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Plan My Work

Turn weeks of planning into minutes.

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Plan My Work

Turn weeks of planning
into minutes.

CareHomeDesk helps you work out what needs doing, scope the job and check what matters so you can move faster and spend more time on the jobs that need you.

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Understand the project before everyone else gets involved.

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Before you scope it

What to specify, what fails in a care home, and the standard it has to meet.

Building fabric & externalsFire safetyRegulation & inspectionWater hygiene & legionellaElectrical & emergency lightingHeating, gas & hot waterHoists & lifting equipmentBathrooms & wet rooms

Tools

TemplatesRate libraryInstallation guidesSpecifications

What comes back

A real brief, not a summary of one.

Wet room conversion, first floor bedroom

Scope of works · 6 sections · issued to tender

Measured

Conversion of an existing en-suite to a level access wet room, 2.4m x 1.9m, first floor, home remaining occupied throughout. Works to be phased to maintain one accessible bathroom on the floor at all times.

Sections

01PreliminariesAccess, protection, phasing and welfare
02Strip outExisting sanitaryware, floor and wall finishes
03Drainage and fallsFormer, linear drain, screed to falls
04FinishesSafety flooring, hygienic cladding, sealing
05Fit outTMV3 shower, rails, folding seat, curtain track
06HandoverTest certificates, O&M, snag and sign off

Indicative budget

£9,400–13,700

Programme

3 to 4 weeks

Questions to settle

4

Assumptions stated

7

It reads like yours

Preliminaries first, handover last with the certificates listed. The shape of a document you would have issued anyway.

It states what it assumed

Every scope rests on assumptions. Ours are written down, so a contractor can price against them with confidence.

It asks before it guesses

Up to five questions, and only ones that move the price or the programme. No questionnaire.

Measurements sharpen it

Give dimensions and the range narrows and the confidence says measured. Without them it says indicative and widens.

Scope your own

A likely cost range

A number of your own, before anyone quotes you one.

Safety vinyl, supply and fit£28–42per m2
Coved skirting to safety vinyl£14–24per linear m
TMV3 thermostatic mixing valve, supply and fit£150–450per valve
Fire door closer, CE marked to BS EN 1154, supply and fit£120–280per door

Indicative, excluding VAT, reviewed July 2026. Access, occupation, out of hours working and specification all move the number. Not a quotation.

The full rate library

Before you send it out

Three things worth checking between writing a scope and issuing it.

What changedHas anything moved since last time?Standards get revised, inspection frequencies change and enforcement priorities shift. Worth two minutes before a scope goes out.Recent updatesWhat to specifyIs this the right technical answer?What the regulations require, what to specify, and what tends to fail in a care home rather than an office.The libraryWhat it costsDoes the number stand up?Verified rates against the job catalogue, with the range and the review date, plus manufacturer data sheets for the products you have specified.Rates and sheets