If you're planning an extension, a loft conversion or a big refurbishment, one question matters more than almost any other: what is this actually going to cost?
It's the question that decides whether you go ahead, what you compromise on, and how well you sleep once the work starts. And it's the question the building industry has traditionally answered worst — vague verbal figures, quotes that take weeks to arrive, and numbers that mysteriously grow once the job is underway.
BuildHub was built to fix that. And today it gets even stronger.
A FAST, HONEST BALLPARK — ON DAY ONE
When your builder uses BuildHub, they can give you a credible cost range during the very first site visit — often in minutes. Not a finger-in-the-air guess: a Low/Mid/High range built from their real rates, adjusted for the things that genuinely affect price, like access, level of finish, structural steels, windows, doors and roofing.
That early range does something valuable: it lets you both decide, quickly and honestly, whether the project fits your budget — before anyone invests weeks in detailed plans and pricing.
A DETAILED, TRANSPARENT QUOTE — IN YOUR PORTAL
When the project moves forward, you get a full itemised quote in your own BuildHub portal. Every element priced and explained. Your drawings attached. Payment milestones set out clearly, so you know exactly what you're paying, when, and for what. You can review it at your kitchen table and accept it with one tap.
No mystery lump sums. No "it'll be somewhere around." Everything in writing, everything visible to both of you. That's the BuildHub way — builders and clients, on the same page.
AND FOR COMPLEX PROJECTS: AN INDEPENDENT, PROFESSIONALLY PREPARED ESTIMATE
Sometimes, though, a project is big enough that you want more than a quote — you want independent assurance. A major renovation. A double-storey extension. A project where the difference between a good estimate and a bad one is tens of thousands of pounds.
That's why BuildHub has partnered with My Build Estimate, one of the UK's leading estimating specialists. Their in-house team of professional estimators and quantity surveyors prepares every estimate by hand — real experts going through the drawings and specification in detail, pricing to your region, and producing a thorough breakdown of costs.
An independent estimate like this is useful in two ways. It gives you confidence that the price you've been quoted is fair. And it protects the project itself — because accurate pricing at the start is the single best defence against nasty surprises later.
A 20% DISCOUNT, NEGOTIATED FOR BUILDHUB USERS
Because your project runs on BuildHub, My Build Estimate's services come with an exclusive 20% discount. Here's what a professionally prepared estimate costs with the discount applied — the price depends on your project type and how many drawings you have:
All prices exclude VAT.
Set against the cost of the project itself — often six figures — that's a small price for genuine certainty. The discount code is available on the Estimating page inside BuildHub — just quote it when you get in touch with them.
COST CONFIDENCE, AT EVERY LEVEL
A fast ballpark to test the idea. A transparent, itemised quote to commit to. And when the project justifies it, an independent professional estimate for complete peace of mind — at a discount.
However big your project, you deserve to go into it with your eyes open. BuildHub makes sure you do.