Five steps from a site visit to a sent quote
Set your labour rates
One blended hourly rate is enough to begin. Add rates by trade — bricklayer, roofer, electrician — and optional charge-out rates whenever you like. Later changes never alter a quote you have already sent.
Describe the job
Pick the build type, then answer the questions that matter for it: dimensions (internal or external, metres or feet), roof, walls, openings, ground, services and finish level. Answer "I don't know" to anything specialist and the estimate carries a visible assumption instead.
See the estimate build itself
The engine measures the building, applies construction assemblies to get a bill of materials, adds waste, aggregates and rounds to packs, converts work into hours with documented productivity, and prices every line — your prices first, dated catalogue allowances second. Anything that genuinely needs a design or a supplier quote becomes a provisional sum you can see and edit.
Review the commercial side
Overheads, contingency, profit (markup or margin — both shown), VAT treatment and validity are explained the first time you review a quote, and never applied silently. Readiness checks tell you what is missing before a firm quotation can go out.
Send, and let the customer respond
One explicit action creates the branded PDF and a secure customer page. The customer can ask a question, request changes, decline, or accept. Courteous reminders go out on your schedule and stop the moment they reply.
What the AI does — and doesn't
If you type a description of the job, BuildLegend can suggest a template and pre-fill answers for you to confirm. It can help with wording. It never calculates a quantity, a labour cost, a total or VAT: those come from versioned, tested functions with stated assumptions.