For kitchen & bathroom remodelers
The cabinets have a lead time. Your proposal should too.
A kitchen or bathroom remodel is sold over several visits: a measure, a design, a showroom trip, then a quote. The homeowner is excited about the tiles and the tap, and thinking less about the demolition, plumbing moves and electrical work that make up most of the cost. The trouble starts when selections arrive late, a cabinet line is back-ordered, or the wall behind the old units isn't what anyone expected.
ApeiroCraft sends the remodel proposal as a link with design and selections, allowances, the dates selections are due, and how changes are priced. You see when the homeowner opens and reopens it, they sign in the browser, and each payment stage is invoiced from the accepted proposal.
Where remodels slip and overrun.
Late selections, blamed on you
The homeowner hasn't picked the tile when demolition finishes. The crew stands down, the fitter's slot is lost, and the delay becomes your fault in the homeowner's telling.
Allowances treated as budgets to beat
A worktop or fixture allowance is set at one level and the homeowner chooses well above it. If the proposal doesn't say how overages work, the final invoice is a shock.
Behind the old cabinets
Water damage, out-of-level floors, plumbing that has to move further than planned. Without a concealed-conditions clause, you're negotiating with a room that's already gutted.
From design approval to final payment.
Design and selections in one place
Write the layout, cabinets, worktops, tiles and fixtures as sections, each with the product, the allowance and the date it must be chosen by.
See when the household is deciding
The link records each open and re-open. Repeated evening opens usually mean the household is discussing it — ask whether they'd like to talk through the allowances.
Signed before you order
The homeowner signs in the browser. The signature records name, email, IP address and a UTC timestamp, and the signed document can't be changed.
Stage payments from one proposal
Convert the accepted proposal to a draft invoice for the deposit, then again for the cabinet order, rough-in and completion stages once each previous invoice has gone out.
What a kitchen or bathroom remodel proposal has to include.
Design sells the remodel. These sections are what keep it on schedule and on budget once the old room is gone.
Selections and deadlines
If it's left vague
Products are chosen after demolition and the schedule slips around them.
With ApeiroCraft
List each selection with the date it's needed by and what happens to the schedule if it's late.
Allowances
If it's left vague
Overages on worktops or fixtures appear at the end with no agreed method.
With ApeiroCraft
Give each allowance an amount and say overages are billed at cost plus a stated handling approach.
Trades and scope
If it's left vague
Plumbing moves, electrical additions and tiling heights are assumed.
With ApeiroCraft
Describe demolition, plumbing, electrical, tiling and finishing, with clear limits such as how far fixtures move.
Concealed conditions
If it's left vague
Water damage behind units becomes a dispute with the room already stripped.
With ApeiroCraft
Explain how hidden damage is documented, priced and approved before work continues.
Living without the room
If it's left vague
A family is without a kitchen or the only bathroom longer than expected.
With ApeiroCraft
Give the expected duration, when water or power will be off, and any temporary arrangements.
- Deposit and stage invoices from one accepted proposal.
- Kanban tasks for selections chasing, orders and inspections.
- Change orders sent and signed as their own short proposals.
Common questions.
How do remodelers usually structure pricing?
Most kitchen and bath work is a fixed price with allowances for selections, or a design fee followed by a fixed-price build. Some remodelers work cost-plus. Payment is usually staged: a deposit, a payment when cabinets or major materials are ordered, progress payments, and a final payment on completion. ApeiroCraft holds the structure you use; it doesn't estimate costs.
What does a bathroom remodel proposal look like?
A layout summary; scope covering demolition, moving the shower drain within a stated distance, new circuits for lighting and a heated towel rail, full-height tiling in the shower; selections for tile, vanity and fixtures with allowances and due dates; a concealed-conditions clause; a ten-working-day schedule; payments at signing, at tile delivery and on completion. The homeowners open it four times over a weekend, sign, and you invoice the deposit.
When is ApeiroCraft not the right fit for a remodeler?
There's no 3D design tool, cabinet configurator, selections portal for homeowners to log into, crew scheduling or job costing. Firms that need homeowners to pick products inside a portal should use remodeling-specific software. ApeiroCraft is for the proposal, signature, change orders, invoices and client record.
Can I charge a design fee before the build quote?
Yes. Send the design as its own proposal with its own fee, invoice it once signed, and send the build proposal later. If you credit the design fee against the build, show that as a line in the second proposal.
How do I handle a change once work has started?
Send a short change proposal stating what's changing, the price and the schedule effect. Once it's signed, convert it to an invoice. Each change is its own signed record on the client.
Put the selection deadlines in the proposal.
Write your stages and allowance terms once and reuse them on every remodel.
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