Invoice app for handymen in Birmingham
Multiple small jobs, combined bills, quick quotes — the WhatsApp tool built for the realities of handyman work.
£29.99/mo · 7 days free · no card needed
Start Free on WhatsAppA real Birmingham handyman’s voice note:
"Mr Singh, Moseley Birmingham, four small jobs, callout plus two and a half hours at forty."
What handymen in Birmingham actually have to log on a job
- Multi-task jobs as one invoice — Shelving + door rehang + tap swap on one ticket — each as its own line so the customer sees value.
- Hourly minimum + half-hour blocks — Set a 1-hour minimum then bill in half-hours; no awkward "but it only took 20 minutes" conversations.
- Materials at cost or markup — B&Q / Toolstation / Screwfix receipts auto-categorised and attached.
- Public-liability cover reference — PL insurance number on every invoice — letting agents need it.
- Repeat-customer recall — 12-week "anything else?" nudge to the customer keeps you front-of-mind.
What handymen in Birmingham actually deal with
Severn Trent Water across Birmingham and most of the West Midlands
Birmingham Clean Air Zone (CAZ-D) covers the city-centre A4540 ring road — £8 per day for non-compliant vans. Register with the government portal or you’ll get auto-fined.
Birmingham City Council plus the seven West Midlands metropolitan districts. Building Control is delivered via BCC’s own service or approved inspectors.
Edwardian and inter-war semi-detached dominate the suburbs; tower blocks and back-of-pavement terraces still common in inner-city areas; increasingly high-density new-build around the Colmore Business District and Perry Barr.
Serving Moseley, Harborne, Edgbaston, Kings Heath, Solihull and the rest of West Midlands. The CAZ forces many older trade vans into the daily-charge zone or off-site parking. More than one Birmingham spark I know now quotes two prices: "inside the ring road" and "outside it".
Birmingham sits slightly below national average — £45–£75 for most trades’ callouts, with premium for CAZ entry. Holdfort doesn’t set your prices — your rates are yours — but it stops you from losing track of what’s owed, what’s paid, and what’s been expensed along the way. All through WhatsApp. No app to install, no portal to log into.
Questions from Birmingham handymen
Yes — voice-note them as you go ("curtain pole hung, kitchen tap replaced, shed door re-hinged") and Holdfort lines them up cleanly with separate labour and material rows.
Yes. Set your PL insurer and policy number once; it’s on every invoice and quote, which lets letting agents tick the compliance box without ringing you.
Voice-note it as a line: "plus eight pounds CAZ day pass" — Holdfort adds the line item. Most Birmingham customers are fine with it, especially business customers who’d pay it anyway.
Yes — developers and letting agents love a fast branded PDF because it gets reviewed and paid inside their usual 28-day cycle. Several Birmingham builders use Holdfort to bill stage payments to developers on Colmore Row refurbs.
If you’re a WIAPS-approved plumber, your approval number prints on the invoice footer. No separate cert upload, no separate portal — it’s just text on the PDF.
Yes — quarterly-ready breakdowns and sole-trader categories. Required for self-employed earners over the MTD threshold from April 2026. See the MTD guide.
£29.99 per month, all in. 7 days free, no card needed to start. Founding-member price locked for life.
Birmingham handyman? Finish the job. Voice note the rest.
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