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 that elevates your operation.
No syncing. No 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.
“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
🔍 WHY CHS
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.
Built for luxury home builders—and the financial precision their clients expect
CHS blends advanced construction accounting with job costing and client-ready reporting, so you can present clean, executive-level financials while keeping total control over every project’s profitability. You get real-time visibility from estimate to closeout—with no need to sync third-party software.
🛠️ 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.
🤝 Empower Your Whole Team
CHS isn’t just accounting software—it’s a collaboration platform that brings your entire team together.
From the office to the field, CHS gives every key player the tools they need to make smart, timely, and financially sound decisions.
🏗️ Builder / Estimator – Create accurate estimates, generate proposals, set contract prices with confidence, issue purchase orders, create change orders, and review & adjust cost-to-complete projections.
🧾 Bookkeeper – Post incurred job costs, manage vendor bills, inform team about real-time overage alerts, and generate clear variance and financial reports.
📋 Project Manager – Mark POs work as done, review & adjust cost-to-complete projections, approve posted costs for payment, and help avoid budget overruns before they happen.
When everyone works in the same system, you avoid data silos, delays, and confusion—and gain real-time clarity.
CHS turns teamwork into financial control.
🧾 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.
⚠️ Why You Shouldn’t Quickly Dismiss CHS
Just because you already have accounting software doesn’t mean you have the right solution.
Many builders assume their current setup is “good enough” because they’re using QuickBooks or a spreadsheet-based workflow. But what’s missing is often the very thing they need most:
True job costing that ties directly into real-time accounting, estimates, change orders, and incurred costs—all in one place.
Here’s the truth:
CHS replaces piecemeal tools with one fully integrated platform
It eliminates data silos, syncing issues, and manual workarounds
It gives you variance tracking, contract balance visibility, and polished reporting—not just raw numbers
It was designed specifically for custom builders with high-end clients, by someone who’s walked in your shoes
CHS doesn’t do away with accounting—it gives you a smarter, construction-ready way to manage it.
💬 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
🗓️ 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.
Why You Shouldn't Dismiss CHS: It’s More Than Just Accounting
You might think, “We already have accounting covered.” But CHS isn’t just another accounting tool—it’s a complete construction management solution that bridges the gaps traditional accounting systems can't.
You can’t run a home building business by just looking at your bank balance!
It’s important, for timely decisions, to be able to monitor & predict where all of your job costs & gross profits are heading every day for every project.
Real-Time Job Cost Tracking: Not only does CHS include Financial Statements, General Ledgers, Accounts Payable, and all your other accounting tools, It instantly joins all of your accounting data together with job estimates, purchase orders, and change orders on a single platform—delivering the job costing variance insights & forecasts your team needs, exactly when they need them. Since all of the data is within one software, there are No Delays and No Guesswork.
A structured job costing system gives you confidence and peace of mind because you always know where you stand!
Keep your financial Chart Of Accounts free of job costing clutter.
The Chart of Accounts (COA) and Job Cost Codes serve distinct purposes and provide different levels of detail for financial and job costing management, so CHS provides a way to setup & manage them separately, and then seamlessly brings them together.
CHS maintains a clear separation between the Chart of Accounts, Job Codes, and Job Cost Codes, while seamlessly including them in your accounting records. This structured approach allows you to filter and search your financial data effortlessly, delivering instant, accurate insights when you need them.
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!