CHS is the all-in-one accounting and job costing solution trusted by high-end custom home builders.
Designed for builders managing complex budgets and high-expectation clients, CHS replaces QuickBooks with powerful, builder-specific tools—and delivers polished, professional-grade financial reporting AND project management that elevates your operation.
No syncing. No more waiting on spreadsheets. Just one refined platform with the professional tools you need to manage every dollar—and impress every client.
Just because you already have an accounting system set up doesn’t mean you have the right solution. For example, CHS can calculate earned income for you BY JOB, using Percentage of Completion, so there’s no year-end scramble by your CPA. Click this for more info AND a video about it!
“We have been working with CHS for years and it has been a great product for us. It offers a very stable financial and job costing platform and works great for fixed price, fixed fee or cost-plus. It's comprehensive and scalable.” Phillips Homes
🗓️ NO LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS
Stay because CHS works—not because you’re locked in
We believe software should earn your loyalty, not demand it. CHS offers flexible subscription options with no contracts or long-term obligations. New customers start with a one month term, and once they see the results, they often choose to stay longer—on their own terms. (Renew for 1 to 12 months as needed.)
You’ll never be asked for payment info up front, and you can manage renewals easily from your own dashboard.
🛠️ SOPHISTICATED TOOLS FOR HIGH-VALUE HOMES
CHS pulls detailed data from your estimates, purchase orders, change orders, and incurred job costs to deliver precise variance results—showing you exactly where you stand against your budget at every phase. These insights feed into polished, professional-grade financial reports that help you stay in control and build confidence with your clients.
🤝 Unified Team Collaboration
CHS brings your entire team together—builders, project managers, estimators, and accountants—all working within the same platform. This seamless integration ensures that everyone has real-time access to job costs, budgets, and financials, based on permissions set by you, eliminating the need for multiple systems or spreadsheets.
By centralizing your operations, CHS enhances communication, reduces errors, and streamlines project management from start to finish.
▶️ See CHS Team Collaboration in Action:
Watch videos about the builder/estimator roles, followed by one about accounting roles.
👩💼 BOOKKEEPER AS THE HERO
CHS empowers your bookkeeper to become a central figure in your business success. By posting actual job costs, informing your team about real-time CHS overage alerts, and generating accurate reports, they ensure your financials are always trustworthy and on time.
👷 PROJECT MANAGERS AS HEROES TOO
Project managers in CHS don’t just track tasks—they manage cost control. From marking POs as Work Done to approving job costs and updating cost-to-complete projections, they help prevent overruns and protect profits.
📈 Weekly Status Reporting That Reflects Reality
CHS gives you more than a schedule—it gives you real progress, backed by real numbers.
Instead of relying on task calendars or generic timelines, CHS supports weekly status reporting based on completed construction stages and actual incurred costs.
Each week, your team can easily report:
✅ What stages of construction have been completed
✅ Which purchase orders are done or pending
✅ What costs have been incurred and posted
✅ Which costs are ready for approval
✅ How the updated cost-to-complete and contract balance now stand
All of this ties directly into your job costing and accounting—no syncing or guesswork required.
🤝 Empower Your Whole Team
CHS isn’t just accounting software—it’s a collaborative platform that brings your entire team together while keeping financial control in the right hands.
From the office to the field, CHS gives every key player the tools they need to make smart, timely, and financially sound decisions—with permission levels set by you.
🏗️ Builder / Estimator – Create accurate estimates, generate informative proposals, issue purchase orders, and set contract prices with confidence.
🧾 Bookkeeper – Post incurred job costs, manage vendor bills, respond to real-time overage alerts, and generate variance and financial reports.
📋 Project Manager – Mark POs as done, review cost-to-complete projections, approve costs for payment, and help prevent budget overruns.
With CHS, you control who can view, add, or edit accounting records—so sensitive financials stay secure, and everyone works within their role.
When your whole team works in one system, you avoid delays and gain real-time clarity from estimate to closeout.
🛠️ Built-In Project Oversight Without the Overwhelm
CHS isn’t just accounting and job costing—it also includes the key project tracking tools custom home builders need to stay on schedule, stay informed, and stay profitable.
What CHS includes:
✅ Stage-based list schedules
✅ Task assignments by stage or cost center
✅ Daily logs for field updates and notes
✅ Weekly progress reporting based on actual completed work
✅ PO status tracking and work completion verification
These tools are fully integrated with your accounting data—so you’re not juggling disconnected systems. As your team marks tasks complete or submits incurred costs, CHS gives you real-time visibility into cost-to-complete projections, overages, and contract balances.
❌ What CHS avoids:
No complicated Gantt charts
No time-draining calendar coordination
No siloed systems that require syncing with your financials
Instead, CHS gives you project management that’s built for builders—not IT departments.
🧾 Transparency Your Clients Can See
Your clients are investing in more than just a home—they’re investing in you. With CHS, you can give them the transparency and professionalism they expect at every step.
CHS makes it easy to:
Show real progress through stage-based weekly status updates
Provide clear, itemized billing for cost-plus or fixed-price jobs
Track change orders, allowance adjustments, and approvals in real time
Present up-to-date contract balances due, automatically calculated based on your contract type—whether fixed-price or cost-plus No more Accounts Receivable workarounds or Over/Under Billing adjustments!
