Your contractor estimate, ready to price.
Your notes from the site visit become a clean estimate draft. You set every price, read it over and send it.
How a contractor estimate draft works
- You take the site notes the way you already do.
- You set every price yourself.
- You read the estimate and tap send.
- We set it up around your site notes.
- We write the estimates to sound like you.
- We keep it running and fix it if anything breaks.
You just tap yes.
You don't write these. We draft each one in your words. You tap yes.
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Estimate for Chris Hale 1842 Oak St · April 12 The work: tear off two layers and replace the roof Materials: architectural shingles Labor: the crew, two days Not included: gutters The total is the number we walked through on the roof. It holds for 30 days. Reply YES and I'll send you start dates. Hank · Hank's Roofing · (713) 555-0148
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Hi Chris, it's Hank at Hank's Roofing. Here's the estimate for the roof we looked at on Tuesday. It covers the tear-off and the new shingles. Take a look, and if anything's unclear, text me and I'll walk you through it.
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Hi Chris, I'm putting your estimate together for the roof. Before I price it, can you tell me the shingle color you want? That way the number is right the first time.
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Hi Chris, since you'd like to add the gutters, I've updated the estimate for the roof. The new total is the number we just went over, and everything else stays the same. Reply YES and I'll keep the 14th for you.
Live in 30 days.
- Week 1You give us access.
- Week 2We build it in your words.
- Week 3You try it and give us feedback.
- 30 daysLive, or we work free until it is.
Questions.
Enough that the customer can say yes without calling you. Put your business name and number, their name and the job address, what you'll do in plain words, materials and labor with a price for each, what isn't included, the total, and how long the price holds. Then say how to accept, like replying YES.
Write it from your notes while the job is still fresh, and use the same layout every time. That's most of how to write an estimate without losing an evening to it. With a draft already built from your site notes, your part is checking the work, filling in your prices and sending it.
A job estimate is a written best guess of what a job will cost, based on what you know before the work starts. It can change if the job changes. A quote is a set price for the work described, usually good for a set time. Customers often use the two words the same way, so say at the top which one you're sending.
No. You set every price, because you know your costs, your crew and what the job really takes. The draft lays out the work and the materials from your notes and leaves the price lines empty for you. Nothing goes to a customer until you or someone on your team has priced it, read it over and sent it.
Yes, AI can write the draft, and you set every price. It can turn rough site notes into a clean contractor estimate layout with the work, materials and what isn't included. It doesn't know your costs, your local prices or how long a job really takes your crew. Check every line, fill in your numbers, and then you or someone on your team sends it.
