A takeoff calibrated to the build.
Back to you in an afternoon.
Northwoods reads the structural and architectural drawings, scales the sheets, and returns a quantity takeoff, a regional labor and material build, and a proposal you can hand to the client — for $500K–$10M custom-home jobs where a 14-dollar stud and a 19-dollar stud aren't rounding.
First-pass bid
≈ 22 min
Regional markets
17
Median bid lift
+9.4%
Building footprint
4,820 SF GLA
Site
1.4 ac
Wall LF
312 lf
Headers
26 ea
Calibrated bid
$1.84M
Workflow
Three stages. The spreadsheet stays in the export folder.
The estimator stays on the bid. Northwoods does the dimension-checking, the lumber-yard call, and the bracket math, then hands back a structured starting point — every line is editable, the math isn't magic, the regional numbers are traceable.
- 1Stage 01
Send the drawings
Drop the structural and architectural PDFs. We scale, layer, and label every sheet — no template setup, no markup-by-hand.
- 2Stage 02
Pick your market
Choose coastal, mountain, urban tier-1, rural heartland, or your own custom region. Labor and lumber follow the call.
- 3Stage 03
Get a calibrated bid
A quantity takeoff, a labor build, a sub-pricing benchmark sheet, and a client-ready proposal — typically under a quarter-hour.
Who it's for
Built for the 1-to-15 crew custom builder.
Northwoods is sized for the band that the SaaS incumbents overshoot and the AI-takeoff apps undershoot. If your revenue sits between half a million and ten million a year, this is the tool shaped to it.
- $500K – $10M annual revenue
- Custom, remodel, design-build, or estimating consultancy
- Premium, rural, or resort markets where national averages misprice
Custom-home builders
Volume too small for a full estimating team; too large for the national-average tools. $500K–$10M a year.
Remodelers & additions
Scope changes mid-draw. A takeoff that re-runs only the sheets that changed is the difference between a Wednesday and a Monday.
Design-build firms
You walked the site, drew the plans, and now have to price it without losing the regional nuance. Northwoods keeps what you know about the lot.
Estimating consultants
You bid for builders. A consistent baseline across clients lets you price faster and protect the margin you already have.
Early access
We're onboarding in cohorts.
Share your email and the market you build in. When the next cohort opens, we send a single note with a sample takeoff keyed to your region — no drip campaigns, no list buys, no sales loop.
First cohort opens Q3