WhatsApp invoicing built for builders working across Newcastle and Tyne and Wear. Send a professional invoice from the customer's hallway — 1% per paid invoice, capped at £50, no subscription.
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Invoice INV-014 for £350 sent to Dave Smith. ✉️Wedge
Dave Smith paid £350 for INV-014. 💰Only pay when you get paid. 1% per invoice, capped at £50.
WhatsApp invoicing built for builders working across Newcastle and Tyne and Wear. Send a professional invoice from the customer's hallway — 1% per paid invoice, capped at £50, no subscription.
Only pay when you get paid. 1% per invoice, capped at £50.
Wedge
Invoice INV-014 for £350 sent to Dave Smith. ✉️Wedge
Dave Smith paid £350 for INV-014. 💰Newcastle building work is more residential-weighted than Glasgow or Liverpool — the bulk of independent builder invoicing is direct-to-homeowner refurbishment across the Victorian and Edwardian terraced housing stock in Heaton, Jesmond, Sandyford, and the wider Tyne and Wear metro. Loft conversions, side returns, and full house renovations commonly run £25k–£70k with staged payment schedules. Commercial CIS subcontract demand from the Quayside and Stephenson Quarter pipelines exists but isn't dominant. Day rates remain among the lowest of the major UK cities; multi-town working across Gateshead, Sunderland, and North Shields is the norm for self-employed builders.
Text Wedge on WhatsApp with the job details, customer name, and amount.
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Wedge creates a professional invoice and emails it to your customer with a payment link.
From: invoices@wedge.uk
Invoice INV-014 from Mike's Tiling
Mike's Tiling
mike@example.com
INV-014
8 Mar 2026
Bill to
Dave Smith
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No app to install. Just message Wedge on WhatsApp like you would a mate.
Tell us who to invoice and how much. We figure out the rest.
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Your customers pay online by card. Money lands in your bank account.
We chase late payers so you don't have to. Polite but persistent.
VAT-registered? We calculate and show VAT on every invoice automatically.
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No app to install. Just message Wedge on WhatsApp like you would a mate.
Tell us who to invoice and how much. We figure out the rest.
Clean, branded PDF invoices sent straight to your customer via WhatsApp.
Your customers pay online by card. Money lands in your bank account.
We chase late payers so you don't have to. Polite but persistent.
VAT-registered? We calculate and show VAT on every invoice automatically.
Every invoice, expense and mileage entry stored digitally as it happens. CSV export for FreeAgent, Xero, QuickBooks or Sage.
You've won a loft extension job — £18,500 inclusive of materials, labour, and Building Control. The customer wants to pay in stages: 20% deposit on signature, 25% at first fix, 25% at second fix, 20% on completion, 10% retention released after 30 days. Message Wedge: "Quote Tom Williams £18,500 for loft extension at 22 Beech Close, broken into 20% deposit, 25% first fix, 25% second fix, 20% completion, 10% retention." Wedge generates the quote with the schedule clearly laid out. Tom signs digitally and pays the £3,700 deposit immediately — £3,663 lands in your account. As you hit each stage, you message Wedge to send the next invoice. The retention sits in customer's account; you message Wedge to invoice for it after 30 days. Total Wedge fees on the £18,500 job: £185. No subscription you have to pay even on a slow month.
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No subscription, no setup fee, no card-on-file fee. We only earn when you actually get paid.
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Bank-transfer invoices remain free — we only charge when the customer pays by card or Open Banking.
Set the schedule on the quote — typically 20% deposit, 25% first fix, 25% second fix, 20% completion, 10% retention. Wedge keeps the schedule against the quote and generates each stage invoice when you message that the milestone is done. No retyping, no missed retention releases.
Yes. Send Wedge the schedule once ("20% deposit, 30% first fix, 50% completion"), and we'll generate each stage invoice when you tell us the stage is done. The customer sees the schedule on the original quote so there are no surprises.
If you subcontract under CIS, mention it when invoicing ("CIS deduction at 20%") and Wedge will show the gross amount, the 20% CIS deduction, and the net amount payable. The contractor pays you the net; HMRC paperwork stays your responsibility.
Yes. When you set up staged payments, include the retention as the last stage (e.g. "10% retention released after 30 days"). Customer pays everything else upfront; you message Wedge to send the retention invoice when the period ends.
Yes — useful when customers want to see exactly what they're paying for. Tell Wedge "£4,500 materials, £6,000 labour" and the invoice breaks them out as line items. You can also add reverse-charge VAT if applicable.
If you're VAT-registered, yes — standard 20% VAT on most domestic work. Wedge calculates and shows VAT automatically. For specific reduced-rate work (renovations of empty homes, conversions), you can override to 5% per line item.
When a customer asks for an addition ("actually, can you add a roof window?"), message Wedge to send a separate change-order invoice. Customer agrees and pays in WhatsApp — no awkward conversations about scope creep.
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