Quoting software for maintenance work.
Most maintenance work is priced in a doorway and confirmed by text. That is fine until the job is bigger than it looked, or the customer remembers the number differently. TradeDraft is for putting a proper document behind a small job without turning it into an afternoon of admin.
Callout, hourly, half day, day
The rate book holds the rates this trade actually charges: a callout with the first hour, additional time on site, half a day, a full day. A minimum charge, because turning up costs something whatever the job turns out to be. And an out-of-hours or weekend rate, which is the uplift most often forgotten and hardest to ask for afterwards.
Materials ship with no price on purpose — you put in what you paid.
A small job still deserves a document
A quote with the work listed, the exclusions named and the terms attached takes a couple of minutes once your rates are in, and it is the difference between “you said fifty quid” and a page with a number on it. The customer accepts it on their phone, and the date and time are recorded against that version.
When the little job turns out not to be
A tap that needs the whole valve. A shelf into a wall with nothing behind it. Work you find once you are there becomes an Additional Works sheet with its own price, agreed before you carry on — which is a far easier conversation standing in the room than it is on the invoice.
Getting paid the same day
On domestic work the customer can pay by card the moment they accept, straight into your own Stripe account, or by bank transfer from the details on the document. For a trade whose jobs are small and frequent, being paid on the day rather than at the end of the month is most of the problem solved. More in getting paid.
What it has nothing to do with
It does not schedule or dispatch, hold a diary, or track your van stock. It does not register you as a waste carrier — if you take waste away, that is your own licence to hold. It prices the job, gets it accepted, prices the changes and invoices it.
Questions worth asking first
Is it worth it for small jobs?
Once your callout, hourly and day rates are in the rate book a quote takes a couple of minutes, and the customer accepts it on their phone with the date and time recorded. The value is in the small jobs that turn into arguments, not the ones that go smoothly.
Can I set a minimum charge and a weekend rate?
Yes. Both are items in the starter rate book — a minimum charge and an out-of-hours or weekend rate — so the uplift is on the quote rather than something you have to ask for afterwards.
How much is it?
£45 a month or £450 a year, flat, with no per-user charge.
The 30-day trial needs no card. Sending, downloading and online acceptance are all included.