic Material Pricing: The platform pulls live supplier feeds, so framing timber, plasterboard, and fasteners reflect today’s rates—never last quarter’s.
Auto-Generated Tasks: Our construction-specific AI translates quantities into labor hours, crew assignments, and trade-specific cost codes, ready for scheduling.
One-Click Quote Documents: Branded PDFs are formatted automatically, complete with inclusions, exclusions, and terms—ready to email from inside CountBricks.
Upload a PDF plan and AI detects walls, openings, and structural elements in seconds. Quantities flow directly into your estimate, eliminating the mind-numbing click-count-click routine of legacy takeoff tools.
1. Start a new project in CountBricks.com/portal
2. Tap the microphone and describe the job—“single-storey extension, 40 m² brick veneer, Colorbond roof”
3. AI identifies tasks, materials, and labor rates from your company profile
4. Upload architect plans if available; CountBricks extracts lengths, areas, and counts automatically
5. Review the draft estimate, tweak mark-ups or allowances, then click “Generate Quote”
6. Send the branded PDF to your client or push it straight to invoicing once accepted
Live Cost Tracking: Because material prices update daily, you avoid the margin erosion that happens when lumber jumps 8 % between quote and purchase order.
Smart Contingencies: Configure automatic contingencies for volatile categories. If concrete prices spike, your estimate already accounts for it.
Change-Order Simplicity: Voice-add a variation on site, and CountBricks updates the contract value before you leave the driveway.
• Use project templates for common builds—duplexes, knock-downs, granny flats—to pre-load default scopes
• Connect CountBricks to your accounting platform via API for seamless cost-code syncing
• Set supplier geo-filters so pricing matches the branch nearest your site, not a warehouse 200 km away
• Enable crew notifications so carpenters receive task lists the moment you finalise an estimate
• Leverage “What-If” mode to model cost impacts of design options while the client is still on the call
Halcyon Homes, a boutique residential builder featured in the CountBricks portfolio, struggled with week-long turnaround times on quotes. After adopting CountBricks:
• Estimates average 14 minutes from voice capture to sent PDF
• Win rate rose from 27 % to 41 % thanks to faster responses
• Site managers use in-platform tasks to schedule trades without double handling
Ready to leave manual takeoffs behind? Book a live demo at CountBricks.com/consultation and experience AI estimating that feels like having a quantity surveyor in your pocket.
While fast quotes win projects, profitability depends on flawless execution. CountBricks extends well past the estimating desk to support builders through the entire residential construction life cycle.
Once a quote is accepted, tasks auto-populate the project schedule. Carpenters, electricians, and plumbers receive real-time updates, and supervisors track progress from any device.
• Convert material lines into supplier-specific POs with one click
• Match delivered quantities against original estimates to flag overruns early
On site and need to add a window or upgrade fixtures? Speak the change into your phone. CountBricks recalculates material, labor, and margin, then emails a variation for client sign-off before work proceeds.
