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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 documents builders actually use already in the account.

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

25 documents, ready for builders.

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

Specific to builders
  • Building control stage inspection log
  • Health and safety file
  • Party wall notice (Act 1996)
  • Pre-construction information
  • Structural inspection
  • Subcontractor sign-off
  • Variation order
Shared across trades
  • PAT test record
  • CDM construction phase plan
  • COSHH assessment (bitumen / adhesives)
  • Asbestos awareness check
  • Working at height
  • Project handover
  • CDM F10 notification (HSE)
  • Scaffold inspection
  • Working at height assessment
  • Working at height permit
  • Snagging list
  • Contractor Credentials Record
  • Method statement
  • Building regs notification
  • COSHH assessment
  • Waste transfer note
  • Site survey
  • Risk assessment
The rest of the business

Certificates are the start. The whole operation runs here.

Leads, quotes, scheduling, the field app, invoicing, payments, reminders, reports and your accounts sync — all in the same login as the paperwork.

Assign jobs in seconds with a drag-and-drop boardTrack every job from lead to complete, in fullBuild line-item quotes in minutes and win more workOnline quote acceptanceInvoicingPayment linksTwo-way SMSEmail inboxAutomation sequencesAuto remindersProfit reportsJob costing analysis
All 210 features
The Gaffer dashboard

Other trades

Run the next builder job on Gaffer.

Free for 14 days, no card. Pick "Builder" at sign-up and the 25 documents above are switched on before you finish your tea.

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