Last updated 11 November 2026

Terms of Use

In plain English (the full text below applies if there is any difference): SquareMeter helps you measure and price tile jobs. The numbers are estimates built from your inputs and settings, so check quantities, rates and quotes before you send them to clients. You own your content. Use the service lawfully and keep your login safe. We provide it as is, and our liability is limited as far as New Zealand law allows.

1. Who these terms are with

These terms are between you and BUILDUP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (NZBN 9429053904935) (“we”, “us”), operator of SquareMeter at squaremeter.co.nz. By creating an account you agree to them. See our Privacy Policy for how we handle your information. You must be 18 or older and be using SquareMeter for the purposes of a business. By creating an account you confirm both. If you sign up on behalf of a company or other entity, you confirm that you have authority to bind it to these terms, and “you” then includes that entity. If we find that you do not meet these requirements, we may close the account under clause 9.

2. The service

SquareMeter is a browser-based takeoff-to-quote tool for tile contractors. It is provided “as is” and “as available”, and we do not promise it will be uninterrupted or error-free. We may improve, change or pause features. We will give you reasonable notice before we remove a feature you use to create or export quotes, unless the change is urgent or required by law, and you can ask us to export your data under clause 9.

3. Estimates are your responsibility

Quantities, waste, material needs and prices are estimates calculated from your inputs, measurements, rates and settings. You are responsible for checking them, and every quote, before you send it to a client. We are not liable for loss that results from you sending or relying on a quantity, price or quote without checking it, or from inputs, measurements, rates or settings that you entered, or that are wrong on the plans you uploaded. If you tell us about a calculation fault in SquareMeter itself, we will use reasonable efforts to correct it. Our liability for any such fault is subject to clause 10.

4. Your content

You own your content (plans, measurements, rates, quotes and other data you put into SquareMeter). You give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence, for as long as we hold it, to host, copy, back up, process, display and transmit your content, and to let our service providers do the same, only to provide SquareMeter to you. We own SquareMeter, its software, calculation engine, design and brand; you must not copy them or reverse engineer them except as the law allows. You confirm you have the right to upload your content, including client plans and any third-party drawings, and to give us any personal information in it for the purposes in clause 5. SquareMeter is not a party to your contracts with your clients, and you remain responsible for your quotes.

5. Client information you upload

Your content can include personal information about your clients, such as their names, email addresses, site addresses and plans. We hold and process it on your behalf to provide SquareMeter to you. We do not use it for our own purposes, and we look at it only if needed to give you support, keep the service secure or meet the law. You remain responsible for it under the Privacy Act 2020. You confirm that you have the right to collect it and share it with us, and that you have told your clients that their information is collected and held by you, including on cloud services that may be outside New Zealand. If one of your clients asks us for access to or correction of their information, we will pass the request to you promptly and you must deal with it. On your request, or when your account closes, we will export your content to you or delete it from our live systems. We will confirm your identity first and reply within 20 working days, and we will carry the request out as soon as we reasonably can after that. Copies in our providers’ backups are removed when those backups expire, and we may keep what the law requires us to keep. Your clients’ information is stored and processed by Convex (database and files) and passes through Vercel (which runs the website and delivers your files to your browser). It is not sent to Resend or Google. If a privacy breach affects client information we hold for you, we will tell you as soon as practicable after we become aware of it, with what we know, so that you can meet your own notification duties under the Privacy Act 2020.

6. Acceptable use

Do not break the law, upload malware, try to access other users’ data, probe or overload the service (including by scraping or automated access we have not agreed to), resell it or share your login with someone outside your business without our consent, use it to send spam to anyone, or use it to infringe anyone’s rights.

7. Your account

Keep your password and sign-in methods secure. You are responsible for activity under your account. Tell us promptly at support@squaremeter.co.nz if you think it has been compromised.

8. Pricing

SquareMeter is free during early access, which continues until we notify you that it has ended. We will give you at least 30 days’ written notice of the end of free access and of the fees that will then apply. We will not charge you unless you have accepted the fees. If you do not accept, you may stop using SquareMeter and ask us to export or delete your data under clause 9. Prices will state whether GST is included. You can stop using SquareMeter at any time.

9. Suspension and termination

You can stop using SquareMeter at any time. To delete your account, or to get a copy of your data, email support@squaremeter.co.nz; we will confirm your identity and reply within 20 working days. We may suspend your access if you materially breach these terms or if your use puts the security or availability of the service or other users at risk. Unless the risk is urgent or the law prevents it, we will tell you the reason and give you a reasonable chance (at least 7 days) to fix it first. We may end your access for an unremedied material breach, or for any other reason on 30 days’ written notice. If we end your access other than for your breach, you may ask us for an export of your data within 30 days after the end date, and we will respond within the timeframe in this clause. Clauses that by their nature should survive continue after termination.

10. Liability

To the extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for all claims arising out of or in connection with SquareMeter in any 12-month period is limited to the fees you paid us in that period, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss or loss of profit, except where the loss is caused by our fraud or wilful default. This clause does not limit liability that cannot be limited or excluded by law, or our obligations under the Privacy Act 2020. The same limits apply to you for your liability to us, other than your obligation to pay fees and your liability for breach of clause 6.

11. Consumer Guarantees Act

You confirm that you acquire SquareMeter for the purposes of a business and that you and we are both in trade. This agreement is in writing. To the extent the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 would otherwise apply, you and we agree that it does not apply to our supply of SquareMeter. In terms of section 5D of the Fair Trading Act 1986, you and we also agree that the sections of that Act that may be contracted out of under section 5D do not apply. Both parties agree this is fair and reasonable, having regard to the fact that SquareMeter is a business tool supplied to businesses and that early access is currently free. Nothing in this clause limits any right or remedy that the law does not allow to be excluded, including the Fair Trading Act 1986 provisions on unfair contract terms and unconscionable conduct.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms for a valid reason, such as a change in the law, a change to the service, or a correction. We will email you at your account address or tell you in the app at least 14 days before a change that is adverse to you takes effect, and will change the date above. Other changes may take effect on notice. If you do not accept a change, you may stop using SquareMeter and ask us to export or delete your data under clause 9. If you continue to use SquareMeter after the effective date, you accept the updated terms. A change does not apply to a dispute that arose before it took effect.

13. General

These terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the whole agreement between you and us about SquareMeter, to the extent it is fair and reasonable for them to be. No one other than you and us may enforce these terms. We may give you notices by email to your account address or in the app, and you may contact us at support@squaremeter.co.nz. If there is a dispute, please contact us first so we can try to resolve it. These terms are governed by New Zealand law, and the New Zealand courts have non-exclusive jurisdiction.

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