Phoenix, AZ
NEW ADDITIONS ESTIMATING.

## Home Addition Estimating Built for Phoenix, Not for a Generic Suburb Phoenix is one of the fastest-growing metros in the country. That growth means addition work is constant — casitas, primary suite expansions, attached garages, and covered patios are on nearly every block in Chandler, Gilbert, Ahwatukee, and Peoria. The pipeline is real. The problem is that estimating additions in the Valley takes longer than it should, and a slow bid is a lost bid. Estimate.Pro puts a sendable estimate in your hands in a median of 8 minutes from the end of your walkthrough. --- ## Why Addition Estimating in Phoenix Has Its Own Wrinkles **The heat load changes everything.** Every addition in the Phoenix metro adds conditioned square footage. That means your HVAC sub needs a Manual J load calculation for the new space before anyone prices mechanical. If you bid the framing and electrical without flagging that downstream requirement, you get change orders and angry clients. Estimate.Pro's scope-of-work generator flags HVAC sizing requirements automatically when you document a conditioned addition. **Concrete slab-on-grade is the default.** Unlike markets with basements or crawlspaces, nearly every Phoenix addition lands on a new monolithic or stem-wall slab. Concrete pricing, rebar, and vapor barrier need to be in your scope from line one. The app carries your saved material costs so that Ready-Mix pricing you negotiated at your local batch plant stays in your workspace, not on a sticky note. **City of Phoenix permit fees are tiered by valuation.** The City of Phoenix Development Services Department calculates building permit fees based on project valuation using a fee schedule that steps at different dollar thresholds. An addition valued at $50,000 carries a meaningfully different fee than one valued at $120,000. You need to know your estimated construction cost before you can calculate the permit line item — which is another reason to get your cost estimate right before you pull the permit. **IRC and local amendments apply.** Phoenix adopts the International Residential Code with Arizona-specific amendments. The 2018 IRC is the current base code enforced in the City of Phoenix. Egress windows, ceiling heights, and fire separation requirements for additions attached to garages are all areas where local plan reviewers push back. Your scope document needs to call these out — a vague "addition per code" line gets flagged at plan check. **Summer scheduling drives your timeline.** Concrete pours and framing in July in Phoenix require early morning starts and adjusted crew schedules. That affects your labor hours per day and your project duration. If your bid assumes a standard 8-hour productive day in August, your margin will evaporate. Build realistic crew hours into your estimate. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Addition Contractors 1. **Walkthrough.** Walk the site with your phone. Use AR measurement on supported devices — ONNX-assisted live measurement — to capture dimensions of the addition footprint, ceiling height, and openings. Camera or photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you know what to verify. 2. **AI Scope-of-Work.** The app generates a line-by-line scope covering demo, foundation, framing, sheathing, roofing tie-in, windows and doors, insulation, drywall, electrical rough and trim, HVAC rough (with a Manual J reminder), plumbing if applicable, and finish work. You review it, add trade-specific line items for Phoenix conditions — stucco exterior, desert landscaping restoration, concrete flatwork — and remove anything that doesn't apply. 3. **Priced Estimate.** Material costs pull from your saved workspace. Labor rates reflect what you've set for your crew and market. The estimate is formatted and ready to send. No platform fee on Pro+ plans. If you take payment through Stripe Connect on the Elite tier, the platform fee is 0%. On the Free tier it's 3%. Invoice exports are available on Elite. --- ## Pricing That Matches How Addition Contractors Actually Work - **Free forever.** No credit card required. Run a real estimate before you spend anything. - **Pro: $39/seat/month.** Right for an owner-operator who bids everything personally. - **Elite: $79/seat/month.** Adds Stripe Connect with 0% platform fee and invoice exports — useful once you're collecting deposits on larger addition contracts. - **Crew: $399/month flat.** Covers your whole estimating team, no per-seat math. --- ## The Bottom Line for Phoenix Addition Contractors Additions are high-value, high-complexity jobs. The margin is there. The competition for those jobs is also real — Gilbert and Scottsdale are full of contractors chasing the same primary suite remodels. The contractor who walks out of a site meeting and sends a professional, itemized estimate within the hour wins more of those jobs than the contractor who says "I'll get something to you by end of week." Estimate.Pro is built to close that gap. Start free at Estimate.Pro.