Takeoff software: from your drawings to a bill of quantities

Measuring drawings after the kids are in bed?

Send the drawings tonight. Check the measure over breakfast.

The Estimator measures your PDF drawings and builds the bill from your rates. Each line links to the sheet it came from, so you check it in minutes.

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Starts with a 20-minute setup call. Cancel anytime

Pretty much bang on.”
Owner, JH Renovations
Take-off, first-floor partitionsBill of quantities, drylining

Drawings A-110 to A-121, revision C

Type A partition, 70 mm stud, A-110214 m²
Type B acoustic partition, A-11196 m²
MF ceiling, A-120312 m²
Door openings, A-11018 nr

Tap a line to open the drawing it came from.

NexleyEstimator, online
YESTERDAY
EstimatorThe Riverside school package is due Friday at noon. Pack read: 3 questions for the architect drafted.16:30
Send them16:42
EstimatorSent. I'll measure as soon as revision B lands.16:42
YESTERDAY
PDFdrawings-rev-C.pdf14 sheets, 6.2 MBMeasure the first-floor partitions and ceilings please21:40
TODAY
EstimatorDone. 26 lines: four partition types, the ceilings and 18 door openings, each linked to its sheet. Sheet A-114 has no ceiling height, so I've held that line as a provisional sum.07:00
XLSBoQ first floor.xlsx26 lines, NRM2Line 1: Type A partition, 214 m², from A-110.07:00

Updated

I've never been taught… how to read drawings.”
J. Thomson, J. Thomson Roofing

Measured overnight. Checked over breakfast.

21:40Drawings arrive
Measure the first-floor partitions and ceilings please21:40
07:00Over breakfast
26 lines, each linked to its sheet. One gap on A-114, held as a provisional sum.07:00
07:20In the van
Price it from my rates07:20
Priced. Bill attached, ready to send.07:21
Your evening on the measure

10 min checking, vs 4 hours measuringYour evening back

Your numbers

What tendering costs you now.

A year of tenders, priced your way and ours.

12
£1,200
4
1 in 5
£25,000
Per year
QS fees£14,400
Nexley£9,588
Nexley saves you in QS fees, a year£14,400

Plus £20,000 of work a year you don't bid for today.

  • Nexley, 12 months−£9,588

On QS fees alone, Nexley saves you £4,812 a year

Your numbers, not a promise. Work you could bid for is contract value, not profit, and isn't counted in the verdict. Nexley never submits a tender for you.

All your admin. Done.

Five assistants. One WhatsApp chat.

Each one takes a part of the office. You talk to all five in the same chat, the way you'd message a colleague.

Tenders and take-offs, priced from your rates.

Estimator: how it works

Tenders and take-offs, priced from your rates. More about the Estimator

NexleyEstimator, online
YESTERDAY
EstimatorThe Riverside school package is due Friday at noon. Pack read: 3 questions for the architect drafted.16:30
Send them16:42
EstimatorSent. I'll measure as soon as revision B lands.16:42
TODAY
ZIPtender-pack.zip22 pages, 7 attachmentsPrice this from my rates, due Friday19:58
EstimatorDone. 41 lines measured, each linked to its drawing. 2 provisional sums flagged, and questions for the architect drafted.20:14
XLSBill of quantities, re-roof.xlsx41 lines, NRM2Nothing gets submitted. That's your call.20:14

Why not just…

What owners try first.

…measure it myself?

You can. It's four hours with a scale rule, and a week later you can't say where line 40 came from. The Estimator links each line to its sheet.

…send it to a QS?

Owners told us that's about £1,200 a tender, paid whether you win or not, and it comes back on their rates. The Estimator uses yours.

…buy takeoff software?

You still sit there clicking round every wall, and it doesn't know your rates. Here you ask for the measure in plain words, typed or by voice note.

Standard plan

£799 a month

All five assistants, the Estimator included. No contract, and the first 7 days are free.

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Got questions? We have answers

Or skip the reading. Someone who knows the trade picks up.

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Yes. Send the PDFs and say what you need measured. The Estimator measures it and links each quantity to the drawing it came from, so you can check it.

What happens next

What happens when you press the button.

  1. Book a 20-minute call

    Pick a time that suits you. Someone who knows the trade sets Nexley up with you.

  2. Connected on the call

    Your prices, your Xero and your WhatsApp, done together while you're on the call.

  3. 7 days free

    Send voice notes, approve the drafts. Nothing goes out without your yes.

  4. Then £799 a month

    Or cancel from your dashboard. There's no contract.

Off the Tools: free guides

Guides on take-offs and bills of quantities

Can AI do a take-off from architect's drawings? How to test it on roofing, brickwork and electricalWhat AI take-off tools can and can't read on a drawing, and a test you can run on your own last job before trusting one on a tender. With worked answers for a roof, a wall and a socket count, and what two firms found.7 min readQuantity take-off (UK): what it is and how to do oneWhat a take-off is, how to do one from a set of drawings, and how to check it before you price. With a worked example for a single-storey extension and a take-off sheet you can copy.8 min readBill of quantities (UK): what it is, how it's laid out and how to price oneWhat a bill of quantities is, who writes it, how a typical bill is set out line by line, and how a contractor or subbie prices one, with a layout to copy and a worked example.13 min read
All free guides

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