Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS)
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS
You’ll be in GOOD company!
Charles Kraus:
“I would highly recommend Custom Homebuilder's Solution (CHS) for any size residential construction company. We have been using CHS for over 12 years now, on the build side of our design-build architecture firm. By far, the best feature of this software is the ability to have the job accounting/management and the bookkeeping all in the same place. No need to sync with, or export to another accounting software. I have searched over the years and I have not found another software that can singularly provide both of these functions. As an accountant herself, I am sure Carol had this in mind when she created this software. The software works so well that I have only had to reach out to Carol and her team a handful of times over the entire 12 years. That speaks volumes! When I did reach out, they were very responsive. CHS is also much more affordable than any other construction accounting/management software I have seen on the market, and the competitors cannot provide the bookkeeping functionality. Can't recommend CHS highly enough.”
Kathie Maughan Francis
“My company has used Custom Homebuilder's Solutions (CHS), the accounting program Carol King developed, to run our design / remodel business for 13 years. I am thrilled with it. Thrilled with an accounting program? Yes! This software is unique in the industry with its ability to gather all financial data for a project and give an accurate summary report of job costs, change orders, AP, AR, cash flow and profitability - one one page. No more gathering raw data and crunching numbers to come up with these answers. With CHS, a clear picture of every project's status is a few mouse clicks away. My CPA also reviewed the program before I purchased it and was impressed enough to recommend it to his other clients in the construction field.
On a personal note, dealing with Carol has been a delight. She is readily available by email or phone to answer questions and has been impressively responsive to our couple of requests to tweak the ui - even once making a simple change for us within 24 hours. This is a high caliber program offered by a quality supplier.”
John Phillips:
“We have been working with CHS and Carol for nearly 20+ years. For us, as a small home builder / developer, CHS has been a great product. It offers a very stable financial and job costing platform and Carol has always been very responsive when we had questions. The system works great for subdivision development and/or custom homes - whether fixed price, fixed fee or cost-plus. It's very comprehensive and "scaleable" - we use some reports and features on a daily basis, some just occasionally and others not at all. Really competitive price point for the system as well. Highly recommend that you consider CHS if you are looking for home building specific software with great accounting and job costing capabilities.”
“We were using Sage 300 alongside a parent company but found the interface cumbersome and the cost prohibitive. After a thorough review, we decided to switch over to Custom Homebuilders’ Solutions. The software is comprehensive and the company guided us through the set up with easy to follow tutorials and videos. The overall process was streamlined and the set up fees were very affordable..”
Richard Wallace staff:
“SETUP WAS A SUCCESS!!!
This is a great software program, and we are excited that we are a member of CHS! We keep saying that Carol thought of everything! Thank you so much! We look forward to years of partnership with CHS.”
Allan Edwards:
“CHS is 100% geared toward contractors. One thing I like is that it has so many different reports that can be generated. The "logic" behind how it is written is parallel with "best practices" of running a successful home building or remodeling company. It’s written to help you make money! CHS is very strong in accounting. The job cost features and reports are great. It does the basics, like lien waivers or flag you when a sub’s insurance has expired, or you are about to go over budget on a particular cost. Change Orders and PO’s are a big part of CHS. You can do Variance PO’s too. There is a particular view called "Estimated Costs at Completion" that in one screen shot tells you an immense amount of information about a job. You see the budget, PO’s, variances, and actual costs for all line items, and can drill down to analyze them.
Best builder software in the world! Pretty amazing that Carol could have written something that works so well for an entire industry. It's like opening boxes of 'Cracker Jacks'. Even after months of using CHS, I find new surprises all the time. I had no idea how much CHS would do for me when I bought it. I used Build Soft for years and am amazed at how much more information CHS provides me.”
Randy Maas:
“I have used Carol's Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS) accounting program for a few years now and I am extremely satisfied with the results. Carol is also very good at customer support and was quick to respond with any questions I had in transitioning from my former accounting program. I highly recommend Carol and her CHS software program.
P.S. As I was entering bids from trades and suppliers this morning into CHS, I was thinking that if I had known how many features there are for the builder to project and manage job costs in CHS, I would have purchased the program a lot sooner.”
