Price It Right: The Margin Masterclass for Residential Builders
About this Event
ABOUT THE EVENT
Good projects do not automatically produce good margins.
Residential builders can be busy, deliver quality work and still lose margin through underpriced scope, inaccurate allowances, delayed cost information and disconnected processes.
Price It Right brings together specialists in builder performance, estimating, financial management and construction technology—alongside a residential builder case study—to show how those parts of the business work together.
Across one focused day, the workshop will examine where margin is created, where it slips and how to protect it from the first estimate through to final invoicing. The program is practical, education-led and centred on the commercial decisions residential construction business owners make every day.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Built for residential construction business owners.
Attendance is limited to business owners so the discussion remains relevant, practical and grounded in the realities of running a residential construction business.
- Volume builders managing several projects and seeking greater consistency in estimating, margin control and workflow.
- Custom home builders delivering complex, high-value projects where scope control and variations can materially affect the result.
- Growing operators moving from an owner-led business to a more structured operation and putting systems in place that can scale.
- Profit-focused owners with steady work who want a clearer view of where margin is being made, protected or lost.
WHAT YOU WILL TAKE BACK TO THE BUSINESS
Practical insight across the full commercial workflow.
- Identify where margin is being lost. Recognise the pricing and operational gaps that can quietly erode profit across residential projects—and where stronger controls can make a difference.
- Estimate for profit, not simply to win work. Build estimates around real costs, current trade pricing, appropriate allowances and clearly defined scope so the work you win has a stronger commercial foundation.
- Understand margin, cash flow and job costing. Separate margin from profit, monitor cash flow before it becomes a problem and use job-cost information to make earlier, better decisions.
- Keep the estimate connected to delivery — with AI-supported visibility. Carry the integrity of the estimate into proposals, budgets, variations and invoicing so changes remain visible and commercial control is maintained. The Wunderbuild presentation will also show how its integrations with ChatGPT and Claude can provide deeper visibility of financial data and create clear financial dashboards, helping business owners see actual project performance and the numbers behind it.
- Learn from a builder’s real experience. Hear how these principles have been applied in practice, including the lessons, adjustments and measurable outcomes.
PRESENTED COLLABORATIVELY BY
Four organisations. One connected business conversation.
- Association of Professional Builders
- Price A Plan
- Xact Accounting
- Wunderbuild
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration and welcome
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Welcome and introduction
🕑: 09:10 AM - 10:05 AM
Builder profitability and performance context
Host: Association of Professional Builders
🕑: 10:05 AM - 11:00 AM
Estimating for profit and consistency
Host: Price A Plan
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Morning tea
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:25 PM
Financial control and cash flow visibility
Host: Xact Accounting
🕑: 12:25 PM - 01:20 PM
Connecting the workflow from estimate to delivery
Host: Wunderbuild
Info: Includes AI-supported financial visibility
🕑: 01:20 PM - 02:05 PM
Lunch
🕑: 02:05 PM - 02:30 PM
Builder case study: real-world application
Host: Presenter to be confirmed
🕑: 02:30 PM - 02:50 PM
Key takeaways and next steps
🕑: 02:50 PM - 03:00 PM
Program feedback
🕑: 03:00 PM
Workshop concludes
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
AUD 259.00
