Built for Kitchen & Bath Remodelers
Kitchen & Bath Contractor Software That Runs the Whole Job
BuilderMate is the CRM kitchen and bath remodelers use to run jobs from the first showroom conversation to the final punch list — selections, change orders, trade scheduling, invoicing, and a homeowner portal in one platform.
- Selections tracking with allowances and deadlines
- Kitchen and bath remodeler change order software
- Trade scheduling around cabinet and countertop lead times
- Kitchen and bath remodeler invoicing software
- Homeowner client portal
- Estimates from kitchen and bath templates
Why Kitchen and Bath Needs Its Own Software
A kitchen or bath remodel is the hardest kind of residential job to run well. The budget is large enough that the homeowner scrutinizes every line, the work happens inside the house they are living in, and the critical path runs through two items you do not control: cabinets and countertops. Order the cabinets a week late and the whole schedule slides. Template the countertop before the cabinets are set and you eat the remake.
On top of that, kitchen and bath is a selections business. A single kitchen can carry thirty-plus decisions — door style, finish, hardware, sink, faucet, tile, grout color, lighting, backsplash — each with an allowance the client can blow through and a deadline that quietly becomes your problem. Most remodelers track this in a spreadsheet, a shared folder of photos, and a text thread. That is where margin goes to die.
Kitchen and bath contractor software should do three things a generic CRM cannot: hold every selection with its allowance and approval, turn overages and scope creep into signed change orders before the work happens, and sequence trades around real lead times. BuilderMate is built around exactly that, and it comes with the lead pipeline, estimating, invoicing, and homeowner portal in the same system — so you are not stitching four tools together on a $70,000 kitchen.
Everything Kitchen and Bath Remodelers Need
One platform for selections, change orders, scheduling, and getting paid
Selections That Don’t Stall the Job
Cabinets, countertops, tile, plumbing fixtures, hardware, paint — every selection with a photo, an allowance, a deadline, and a homeowner approval. The client picks in the portal instead of in your showroom on a Saturday.
Change Orders Signed Before Work Starts
Kitchen and bath jobs live and die on change orders. Send one, get it signed digitally, and watch it flow into the budget and the invoice automatically — before the tile goes down.
Trade Sequencing in One Schedule
Demo, rough plumbing, rough electric, inspection, drywall, cabinet install, countertop template, countertop set, tile, punch. Sequence it once and send SMS reminders for homeowner access windows.
Estimates from Kitchen and Bath Templates
Build a galley kitchen, an L-kitchen, a master bath, or a powder room from a saved template with your own line items and markup. Send a branded bid the same day you walk the job.
Progress Invoicing and Online Payment
Bill against milestones — deposit, cabinet delivery, countertop set, completion. Automatic late reminders, and homeowners pay by card or ACH through Stripe.
A Homeowner Portal That Cuts the Calls
Your client sees progress photos, pending selections, approved change orders, the schedule, and their balance — 24/7, without texting you at 9pm.
How a Kitchen Remodel Runs in BuilderMate
The same sequence every time, so nothing depends on someone remembering it
Lead and first appointment
The inquiry lands in your pipeline from your website, Angi, or a tracked phone call. Book the in-home consult and the homeowner gets an automatic SMS reminder the day before.
Estimate from a template
Start from your galley kitchen or master bath template, adjust line items and allowances, and send a branded bid with good/better/best options and a clear inclusion and exclusion list.
Contract and deposit
The homeowner signs digitally and pays the deposit online. The project is created with the payment schedule already tied to milestones.
Selections go out with deadlines
Every selection is posted to the client portal with its allowance and a due-by date driven by lead times. The homeowner approves in the portal; you get notified, and overages become change orders instead of surprises.
Trades get sequenced
Demo through punch list on one schedule, with cabinet delivery and countertop template as the anchors. Crews and subs see their dates; the homeowner gets access-window reminders by text.
Progress billing and closeout
Invoice against completed milestones, chase nothing manually, and hand over a project record with every photo, approval, and signed change order attached.
Built for Both Sides of the Business
Kitchen Remodelers
Long lead times, heavy selections, and a client without a kitchen. Cabinet and countertop scheduling, allowance tracking, and a portal that keeps the homeowner informed through a 10-week job.
Bathroom Remodelers
Higher volume, shorter jobs, tighter margins. Templates get an accurate bid out the same day, and progress invoicing keeps cash moving across several jobs at once.
Design/Build Firms
Designers and project managers working the same job. Role-based access, shared selections, and one source of truth for what the client actually approved.
Showroom Dealers Who Install
Quote from the showroom, convert to a project, and manage installation without re-keying anything. QuickBooks sync keeps the accounting side clean.
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