Featured demonstration project
Hawthorne Residence
A luxury custom home, run in JobTread from first sketch through warranty. Listen to the walkthrough, follow along with the handout, then step into the homeowner portal yourself.
Start here
Listen to the walkthrough
About 22 minutes. Keep the handout open and the portal in a second tab.
Follow along with the handout
Three pages covering the project, the homeowner portal and the schedule.
Open the handout (PDF)Inside the client portal
What your homeowner sees
Four screens from the live Hawthorne portal. Each one matches a section of the audio and a page of the handout.
Phased scheduling
Design reviews, permits, construction milestones and selection deadlines on one timeline, from pre-construction through warranty.
The homeowner dashboard
A pinned Start Here guide, action items with due dates and a live project timeline greet the homeowner on login.
Selections by room
Priced options with approval status and decision deadlines tied to the schedule.
Compare and approve
Homeowners compare curated options side by side, see the price impact of each and approve or message the team from the same screen.
Try it yourself
Open the Hawthorne portal
You will land on the dashboard as the homeowner, with the Hawthorne project already built out. Everything in it is demonstration data.
Good places to start
- Read the pinned Start Here message on the Dashboard.
- Open the Kitchen | Appliance Integration selection, due January 29, 2027.
- Open the Exterior Outdoor Living selection and compare the three options.
- Scroll the Schedule tab through all five phases.
Opens in a new tab so you can keep listening.
Ready to build yours
How I build yours
The same six steps, in the same order, on every build. Nothing gets set up twice.
- 1
Discovery
Map how your team sells, selects, builds and bills today.
- 2
Operational + System Review
Review your JobTread account, QuickBooks and the tools around them.
- 3
Roadmap
Agree on what gets built first and what each phase delivers.
- 4
Implementation
Cost groups, selections, schedules and the client portal built in your account.
- 5
Training + Launch
Hands-on sessions so your team runs it with confidence from the first job.
- 6
Optimization + Support
Refinements as your first jobs move through the system.
Walk Three More Jobs with Melissa
Each job gives you a different way to understand how JobTread supports your business. Follow a remodel from the first customer decision, explore how an active job handles unexpected work and changing costs, or follow the money from estimate to cash.
Walk the JobBuild the Job. Connect the Steps.
Follow one cabinet decision through selections, pricing, change approval, purchasing, and scheduling. See what the contractor does behind the scenes to give the homeowner a clear next step.
- Selections
- Change order
- Purchase order
- Schedule
Walk the JobManage the Job as Work Happens.
Follow an occupied-home renovation through finish decisions, concealed damage, customer updates, and an electrician’s invoice that needs review. See how the team documents the issue and decides what happens next.
- Concealed damage
- Invoice review
- Daily logs
- Closeout
Follow the Money from Estimate to Cash.
Follow one job from approved proposal to job costing report. See how the deposit, progress invoices and vendor bills tie to the same budget lines, and where margin can slip.
- Deposit
- Progress billing
- Bill coding
- Job costing