Line items

Line items are the services and materials from your estimate, with quantities and prices, that make up the body of a quote. In Bulido you add them in two places:

• Inside a room: services tied to a specific room (e.g. Wall painting, Floor installation).
• As additional services: items that aren't room-bound (e.g. Material transport, Debris removal, Floor protection).

Both kinds use the same fields: name, unit, quantity, unit price, and value (calculated automatically).

Adding from the catalog

The fastest path is Add service inside a room (or Add additional service in the Additional services section). The catalogue search opens. Type a fragment of the name, pick the item, done. Unit price, unit, and the calculation method all come from the catalogue.

You set the catalogue up once in Services and pricing → Catalogue. The cleaner the catalogue, the faster every future quote.

Adding a custom item (off-catalog)

If the service isn't in the catalogue, click Add service outside catalogue (or Add custom item for the additional section). Fill in:

• Name (required)
• Unit: m², mb, pcs, set, kg, l
• Quantity (must be positive)
• Unit price

There's a checkbox underneath: Add service to my services catalogue. Tick it and the new item is saved to your catalogue, so next time you can pick it from the dropdown instead of typing it again.

Manual vs automatic quantity

Services inside rooms can pull their quantity automatically from the room's measurements. Bulido supports four calculation modes:

• Wall area: painting, plastering.
• Floor area: screeding, flooring.
• Ceiling area: ceiling painting.
• Perimeter: skirting boards, trim.

The mode comes from the service's catalog definition. If you'd rather enter the quantity yourself (e.g. only part of the room is painted), toggle Manual quantity on that line item. Bulido then stops overriding it when the room dimensions change.

Additional items (outside rooms) always use manual quantity. They aren't tied to any room measurement.

What's next

Once your line items are in, decide whether prices show net or gross. See Net or gross prices.