Quoting for builders: get the go-ahead and the deposit together
Extensions, renovations, walls and patios. A tidy quote link with your logo, your terms and a deposit the customer pays when they say yes.
Send your first quote free3 a month free. No card needed.
Sound familiar?
- Big jobs need a deposit before you book labour and materials.
- Terms agreed by text are hard to point back to.
- Staged payments are a pain to chase.
How Greenlit helps builders
- Your quote becomes a link you send by WhatsApp, text or email.
- Your customer accepts your terms and pays the deposit in one go.
- Money goes straight to your own Stripe account. Greenlit takes no cut.
- Ask for the balance from the same page when you're done.
What builders usually put on a quote
Add as many lines as you like. Greenlit works out the total, any VAT, GST or sales tax and the deposit as you type.
- Groundwork, build and finish as separate lines
- Materials
- Skip hire
- Contingency
Questions from builders
- Can I ask for the balance when the job is done?
- Yes. Press Ask for the balance on the quote and your customer gets a link to pay the rest.
- Is accepting online binding?
- Greenlit records who accepted, when, and the terms they ticked, the same as signing a paper quote. Your own terms decide the details.
Greenlit is also built for
- Plumbers
- Electricians
- Joiners and carpenters
- Painters and decorators
- Landscapers and gardeners
- Roofers
- Cleaners
- Plasterers
- Tilers
- Kitchen fitters
- Bathroom fitters
- Heating engineers
- Handymen
- Locksmiths
- Flooring fitters
- Tree surgeons
- Removal firms
- Mobile mechanics
- Window cleaners
- Artists
- Illustrators
- Tattoo artists
- Photographers
- Potters and makers
- Cake makers
- Furniture makers
- Jewellery makers
- Muralists
- Pet portrait artists
- Sign writers