For high-value installation work
Software for bathroom and kitchen fitters
A six thousand pound job is not a bigger callout. The money comes in parts, the scope changes once the floor is up, and the one thing you cannot afford is a disagreement at the end about what was agreed. TaskMyJob is built for that shape.
No card needed to start. £29.99 a month after that, for the whole business.
Paid in three parts, not one hopeful invoice
Before anything is ordered
The quote, and the deposit with it
Send a branded, itemised quote with optional customer finance. They accept it and pay the deposit on their phone, and it is in your account before you place a materials order.
While the work is going on
Stages, and the extras you found
Bill at the points you agreed rather than waiting until the end. Anything you find once the floor is up gets priced on site and approved by whoever is paying, in writing, before you do it.
The day you finish
The balance, on the spot
Invoice on completion with the photos attached, take the card payment there and then, and let Revenue Radar chase anything still outstanding without you having to remember.
The last stage is the remainder, never a percentage. Twenty per cent plus forty plus forty of £9,999 rounds to a penny more than the job, and a customer whose invoices total more than their quote does not conclude there is a rounding bug. So the balance absorbs it, every time.
And the fortnight in between
The money is one half of a job this size. The other half is a room out of use, somebody living around it, and more than one pair of hands in the house.
A job is a fortnight, not an appointment
One job holds as many visits as it takes, each one a block of somebody's time on a day. The strip-out on Monday, the first fix on Wednesday and the tiler the week after are all the same job, so nothing is retyped and the history stays in one place.
Two fitters on one day
A visit can carry more than one person, and the second one is counted busy rather than merely recorded — their own diary shows them on it, so nobody else books them while they are standing in your bathroom.
They are living in the house
Move a visit or call one off and the customer is told, with what is left of the job rather than a message that reads as though the whole thing is cancelled. Cancelling one visit of five is not cancelling the kitchen.
What it was like before you started
Photographs and notes against the job as the work goes, dated. Internal until you choose to send them, which is what makes them worth having when somebody says the floor was already like that.
The arguments this could prevent
“I never agreed to that extra.”
Extras are priced on site and approved by whoever is paying, before the work is done. The approval is recorded with the time and the name.
“That damage was already there.”
Photos, video and voice notes saved against the job and dated. Internal until you decide to send them.
“I thought that was included.”
An itemised quote they accepted, kept exactly as it went out, and signed where you asked them to sign it.
“I will pay you next week.”
Invoice on completion, take the card there and then, and the ones that slip get chased without you remembering to.
Not only for fitters
What these businesses have in common is not a van. It is the shape of the money: a price agreed before the work starts, something taken on account, and the rest as it is done.
Garages and workshops
A rebuild or a restoration quoted up front, a deposit against the parts, and the balance when the keys go back.
Solicitors and accountants
Money on account before the work starts, a fixed fee billed in stages, and appointments that happen by phone or online rather than at an address.
Anybody selling a few thousand at a time
Landscapers, driveways, conservatories, flooring, windows. If the price is agreed before the work begins, the shape is the same.
Appointments can be at the customer, at your own premises, by phone or online — so a business that never leaves its office is an ordinary case here rather than something to work around.
Questions, answered
Can one job run across two weeks with different people on different days?
Yes. A job holds as many visits as it needs and each one is a block of one person's time on one day, so the strip-out, the first fix and the tiler are the same job rather than three. A visit can also carry a second person, and they are counted busy on their own diary rather than just noted.
The customer is living in the house. Do they know when we are coming?
They are told when a visit moves or is called off, and the message is about what is left rather than reading as though the whole job is off — cancelling one visit of five is not cancelling the kitchen. They get a reminder the day before each visit as well.
Can I take a deposit before I order the materials?
Yes. A quote can carry a deposit or a full payment schedule, and the customer pays it on their phone when they accept. Nothing is ordered on your money while you wait to find out whether the job is really happening.
Can I bill a big job in stages?
Yes. You set the stages — a deposit, one or more payments through the job, and the balance at the end. The last stage is always the remainder rather than a percentage, so a £9,999 job never invoices out to a penny more than it was quoted at.
What happens when I find extra work once the floor is up?
You price it on site and send it for approval, and the person who is paying agrees it before you do it. The approval is recorded against the job with the time and who gave it, so an extra is never a conversation nobody can prove.
Can I prove what the room looked like before I started?
Yes. Photos, video and voice notes are saved against the job, dated, and are internal until you choose to send them. That is what settles a claim that damage was already there, and it is the same record you can share with the customer when the job goes well.
Is this only for trades?
No. It fits any business that agrees a price up front, takes something on account and bills the rest as the work is done — a garage quoting a rebuild, a solicitor taking money on account, an accountant on a fixed annual fee. Appointments can be at the customer, at your premises, by phone or online, so a business that never leaves its office is a normal case rather than a workaround.
How much is it?
£29.99 a month for the whole business — every feature, everybody on your team, no add-ons. The first 60 days are free and you do not need a card to start.
Try it on your next job
60 days free with everything switched on, and no card to start. If you would rather ask something first, there is a person on the other end.
See it being done
Step-by-step guides with a short recording of each one, free to read without an account.
Take the money in stages
A deposit, then materials, then the balance — each one dated, each one its own invoice, always adding up to the quote.
Ask for a deposit, the full amount, or nothing
What the customer has to pay before the job is in your diary.
Retention held back on a contract
Money the contract keeps until practical completion — recorded, shown to the customer, and never chased as a debt.
Also worth a look
Plenty of businesses are two of these at once. It is the same product and the same price either way.