Take-offs & estimating
Quantity take-off services
Pricing a tender means measuring it first. We measure your drawings and return clear quantities, area by area and item by item, so you can price and order with confidence instead of spending your evenings with a scale rule.
- Price
- From £105 per project, excl. VAT
- Turnaround
- 1 to 2 working days for most residential projects; commercial packages quoted
What we measure
- Cladding and facade packages
- Roofing, including tiles, slates, membranes and metal roofing
- Drylining: boards, studs, track and finishing
- Brickwork and blockwork
- Flooring, ceilings, doors and windows
- External works: paving, fencing and kerbs
Measured the way UK contractors price
We follow the conventions of the RICS New Rules of Measurement (NRM2) where you need a bill-style breakdown, or simply group quantities the way your own pricing sheet works. Every quantity is traceable to a coloured mark-up, so you or your QS can check it in minutes.
Who uses us
Subcontractors pricing several tenders a week, main contractors who need a second pair of hands at tender stage, and suppliers who quote their customers with a take-off attached. Because we work overnight UK time, drawings sent in the afternoon are usually measured by the next morning.
Questions we are asked
Is a take-off the same as a bill of quantities?
A take-off is the measurement of quantities from the drawings. A bill of quantities sets those quantities out in a formal structure, usually to NRM2, for pricing. We can supply either.
How accurate are your take-offs?
Every quantity is measured from the drawings and shown on a marked-up copy, so you can check any figure. Accuracy depends on the drawings: where they are incomplete or unclear, we list the assumptions we made.
Do you price the work as well?
We measure quantities; you apply your rates. If you need a priced estimate, see our construction estimating service.
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- Cladding take-offsCladding and rainscreen take-offs for UK facade contractors and suppliers: panel areas, sub-frame, brackets, trims and fixings measured from the elevations..
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- Roofing take-offsRoofing take-offs for UK roofing contractors and merchants: tiles, slates, battens, membranes, ridges, hips and valleys measured from the drawings..