Invoice app for tilers in Glasgow
Square-metre pricing, materials breakdowns, VAT calculated — all by voice note, all through WhatsApp.
£29.99/mo · 7 days free · no card needed
Start Free on WhatsAppA real Glasgow tiler’s voice note:
"Mr MacDonald, Shawlands Glasgow, bathroom splashback, six square metres, tiles materials two-twenty."
What tilers in Glasgow actually have to log on a job
- m² + wastage built into the quote — Voice-note the room dims; Holdfort adds 10% wastage and prices tiles, adhesive, grout, trim.
- BS 5385 substrate prep — Tanking, ditra-mat, primer each as their own line — bathrooms especially.
- Natural stone vs ceramic — Two pricing models, switch per job; sealing labour separate.
- Wet-room / underfloor heating compatibility — Spec recorded with the invoice for the customer’s records.
- Trade-account receipts — Topps / CTD / Tile Mountain receipts auto-categorised with VAT split.
What tilers in Glasgow actually deal with
Scottish Water — a single public utility across the whole country, not a patchwork of regional firms like England.
Glasgow Low Emission Zone has been in force since June 2023 in the city centre. Non-compliant vans are banned entirely (not charged — banned), with fines starting at £60.
Glasgow City plus neighbouring East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire. Scottish Building Standards apply, which differ from English Building Regs in several areas including fire safety and electrical installs.
Iconic Glasgow tenement flats dominate the inner areas — stone-built Victorian closes, typically four-in-a-block with shared stairwell plumbing runs. More recent new-build terraced and detached out towards Newton Mearns.
Serving Shawlands, Dennistoun, Partick, Finnieston, West End and the rest of West of Scotland. Tenement work is special. Shared risers mean you often need neighbour agreement before a job starts; the close’s factor (property manager) may also need notifying. Add it to your quote time.
Glasgow tradespeople typically charge £40–£70 for a callout — below the UK average but increasingly pulling up in city-centre postcodes. 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 Glasgow tilers
Yes. Voice-note "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.
Yes — tanking, primer and ditra-mat each get their own line per BS 5385 best practice, so the customer sees the full spec and you’re protected if anything fails later.
Yes — the invoice format is the same. If you’re issuing Completion Certificates through a local authority or approved inspector, reference the certificate number on the Holdfort invoice as a line item.
Voice-note the close number and factor name ("47 Hyndland Road, Speirs Gumley managed") — Holdfort builds the invoice addressed to the factor. Factors pay faster on branded PDFs than on handwritten sheets.
If your van’s non-compliant you can’t enter — period, Glasgow’s is a ban not a charge. Upgrading to a compliant van is deductible and Holdfort logs the finance receipt with your expenses.
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.
Glasgow tiler? Finish the job. Voice note the rest.
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