32 Years in the Building Trade
Pindi Sahota started as a plasterer in Coventry in the early 1990s. He learned the trade properly — wet
plaster on solid walls, floating and setting, artex removal, dot and dab — before broadening into general
building work. Over three decades he has managed renovation projects ranging from single-room refurbishments
to full house gut-outs, property developments, HMO conversions and commercial office fits.
That breadth of experience is what makes his writing different. When Pindi writes about how to quote a
bathroom renovation, he isn't drawing on theory. He's drawing on hundreds of bathroom quotes, the jobs that
went over budget, the ones that didn't, and the hard lessons that came with both. Every article on
RenoCalc is written from direct trade experience, not borrowed from someone else's content.
Based in Coventry, he is the director of Future Build Cov Ltd (Company No. 12311977, VAT 470961573),
registered at 242 Hollyfast Road, Coundon, Coventry CV6 2AH.
The Problem He Kept Hitting
The frustration started slowly. Every time a client asked for a quote, Pindi would go home, open a
spreadsheet, and start working through the rooms. Measure from the floor plan. Calculate plaster area.
Work out tiling. Price the materials. Add labour. Do it again for the next room. Repeat for every trade.
Two hours. Sometimes three. For a single quote. And if the client wanted a revision — a smaller kitchen,
a different specification — it meant going through the whole thing again.
In 2023, Pindi started building RenoCalc. Not as a software project in the conventional
sense — he brought in technical partners for the development — but as a product built entirely around a
builder's requirements. Every feature in RenoCalc exists because he needed it. The AI floor plan scanner.
The trade-by-trade breakdown. The Excel output. The cover letter. The method statements. The schedule of
works. All of it.
The result is software that turns a floor plan image into a complete professional quote pack — ready to
send to a client — in under three minutes. Builders in over 150 countries now use it.
Career Timeline
Early 1990s
Started as a Plasterer, Coventry
Wet plaster, floating and setting, rendering, artex removal. Learnt the trade from the ground up on residential sites across the West Midlands.
Late 1990s
Expanded into General Building
Took on full renovation contracts covering carpentry, tiling, first and second fix, and project management. Started running his own small crews.
2000s
Full Renovation Projects and Property Development
Moved into full house refurbishments, extensions, loft conversions and HMO conversions. Developed a detailed understanding of construction costing at every trade level.
2010s
Commercial Refurbishment and Estimating
Added commercial office and retail fit-out work. Spent years pricing jobs manually — and increasingly frustrated by how long it took.
2019
Founded Future Build Cov Ltd
Established Future Build Cov Ltd as the formal entity for his construction operations. Company No. 12311977, registered in England and Wales.
2023
Built RenoCalc
Developed and launched RenoCalc — AI renovation quoting software that generates a complete quote pack from a floor plan in under 3 minutes. Solved the problem he had lived with for decades.
2025–2026
RenoCalc Reaches 1,000+ Builders in 150+ Countries
RenoCalc grows beyond the UK. Builders across Europe, North America, and Australia adopt the platform. Continues writing practical guides drawing on 32 years of trade knowledge.
What Pindi Writes About
Every article Pindi publishes on RenoCalc is grounded in the specific knowledge that comes from three
decades of building work. He writes about renovation costs, construction quoting, trade pricing,
estimating software and the business side of running a building firm — all from a first-person perspective.
He also writes about the costly mistakes that come with the trade. His article on the
£400,000 job that nearly finished him
is one of the most widely read pieces on the site — because it's real, and because every builder recognises
something in it.