Framework — Budgetary estimates for residential contractors
Walk through the house. Build a trade-by-trade budget range in under 10 minutes. Send an estimate before you even leave the driveway. No complex setup — just faster estimates.
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Project Report
124 Main St. Renovation
Zip: 02108
2,400 sq ft
Electrical
$18.4k
Plumbing
$14.2k
HVAC
$32.1k
Roofing
$28.5k
Framing
$41.8k
Built for speed, not complexity
Framework is designed for contractors who need credible numbers fast — not another software that takes weeks to learn.
10-minute onboarding
Your estimators and sales reps can run their first budget after a single session. No certifications, no week-long training.
Trade-level logic
Price each trade by quality and unit rates across sqft, lnft, and unit scopes. Adjust any trade on the fly without recreating the whole estimate.
2 instant outputs
Deliver a Customer Report and an Internal Report with markup — all in one tap. No manual formatting.
From walkthrough to report in 3 steps
Set up the job, describe the house, and review the report before sharing.
Project details
Enter the project name, job zip code, and a short description. The zip code ensures your estimate uses the right local pricing.
124 Main St. Renovation
02108
Full kitchen and bath remodel...
Dimensions and features
Set the size, stories, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, garage, deck, windows, and doors. Choose overall complexity, difficulty, and quality. The trade list builds itself from your inputs.
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60
Review and send
Check the total customer price, cost to build, and profit margin. Adjust any trade's quality, then send the Customer Report to your client.
Intelligence built into every estimate
Framework uses your project inputs to build the right trades, price them by quality, and give you a report you can trust before sending.
Trades follow the setup
Framework uses size, rooms, windows, doors, kitchen, garage, deck, and heat sources to decide which trades belong in the estimate. If a feature is off, related trades can reduce or switch to None.
Quality and zip code both matter
Quality changes the work level. Zip code changes local pricing. Per-trade zip-code filtered pricing is currently available only in New England, USA. If the location changes late, refresh pricing and review the report again.
Good
A practical baseline for solid standard work.
Better
A step up when finish, materials, or labor expectations are above average.
Best
The premium tier for higher-end work or more demanding finishes.
Finish with a report check
- Review the total price in the Customer Report.
- Check cost to build, profit, square-foot numbers, and margin in the Internal Report.
- Tap or click trade cards to adjust individual quality when a category needs different pricing.
- Refresh zip-code pricing after location changes, then wait for totals to recalculate.
How Framework compares
You can keep fighting with spreadsheets, pay for overbuilt suites, or use something built for the way residential contractors actually estimate.
| Spreadsheets / Hand Calcs | Full Estimating Suite | Framework | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup time | Hours of formatting | Days / weeks of training | 10 minutes |
| Device | Desktop only | Desktop heavy | Web, iOS, Android |
| Pricing | Free (hidden labor cost) | $200–$500 / month | $50 / month |
| Trade-level detail | Manual, error-prone | Over-engineered for budgetary | Built-in, adjustable per trade |
| Report output | DIY formatting | Locked-in templates | Instant Customer Report PDF |
| Onboarding | None | Weeks | One session |
Built by contractors, for contractors
Anthony Richards spent years as an architectural engineer working alongside general contractors in New England before building Framework. He was tired of losing evenings to spreadsheets, overpaying for bloated estimating suites, and watching qualified leads walk away because the estimate took too long. He built Framework Smarter Estimates to solve the specific problem of fast, credible budgetary estimates — not to become another construction management platform no one asked for.
Anthony Richards
Founder, Get Framework LLC
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