Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS)
Accounting, Job Costing & Management Software For Construction
CONSTRUCTION accounting &job costing software
with a focus on best practices for custom home builders
Transform your CUSTOM home building business with OUR specialized accounting SOFTWARE.
streamline complex job costing.
manage ever-changing costs & cONTRACT BALANCES.
maximize GROSS PROFITS ON EVERY PROJECT.
IMPRESS YOUR CUSTOMERS, stakeholders, & cpa’s.
SUPPORTING BEST PRACTICES FOR CUSTOM HOME BUILDERS FOR OVER 20 YEARS!
REPLACE YOUR generic accounting software WITH one tailored for your industry.
All-in-one, web-based, & high-end Accounting And Job Costing Software designed to bring your accounting and construction team together! CHS provides an accurate, real-time financial picture of every project, enhancing decision-making and profitability for professional home builders, remodelers, & other construction businesses.
Take a pro-active approach to your accounting! Avoid cleaning up messes later! Stop manually updating spreadsheets.
ARE YOU READY TO STEP UP TO CHS?
IF you are a Custom Home Builder, CHS is the focused solution that you WILL need.
Don't be too quick to dismiss CHS and say you already have accounting handled.
Here's why: CHS is designed to handle the unique challenges of construction accounting, simplifying the management of multiple projects, tracking costs, handling progress payments, and accurately recognizing revenue. These features ensure you have the tools to stay on top of every aspect of your business, providing real-time insights and reducing the risk of errors. For over 20 years, CHS has been successfully used by hundreds of builders to run their businesses efficiently, streamlining processes and making financial management easier and more accurate.
WELCOME! And Keep scrolling to watch our videos and learn how much CHS has to offer!
“We were so frustrated with QuickBooks. Since we switched to CHS, our problems are solved. We no longer need to maintain all those Excel spreadsheets.” Custom Crafted Homes
Find out why our builders say CHS Is Their Best Kept Secret!
Input Job Estimates / Budgets & Output Professional Job Proposals.
Purchase Orders, Change Orders & Their Effects on Estimated Job Costs
Real-time Revisions of Expected Job Costs, Variances, & Gross Profits
Up-front Overage Alerts, Doc Uploads, & Notes When Posting Payables
Job Cost Approvals By Project Managers and/or Big Boss Before Payment
Real-time Revisions of Contract Balances & Outstanding Costs To Pay
Job Billing Draw Requests & Revenues Received
Percentage Of Completion Accounting Automation
Trial Balance Grouped & Totaled BY JOB with Drill Downs To Detail
Cash Balances, Trial Balances, and Financials BY JOB & Departments
Waivers of Lien, Insurance Audit Reports, 1099’s
Company, Department, and Job Financials & General Ledgers
Tools for Closing Jobs & Closing Year End Books
Tutorials, Tips, Powerful Search Features, and Documents Control
CHS IS THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!
I'm Carol King, the founder and developer of Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS). With over 20 years of experience working with custom home builders, I understand the unique challenges you face. In the following video, I'll introduce myself, share my journey, and give you a quick summary overview of what CHS Software offers. As the builder or owner, you play a critical role in the success of your projects, so I'm speaking directly to you in the video. I know how crucial it is for the you to be actively aware of the system tools that are available to you and your team.
WATCH VIDEO BELOW! 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. Say goodbye to your old accounting software and hello to real-time results with CHS.
PDF Outline Of What CHS Does (Transcript of CHS Summary In The Above Video)
Feel free to call us at (512) 971-1069 or reach out to our On-Staff Builder at (512) 788-1333. Watch our videos on this page and in 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!
You Will Be In Good Company With Other CHS Subscribers! See more….
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 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 ….more
Construction Accounting IS Complex so don’t make it any harder than it has to be!
Unlike generic accounting software, Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS) understands how to seamlessly bring together Job Budgets / Estimates, Change Orders, Purchase Orders, Actual Job Costs, and Job Revenues for immediate evaluation of variances, thus eliminating the need for double data entry into spreadsheets
CHS provides a comprehensive solution for managing job costs, revenues, and cash flow, along with all the accounting features and financial statements needed for your entire business. From budget proposals to project completion, CHS keeps your entire team on one platform, saving time and preventing errors. With role-based permissions, give your team a place to communicate without constant back office to field interruptions!
The video below is ALSO an overview of CHS features, without the founder intro, but with more detail about some of the features.
Bring your team, customers, and vendors together ONLINE for a seamless information flow from start to finish of your projects. You can set different permission levels to control what features and data each user can access.
VIDEO BELOW: CHS Team Collaboration Part 1 - For The Builder, Estimator, Purchasing, & The Project Manager
VIDEO BELOW: (OWNER SHOULD WATCH!) CHS Team Collaboration Part 2 - Accounting Team & Percentage Of Completion
Video below shows how your accountant can set up CHS to assist the bookkeeper with construction accounting. Examples of common mistakes made by bookkeepers when they do not understand construction accounting. Recommendation to use the Percentage of Completion (POC) accounting method for recognizing income for custom homes, and how POC works.
CHS Team Collaboration Part 3 - VIDEO COMING SOON! How the bookkeeper can be your hero!
“There is no other product more tailored to the custom home builder than this product. I highly recommend it.””