Mark Farmer:
“At Mark Farmer Custom Homes we work hard at providing a quality home using quality products and quality people. I expect nothing less in our office as well. We have looked at many building software programs over the years but in 2005 I came across CHS and got to know Carol King. I have never had to consider another option since. CHS has evolved over the years due to Carol's persistent efforts to lay in useful items and extremely helpful video tutorials that are priceless. If this review would allow a 10 star option, I would use that too. I strongly believe that CHS has been the key to our company coming through a couple of rough years in a strong position and we don't even use nearly all CHS's capability. I have been recommending CHS to everyone I know. You have to try it no matter how big your company is.”
Matt Oliver:
“Carol King is a great accounting software developer. Carol has helped our business in so many ways. CHS has been an indispensable tool for our company, Oliver Custom Homes LLC. CHS is so user friendly that even I can understand where we stand financially. The home building process is a challenge in itself, but CHS helps me become accountable to our clients and project professionalism and confidence. You Rock Carol!!!”
Clifton Hicks:
“I have been working with Carol King and CHS for almost 8 years now and consider my decision to join the CHS community one of the smartest moves I have ever made. The transition was from a 35 year business relationship with a company who wrote my accounting, job cost, and bookkeeping software, then closed shop and left me with no support. After several attempts to fill that gap, I was introduced to Carol King and CHS, (Custom Homebuilders' Solutions), and was amazed how CHS was so much like my previous software. I consider Carol a genius to have written the CHS program.. Her customer support has always been on time, courteous, and proficient. The program has so much to offer even though I don't maximize all of its capabilities. CHS is the Real Deal for any Custom Home Builder in need of having accounting, job costing, and bookkeeping under the same umbrella, and the cost is a steal. I can't recommend Carol King and CHS more strongly.”
Shayne Schroeder:
“Carol has developed an excellent software package for the custom home building market. I've been using her software since 2003 to run my business.....budgeting a job and keeping up with expenses is a breeze and my book keepers job is equally as easy to keep bills input and paid. When we need assistance of any type, Carol is just a phone call away and she goes out of her way to make sure all questions are answered to our complete understanding. The CHS web service allows me the flexibility of taking my work with me anywhere I go.....I highly recommend you consider this option of CHS.”
Trey Garner:
“I've used Custom Homebuilders' Solutions Accounting and Job Management Software for 20+ years. It's highly specialized for Custom Home Builders. There is no other product more tailored to the small and medium sized custom home builder than this product. I highly recommend it.”
Brad Trauth:
“I am a subscriber of Carol King's Custom HomeBuilders’ Solutions (CHS) software and highly recommend it to home builders small and large, custom or production. CHS is really the only complete accounting program out there specifically designed with a home builder's needs in mind. It is obvious Carol has experienced first hand the type of accounting needed by builders. She has taken her experience and developed a program that has streamlined our accounting from the budgeting/estimating phase through direct cost accounting. On one screen I can now view my budgeted costs, PO’s, and actual costs and CHS compares them to show my current estimated costs of completion in real time. NO more double entering from my excel estimating into QB. It also produces purchase orders straight from the budget with a simple click so I can better control job spending.
The price of CHS is reasonable. I used QB for years and had been searching for more than a year for a software like this. And Carol has all of the training information you need online, easy to access. If you are a builder struggling to track your costs against your budgets you need to consider making the switch to CHS. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”
Wayne Siegmund:
“I’ve been using CHS for at least 15 years. The program is easy to use, helps track every cost, eliminates the chance of over looking cost, when doing Draws. Shows cost in great detail, so you can show the customer all the cost associated with their job.”
Charlie Cooper:
“I have used CHS for years and it has been a great asset to my company. Estimating, job costing, draws, accounting etc., it does it all. Carol has been a huge help and is always right there with support. I wouldn't consider any other software. Thanks for everything Carol!”
Richard Edgington:
“I have used Carol and her company for several years to provide accounting and construction management software for our company. Carol has always been available whenever a question or problem has arisen. She provides an excellent product at a great value.”
Todd & Michelle Carnes:
“We have been using CHS Software for years. Can't imagine using any other program for construction. The help you receive is great as well. It is easy to learn and utilize and makes our business accounting run smoothly.”
Yvonne Cummins:
Thank You for being on top of this for Morning Star Builders. We appreciate your commitment to great customer service!