The invoice app for UK tilers.
Voice note in. Branded PDF invoice out — 15 seconds. m² + wastage maths, BS 5385 substrate, trade-account receipts — all through WhatsApp.
£29.99/mo · 7 days free · no card needed
Start Free on WhatsAppTry it in your head. A real tiler’s voice note:
“Bathroom floor and walls for Mrs Khan, sixty by sixty porcelain, ten square metres, tanked.”
Tiling is mathematics. Wrong wastage calc and you’re short two tiles on a discontinued line. Wrong substrate and the whole job comes back in six months. Holdfort does the maths in the voice note: room dimensions in, ten-percent wastage applied, tile boxes priced, adhesive and grout added, BS 5385 substrate prep as a separate line. You voice the dimensions, Holdfort hands you the quote.
Common tilers jobs on Holdfort
Bathroom floor & walls
Voice-note the dimensions ("3.2 by 2.1 metre bathroom floor, 60 by 60 porcelain"); Holdfort adds 10% wastage by default, prices boxes, adhesive and grout, and outputs an itemised quote ready to send.
Kitchen splashbacks
Smaller m² jobs but high-margin if quoted right. Mosaic, metro, hex — every spec carries through to the invoice with the right adhesive and grout colour.
Wet rooms & underfloor heating
Tanking, ditra-mat, primer, UFH overlay each as their own line per BS 5385. Substrate prep is where claims happen; itemising it protects you if anything fails later.
Natural stone & specialist
Two pricing models for ceramic vs natural stone (sealing labour separate, different adhesive, slower laying). Switch model per job without rebuilding the quote template.
How tilers actually use it day-to-day
The single biggest tiler invoice mistake is undercharging for substrate prep. A bathroom floor isn’t just tiles — it’s tanking, primer, ditra-mat or backer board, then the tiles. Each is BS 5385 best practice and each is invoice-worthy. Customers don’t know to ask about it; tilers don’t want to feel like they’re padding the bill. Holdfort sidesteps the conversation by making the prep automatic on the quote: voice-note the room and the tile spec, get a quote with tanking, primer, adhesive, grout, trim and tiles each on their own line. The customer sees a thorough job; you get paid for thorough work.
Questions tilers ask us
Yes. Voice-note "3.2 by 2.1 metre bathroom floor, 60 by 60 porcelain"; Holdfort calculates the area, adds 10% wastage by default (12% for diagonal or pattern lay), prices boxes at your trade-account rate, and adds adhesive and grout. The output is an itemised quote ready to send.
Yes — tanking, primer and ditra-mat each get their own line per BS 5385 best practice. This is the single biggest reason tilers under-charge. Customers don’t know substrate prep is a thing; itemising it on the quote makes it visible and protects you if anything fails six months later.
Yes — two pricing models, switchable per job. Natural stone needs different adhesive, sealing labour as a separate line, and slower laying time. Ceramic and porcelain are faster and don’t need sealing. Set the model once per quote; Holdfort applies the right rate and labour multiplier.
Yes — trade-account receipts auto-categorise with VAT split. At year-end the materials category is ready for your tax return; receipts are attached to the original job invoice so you can match supplier cost to customer revenue line by line.
£29.99/month, inc. VAT. 7 days free. No card to start. Founding-member price locked for life. See the pricing page.
No. Holdfort is WhatsApp — the one you already have. There’s nothing to install and no login to remember.
Yes. Quarterly-ready breakdowns, sole-trader categories, no spreadsheets. Ready for MTD for Income Tax from April 2026.
Finish the job. Voice note the details. Invoice done.
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