Estimates, proposals, change orders, billing, job costing and crew hours — done by talking to Charlie from the truck. Same day you buy it.
The job ends at 4. The paperwork ends at 9. Change orders, the client's third email about the tile, allowance overruns, this week's hours, the invoice you still haven't sent. On a remodel or a custom home, the margin doesn't leak on the framing — it leaks in the office, after hours, when you're too tired to chase it. Charlie does that part while you talk.
Charlie doesn't care whether the job is a kitchen remodel or a commercial build. Same estimate, same proposal, same billing, same crew hours. Most tools make you pick a side — this one doesn't.
Buy one app on its own, or run the whole shop. Same Charlie — each seat gets exactly the tools that role needs.
Your cost library, your markups, your margin floor. Talk through the scope, get a branded proposal with allowances, alternates and exclusions — before the client cools off.
Progress billing, change orders, retainage and receivables. Charlie tells you who owes you what, and posts it to QuickBooks Online.
Daily reports, job photos and receipts captured by voice from the site — the record that settles the argument six months later.
Who's where, what's holding the finish, what slipped and why. Weather days tracked as they happen, not reconstructed from memory.
FREEYour guys clock in, log hours and snap photos from their own phones. Free for the whole field team — always, no per-seat cost.
Labor, materials and subs against the budget on every house — while there's still time to do something about it, not at tax time.
On July 11, 2026, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law — passed 85–5 in the Senate and 358–32 in the House, and enacted without the President's signature. It bundles dozens of measures aimed at getting homes built: streamlined environmental review, a $200M-a-year innovation fund, grants for pre-reviewed ADU, duplex and townhouse designs, and — the one that matters here — Community Development Block Grant money can now fund new affordable housing construction, which it couldn't before.
Davis-Bacon prevailing wage has applied to federally-funded residential work for years, at these unit counts. The bill didn't change them:
The money moved, not the rule. CDBG dollars reaching new construction for the first time means builders who never had a reason to file a certified payroll may take that money — and land on the wrong side of a line that was already there. The rule is old. The exposure is new.
Ask one question: am I bidding a residential job of 8 or more units with CDBG money (or 12 or more with HOME money)? If yes, you'll owe weekly certified payroll for the life of that job — a WH-347 for every worker, every week, with fringe broken out and a signed statement of compliance. Get it wrong and you're looking at withheld payments, back wages, and a hard time on the next award.
If no — if your work is private single-family, remodels, or cash jobs — none of this touches you. Skip this section entirely. It changes nothing about how you run.
If it does land on you: that filing is the thing Charlie already does, and does by voice. Your crew clocks their hours; Charlie builds the WH-347 from those hours, applies the wage determination, splits base from fringe, and produces the filed form with its statement of compliance. It's the one piece of this that most residential software simply doesn't have.
Certified payroll is the piece nobody else automates — but it isn't why most builders buy Charlie. They buy him for the part that eats every evening.
Not a mockup — this is the screen you and your crew get. It installs from the browser on any phone, tablet or computer. Tap to speak, or tap a role and work on screen. Both do the same things.
Residential tools mostly sell you design, leads and a client portal. Charlie sells you the back half of the job.
Start with one app, or run the whole shop. Month-to-month. Cancel anytime.
Pick an app or Full Charlie. No setup fee, no contract.
By talking to you — no forms, no onboarding call. He learns your company as you go.
From the truck, the site, or the office. You're live the same day.
It's built for construction. A custom home, a kitchen remodel and a commercial tenant improvement all need an estimate, a proposal, a change order, an invoice and someone's hours — and Charlie handles all of them the same way. The certified-payroll side gets talked about a lot because nobody else automates it, but most builders use Charlie for estimating, billing and job costing and never touch it.
Use the parts you need. Plenty of one-truck remodelers run Estimator alone at $149/mo for the estimating and proposals, and add the rest when the crew grows. Nothing forces you to turn on schedules or certified payroll.
Only if federal money is on the job. The common triggers are CDBG-funded residential at 8 or more units and HOME-funded at 12 or more — long-standing HUD rules, not new ones. Private single-family and remodel work doesn't trigger it. If you never bid that work, ignore the feature; if you do, it's already built and works by voice. Always confirm with your awarding agency on the specific job.
Yes — allowances and alternates on the estimate, and change orders captured by voice the moment they happen on site, so they make it onto the invoice instead of into your memory.
No. Crew seats are free and unlimited. You only pay for the named roles that need their own login — super, PM, estimator, office.
Yes — QuickBooks Online sync is live. Receipts post as expenses and certified pay apps post as invoices.
Yes. Charlie installs like an app on any phone, tablet or computer — and everything works by voice or by tapping.
No. Month-to-month, cancel anytime, and every plan is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.