Guessing the refurb is how deals die.
You walk a property, eyeball £40k, win the bid — then the builder quotes £71k and the margin’s gone. Or you pad the estimate “to be safe” and lose the deal to someone braver. Either way, the number in your head is costing you money.
From photos to a costed schedule.
Snap the property
Up to 25 photos — rooms, exterior, problem areas. From a viewing or the listing.
Archie scopes each room
It identifies works needed per room and flags the obvious risks.
Labour + material split
Costed against ONS and verified regional prices, so it’s defensible — not a finger in the air.
Flows into your numbers
The total lands in your calculator, investor pack and deal page automatically.
Built to make the decision obvious.
A schedule, not a guess
Line-by-line works per room — the kind of breakdown you’d normally pay a QS a day to produce.
Override anything
Disagree with a line? Edit it. Your numbers, Archie’s starting point.
Built for BRRR maths
Refurb feeds straight into Purchase + Refurb ≤ 70–75% of ARV, so you see the deal instantly.
I costed a 3-bed in the car park outside the viewing. Builder came back within 6% of Archie’s number.
The questions you’re about to ask.
It benchmarks to ONS and verified regional prices and typically lands within ~10% of a builder’s quote on standard residential works. It’s a fast, defensible starting estimate — not a replacement for a site survey on complex jobs.
Photograph the wreck. Get the refurb cost in seconds.
Upload photos, get a costed schedule.