FIELD NOTE / 01
Margin and markup answer different questions
Learn the difference between markup and gross margin, convert either target into a selling price, and check a remodel estimate with clear arithmetic.
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Know your numbers.
Before the next yes.
A scope change can add revenue and still eat into profit. See the whole job, check your price and keep the arithmetic out of the way.
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THE CHANGE / A WORKED EXAMPLE
Whole-job gross margin32.50%
After a $6,000 change with $4,000 added cost
Approved revenue$54,000
Forecast cost before change$36,500
Gross profit after change$19,500
THE WORKBENCH
One decision.
The right calculation.
Choose a task. Each tool explains its inputs, shows its method and lets you take the result with you.
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Change order impact
Compare the whole job before and after a proposed change. Find the extra price needed for your margin target.
Markup & margin
Turn a cost and your chosen percentage into a selling price. See why a 25% markup is a 20% margin.
Cost to complete
Bring actual costs, unincurred commitments and remaining work into one job forecast. Count each cost once.
FIELD NOTES
The math behind the number.
Short, worked explanations for the details that change a result.
FIELD NOTE / 02
Price added work with the whole estimate in view
Compare a change order priced on its own with the price needed to preserve a chosen gross margin across the revised remodel job.
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A useful forecast separates what happened from what remains
Separate incurred costs, open commitments, and remaining work to forecast final remodel cost and test transparent cost scenarios.
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Your job data stays in this tab.
The tools calculate on your device. There is no account, upload, hidden saving or third-party analytics in this version. Exact-cent calculations and visible formulas make every result easier to check. Read the methodology.