Pricing a job isn't one task. It's always two and sometimes three, depending on where the enquiry is at — and how much is riding on getting the number right.
BuildHub already handles the first two. Today we're announcing a partnership that covers the third - those big (to you) jobs, you have to price right!
LEVEL 1: THE 90-SECOND BALLPARK
Most enquiries don't deserve an evening of your time. They deserve a fast, credible range that tells you both whether this is worth pursuing.
That's what BuildHub's Quick Estimate does. It works from your settings, not a generic calculator: your cost per square metre, adjusted for access, level of finish, and the specifics that actually move the number — steels, doors, windows, roof finishes. All of it customisable in Settings, so the ballpark that comes out sounds like you priced it. Because you did — you just did it once, in advance.
Ninety seconds on the first visit, and your customer has a Low/Mid/High range instead of "I'll get back to you next week." Half the time, that's all either of you needed to decide what happens next.
LEVEL 2: THE FULL QUOTE
When the job's real, the QuoteWizard takes over. Upload the drawings, and the AI builds a line-item quote from your own templates, price lists and preferences — scope of works, inclusions, exclusions, payment milestones, covering letter, the lot. You review it, adjust anything as you see fit, check your margin on every line, and send a branded quote your client can accept in one tap.
Detailed pre-set preferences in, finished quote out. No blank page, no lost evenings.
LEVEL 3: WHEN THE JOB NEEDS PEOPLE, NOT AI
Here's the honest bit. Some jobs are big enough, complex enough, or awkward enough that what you and your customer both need isn't speed — it's assurance. A large refurb with a demanding client. A double-storey extension with structural unknowns. A tender where being 8% out costs you the job or your margin.
For those, we've partnered with My Build Estimate — the UK estimating specialists. Every estimate is produced by hand by their in-house team of estimators and quantity surveyors. No outsourcing, no software churning out a number: real people going through your drawings and specification line by line, requesting supplier quotes where needed, and pricing to your region. The finished estimate carries your logo and branding, so as far as your client's concerned, it's yours.
They typically turn estimates around within a week or two, with an express service when you're up against a tender deadline.
THE BUILDHUB DISCOUNT: 20% OFF
My Build Estimate are offering BuildHub users an exclusive 20% discount on their Estimate service. Here's exactly what that's worth:
All prices exclude VAT.
And to be completely clear: BuildHub doesn't take a penny from this. No commission, no referral fee. We negotiated the discount and every pound of it goes to you. That's the whole arrangement.
HOW TO CLAIM IT
> Get your code — open the Estimating page inside BuildHub. Your exclusive discount code is right there.
> Send your drawings — email your drawings and project documents to My Build Estimate, quoting the code.
> Get your quote — they'll come back with a price at the discounted BuildHub rate.
> Go ahead — accept, and they start work on your estimate.
The code must be quoted at the point of enquiry — it can't be applied to estimates already booked. One discount per project, BuildHub users only, and it applies to the Estimate service.
THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB
That's the principle behind all of this. A ballpark in 90 seconds when the enquiry is warm. A full branded quote in a fraction of the time when the job's worth winning. And professional human estimators — at 20% off — when the project demands certainty.
Quick jobs, complex jobs, and everything in between. On the same page, every time.