12 kinds of business
Who Obra is for
Job costing and expense tracking by kind of contractor — remodelers, small general contractors, kitchen and bath, design-build, bilingual crews — each with a sample budget and the cost codes that trade actually uses.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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