Share polished, client-friendly financial reports—without exposing internal details
Best of all, CHS helps prevent surprises.
Buyers stay informed as the job progresses, which means fewer questions, fewer disputes, and no last-minute sticker shock. You’ll build trust, protect your margins, and maintain a professional image from the first draw to the final closeout.
💬 Some of Our Builder Testimonials
High-end custom builders trust CHS to simplify their accounting, protect profits, and impress their clients. See more..
“I would highly recommend CHS for any size residential construction company. We have been using CHS on the build side of our design-build architecture firm for years. By far, the best feature is the ability to have the job cost/profit management and the accounting all in the same place. No need to sync with, or export to another accounting software.”
Charles Kraus, Kraus Associates - Architect-Led Design/Build
“We have enjoyed CHS and continue to find CHS an asset to our efforts. I applaud you and your team for building this software, Carol. If you ever need a reference for CHS, we will be pleased to talk to any perspective client.”
Richard Wallace, Richard Wallace Builder
“I have used CHS for years and it has been a great asset to my company. Estimating, job costing, billing draw requests, accounting etc., it does it all. I wouldn't consider any other software. Thanks for everything Carol!”
Charlie Cooper, CB Cooper Construction
⚠️ WHY YOU SHOULDN’T QUICKLY DISMISS CHS
Just because you already have accounting software doesn’t mean you have the right solution.
CHS doesn't do away with accounting—it gives you a smarter, construction-ready way to manage it.
It has your financials, estimates, change orders, purchase orders, and actual job costs in one software—eliminating sync issues, duplicated data, and costly guesswork. Also includes Customer Billings, 1099s, Waivers Of Lien, Document Storage, & MORE!
If you're serious about building high-end homes, don't overlook the software built for exactly that.
📉 Reduce Year-End CPA Costs
Save on CPA fees—and the year-end scramble.
With CHS, you can apply the Percentage of Completion method throughout the year, not just at tax time. That means your revenue, job costs, and contract balances are already aligned when it matters most.
Your CPA won’t have to spend hours reconstructing your earned income—because CHS tracks it accurately, in real time. No guesswork. No last-minute patchwork. Just clean, reliable financials that make tax season easier for everyone.
By using the Percentage of Completion method built into CHS, you’ll reduce the year-end scramble. Your CPA won’t have to spend hours tracking down and summing up accounting records by job—CHS already keeps everything organized and accurate, in real time.
There’s also no need for your CPA to reverse accrual entries or convert your books back to the cash method at year-end. When you use Percentage of Completion, those extra steps become irrelevant—and your books stay aligned with how your business actually performs.
🧾 Clean Financials, Clear Job Costing
CHS keeps your financial Chart of Accounts clean and organized by separating it from job codes and job cost codes. Instead of mixing job details into your Chart Of Accounts structure, CHS uses job codes and cost codes within accounting records—keeping financial accounts focused and easy to read.
This structure allows you to:
Maintain a streamlined, clutter-free Chart of Accounts
Use detailed cost codes and job codes within accounting records to track and compare job costs
Produce all kinds of financials by job, including a drill-down Trial Balance grouped and totaled BY JOB!
Run powerful, targeted searches in the General Ledger—by cost code, job, vendor, or a combination of them
The result? Clean financials for your accountant, and detailed job costing for your team—all in the same system.
Monitor & Predict where all of your job costs, gross profits, & contract balances are heading every day for every project. CHS keeps your entire team AND your customers informed in real-time! Elite builders rely on CHS for clarity, control, and client-ready financials.
CHS can be a trusted partner, keeping you informed, delighting your customers, and driving your business forward! Help your accounting team become major players in Shaping Your Business Towards Success.
Carol King, the founder and developer of Custom Homebuilders’ Solutions (CHS).
Why I Built CHS
I built CHS because I’ve seen too many builders struggle with tools that don’t understand the complexity of custom homes—or the financial expectations of high-end clients.
As a controller and advisor to builders for over two decades, I knew they needed more than QuickBooks and spreadsheets. They needed a system that brought everything—job costing, accounting, client billing, and reporting—together in one place.
That’s why CHS exists. It’s been used successfully by high-end builders across the country for over 20 years, and I still work directly with many of them today.
Why Watch The Video Below?
The hour-long “Why CHS?” video is your inside look at how CHS actually works—built by someone who’s been in your shoes. It’s not a sales pitch. It’s a walkthrough of how CHS gives builders, accountants, and field teams the tools they need in one place. You’ll see how it replaces spreadsheets and disconnected systems with one smart, streamlined solution built specifically for custom home builders.
If you're serious about controlling your job costs and protecting your profits, this is the hour that could change how you run your business. Understand the nuts and bolts of our approach. No more spreadsheets!
Feel free to call us at (512) 971-1069 or reach out to our On-Staff Builder at (512) 788-1333. For a full review of all of our features in your own time, don’t miss our Free Seminar tutorials. Check out our affordable fees with no locked-in contract, take your time to ensure CHS is a good fit, and SIGN UP when you're ready!