Explore CSLB classifications, public work, home improvement contracts, project rules and payment in California.
88 guides in this market. Search and every subject below stay within California.
The entity, the registrations and the accounts, in the order the paperwork actually happens.
Permits, tenders and bid lists, read the way an estimator reads them.
Prequalification packets, bid-ready checklists and the paperwork that gets you on the list.
What an hour really costs, the markup you set on purpose, and assumptions in writing.
Extras in writing, the day-to-day board, and the safety rules that gate the site.
Invoices, the statutory clocks, and the remedy that matches the amount.
The tax, comp and licensing regimes that decide whether the work was legal to begin with.
Every classification guide, banded the way the CSLB bands the licences themselves.
From qualified to contracted, in the order the paperwork actually happens.
California lien deadline calculator
It is 90 days until the owner records a Notice of Completion. Then it is 60 for a direct contractor and 30 for everybody else. Enter your dates and see which one you are on.
California prompt payment and retention calculator
Two clocks, not one. Progress payments run from the payment demand; retention runs from completion, not from your final invoice. Enter both dates and see which one is actually late.
Hourly rate calculator
Overhead, billable days and the wage you want in. The hourly rate that pays for all three.
Markup and margin calculator
Add twenty percent to your costs and you keep sixteen point seven. Enter one job and see the price, the profit, both percentages, and what the mix-up is worth in dollars.
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