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Austin's build market moves fast and prices high — which hides margin problems for years. CIVVY Side puts real job-level numbers under builders, remodelers, and service contractors across Central Texas.
- (512) 466-1519
- Cwhite@civvysideaccounting.com
- Canyon Lake, TX 78133
- Mon – Fri | 10am – 4pm
GROWTH HIDES A LOT OF EXPENSIVE MISTAKES
Austin has been kind to contractors. Demand has been strong enough for long enough that plenty of companies grew straight through mistakes they never had to notice — underbid jobs covered by the next job, margin erosion buried under top-line growth, change orders done on a handshake and never billed.
It works until it doesn't. When the market tightens or a big build goes sideways, the companies that survive are the ones that already knew their real numbers.
CIVVY Side builds that visibility. We cost every job — labor, materials, subs, equipment — so you can see which projects, which crews, and which types of work actually carry the business. Then we close the books monthly so the picture stays current instead of showing up nine months late in a tax return.
We work across Travis, Williamson, and Hays County with the trades doing the actual building: custom homes, remodels, electrical, solar, pools, landscape, and the service companies keeping it all standing.
WHAT AUSTIN CONTRACTORS GET FROM US
True Margin Per Project
High revenue with thin real margin is the Austin default. We separate the two so you stop confusing a busy year with a profitable one.
Change Order Discipline
Unbilled change orders are the single most common leak we find on Central Texas builds. We put a tracking process around them so scope creep gets invoiced, not absorbed.
Long Build Cycles
A custom home spans quarters. Draw schedules, retainage, and deposits wreck a cash picture if they're booked as plain revenue. We handle them properly so your reports mean something.
Sub & 1099 Load
Austin work runs heavy on subcontractors. We keep vendor records, W-9s, and 1099 tracking clean all year so January isn't a fire drill.
CENTRAL TEXAS TRADES WE SERVE
Project-based and recurring-service businesses where the profit lives at the job level.
WHAT WE DELIVER
SERVING AUSTIN & SURROUNDING AREAS
From central Austin out through the growth corridors north, south, and west.
AUSTIN QUESTIONS
Do you work with Austin clients in person or remotely?
Remotely, and that's a feature. Everything lives in QuickBooks Online with shared document workflows, so nobody is losing an afternoon to I-35 for a meeting that could be a screen share.
We're a builder with long project timelines. Can you handle draws and retainage?
Yes. Draw schedules, deposits, and retainage get booked so your revenue recognition matches reality instead of inflating a month and gutting the next one. That's the difference between a report you can price from and a report you can't.
What does bookkeeping cost for an Austin contractor?
Engagements start at $800/month and scale with transaction volume, number of jobs, and how much reporting you want. No long-term contract — we re-earn it monthly. Full breakdown is on our pricing page.
Can you work alongside our existing CPA?
That's the normal setup. We own the day-to-day books and monthly close; your CPA owns tax strategy and filing. They get clean, reconciled books instead of a year-end reconstruction project, and you get better advice out of them.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Building in Central Texas? Let's put real numbers under your next bid.