Gaffer for
builders.

Builders lose money in the gaps: variations nobody priced, subcontractors nobody chased for a certificate, and retention nobody released. Gaffer runs the job as a project with stage payments, keeps variation orders priced and approved in writing, and holds the RAMS and subcontractor compliance a main contractor will ask for. Quote, schedule, record the work, invoice and get paid — with the 25 trade documents builders actually use already in the account.

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Where two names look alike they are different documents — a notification is not the certificate that follows it, and two schemes covering the same work each want their own form. If you think one is missing, or that one of these is redundant, say so and we will change the pack.

Trade packs and specialist workflows for builders in Gaffer

Quote it from a template

Priced quote templates for builders, your own price book and good-better-best options. Customers accept and pay a deposit from their phone.

Quoting & Estimating →

Do the job with the paperwork built in

25 trade documents ready for builders — 7 written for this trade, 18 shared with others — filled in on the phone, signed on site and emailed as a PDF before you leave.

Compliance & Certificates →

Invoice from the driveway

One tap raises the invoice from the accepted quote, nets off the deposit and sends a Pay Now link. Reminders chase for you.

Invoicing & Payments →

Come back to the customers you already have

Finished jobs surface follow-up work automatically — the room you did not do, the quote they never answered, the customer who has gone quiet.

Automations & AI →

A worked job

An extension, end to end

This is the shape of the work in Gaffer — the same job you already do, with the hand-offs taken off your plate.

See the same job in detail

Month 0Quote built by stage with a payment schedule. Accepted online.
Month 1RAMS issued, subcontractor insurances and qualifications checked in.
Month 2Client asks for an extra rooflight — variation priced, approved, invoiced.
Month 3Stage invoices raised on completion of each stage, chased automatically.
Month 3Snagging list agreed on site with photos against each item.
+6 moRetention released as a separate invoice when it falls due.

Certificates & forms

25 trade documents, ready for builders.

7 of them are written for this trade and 18 are shared with others — an EICR is an EICR whoever issues it. Every one is a real digital form, not a blank template.

Each one is a proper digital form: the fields that document actually needs, signature capture, photo attachments, a PDF the customer can keep, and — where it has one — an expiry date Gaffer tracks. Completed on the phone, offline if it has to be.

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