Standardized Takeoffs Across 120 Production Homes
A production homebuilder replaced inconsistent, plan-by-plan estimates with a single standardized takeoff system — and tightened margins on every unit.
About the Client
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Maple Ridge Homes
Maple Ridge Homes is a production builder delivering single-family communities of 80 to 150 homes built from a library of repeating floor plans. Consistent costs across hundreds of near-identical units are the entire basis of their business model.
Client
Getreny
Industry
Residential / Production Homebuilding
Year
2025
Services
Wood Framing, Drywall & Finishes Takeoffs
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Every house of a plan type now costs what it's supposed to. Our purchasing finally matches our budgets.
Dana Whitfield, VP of Operations at Maple Ridge Homes
The Challenge
Despite building from the same plans, Maple Ridge's quantities drifted from house to house. Different staff measured framing, drywall, and finishes differently, and small inconsistencies compounded into unpredictable material orders and eroded margins across a community of 120 homes.
Purchasing couldn't lock in accurate lumber and drywall buys because the underlying takeoffs weren't repeatable.
120
homes on a single takeoff standard
11%
reduction in material waste
1
source of truth for purchasing
The Solution
EstimatesPro produced a master takeoff for each base plan and option — lumber and framing packages, sheathing, drywall by area, and interior finishes — then held those quantities as a fixed standard applied identically to every home of that plan type.
Options and elevations were quantified as add/deduct deltas, so purchasing could price any configuration instantly from a single source of truth.
Results & Outlook
With standardized quantities, Maple Ridge locked in volume material buys with confidence and cut waste from over- and under-ordering. Per-home cost variance fell sharply, and estimating a new community became a matter of multiplying known plan quantities rather than starting from scratch.
The standardized library now anchors their purchasing and budgeting for every new phase.
End Note
In production building, repeatability is profit. A consistent takeoff standard turned 120 individual estimates into one reliable system.
