Architecture · Interior Design · Landscape Design

Scope you can defend.

Your phases, deliverables and exclusions already written the way your discipline actually works. Paste your notes from the site visit and send a proposal the same afternoon.

The recurring tax

Every project starts with the same lost weekend.

None of this appears on a timesheet, gets invoiced, or improves with repetition. It just happens again on the next job.

01
The proposal nobody pays for.

Four to eight hours per proposal, written after hours, never invoiced, never appearing on a timesheet. Three a month is a working week you gave away.

02
The scope that moved.

The exclusions were thin because the deadline was Monday. Six months later the client wants another option studied and there is nothing in writing that says it costs more.

03
The document that undersells the studio.

A Word file copied from the last job, with the last client name still in it somewhere. It does not look like the work, and the client reads it before they meet you.

What comes out

A full proposal, on the page a client opens.

This is a complete proposal built in AirQuotes, on the same share link your clients receive. Scroll it, read the stage deliverables, check the fee table.

https://studio.airquotes.app/p/95799c77fbb04cdb9e41389d11aa7eb6
Open the full proposal

Residential extension, five stages, stage-weighted fee

Structure, already loaded

The stages you already work in.

Nobody needs to explain Schematic Design to you. AirQuotes ships with the stage structure your discipline has used for decades — the deliverables written out under every stage. Choose your discipline, pick the project type — an extension is not a new build — and it is there. Edit anything.

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stages
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Project types

Pick the project type and AirQuotes loads these stages into your proposal, deliverables written and the fee weighted across them.

01
Feasibility & Site Analysis
Site visit and photographic documentation · Site survey and analysis diagrams · Zoning and building code review
02
Schematic Design
Concept statement and parti diagrams · Site plan with preliminary layout and circulation · Floor plans, key sections, and elevations
03
Design Development
Refined, dimensioned plans, sections, and elevations · Reflected ceiling and roof plans · Material and finishes schedule
04
Construction Documentation
Full set of construction drawings (plans, sections, details) · Enlarged detail drawings and callouts · Specification sheets and technical notes
05
Tender & Procurement
Tender/bid package with drawings and specifications · Contractor invitations or prequalification docs · Responses to RFIs and addenda
06
Construction Administration
Site observation reports with photos · Shop drawing and submittal reviews · Responses to RFIs and clarification memos
07
Post-Occupancy Evaluation
Post-occupancy walkthrough and observation · Occupant feedback surveys and interviews · Building performance assessment
08
Project Closeout
Final project documentation package · As-built drawing compilation · Warranty documentation and maintenance manuals
Stage sets per project type.
An extension loads six stages, a new build eight. You start from the structure that matches the job instead of deleting rows you never needed.
Deliverables under every stage.
Each stage arrives with its deliverable list written out, so the client reads what the fee covers at that point in the job.
Fee weighted across the stages.
Percentages sit on the stages you selected, and the totals recalculate when you add, remove or reorder one.
Your edits saved as a template.
Change a stage set once and save it to the studio library. The next proposal of that type opens with your version.

Every stage, deliverable and exclusion is editable. The structure is a starting point, not a cage.

Three steps

Notes in. Proposal out.

The whole thing takes about twenty minutes the first time. Less after that.

01
Paste your brief.

Site visit notes, a client email, a call transcript. Whatever you already have.

02
Structure loads.

Stages, deliverables, exclusions and fee logic appear, matched to your discipline. Edit anything before it goes.

03
Send a link.

A branded web page or a PDF. Signed in the browser. You see when it was opened.

The rest of it

What happens after you hit send.

Scope language and exclusions.

A library of clauses written for spatial practice. What is included, what is not, and what triggers a variation. Reusable across every job.

Terms and conditions.

Payment terms, variation procedure, ownership of drawings, termination. Present by default, not something you remember to add at 11pm.

Fee structure that matches how you bill.

Stage-weighted percentages, lump sum, or a percentage of construction cost. The maths holds together across the document.

E-signature.

The client signs in the browser. No printing, no scanning, no chasing.

View tracking.

You know the proposal was opened, when, and how long they spent on the fee page.

A pipeline that stays current.

Lead through to signed, updating itself as the proposal moves. Not a spreadsheet you forgot to update.

Beta

Free while we get the structure right.

AirQuotes is in beta and we are looking for a small number of spatial studios to use it on live work. Free for the duration of the beta. In return, tell us where the phase structure is wrong for how you actually practise.

Join the beta
  • Free during beta. Paid plans start after, and you will know well before.
  • Direct line to the founder. Not a support queue.
  • Your input changes the discipline templates. That is the point of the beta.

Get the weekend back.

Free during beta. No card. Write your first proposal in twenty minutes.

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