Trade case · Plumbing
Between two call-outs, your admin keeps moving
A leak in the morning, a full bathroom in the afternoon, a boiler to replace next week: plumbing chains small jobs and big ones. MaitreChantier follows both with the same tool — the call-out invoiced on the spot, the renovation quoted, planned and tracked down to its margin.
Your day-to-day, point by point
The situations that eat your evenings — and what the platform does about each of them.
Today
Call-outs get invoiced late, or not at all
With MaitreChantier
A call-out becomes a direct invoice in seconds — labour hours, parts, travel — without going through a quote first.
Today
A bathroom means twenty lines to retype every time
With MaitreChantier
Walk-in shower, wall-hung WC, vanity unit, PER pipework: your usual works sit in the library with your prices, ready to drop into the quote.
Today
The customer pays in three instalments and nobody keeps track
With MaitreChantier
Deposit on signature, progress invoices during the work, balance on handover: what is invoiced, paid and still owed stays visible per job.
Today
The heat pump is eligible for 5.5 %, the repair is not
With MaitreChantier
Each line carries its rate, the VAT summary is split per rate and the legal wording lands on the document by itself.
What you gain, every week
Direct invoice for a call-out
No quote needed: labour hours, parts and travel become an invoice sent from the phone before you leave the customer.
A standard bathroom, already priced
Your recurring works — shower, WC, vanity unit, water heater, radiators — with your unit price and your cost price.
Deposits and progress invoices
Take a deposit on signature, invoice as the work advances, close with the balance — amounts already invoiced are deducted for you.
Late payments spotted in time
Invoices past their due date are flagged on the dashboard, with the follow-up email one click away.
The real margin of each job
Purchases, hours and invoicing sit on the same page: you know which bathroom paid off and which one drifted.
Compliant documents, every time
Numbering, legal wording, insurance details and payment terms are carried by the document — nothing to remember.
What a bathroom quote looks like
An extract from a full renovation: fittings at 10 %, heat pump at 5.5 %, margin visible while you price it.
| Description | Qty | Unit price | VAT | Total excl. VAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete walk-in shower installation | 1 u | €1,850.00 | 10 % | €1,850.00 |
| Wall-hung WC, support frame included | 1 u | €780.00 | 10 % | €780.00 |
| Vanity unit and taps fitted | 1 u | €450.00 | 10 % | €450.00 |
| Air-to-water heat pump 8 kW installed | 1 u | €8,900.00 | 5.5 % | €8,900.00 |
| Total excl. VAT | €11,980.00 | |||
One signature and this quote becomes a deposit invoice, then progress invoices as the work advances.
The bathroom quote signed before the coffee
You measure the room, drop the shower, the wall-hung WC and the vanity unit in from the library, and send the PDF. The client opens the link on their phone, signs with a finger, and the deposit invoice goes out the same day.
How it goes, from quote to payment
Quote on site
Pick the works, set the quantities, check the margin: the customer gets the PDF before you have packed the van.
Run the job without losing anything
Equipment orders, hours worked and expenses are logged against the job — so the margin stays honest and the schedule stays realistic.
Get paid, and know it
Deposit, progress invoices, balance, follow-up on overdue payments: cash-in is tracked invoice by invoice.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I invoice a call-out without writing a quote?
- Yes. A direct invoice takes labour hours and parts straight from the library; a quote is only needed when the customer asks for one.
- Do you handle progress invoices on a long renovation?
- Progress invoices, deposits and credit notes are part of the invoicing cycle — amounts already invoiced are deducted automatically.
- Does it work on a phone, on site?
- Every screen is built for a phone first: quotes, invoices, planning and job tracking are usable one-handed between two call-outs.
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 moreWork library
Your catalogue of priced work items, sorted by trade, ready to drop into your quotes.
Learn moreReal-time profitability
Signed contract, invoiced, costs, margin: finally know what each site really earns you.
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