AreaSum Reviews & Product Details

AreaSum is floor plan takeoff software built for the flooring trade in Australia and New Zealand. Most estimating tools are built for general construction and treat flooring as one line item among hundreds. AreaSum does the opposite: it does flooring takeoffs properly and nothing else. The workflow is built around how flooring shops actually quote. Upload the PDF plan you were sent. Calibrate the scale once against a labelled dimension, such as a wall length or a door width. Trace each room, assign a material, and AreaSum calculates per-room area in square metres and linear metres on every edge for skirting, scotia and trim. Wastage is applied per material, so carpet and hard flooring are not forced to share one project-wide percentage. Multi-page plans are handled natively, with a separate scale per page and totals that roll up across the whole set. Tile takeoffs include tile size, grout joint, laying pattern and box counts. Carpet work gets cut planning on the Pro plan, mapping every cut off the roll so drops and offcuts are planned before the order goes in. The output is the part that matters to a customer. AreaSum exports a quote-ready PDF with the original floor plan preserved as the page background and your room outlines, labels and edge lengths drawn over the top as crisp vectors, not a screenshot or a spreadsheet. Per-material totals sit on the cover page in the order a quote needs them. It runs in the browser on any computer, needs no CAD experience, and a takeoff typically takes minutes rather than an afternoon with a scale ruler.