In residential construction, the gap between a winning quote and a profitable build often hides inside fragmented spreadsheets, phone-tag with suppliers, and late-night invoice edits. Estimate job tracking stitches those loose ends together. When every cost line, task hour, and change order is monitored from day one, builders stop guessing and start controlling margin. CountBricks puts that control in the palm of your hand—literally—by turning a real-time voice conversation into a live estimate, schedule, and cost ledger.
• Voice-to-Estimate: Speak through site measurements or client goals and watch CountBricks instantly convert words into line-item costs.
• Live Materials Pricing: Our database updates every four hours, so timber, fixings, and finish selections reflect today’s prices, not last quarter’s.
• Task Templates: Residential framing, roofing, and fit-out packages auto-populate labour hours based on square metre or linear metre inputs.
• Continuous Job Tracking: Once accepted, the same data drives purchase orders, delivery schedules, and progress invoices—no re-keying, no errors.
• Supplier price hikes missed between quote and order
• Unrecorded client variations eroding margin
• Labour overruns unspotted until payroll is processed
• Duplicate data entry causing invoice disputes
• Delayed progress claims damaging cash flow
CountBricks eliminates these leaks by syncing estimate and job data in one dashboard.
1. Create a project in your CountBricks dashboard or open the mobile app.
2. Tap the microphone and describe the build—room sizes, materials, finish level.
3. Review the auto-generated estimate, adjust quantities if required, and send the branded PDF straight from CountBricks.com/services.
4. When the client signs, trigger job mode to lock baseline costs and start tracking actuals.
5. Record site deliveries or time sheets in seconds; the budget, Gantt chart and cash-flow forecast update instantly.
A suburban builder used CountBricks for a 70 m² rear extension. The voice-generated estimate was approved in two days, 18% faster than their previous average. During construction, rising framing timber prices were auto-flagged, allowing a purchase two weeks early that saved $2,800. The project closed at 14% net profit—4% higher than their yearly average.
• Faster quotes mean more opportunities in the pipeline
• Real-time margin visibility prevents budget blowouts
• Centralised data slashes admin hours by up to 35%
• Professional quote documents boost client confidence
• Integrated progress invoicing accelerates payment cycles
Upload PDFs or CAD drawings to CountBricks. The AI recognises walls, windows, and floor areas, then links those quantities to your cost library. One double-click moves the numbers into your active estimate, ensuring the same figures flow through to job tracking.
• Use custom cost codes that align with your accountant’s chart for effortless export.
• Create composite assemblies—stud wall, plasterboard, paint—in a single template to quote complex rooms in seconds.
• Scan supplier barcodes on site to auto-match deliveries to purchase orders.
• Set notification thresholds so you’re alerted when any cost centre hits 80% of budget.
• Share view-only dashboards with clients to reduce “how’s it going?” phone calls.
Residential builders who adopt CountBricks typically reclaim 7-10 hours a week in admin. Ready to shift your focus from juggling spreadsheets to crafting quality homes? Explore plans at CountBricks.com/services or book a live demo via CountBricks.com/consultation.
A solid estimate is only the opening serve. The rally happens in day-to-day job tracking, where variations, weather delays and supplier back-orders threaten your profit. CountBricks keeps residential builders financially agile by tying every onsite event to a live cost code and cash-flow forecast.
• Automated Variation Pricing: Log the client’s extra skylight request on your phone, and the system instantly pulls updated labour and material rates, ready for approval.
• Live Margin Alerts: If rising concrete costs cut your forecast margin below your preset threshold, the dashboard flags red so you can re-quote or renegotiate before pouring.
• Scheduled Progress Claims: Link payment stages to Gantt chart milestones. When framing hits 100%, CountBricks generates the invoice and emails it from CountBricks.com/invoices while the hammer is still warm.
During a recent duplex build, CountBricks tracked 47 supplier deliveries and 26 labour entries. Two concrete price surges were auto-captured, and a margin alert prompted an accelerated claim submission. Result: the builder maintained a 12% margin and received final payment seven days after practical completion.
1. Sign up for a 14-day trial at CountBricks.com/start.
2. Import your current price list or use our pre-loaded residential library.
3. Create your first voice estimate and see live job tracking in action within minutes.
Ready to replace paperwork with profit-driving insight? CountBricks is built specifically for residential constructors who refuse to let admin cap their growth.
