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Invoicing for Nottingham joiners

WhatsApp invoicing built for joiners working across Nottingham and East Midlands. Send a professional invoice from the customer's hallway — 1% per paid invoice, capped at £50, no subscription.

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Invoice Dave Smith £350 for kitchen tiling

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Invoice INV-014 for £350 sent to Dave Smith. ✉️

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Dave Smith paid £350 for INV-014. 💰
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Only pay when you get paid. 1% per invoice, capped at £50.

Nottingham market

Nottingham joiners — by the numbers

Nottingham joinery splits between high-value residential refurbishment work in West Bridgford, Mapperley Park, and the Park Estate — where Victorian-property kitchen fits, bespoke fitted storage, and period-correct internal door replacement commonly run £3,000–£10,000 — and HMO conversion fire-rated joinery on the student rental sector across Lenton, Dunkirk, and Beeston. Commercial CIS subcontract demand from the Island Quarter and Broadmarsh pipelines exists. Multi-town working across Derby and Mansfield is common.

Region
East Midlands
Population
330,000 (city), 770,000 (urban area)
Self-employed tradies
Around 17,000
Day rate band
£180–£290/day
Call-out band
£55–£90
CIS prevalence
Medium — domestic refurbishment dominates over CIS
Nearby areas covered
Derby, Mansfield, Hucknall, Beeston, West Bridgford, Long Eaton
STEP 01

Send a message

Text Wedge on WhatsApp with the job details, customer name, and amount.

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Message

STEP 02

We handle the rest

Wedge creates a professional invoice and emails it to your customer with a payment link.

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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

Kitchen tiling£350.00
Total due£350.00

Secure payment powered by Stripe

STEP 03

Get paid

Your customer pays online. You get a WhatsApp notification when the money lands.

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Message

Everything you need to get paid

-WhatsApp-native

No app to install. Just message Wedge on WhatsApp like you would a mate.

-AI-powered parsing

Tell us who to invoice and how much. We figure out the rest.

-Professional invoices

Clean, branded PDF invoices sent straight to your customer via WhatsApp.

-Stripe payments

Your customers pay online by card. Money lands in your bank account.

-Automatic reminders

We chase late payers so you don't have to. Polite but persistent.

-VAT support

VAT-registered? We calculate and show VAT on every invoice automatically.

-MTD-ready records

Every invoice, expense and mileage entry stored digitally as it happens. CSV export for FreeAgent, Xero, QuickBooks or Sage.

A real job

Kitchen fit, labour-only

A homeowner has bought a 12-unit Howdens kitchen and wants you to fit it. Three days of labour, no materials supplied by you. You quoted £1,500 fixed price for the fit, plus £180 for additional joinery to make the worktop work around a chimney breast. Message Wedge: "Invoice Hannah Reid £1,680 for kitchen fit and chimney-breast worktop alteration at 22 Park Crescent. £1,500 fit, £180 additional joinery — customer supplied kitchen." Wedge generates a clean PDF with both line items, prints your NVQ Level 3 in the footer, sends Hannah the invoice on WhatsApp with a Stripe link, and chases on day three if unpaid. £1,663.20 lands in your account; Wedge keeps £16.80. No subscription. If she never pays, we never charge.

Wedge near you

Working with joiners in other UK cities — and other trades in Nottingham

Comparing invoicing apps? See Wedge vs TaskDrop for a side-by-side comparison.

Free forever. 1% only when your customer pays — capped at £50 per invoice.

No subscription, no setup fee, no card-on-file fee. We only earn when you actually get paid.

Only pay when you get paid
1% per paid invoice

Free forever. No monthly fee.

  • Unlimited invoices & quotes
  • Expense tracking
  • WhatsApp notifications
  • Stripe payment links
  • Automatic reminders
  • Professional PDF invoices
  • VAT support

See the math

Type any invoice amount. Toggle the payment method to compare.

£
Invoice amount£495.00
Stripe processing (1.5% + £0.20)−£7.63
Wedge fee (1%)−£4.95
You receive£482.42

Bank-transfer invoices remain free — we only charge when the customer pays by card or Open Banking.

Frequently asked questions

How do Nottingham joiners invoice for Victorian period-correct internal door work?+

Heritage internal doors (period-correct mouldings, brass fittings, sympathetic ironmongery) are noticeably more expensive than standard trade doors. Break out the door costs, ironmongery, and labour as separate invoice lines so the customer sees the heritage specification clearly. Wedge does this when you describe the breakdown in plain English.

How do I invoice for first-fix vs second-fix joinery?+

Just describe what you did in the message: "First-fix joinery — partition framing, door linings, window boards" or "Second-fix joinery — skirting, architrave, internal doors hung." Wedge picks up the description verbatim onto the invoice. Useful when first-fix invoices to the main contractor under CIS and second-fix invoices direct to the homeowner.

Can Wedge handle CIS subcontract joinery on new-build sites?+

Yes. Flag the job as CIS in your WhatsApp message — Wedge calculates the 20% deduction on labour only (never on timber or fixings you supplied), formats the invoice with reverse-charge VAT wording if both parties are VAT-registered, and prints your UTR in the footer for the main contractor's CIS return.

How do I invoice for heritage or listed-property joinery?+

Heritage joinery (sash window restoration, period skirting reproduction, lime-mortar-bedded oak beams) usually needs detailed materials and labour breakdowns because the customer wants to see what the period-appropriate spec is costing. Just describe each line in the message: "Sash window restoration — 4 sashes — £2,800 labour + £680 materials including period-correct putty and pulleys." Wedge breaks it onto the PDF cleanly.

Can I include my NVQ Level 2/3 or CSCS card details on the invoice?+

Yes. Add your qualification and CSCS card number once in the dashboard and they print in the footer of every invoice and quote. Useful on commercial sites where main contractors want evidence of competence, and on residential work for customers checking you're properly qualified.

How do I invoice for a staircase install spread over a week?+

Set a staged-payment quote — typically 30% deposit, 40% when the carcassing is in, 30% on completion. Wedge holds the schedule on the original quote; you message when each milestone is done and the next invoice goes out automatically. No retyping, no missed stage payments.

Can I invoice for a labour-only kitchen fit?+

Yes — most kitchen fitters work labour-only because the customer buys the kitchen direct from Howdens, Wickes, or B&Q. Just describe the work and your fee: "Invoice Hannah Reid £1,500 for fitting her Howdens kitchen — labour only, customer supplied kitchen." Wedge shows the labour-only nature clearly so VAT and any subsequent disputes are straightforward.

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