Quoting app for carpenters in the Australian Capital Territory
Decks, pergolas, framing and doors. Sumitt builds a sharp carpentry quote in minutes, then texts your client a link to accept, e-sign and pay the deposit.
Every rule and rate below for the ACT is read from Sumitt's own tables when this page renders, not written for it.
The rules in the Australian Capital Territory that Sumitt already knows
Every rule below is read, when this page renders, from Sumitt’s own law tables: the ones the quote builder, the variation composer, the extension-of-time notice and the payment-claim generator run on, and its table of the Security of Payment Acts of the states it builds no claim for. Sumitt warns and never blocks, and the page moves the day a table does.
Deposits in the ACT
No law capping a deposit was found for the Australian Capital Territory. A deposit of about 10% is common practice, not law.
Sumitt's default deposit is 10% of the total including GST. Sumitt warns you when a deposit goes over 10%, the common practice figure, and it never changes the deposit you set.
Licence line in the ACT
Sumitt's licence-line warning covers New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland today. It carries no line for the Australian Capital Territory, so the licensing rules there stay yours to check.
Security of Payment claims in the ACT
The ACT's Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2009 gives a right to progress payments and to give a payment claim (ss 10 and 15). It does not apply to a contract for insurable residential building work with a resident owner, to the extent that the contract relates to a building, or part of a building, where they live or intend to live; an owner who is or should be licensed as an owner-builder is not a resident owner (s 9(2)(b) and (7)).
Sumitt builds the payment claim for New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland today, not yet for the Australian Capital Territory, so in the app an overdue invoice there runs up the follow-up ladder to the letter of demand.
Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2009 (ACT)
Variations in the ACT
Sumitt carries no variation statute for the Australian Capital Territory, so what it shows there is practice, not law, and your contract may set its own process.
Put the change in writing with the price and time effect, and have both parties sign it.
Signed before the work starts is the practice that wins disputes, and Sumitt flags a running job that has an unapproved variation on it.
Sumitt structures the variation, records your signature as you send it and collects the owner's at the link, a record you keep, not legal advice. Where your contract sets its own variation process, follow it too.
Extensions of time in the ACT
In the Australian Capital Territory the contract sets the extension-of-time window. Sumitt's notice defaults to 10 calendar days from the day the delay ended, shows the countdown, and asks you to check the contract's own figure.
A template you serve in your own name, not legal advice. Your contract's own extension-of-time clause governs the window and the grounds, so check it and keep a copy of everything.
Sumitt provides software and templates, not legal, financial or tax advice. Check what applies to your contract.
What the work costs in Canberra / ACT
Sumitt's Canberra / ACT card runs materials at 1.05 and labour at 1.12 against the national card at 1.00. Outside the metro the Regional (freight + travel) card applies: materials 1.08, labour 1.03.
| Job | Cost | Floor | Healthy | Premium | Healthy, Canberra / ACT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merbau deckper m² · benchmark scope: 25 m2 merbau deck | $242 | $284 | $345 | $403 | $371 | Check your rate |
| Treated-pine deckper m² · benchmark scope: 25 m2 treated pine deck | $201 | $236 | $287 | $334 | $307 | Check your rate |
National figures per unit, ex GST, derived from Sumitt’s 2026 rate cards priced over the benchmark scope shown under each job; the last column prices the same scope on the Canberra / ACT card. Cost is the benchmark cost of doing the work before any margin, and Floor, Healthy and Premium are the sell rates that land those margins. Not a survey of what anyone else charges, and nothing here reflects what any Sumitt user charges. How to read it, and the method, are on the index.
Built for carpenters
Every figure here is read from the Carpentry rate card, takeoff engine and hazard library inside Sumitt when this page renders, so it cannot say more than the product does.
The rate card
18 lines in 5 groups, 5 with a grade or billing basis to pick. Size field: Deck / build area (m²). Every rate editable.
- Decking & outdoor
- Framing & interior
- Doors & trim
- Site
- Labour
The takeoff engine
Say it like this and the engine prices it off your card, deterministically.
- “20 m2 merbau deck, 5 steps, 12 lm balustrade, remove old deck”
- “hang 3 internal doors and 25m of skirting”
- “30 m2 merbau deck”
The safety pack
A SWMS drafted from the job you priced, with the carpentry hazard set:
- Cutting & machining
- Nail guns & fixing
- Deck & frame work at height
3 site questions to confirm before sign-off.
You review it against the site, edit it and sign. Sumitt prepares the paperwork; it does not make your business compliant.
The full breakdown, with the graded options, the line-triggered hazards and the PPE, is on the carpenters page.
Straight answers
What deposit can carpenters take in the Australian Capital Territory?
No law capping a deposit was found for the Australian Capital Territory. A deposit of about 10% is common practice, not law. Sumitt's default deposit is 10%. Sumitt warns you when a deposit goes over 10%, the common practice figure, and it never changes the deposit you set. Not legal advice.
Is there a licence threshold for carpenters in the Australian Capital Territory?
Sumitt's licence-line warning covers New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland today. It carries no line for the Australian Capital Territory, so the licensing rules there stay yours to check. Not legal advice.
Can carpenters make a Security of Payment claim in the Australian Capital Territory?
Yes. The ACT's Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2009 gives a right to progress payments and to give a payment claim (ss 10 and 15). It does not apply to a contract for insurable residential building work with a resident owner, to the extent that the contract relates to a building, or part of a building, where they live or intend to live; an owner who is or should be licensed as an owner-builder is not a resident owner (s 9(2)(b) and (7)). Sumitt builds the payment claim for New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland today, not yet for the Australian Capital Territory, so in the app an overdue invoice there runs up the follow-up ladder to the letter of demand. Not legal advice.
Do variations need to be in writing in the Australian Capital Territory?
Sumitt carries no variation statute for the Australian Capital Territory, so what it shows there is practice, not law, and your contract may set its own process. Put the change in writing with the price and time effect, and have both parties sign it. Sumitt prices the variation and collects the client's e-signature, and flags a running job with an unapproved variation. Not legal advice.
Sumitt provides software and templates, not legal, financial or tax advice.
Built for AU carpenters. Decks, pergolas, framing and second fix, priced properly.