Comparison: Houzz Pro
Estimark and Houzz Pro, compared for UK trades
Houzz Pro combines project and client management with lead generation on the Houzz marketplace, aimed at design-led residential and renovation professionals. Estimark is a construction management record for UK trades and contractors: quote, job cost, CIS, payment applications, site safety and certificates, with no marketplace attached and no leads sold.
Two products answering different questions
Where the work comes from
A marketplace answers "who is my next client". A construction record answers "is this job making money and is the paperwork right".
Design-led against site-led
Mood boards and client selections serve a renovation sold on look. A subcontractor on a commercial fit-out is selling to a QS on a schedule of rates.
The compliance half
RAMS, inductions, CSCS checks, permits and a muster roll are not client-facing. They are what an HSE inspector asks for.
Certificates
EIC, EICR, Minor Works, PAT and CP12 with typed test results are the output of a regulated trade, not a project document.
Comparison: how it works
Who is Houzz Pro built for?
Design-led residential and renovation professionals, with lead generation through the Houzz marketplace as part of the offer.
- The marketplace is a real advantage if the Houzz audience is where your clients are.
- Estimark has no equivalent and does not claim one.
NoteEstimark describes its own product here. For the other product’s current price and what it covers, read that vendor’s own site.
Who is Estimark built for?
UK trades and contractors whose next problem is the job, not the lead: electricians, plumbers and heating engineers, builders, property maintenance firms and housing providers.
- Certificates with typed test results: EIC, EICR, Minor Works, PAT and CP12.
- Reactive maintenance with priority SLAs and Awaab’s Law damp and mould timescales.
- Van stock, plant and fleet, QR site attendance with geofenced clock-on.
What does Estimark do about UK statutory construction work?
It handles the four obligations a UK contractor is judged on: CIS deduction, the VAT domestic reverse charge, Construction Act payment timing, and the safety records that go with them.
- CIS deducted on labour only, excluding materials, VAT and plant hire, on 6th-to-5th tax months, with HMRC verification when connected and the CIS300 recorded with both statutory declarations.
- VAT domestic reverse charge under section 55A: the statutory wording on the invoice, nil VAT, controlled per client.
- Payment applications with Construction Act dates, the pay less deadline calculated, and retention tracked to release.
- RAMS with operative sign-off, inductions, permits and a live muster roll, plus EIC, EICR, Minor Works, PAT and CP12 certificates with typed test results.
NoteEstimark records the CIS300 and locks it to its tax period. It does not file the return to HMRC on your behalf.
Can the two be used together?
Nothing stops it. They answer different questions, so a firm winning renovation work through a marketplace and running it through a construction record is a coherent arrangement.
- Estimark does not integrate with Houzz and does not claim to.
- It integrates with Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, which is where the money has to end up either way.
Estimark, in numbers
- CIS base
- Labour only
- CIS tax month
- 6th to 5th
- Reverse charge
- Section 55A
- Payment terms
- Construction Act
- Damp and mould
- Awaab’s Law timescales
- Certificates
- EIC, EICR, CP12, PAT
- Built for
- United Kingdom
- Field app
- Works offline
Core
£129 a month +VAT
Health & Safety is included from Solo and Variations from Solo. CIS Compliance is included from Solo upward, so it is on every plan from £39 a month +VAT.
What you get
- Quote, variation and invoice with CIS applied
- EIC, EICR, Minor Works, PAT and CP12 certificates
- RAMS with operative sign-off and inductions
- QR site attendance with a live muster roll
- Offline field app for the people on site
- Xero, QuickBooks and Sage integration
Questions
Estimark vs Houzz Pro: frequently asked
Does Estimark generate leads?
No. Estimark is the record of work you have already won: quote, job cost, CIS, payment applications, safety and certificates. If lead generation is the problem you are solving, a marketplace answers it and Estimark does not.
Does Estimark do client-facing project updates?
Yes. There is a client portal carrying the quote, photos, variations and progress, and a quote can be signed from it. It is a construction client portal rather than a design selections tool.
Which suits an electrician or a plumber better?
Estimark, for the certificates. EIC, EICR, Minor Works and PAT for electricians and CP12 for gas engineers are produced with typed test results rather than as free-text documents.
Related
Reactive maintenance & Awaab’s Law
Priority SLAs, statutory damp and mould timescales, resident reporting portal.
CIS compliance
Labour-only deduction, 6th-to-5th tax months, HMRC verification, CIS300 recorded.
For sole traders
Quote and invoice from the phone, with CIS and the reverse charge handled.
Pricing
Every plan and every module, with the current price against each one.
Try it on a real job.
14 days, full access, every plan. No implementation fee. All prices exclude VAT, added at 20% at checkout.
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