What is a progress claim?
A progress claim is a request for payment for the work completed up to a point in the job, against the payment schedule in your building contract. It is not a tax invoice for the whole job. It is a staged claim: base, frame, lockup, fixing, practical completion, plus any approved variations. The owner, or their lender, checks the stage is done and pays it.
Progress claim vs invoice
A progress claim is a claim for payment under the contract for a stage of work. An invoice is the tax document that follows once the claim is agreed. On a building job you usually raise the progress claim first, and the invoice reflects what was approved. Getting the claim right, with the stage, the contract reference and any variations, is what gets you paid without an argument.
How Sabeam drafts your claims
- Set up the job once. Upload the contract and Sabeam reads the payment schedule. Project setup
- Capture variations as they happen, by talking on site. Variation capture
- When a stage is done, Sabeam drafts the claim from the contract and approved variations, priced and ready.
- You review, adjust, and send the owner a clean claim to approve.
You are not re-typing the contract or hunting for variations. The claim is built from what is already in the system.
Getting paid is coming next
Today Sabeam drafts the claim. Secure payments, coming as a premium add-on, will go a step further: the owner funds each milestone up front, and the money is released to you the moment the stage is approved. It is not live yet. See how it will work
Common questions
What is a progress claim?
A request for payment for the work done up to a point in the job, against the payment schedule in your building contract. It is a staged claim (base, frame, lockup, fixing, practical completion) plus any approved variations, not a tax invoice for the whole job.
What is the difference between a progress claim and an invoice?
A progress claim is a claim for payment under the contract for a stage of work. An invoice is the tax document that follows once the claim is agreed. On a building job you usually raise the progress claim first, and the invoice reflects what was approved.
Do I need special software for progress claims?
No, but drafting them by hand is slow and easy to get wrong. Sabeam builds the claim from your contract and approved variations, so claiming is a review-and-send instead of an evening of spreadsheet work.
Does the homeowner need an account to approve?
No. They get a clean claim to approve, no login or app required.