MCS SMART ESTIMATOR V1.6 TEST BETA — STAGING

Construction estimates • Southampton & Hampshire
V1.6 TEST BUILD: Not licensed for sale. Use a separate staging address. Export JSON before testing updates or importing projects. Offline reopening is supported after the first online installation. Export backups regularly; data stays on this device.
Commercial licensing preparation — test mode

Planned subscription: £12.99/month after a 7-day free trial, card required at signup, maximum 2 registered devices. This staging build does not collect card details, create accounts or charge customers. Live access control requires a server-side license check and verified Stripe webhooks.

Keep this build on a separate staging URL. Existing estimates and photos remain local to this browser. Export a JSON backup before updates.

1. Rooms, measurements & work items

Project rooms

Room photos & site notes

Select a room above, add photos, then enter its measurements and work items. Photos stay with that room.

Photos are attached to the selected room. Use Download photo to save a separate JPG to your phone (usually Downloads).
No photos added yet

Room / workQtyRateLabourDays

2. Labour, materials & contingency

Additional / unexpected charges

Add waste removal, transport, special client requests or any custom charge. Choose whether to show it separately on the customer estimate.

Final customer price

Enter a final fixed price to replace the calculated total. The original calculation stays visible internally. Clear this field to return to the automatic total.

Materials

Material quantities are entered explicitly in this first build; automatic consumption recipes are planned for the next iteration.

3. Internal estimate & schedule

Room-by-room breakdown

Review estimate against site photos

Select a room in section 1 to compare its photos, scope, measurements and calculated costs here.

Profit control

Estimated working days assume sequential work. Drying/curing delays and overlapping crews are not yet scheduled automatically.

4. Variation orders

PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE

Subject to survey confirmation

This preliminary estimate is subject to final measurements, site conditions, agreed scope and material availability. VAT treatment to be confirmed. Valid for 30 days from the estimate date.

5. Save & export

Local storage works on the same device/browser. Keep JSON backups; browser data can be cleared. For a customer-only PDF, use the print action.