Check out what our customers are saying about CHS and why they say it is their “BEST KEPT SECRET!”
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“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.”
Make better decisions and plan ahead more effectively! With construction accounting & management software, you can quickly check how much money you've spent, earned, and have on hand for each job. You can also see contract balances, outstanding costs, and where your profits are headed, all in one place.
Can you tell your home buyers how much more they have left to pay on their projects? Watch the video to learn about different Contract Types, the difference between profit margins and markup, AND our real-time Contract Balance Reports.
Click This for a free tool! calculate what MARKUP to use and learn what the difference between a markup percent and margin percent is!
The hour-long video below about WHY CHS? provides in-depth insights into how CHS manages its processes and integrates tools for owners, accounting, and field operations. Understand the nuts and bolts of our approach. No more spreadsheets!
“I highly recommend that you consider CHS if you are looking for home building specific software with great accounting and job costing capabilities.”
Help your accounting team become major players in Shaping Your Business Towards Success.
Say goodbye to your old accounting software and hello to real-time results with CHS.
We have all the setup steps & tutorials to guide you AND your team through the conversion process.
FREE SEMINAR! (A full review of all of our features in your own time! Have your team watch the ones they will use.)
Review the Fees AND SIGN UP! OR Contact Us With Questions or for a demo!
WHAT TO EXPECT when you start using CHS: Watch video below for info on Setup, Help, Navigation, and User Permissions.
Other IntroDUCTION Videos:
Use Purchase Orders or Work Orders To KEEP THE PROJECT MANAGER ON SITE
Post Self Performing (In-House) Labor To Job Costs At A Higher Billing Rate
FREE SEMINAR! (A full review of all of our features in your own time! Have your team watch the ones they will use.)
BENEFITS TO PROFESSIONAL BUILDERS THAT STEP UP TO CHS:
Carol King, the founder and developer, has ‘been there’. CHS combines her back office construction accounting expertise with wish lists from 100’s of builders. Impress customers with your accountability AND your bankers, auditors, and CPAs with your CHS financials!
Reduce Chaos & Improve Team Communication.
Increase The Bottom Line.
Instantly monitor where job costs, variances, cash flow, and gross profit are heading BY JOB.
Eliminate friction between the back office, the field, and control your trades and suppliers.
Show your customers what an accountable builder you are.
All of your accounting and management data is in one place! This means no integration with generic accounting software that does not give you the answers builders need instantly!
Say goodbye to your old accounting software and hello to real-time results with CHS.
FREE SEMINAR! (A full review of all of our features in your own time! Have your team watch the ones they will use.)
Review the Fees AND SIGN UP! OR Contact Us With Questions or for a demo!
Just SOME Of Our Features… See More
General Ledgers, Trial Balance By Job, Financial Statements, Receivables, Bank Recs, more!
Percentage Of Completion, Completed Contract Tools..
Documents Storage: Upload Plans, Bids, Payables Bills, Photos, and more!
FAQ’s
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Your data is stored in a separate database, secured by your unique user ids (that you should protect).
The system and database is hosted on Rackspace.com. The private dedicated server is behind a firewall that only technical support staff can access. The server is RAID configured to ensure that if a drive fails, the backup drive will instantly take over. Rackspace staff will be alerted immediately and will swap out a failed drive with a replacement. NOTE! In the 10+ years that we have hosted with Rackspace, there has NEVER been a drive failure!
Incremental encrypted backups are performed on a daily basis, with a full encrypted backup weekly.
The server is configured with security Essentials Armor
On a daily basis your data is checked for data integrity issues, which are VERY rare. CHS support staff is notified immediately and will take care of any issues. -
Yes, CHS is web based so works in browsers used on PC’s or Macs. This means you can work while in the field, traveling, at home, or in the office.
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Yes, CHS is based on a standard double entry accounting system, as is QB. There are financials, general ledgers, etc., that any CPA can understand. Tell them you need the information CHS produces FOR builders. And ask them to watch our accounting videos.
AND, ask them how long it takes to get info about how much is in each general ledger account for each job. Then tell them that CHS has a Trial Balance that groups by GL account, then by job with outstanding drill down features. AND, if they do percentage of completion accounting for you, tell them it’s a cinch in CHS. AND tell them that CHS gathers the numbers for closing a job, and provides tools for posting the job closing journal entry!
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The length of time it takes to set up CHS depends on whether you have the right people in the right seats, have set aside time for them to focus on setup, and on the condition of your current books. CHS provides step-by-step setup tutorials to get started. Builders do get started on creating estimates or proposals within a couple of days because they can load the recommended NAHB cost centers, if they like, set up a job, and dive in.
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Yes, there are 5 levels of permission for users. Level 1 has access to everything, which is probably the boss and the controller. Level 2 has access to everything, but cannot change major accounting things, like the Chart of Accounts, etc. Level 3 would be for a data entry clerk that can post payables and deposits, etc., but not journal entries, for example. Level 4 is a similar to Level 3 but cannot see payroll records. Level 5 is generally for the field and does not have access to the accounting features.
Replace your accounting software with CHS!
Click FREE SEMINAR! (A full review of all of our features in your own time! Have your team watch the ones they will use.)
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