Trade case · Masonry
The structure goes up, the paperwork keeps up
A structural opening, a slab, an extension that runs for three months: masonry ties up cash — material bought up front, hours poured in, payment at the end. MaitreChantier takes the deposit, invoices the progress and shows the margin while the job is still open.
Your day-to-day, point by point
The situations that eat your evenings — and what the platform does about each of them.
Today
You fund the material and get paid at the end
With MaitreChantier
A deposit invoice is generated from the signed quote, then progress invoices during the work — the amounts already invoiced are deducted for you.
Today
Concrete, blocks and skips are paid for and forgotten
With MaitreChantier
Every purchase is booked against the job: you compare what you spent with what you sold, without waiting for the accountant.
Today
Progress invoices are recalculated by hand each month
With MaitreChantier
Invoice a percentage of the signed quote: the platform computes the amount, deducts the previous invoices and keeps the numbering straight.
Today
Two jobs, one crew, and a schedule on a whiteboard
With MaitreChantier
The planning shows the whole company's week; moving a job shifts its slots without unpicking the rest.
What you gain, every week
Deposit and progress invoices
The invoicing cycle of building work is built in: deposit, progress invoices, balance and credit notes, chained to the signed quote.
One page per job
Quotes, invoices, purchases, hours and schedule for a job sit on the same page — no folder to hunt for.
Supply orders under control
Concrete, blocks, steel: what is ordered, expected and delivered late is visible before the crew is standing idle.
Your works, your prices
Structural opening, block wall, screed, demolition: priced per square metre or linear metre, with your own cost price.
Margin while the job runs
Signed amount, invoiced amount, spend, margin: the four figures that tell you whether to hold the price or renegotiate.
Crews planned per week
Assign your teams, see the overlaps and shift a job in one move when the weather decides otherwise.
What a masonry quote looks like
An extract from a structural job: quantities per square metre and linear metre, cost price behind every line.
| Description | Qty | Unit price | VAT | Total excl. VAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structural wall opening, steel lintel included | 2 ml | €850.00 | 10 % | €1,700.00 |
| 20 cm block wall | 34 m² | €68.00 | 10 % | €2,312.00 |
| 5 cm mortar screed | 62 m² | €32.00 | 10 % | €1,984.00 |
| Rubble removal to the tip | 6 m³ | €85.00 | 10 % | €510.00 |
| Total excl. VAT | €6,506.00 | |||
Signed, this quote gives the deposit invoice, then the progress invoices, then the balance on handover.
The deposit collected before the first block
The signed quote carries its deposit percentage: the deposit invoice is generated in one click, and the progress invoices that follow deduct what has already been billed. You stop funding your client's job out of your own pocket.
How it goes, from quote to payment
Price the structure
Take your works from the library, enter the surfaces, watch the estimated margin move as you adjust the price.
Take the deposit, then build
The deposit invoice goes out on signature; purchases and hours are booked against the job as the work rises.
Invoice the progress
Each month, a progress invoice for what is done; on handover, the balance — with the earlier invoices already deducted.
Frequently asked questions
- Do you handle progress invoices on a long job?
- Yes: invoice a share of the signed quote as often as you need, the amounts already invoiced are deducted automatically.
- Can I track what a job actually cost me?
- Purchases and labour hours are recorded against the job, and sit next to the invoiced amount so the margin is a fact, not a feeling.
- I work for main contractors as well as private customers.
- Clients can be companies or individuals, each with their own documents, history and payment terms.
The modules this trade leans on
Construction quotes & invoices
Deposit, progress statements, balance, credit note, retention money: the building trade's document chain, signed online by your client.
Learn moreSite tracking
Track your purchases and labour hours, and keep every site under control from the first dig to handover.
Learn moreReal-time profitability
Signed contract, invoiced, costs, margin: finally know what each site really earns you.
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