The Hammer and The Nail Gun
Hi Paul here,
Ever given a client a detailed quote and all they do is.... look at the price?
Ever lost a job because the other builder left stuff out and put in ridiculously low allowances?
Ever had a client say they wished they had gone ahead with you even though you were a bit dearer, because the other quote turned out to be not what they thought they were getting?
Well it happens to us also.
It's the old "Hammer and the Nail Gun" thing...different tool...different price.
If we had the choice, would we REALLY build a house with a hammer when there's a Nail Gun available? Both do the same job, but one does it much Faster, Easier and more Accurately. Sure the Nail Gun might cost more, but could you afford the time to use the hammer? Cost HAS to be weighed against being time-starved. It's no use buying a hammer, then realising you should have bought the Nail Gun, because your time was far more valuable than the one off cost difference.
QuoteFast is the Nail Gun of estimating programs. It might at times be a bit dearer, but with it, you can nail your quote MUCH faster.
Our name says it all, and the frustration of a slow, hard to use program will linger LONG after the price is forgotten.
Many of our existing builders had already bought other cheaper, hammer programs because all they looked at was the price, but then realised you really do "GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR", and having watched our Demo Videos saw what QuoteFast could do for them, and why it has the support of various Master Builders Associations and TAFEs, so then they bought the Nail Gun.
Before you buy, try this. Take the cost difference between programs, divide by your hourly charge out rate, and see if you think you could completely learn an ENTIRE computer program in that number of hours, as that's how long you'll waste before you can start quoting. QuoteFast GOLD has 180-190 L Plate "How to courses", so there's NO LEARNING.You start quoting IMMEDIATELY.
Below are just some of the things you get when you buy QuoteFast, and why it is "the Nail Gun of estimating programs".
Firstly, QuoteFast is a stand-alone program that's installed on your own computer. It is NOT web-based and so doesn't have all the problems associated with web based programs such as slow internet, internet dropouts and the internet just not being available out on the job site...how frustrating is that.
We figure if YOU own the license to use the program...YOU should always have it sitting on YOUR computer, not on someone else's website.
Secondly, If you have to spend heaps of time learning a computer program when you could be out on site earning money and enjoying yourself...then what's the use? QuoteFast GOLD has 180-190 L Plate Training courses built in, so you can start quoting straight away.
I've listed below just some of the things that QuoteFast will do for you. It's a bit long but well worth the reading.
- Download Material Prices FREE from YOUR OWN LOCAL suppliers to keep prices up to date.
- SCANPLAN takes off all your quantities in about 15 minutes
- Costs most jobs in about 1 hour.
- Costs "one off" architectural houses, additions, renovations and light commercial jobs.
- Automatically checks to see if you've forgotten anything in your quote so you can sleep at night.
- Adds minimum trade adjustments for small jobs.
- Allows you to replace calculated costs with Subbies' and Suppliers' Actual Quotes.
- Calculates Variations and logs them separately.
- Prints a 12-15 page fully detailed, coloured, Picture Quote Book for your client.
- Calculates Subbie's and Supplier's quotes.
- Prints Scopes of Works for each subbie, so they know what's included in the job.
- Cost entire rooms in just a few mouse clicks.
- Displays Jobs and Variation status as either "Accepted" or "Awaiting Acceptance."
- Sets up and prints out Purchase Orders for your selected suppliers.
- Calculates the Progress Payments for you in 3 different ways, to make sure your cash flow is right.
- Exports your pricelists to an Excel spreadsheet for easy updating of manually entered prices.
- Allows you to change Material and Labour Rates "on the fly" for that job only (or for all future quotes) as you're quoting.
- Checks actual costs against estimated costs in My Accounts accounting program, then automatically transfers data to MYOB.
- Allows you to process Subbies' and Suppliers' invoices.
- Prints Variation forms for clients to sign.
- Allows you to send e-mails, print faxes and letters, and stores them in each client's file.
- Allows you to record Warranty Callbacks, and what the result was.
- Allows you to clone jobs to make it easier to cost similar jobs.
- Prints full Builder's Cost Sheets section by section in several different formats.
- You can backup your data to a variety of drives, CD or Memory Sticks.
- Prints a Site Inspection Form to take to site, to note anything you need to cost or need to match for an addition.
- Allows you to cost Variations and notes them as variations throughout all the costings and reports.
- Has WeatherWatch so you can check the weather four days in advance for slab pouring or roof stripping etc.
- Electronic Span tables download.
- Gives you a Satellite View of the job site to see access, storage space, roof shapes, crane obstructions etc.
...and much more.