The problem
You quoted a three-month remodel. Materials alone are forty grand. Client says he'll pay "as you go." So you invoice the whole job up front — and he balks. Or you wait until the end — and you're floating lumber and fixtures for ninety days out of your own pocket.
The paper invoice you scribbled at the end of phase one is somewhere in your truck. Or maybe you wrote "deposit" on the last invoice and hoped the math worked out. It never quite does.
Why we built it
Long jobs bleed cash. You finish the rough-in, buy the fixtures, start the trim — and you're still waiting on the first dollar because the invoice wasn't set up to track draws. We built partial invoicing so you can bill the work you've actually done, in the order you do it, without losing track of what's left.
How it works
When you're ready to send a draw invoice, open the job in DIRT.
- 1 Tap Create Invoice from the job screen. DIRT shows you every line item that hasn't been billed yet — materials, labor, fees.
- 2 Select the lines you're billing now. Rough-in labor and materials for phase one, say. Leave trim and cleanup unchecked.
- 3 DIRT creates an invoice for exactly those lines. The remaining unbilled lines stay open on the job, ready for the next draw.
Client gets a clean, itemized invoice that shows exactly what this draw covers. You're not guessing what's left. The math is always right.
Demo video coming soon
What changes for your business
Before
Invoice the whole job at the start and eat pushback, or wait until the end and float materials for months. Either way, the cash isn't moving when the work is.
After
Bill phase one when it's done. Bill phase two when that's done. Cash comes in when work goes out. On a $28,000 remodel — invoice $11,000 for the rough-in, collect it, buy the trim package, invoice the rest when you're done. You're not a bank.
The profit math stays honest throughout. Nothing gets missed. Nothing gets double-billed.
Try it free.
Partial invoicing is included in every DIRT plan — including Solo, which is free.