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Estimating for custom work

How companies that make and build quote faster and more accurately. By sector, without the sales pitch.

FEATURED · KITCHEN MAKERS

Estimating software for kitchen makers: what should it do?

From architect drawing to quote without retyping everything.

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ARTICLES

AI · IN DUTCH

What is an AI agent, and what does it do in estimating?

How it differs from a chatbot, and which estimating tasks agents do.

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AI · IN DUTCH

AI in estimating: what it does and does not do for a maker

What AI really takes over in estimating, and what people still decide.

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INTERIOR · IN DUTCH

Estimating software for interior makers: what to look for

Seven things to check, from reading drawings to post-calculation.

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FURNITURE MAKERS · IN DUTCH

Estimating for furniture makers without standard sizes

Every piece is different. How to still build a price you can defend.

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WAY OF WORKING · IN DUTCH

Replacing Excel without losing your way of calculating

The formulas you built over fifteen years are the business. You take them with you.

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ESTIMATING · IN DUTCH

Post-calculation in bespoke work: how every quote sharpens the next

Comparing the estimate with reality, and what to do with it.

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QUOTE · IN DUTCH

Building a quote for interior work: which items belong in it?

Every item from materials to margin, with a worked example.

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ESTIMATING · IN DUTCH

Estimating sheet material: cutting waste, edging and offcuts

Per sheet or per m², cutting waste, and where margin leaks away.

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QUOTE · IN DUTCH

Why the fastest quote often wins the job

What a slow quote costs, and how to quote faster without cutting corners.

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ESTIMATING · IN DUTCH

Estimating hours in interior work: workshop, fitting and drawing

Standard hours per part, rates per department and the hours people forget.

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DRAWING → QUOTE · IN DUTCH

From drawing to quote without retyping everything

Which steps a person has to do, and which a machine can do.

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PRICING · IN DUTCH

What does estimating software for bespoke work cost?

Pricing models side by side, and how to compare the real cost.

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COMING SOON

These articles are in the works. Is your question not among them yet? Just ask — then we will write that one first.

WINDOW FRAMES

The joinery works and the eleven-page quote

Why frame quotes take so long, and where the time actually goes.

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NATURAL STONE

Estimating natural stone: cutting waste is the whole margin

Slab layout, offcuts and the item that makes or breaks the profit.

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METALWORK

Metalwork: from drawing to bill of materials

What it takes before a drawing yields a reliable bill of materials.

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Estimating for custom work

Estimating software for kitchen makers: what should it do?

The joinery works and the eleven-page quote

Estimating natural stone: cutting waste is the whole margin

Metalwork: from drawing to bill of materials

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