Decks, doors, pergolas, fit-outs, every job needs a quote and an invoice. Agentize handles the lot from a voice note, so you stay on the tools and the admin still gets done.
“Quote for a 20 square metre merbau deck, hang two internal doors and run new skirting through the hallway.”
The Quoter writes
a priced, itemised quote off your rate card, measured lines, GST handled.
THE JOBS IT WRITES UP.
Start from a ready-made carpenter rate card, the lines you quote every week, then tweak the numbers to yours. The Quoter only ever prices from what you’ve saved, so it never makes one up.
Should I quote a deck per square metre or per job?
Build it per square metre and present it per job. The rate is how you get the number right and stay consistent from quote to quote; the single figure is what the customer says yes to. Keep the substructure, decking, fixings, stairs and balustrade as separate lines in your own working — bearers and joists on sloping ground are where deck quotes get away from people.
How do I allow for materials I haven't bought yet?
Price them from your current supplier rates and say on the quote how long the price holds. Timber moves. A quote that's valid for 30 days is normal and protects you when a customer comes back three months later expecting the old number.
What should a carpentry quote include?
Itemised scope, whether you're supplying or fitting only, the timber grade and finish, what's excluded (painting, electrical, making good), site access assumptions, GST shown separately, and your payment stages. On bigger fit-outs, progress claims beat one invoice at the end.
One monthly price, a pot of tokens, and every job the crew does spends a few — a quote is 25, a text is 5. You can see what’s left before you ask for anything, and nothing is charged on top.