32 kinds of business
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Job costing and expense tracking by trade: remodelers, general contractors, kitchen and bath, design-build, bilingual crews. Sample budgets and cost codes.
Every page carries a sample budget with real line items, the cost codes that trade uses, and the change orders that eat its margin.
Job costing for additions and ADU builders: long jobs, many draws, and a margin that has to survive both
Expense tracking for additions and ADUs: draw schedules, signed subcontracts, permit fees and a forecast that holds up across a six-month build.
See the pageJob costing for basement finishing contractors: egress, moisture and the surprises under the slab
Expense tracking for basement remodelers, where the estimate meets the foundation. Sample finished-basement budget, cost codes, and the change orders that keep margin.
See the pageExpense tracking for bilingual crews: receipts over WhatsApp, in Spanish or English, on the right job
Job costing for crews that work in Spanish with books in English: WhatsApp receipt capture in both languages, a submitter role with no login to the books, clean exports.
See the pageCabinet job costing, from the deposit to the last drawer pull
Track each cabinet package as its own job: boxes, custom builds, hardware, trim, shop labor and install labor. Know the margin on every kitchen before the punch list.
See the pageJob costing for concrete and hardscape contractors: yards, tons, hours and the pour that decides the margin
Expense tracking for concrete and hardscape contractors: ready-mix by the yard, base by the ton, equipment rentals per job, and weather delays as costs you can see.
See the pageJob costing for decks, fences and outdoor structures
Track each deck, fence or pergola as one job: lumber, composite, footings, hardware and labor. See the margin on every build, even when lumber prices move.
See the pageJob costing for small design-build firms: procurement, selections and the fee that has to cover them
Expense tracking for design-build firms whose margin lives in procurement: vendor deposits, selections against allowances, and the design fee kept apart from the build.
See the pageDrywall job costing, from hang to final sand
Track each drywall job as its own project: board, mud, lifts, dump fees and separate hang and finish labor. Know which jobs made money and which crews are fast.
See the pageJob costing for electrical contractors: wire, panels, fixtures and the margin on each job
Expense tracking for electrical contractors on project work: material runs split by job, panel upgrades as change orders, and a per-job margin that holds up.
See the pageEpoxy floor job costing, from the grind to the topcoat
Track each coating job as its own project: primer, flake, topcoat, grinding consumables, rentals and prep and coat labor. Know your real cost per square foot.
See the pageExcavation and site work job costing, from the locate to the last load
Track each site job as its own project: fuel, base rock, hauling, rentals, wear parts and operator hours. Know what each dig made you after the machines are paid.
See the pageFencing job costing, from the utility locate to the last gate latch
Track each fence job as its own project: pickets, chain link, posts, concrete, gates, locates and labor by the day. Know your real cost per linear foot.
See the pageJob costing for flooring and tile contractors: material by the box, labor by the foot, margin by the job
Expense tracking for flooring and tile contractors: material overage and returns, subfloor surprises as change orders, setter labor per job, and a margin that survives.
See the pageFraming job costing, from the lumber drop to the roof sheathing
Track each framing package as one job: lumber, beams, trusses, hardware, crane and labor by floor, wall and roof. Know the margin on every house you frame.
See the pageGarage door job costing, from the factory order to the first open
Track each garage door install as its own job: doors, openers, springs, hardware, haul-away and labor. Know the margin per install and per builder contract.
See the pageExpense tracking for small general contractors: every sub, every receipt, every job, on one page
Job costing for small GCs running three to ten jobs at once: sub bills, costs you know are coming, field receipts and the margin on each job, without a full suite.
See the pageGutter job costing, from the coil to the last downspout
Track each gutter job as its own project: coil, downspouts, guards, fascia repairs and labor by the day. Know what each house made you, five jobs a day or one.
See the pageJob costing for handyman businesses with many small jobs
Track every punch list, repair and small project as its own job: parts, hardware store runs and labor. Know which jobs made money and which ones didn't.
See the pageHVAC job costing for installs and replacements
Track each system install as one job: equipment, ductwork, electrical, permits and labor. Know the margin per install before the next one starts.
See the pageInsulation job costing, by the set, the bag and the crew day
Track each insulation job as its own project: spray foam sets, batts, blown-in, rig fuel, testing and labor. Know your real cost per job before the next bid.
See the pageJob costing for kitchen and bath remodelers: allowances, selections and the margin between them
Expense tracking for kitchen and bath contractors, where allowances, selections and lead-time deposits decide the margin. Sample bathroom budget and cost codes.
See the pageLandscaping job costing, from grading to the last plant in the ground
Track each landscape install as one job: plants, sod, irrigation, lighting, rentals and crew labor. Know what every yard made you.
See the pageMasonry job costing, from the footing to the last joint
Track each masonry job as its own project: brick, block, stone, mortar, scaffold and mason and tender labor. Know what every wall and veneer job made you.
See the pageJob costing for painting contractors: labor is the job, and the receipts are the rest
Expense tracking for painting contractors, where labor is most of the cost and the margin hides in prep hours, extra coats and product upgrades. Sample budget and codes.
See the pageJob costing for plumbing contractors: rough-in, trim, fixtures and what each job really returned
Expense tracking for plumbing contractors on project work: rough and trim as separate costs, fixture allowances, sewer surprises as change orders, and a margin per job.
See the pagePool construction job costing, from the dig to the first swim
Track each pool as one job across months of subs and phases: excavation, steel, gunite, tile, equipment, plaster and the deck. Know the margin before the water goes in.
See the pageJob costing for remodelers: know what the kitchen is costing before the bills say so
Job costing built for remodeling contractors: receipts from the crew, change orders on the contract, and a forecast of each remodel's margin while it's still open.
See the pageRoofing job costing, from tear-off to final payment
Track every roof as its own job: materials, dumpster, labor and the decking you didn't plan on. See what each roof made you, without a spreadsheet.
See the pageSiding job costing, from tear-off to the last piece of trim
Track each siding job as its own project: siding, wrap, windows, dumpster, lift and labor. Turn rotten sheathing into a change order instead of a loss.
See the pageSolar job costing, from equipment order to permission to operate
Track each solar install as one job: panels, inverter, racking, electrical, permits and labor. Know the margin per system even when the equipment is paid months early.
See the pageTile job costing for showers and wet areas, from waterproofing to grout
Track each tile job as its own project: tile allowance, waterproofing, thinset, niches and labor by phase. Know what each shower and backsplash made you.
See the pageWindow and door job costing, from the factory order to the last bead of caulk
Track each window and door job as its own project: units, doors, flashing, trim, haul-away and labor. Turn rotted openings into change orders instead of losses.
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