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SPEC · 01-2

Stage 01 / Plan & price

Measuring, Estimating and Pricing Renovation Work

Taking off quantities from a room or a drawing, material allowances and waste, labour rates per square metre, and turning it into a written quote a client can compare.

“I win jobs and lose money on them, or I price carefully and never hear back.”

Tape measure and pen lying on a printed house floor plan on a wooden table

SPEC · UNITS

How the course is built

6 units · 43 lessons · 10 h 2 min

  1. U-01 Measuring a room properly L-7 · 1 h 38 min
  2. U-02 Quantities from drawings L-8 · 1 h 52 min
  3. U-03 Materials and waste L-8 · 1 h 52 min
  4. U-04 Labour and productivity rates L-8 · 1 h 52 min
  5. U-05 Overheads, margin and risk L-6 · 1 h 24 min
  6. U-06 Writing the quote L-6 · 1 h 24 min

Each layer is drawn to the number of lessons in it.

On camera

  • Three real rooms measured and priced from start to finish on screen
  • A quantity take-off sheet you rebuild in your own spreadsheet
  • Worked examples of waste allowances per material
  • A quote layout that separates materials, labour and extras

You will be able to

  1. Measure walls, floors and ceilings and turn them into quantities
  2. Build a price from materials, labour and overheads instead of a guess
  3. Write a quote with clear inclusions, exclusions and stages

TOOLBOX

Have this ready

  • A tape measure or laser measure
  • A spreadsheet program (any)
  • A calculator

Who it suits

Tradespeople pricing their own jobs and small renovation firms who want their quotes to add up.

Questions about this course

Q-01 How long can I watch it, and on what?

Streamed video lessons, watched online, for 20 months from the day access starts. A computer, tablet or phone with an internet connection is enough. The videos stream; they are not downloaded. Access details arrive by email within one working day of payment.

Q-02 Is there a trainer, an assessment or a certificate?

No. These are recorded lessons with no live trainer, no marking of your work and no certificate or qualification. It explains the work and shows it done; it does not replace any training your employer or national rules require.

Q-03 How much is in it?

43 lessons in 6 units, 10 h 2 min of video in total. The breakdown is in the layer diagram above.

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