Prompts for General contractors

Every prompt in this set, as a list

All 100 titles for General contractors, with the job each one is for. The card for each is on this page; the filters above narrow the grid, not this list.

• Reply to a price question before you've seen the jobA customer asks "how much for X" by text or message and you have no photos or visit yet.
• Turn a site visit into a written scopeYou've seen the job and need something written that both you and the customer can point at later.
• Clean up messy job notes for the officeNotes from the van are half sentences and you need a record someone else can act on.
• Follow up a quote without naggingA quote has been sitting for a week and you want one more contact, not a chase campaign.
• Explain a change order without a fightThe job has grown beyond the original quote and it's time to say so in writing.
• Turn a five-star review into a job-site postSomeone leaves a good review and you want a post that isn't a screenshot of stars.
• A materials list for the supplier runThe scope is agreed and someone has to go to the yard once, not three times.
• Brief a subcontractor in one pageSomeone else is doing part of the job and you don't want to explain it twice.
• Permits and code questions, handled honestlyA customer asks whether the work needs a permit or meets code and you're not the right person to certify it.
• Compare two supplier quotes properlyTwo quotes look similar and you need the difference, not the total.
• Three fixes from a month of feedbackYou have reviews and texts piling up and no idea which one to act on first.
• Handover note for tomorrow's crewYou're finishing for the day and someone else is picking up in the morning.
• Chasing an invoice without losing the customerA job is finished, the invoice is two weeks old, and you want the money without a row.
• Turning a messy inbox into three quotesA week of half-conversations needs sorting into what to quote, what to chase, and what to decline.
• The quote the client wants on the phoneSomeone rings for a price for a two-story extension without a visit.
• The client who has a builder and wants a second priceA homeowner is shopping a quote they already have.
• The program for a six-week jobThe client wants dates before signing and the trades have not confirmed.
• The deposit requestA client is asked for 20 percent before the materials are ordered.
• The stage payment that is lateThe first fix is done and the invoice is ten days old.
• The variation the client thinks is free"While you're here, can you move that wall?"
• The asbestos questionA refurbishment is starting in a 1970s house and nobody has looked.
• The party wall questionA neighbor objects to the excavation next door.
• The scaffolding and the neighborThe scaffold needs to stand on next door's drive.
• The the building department inspectionThe inspector wants to see the drainage before it is covered.
• The subcontractor who is not turning upThe electrician has missed two mornings and the plasterer is waiting.
• The snag listThe client sends 34 snags, half of which are new requests.
• The retentionThe client holds back five percent and the job finished in March.
• The defect at eleven monthsA crack appears in the new render inside the defects period.
• The kitchen that is not readyThe units arrive and the plaster is still wet.
• The structural engineer's reportThe engineer says the beam needs a different size and the order is placed.
• The client who wants to supply materialsA homeowner wants to buy the kitchen themselves.
• The skip and the neighborsThe skip has been on the road for three weeks and the city has written.
• The waste transfer noteThe client asks where the rubble went.
• The apprentice on siteA first-year apprentice is handed a nail gun.
• The toolbox talkNobody has talked about the scaffold since it went up.
• The near missA brick falls off the scaffold into the garden and nobody is hurt.
• The tools stolen from the vanThe van was broken into and every tool is gone.
• The quote that was too cheapHalfway through, the job is clearly losing money.
• The client who wants to pay cashA homeowner offers cash for a discount.
• The contractor's insurance certificateA client asks for proof of cover before work starts.
• The CDM questionA project needs a construction phase plan and nobody has written one.
• The neighbor's wallExcavation for the extension is next to a neighbor's retaining wall.
• The loft conversion and head heightThe client expects a room and the roof gives 1.9 meters.
• The bathroom leak into the kitchenWater is coming through the ceiling below a finished bathroom.
• The kitchen fitter's mistakeA unit is 40mm out and the worktop is templated.
• The client's partner changes the designTwo decision-makers and the second has not seen the drawings.
• The extension and the treesA root protection area covers half the site.
• The drainage discoveryA sewer runs where the new footing is designed.
• The listed buildingThe client wants new windows in a listed cottage.
• The planning conditionA condition requires samples before work starts and the brick is ordered.
• The client who wants weekly updatesA homeowner rings three times a day for progress.
• The complaint about the messThe client says the site is a disgrace and the dust is everywhere.
• The job that needs a second pair of handsA two-person job is being done by one and the schedule shows it.
• The quote accepted verballyThe client says "go ahead" on the phone and nothing is signed.
• The customer who is always on siteA retired client supervises every trade and offers advice.
• The extension that overrunsWeek eight of a six-week build and the client wants to know why.
• The merchant accountThe builder's merchant wants a credit account and the owner has never had one.
• The materials price riseTimber has gone up twice since the quote was signed.
• The short deliveryThe bricks arrive 200 short and the bricklayer is standing still.
• The hire equipmentThe breaker was hired for a week and has been on site for three.
• The lift bookingThe glass needs a crane and the road needs a permit.
• The scaffold inspectionThe scaffold has been up eight weeks and nobody has looked since.
• The welfare unitThere is no toilet, no water and no shelter on a three-week job.
• The first aid kitThe kit in the van has not been checked since last winter.
• The hot worksA grinder is throwing sparks near insulation.
• The dust on the washingThe neighbor's washing is covered and they are furious.
• The early startThe neighbors complain about 7am deliveries.
• The Sunday requestThe client wants the job finished and asks for weekend working.
• The subcontractor's invoiceAn invoice arrives for more days than were worked.
• Self-employed or employedA regular subcontractor works only for us and wants to stay self-employed.
• The new vanThe second van is needed and the first is on finance.
• The next job with a happy clientThe extension finished well and the client has a loft in mind.
• The architect's referralAn architect offers to put work our way.
• The developer's frameworkA small developer wants us on three plots next year.
• The small commercial jobA shop fit-out is tendered and the documents are thin.
• The tender returnThe form wants a price by Friday and the drawings are revision C.
• The pre-qualification formA client wants policies we have never written.
• The framework questionA city invites us to join a framework for small works.
• The price per square meterA client asks for a rate and the job is nothing like the last one.
• Where the money goesA client says the quote seems high for a small extension.
• The log of what went wrongThree complaints this year and nobody remembers what they were.
• The profile that wins the streetThe listing says "builder" and shows a photo of a van from 2018.
• The project pageThe website has no evidence of finished work.
• The finished job postA job ends well and the owner wants a post that is not a boast.
• Asking for the review, a week laterThe client is happy and the profile has nine reviews.
• The two-star review about dustA review complains the house was left filthy every evening.
• The directory listingsCheckatrade, the local paper and the parish magazine all say something different.
• The signwritten vanThe van is a moving advert nobody has designed.
• The apprentice hireThe team is short and an apprentice looks like cheap labor.
• The first office personQuotes are written at 10pm and the phone is missed all day.
• The five questions on every callEvery enquiry is qualified differently and half the visits are wasted.
• The work we stopped takingSmall repairs eat the week and the extensions pay the bills.
• The firm's year in numbersTwelve months of jobs and no idea which ones made money.
• The second crewThere is more work than one gang and the owner is on the tools.
• The sale of the firmThe owner is fifty-eight and the business is his mobile number.
• The premium doubledThe premium has doubled and nobody has read the policy.
• The tool auditTwo crews, one set of decent tools and no record.
• The reference requestA new client wants to speak to three past clients.
• The letter to past clientsJanuary and the phone is quiet.
• The quote templateEvery quote looks different and half of them miss the exclusions.

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