You already know what a deck frame, a cabinet run, or a house build costs — you've built it a dozen times. Amberdesk saves them as reusable assemblies, with waste and markup built in, so every new estimate is accurate in minutes.
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For everyone who builds
Estimating from a spreadsheet.
Forgetting the waste factor.
Rebuilding the same estimate from scratch.
Losing half a day on a single bid.
Winning the job — and losing money on it.
There's a better way.
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Hey —
I'm Edgaras, co-founder of Amberdesk.
Last year I built my own house and watched every estimate fall apart in a spreadsheet — lumber, hardware, labor, permits, all tracked in tabs that got messier with every revision. I wasn't a contractor. I was the person on the other side of bad estimates.
Now I'm building a shed, a grill zone, and a sauna. And I keep seeing the same pattern: the same materials and the same assemblies show up across every project. A deck frame here, a roofing section there, the same hardware list over and over.
Yet every time, I was estimating from scratch. Copy-pasting between spreadsheets. Forgetting waste factors. Second-guessing my own numbers.
So I built Amberdesk — first for myself. A place to store my resources once, build reusable assemblies, and drop them into any project. Quantities, waste, markup — calculated automatically.
It's still early. I use Amberdesk on my own builds every week, and we ship updates weekly — every feature comes from a real project and a real problem. If you've ever stared at a spreadsheet wondering if you forgot something, I built this for you.
We'd be honored to have you try it.
Set it up once. Reuse it on every estimate after.
Materials, labor, equipment, subs, fees — each with its rate, unit, waste factor, and markup. Add it once, use it forever.
Combine resources into components you use across projects — a deck frame, a base cabinet, a roofing section. Build it once, drop it anywhere.
Create a project, add your assemblies, adjust quantities. Waste, markup, and totals calculate automatically.
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Assemblies
Group resources into reusable assemblies — a deck frame, a cabinet box, a bathroom rough-in, a pond kit. Assemblies are your building blocks.
What does a deck frame cost — every time you build one?
Resource library
Add your materials, labor rates, equipment, subs, and fees to a central library. Set waste factors and markup per resource. When prices change, update once and every estimate reflects it.
What happens when lumber prices jump?
Estimates
Create a project, add assemblies and items, and Amberdesk handles the math. Quantity, waste, markup, adjustments — calculated automatically, line by line.
Did this estimate actually protect my margin?
Scenarios
Swap a material, add or drop an option, and Amberdesk re-prices the whole estimate — your budget build right next to the premium one. Show the client the trade-off before you promise a price.
Cedar or composite — what does the upgrade really cost?
Cost tracking
Lock your estimate when you win the bid, then log real costs as they land. Amberdesk tracks the variance by category, phase, and change order. Catch an overrun while you can still do something about it.
Are we still on budget — or already over?
Estimating shortcuts built by the team behind Amberdesk — free to use right now.
Amberdesk is free while we build it with you. Pricing launches later this year.
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