Guide prices before detailed costing.

For homeowners

Homeowners can create an early guide price to understand whether an extension, loft, renovation, kitchen or bathroom project is broadly realistic before committing too far into design, drawings or detailed quotes.

• See a budget range before all details are fixed.
• Understand which choices and unknowns may move the price.
• Use assumptions, exclusions and next steps for better conversations.

Why it helps homeowners

Early building budgets often go wrong because the first number is asked for before the project is clear enough for a proper quote. Proper Job helps you test the likely budget earlier, see where the uncertainty sits, and make better decisions before spending more time and money on design, drawings or builder visits.

• Check whether the project is in the right financial ballpark.
• Compare scope choices before the design goes too far in the wrong direction.
• Spot missing decisions that could affect the final quote later.
• Avoid treating a vague early guess as if it were a fixed price.

For builders

Builders can create structured ballpark prices for clients when a full measured quote is too early, too detailed, or not yet worth the time. The aim is to make early budget conversations clearer, not replace a proper quote.

• Create a guide price with range, scope, assumptions and exclusions.
• Share a clean guide link with the client.
• Use client responses and requested extras to decide the next step.

What affects the range

Proper Job uses building type, location, scope and finish level, then adds real-world builder experience into the calculation. The aim is a more realistic early range, not a neat materials-and-labour total that assumes every job runs perfectly on paper.

What it is not

A guide price is not a fixed quote, contract sum, survey, valuation or promise that the work can be completed for that amount. A final price still depends on review, measurements, specification, drawings, hidden risks, statutory costs and builder/homeowner agreement.