Timber frame and modular

    How quickly does a customer get your quote?

    Some enquiries never get a quote at all, and you cannot win work you never price.

    We rework how you quote so enquiries stop waiting, without another estimator on the payroll.

    See what it is costing youTakes a minute, no sign-up.

    Where quoting gets stuck

    • The enquiry form asks thirteen questions about plot, planning and warrant, and will not take the drawings that answer most of them.
    • Estimating is one manager and one trainee, however busy it gets.
    • A self-build enquiry waits while a developer enquiry jumps it, or the other way round, and nobody decided that.

    Each of these comes down to who does what, and in what order.

    How much of your work is waiting on a quote?

    Use last month, roughly. Each box starts with an example figure of ours, including the turnaround. Change them to your own. The only standard here is the one you set.

    £715,00011 of the 30 enquiries you took did not reach the customer inside your own 10 working days. At your average job value, that much work sat waiting for a price.You hit your own turnaround on 63% of them.

    Most systems record that a quote went out. Few record how long it took.

    Three ways to start

    Free

    Quoting Starter Kit

    Your own numbers, a report by email within minutes: the work you never price, your turnaround against your own target and three fixes to make first.

    Get the free report
    Your own desk
    Quote Desk
    Typically £950 to £3,950set-up

    Every enquiry checked against your trade checklist, the chase drafted for your approval and a one-page scope sheet for your estimator. Then £295 a month, all in: hosting, running costs, fixes and monthly improvements.

    See the Quote Desk

    Your estimator prices every job.

    Our study

    We checked the enquiry pages of 100 UK made-to-order manufacturers against six things a customer sees before getting in touch, such as whether the form takes a drawing and whether a quote turnaround is published. The 10 timber frame and modular firms scored between 3 and 8 out of 10, with the middle one on 5. Ten firms is too few to speak for the whole trade.

    See the study

    If your quotes already go out the same day and you know your win rate, you do not need us.

    Founded by Segun Osu. Teamsmiths is the trading name of Buildze Limited, company 12857101.