The quote she says yes to
You say: Quote Sarah’s bathroom, £8,250. She’s supplying the tiles.
A quote page she accepts in one tap. Bathroom quotes get compared; if hers has no answer for a week, the evening wrap says so.
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Say the job and the price, and Sarah gets a quote in your business’s name to accept in one tap. The deposit that books your slot, a stage at first fix and the balance all come from the same job, and the extras are on the record the day you agree them. If she goes a week with no answer, the evening wrap tells you.
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Tools Down: Done. £8,250 for Sarah’s bathroom.
Quote · Q-0318Draft
Bathroom refit
Sarah Hughes
- Strip out, first fix, boarding and tanking
- Tiling, second fix and making good
- Tiles and mirror supplied by the customer
Total£8,250
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Heard on the forums
I hate it when you spend a couple of hrs doing a quote and never hear back from people. The guy that taught me keeps saying I should chase the people up. I am just not that kind of person though.
Deposit, stages, then the balance
One big job, paid as it goes.
Ask for the deposit when she accepts. After first fix, invoice a stage as a percentage or an amount and see what’s left to bill. When the job’s done, the final invoice takes the deposit and the stage off and asks for the balance.
InvoiceDraft
Bathroom refit
Sarah Hughes
- Bathroom refit, as quoted
- £8,250.00
- Subtotal
- £8,250.00
- Less Deposit (INV-0101)
- − £2,062.50
- Less Stage 1 (INV-0102)
- − £3,300.00
Total£2,887.50
What matters on your jobs
What it does on a bathroom job
Extras on the record the day they’re agreed
You say: Sarah’s job: moving the radiator, £180, agreed today.
Saved on the job at that price, the day it’s agreed, so it reaches the final invoice and there’s a record when the balance is queried.
Photos of what the tiles will hide
You say: Show me the tanking at Sarah’s.
Tanking, pipework, the floor before the boards go down: filed on the job as you take them, found again by asking when a leak or a snag is disputed.
Price and the free plan
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£29.99 a month including VAT, or £24.99 if you reclaim VAT. One person, no minimum, no setup fee, no training.
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- After that you’re on the Free plan: 50 messages a month to Tools Down, and every screen keeps working.
- Tools Down Pro is paid monthly through Apple. It lifts the message limit.
- Fair use applies on every plan, with limits set far above what one person books or asks for in a month.
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Straight answers
Questions bathroom fitters ask
Can I take a deposit for a bathroom?
Yes. Ask for it as a percentage or an amount, and bill stages the same way. The final invoice takes the deposit and every stage off.
Can a customer cancel after agreeing a bathroom at home?
Usually, within 14 days, because it’s an off-premises contract. If they weren’t told about the right to cancel, the period can run up to 12 months longer (reg 31).
Does a bathroom refit need building regulations approval?
Replacing baths, toilets, basins and sinks needs no approval; a new bathroom involving plumbing, or electrics near the bath or shower, may (GOV.UK: building regulations approval). Members of APHC, BESCA, Certsure, HETAS and NAPIT can self-certify.
How do I prove what’s behind the tiles?
Take photos as you go. Tools Down files them on the job, and you can ask for them later: “show me the tanking at Sarah’s.”
Do I need to tell the water company about a new bath?
Only for certain fittings in England and Wales, for example a bath over 230 litres (Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, reg 5).
Paperwork and rules
The rules around a bathroom
Information, not advice. Open a rule to read it, with its source; check the source for your own job.
The quote agreed at the kitchen tableUK
A job agreed in the customer’s home is an off-premises contract: 14 days to cancel, and up to 12 months more if they weren’t told about the right.
When a bathroom needs building controlEngland and Wales
Installing a bathroom that involves plumbing, or changing electrics near a bath or shower, may need approval. Replacing baths, toilets, basins and sinks needs none.
Self-certifying a bathroomEngland
Toilets, sinks, washbasins, fixed baths, showers or bathrooms in dwellings can be self-certified by members of APHC, BESCA, Certsure, HETAS or NAPIT.
Big baths: tell the water companyEngland and Wales
Notice and consent are needed before installing a bath of more than 230 litres, or a pump drawing more than 12 litres a minute.
CIS when fitting for a showroom or builderUK
HMRC lists installing kitchens and bathrooms as construction operations. Private householders aren’t contractors under CIS.
Your work
The jobs you quote
- Full bathroom refits
- Shower rooms, en-suites and wet rooms
- Bath-to-shower conversions
- Accessible bathrooms and level-access showers
- Cloakroom WCs and vanity units
- Tiling, tanking and boarding
- Towel radiators and underfloor heating mats
How the money comes in
- A deposit to book the slot and buy materials.
- Stage payments through the job, the balance on completion.
- Customer-supplied suites and tiles that arrive late or wrong, and the days that costs.
- The last payment held back over snagging.
Keep looking
More on what it does for you
- Job memoryNotes and photos saved on the job as you go, and found again by asking.
- QuotesMade in your business’s name from what you say, and followed up when it goes quiet.
- InvoicesDeposits and stages taken off the final, with CIS, the reverse charge and VAT set by customer.
Free guides and templates
- How to quote a job professionallyPractical and UK-specific: VAT shown properly, how long the price stands, what’s excluded, deposits and stage payments.
- How to organise job photosBefore, during and after, filed by job with a word about each, and backed up off your phone.
- Free quote templateYour details, the customer, priced lines with VAT shown correctly, how long it stands, what’s not included and how you’re paid.
Other trades, and how it compares
- PlumbersThe invoice ready before you’ve left the doorstep, with the ten-minute extras on it.
- BuildersCIS and the reverse charge set by customer, a build invoiced in stages, variations written down.
- ElectriciansRemedials quoted from the hallway, reminders when the agent pays late, photos of every board.
- Apps for tradespeople, comparedTools Down beside Tradify, Fergus, ServiceM8, Jobber and more, with sources.
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