Case study
Night and Day: How Terrafirma Industries Cut Kitchen Quotes from Two Hours to 30 Minutes with Billdr
Discover how Terrafirma Industries, a family-owned renovation contractor in Maple Ridge, BC, replaced a clunky CRM with Billdr to quote faster, keep crews equipped on site, and give clients a clear view of every job.
30 min
To quote a kitchen, down from 1 to 2 hours
Every file
Drawings, dimensions, millwork and fixtures loaded into each job for the crew
Fewer calls
From the field to the office to confirm job details
How Billdr Changed Their Day-to-Day
Tighe Lefebvre apprenticed at Alltec Construction, earned his ticket, and grew that experience into Terrafirma Industries. Family-owned since 2003 and based in Maple Ridge, about an hour outside Vancouver, Terrafirma builds kitchens, bathrooms, additions, and full home renovations across the Lower Mainland. After years on a clunky CRM, the team switched to Billdr.
Before Billdr
- Proposals were the bottleneck. Getting quotes prepped and sent was a daunting task.
- Too many clicks back and forth to find what they needed.
- A clunky CRM that wasn’t user-friendly for the team.
- One to two hours to quote a kitchen.
- Crews calling the office to confirm drawings, dimensions, and materials.
- Slow searches for receipts and invoices in the back office.
After Billdr
- Kitchen quotes in 30 minutes using templates built in Billdr.
- Everything in one job, with no clicking back and forth.
- Every file at the crew’s fingertips, from drawings and millwork to the faucet and sink going in.
- A client portal with every quote, with control over what each client sees.
- Daily logs with photos that keep clients updated on their job.
- Faster receipt and invoice lookups for admin, and more time for Tighe with his daughters.
When you open the job on Billdr, everything you could possibly need is in that job, which was game-changing for us.
Why Terrafirma Industries Loves Billdr
From the first quote to the final walkthrough, Billdr gave Terrafirma a simpler, faster way to run every renovation.
1. Templates That Speed Up Quoting
Terrafirma has built templates in Billdr that let the team quote a kitchen in about half an hour, where it used to take one to two hours.
2. Every File in Every Job
Drawings, sizes, dimensions, millwork, and even the exact faucet and sink are loaded into each job, so the crew spends far less time calling the office to confirm details.
3. A Client Portal with Every Quote
Every quote comes with a ready-made client portal. Tighe controls what each client sees, and daily logs with photos keep clients updated on what’s happening on their job site.
4. A Team That Listens
Tighe credits François, one of Billdr’s founders, for a quick, responsive onboarding and for working with Terrafirma to bring what they had in their old CRM into Billdr.
5. Room to Grow
With time saved across the field, office, and admin, Tighe sees Terrafirma taking on more projects, possibly hiring another estimator, and moving up from there.
“It’s night and day”
“The last six months of working with Billdr beats the last seven years that we worked with our CRM by far.”
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