Portland, OR
NEW ADDITIONS ESTIMATING.

## Addition Contracting in Portland Moves Fast — Your Bid Process Should Too Portland's housing stock is old. A significant share of homes in neighborhoods like Sellwood, Woodstock, and St. Johns were built before 1960, and owners are adding square footage rather than moving. ADUs, bump-outs, second-story additions — the pipeline is real. So is the competition. When a homeowner calls three contractors, the one who gets a detailed, professional bid back first wins a disproportionate number of jobs. Estimate.Pro gets you from walkthrough to sendable bid in 8 minutes. ## Why Addition Estimates in Portland Are Harder Than Most Cities Portland adds layers that other markets don't: **Ecoroof and stormwater requirements.** Bureau of Environmental Services stormwater management rules can apply when a ground-floor addition increases impervious surface. Miss that in your scope and you're eating change orders. **Title 24 / Oregon Energy Code.** New conditioned space requires envelope compliance — insulation values, window U-factors, air sealing. Oregon adopted the 2021 IECC with state amendments. Your estimate needs to account for blower-door testing on additions above a certain size threshold. **Seismic retrofit triggers.** Portland sits in a Cascadia Subduction Zone exposure area. Some addition projects trigger soft-story or cripple-wall reinforcement requirements under Portland's residential code. Those costs belong in your bid from day one, not as a surprise after permit review. **Historic and design review overlays.** Irvington, Ladd's Addition, and other historic districts require design review that adds time and fees. Factor that into your schedule and overhead. ## How Estimate.Pro Handles Addition Scopes Additions are multi-trade jobs. You're coordinating framing, foundation work, roofing, electrical, HVAC extension, insulation, drywall, and finish work — all under one bid. Estimate.Pro handles all 25 trades on a single platform, so you're not stitching together quotes from five different tools. **AR-assisted measurement.** Walk the existing footprint with your phone. On supported devices, ONNX-assisted live AR measurement captures dimensions directly. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you know exactly what to verify before you sign a contract. **Saved material cost workspace.** Portland lumber and concrete pricing isn't national pricing. Save your local supplier rates in your workspace and Estimate.Pro applies them automatically. When Parr Lumber or Pacific Plywood prices shift, you update once and every future bid reflects it. **AI scope-of-work generation.** After your walkthrough, describe the job — "800 sq ft rear addition, slab on grade, vaulted ceiling, existing HVAC to extend, new electrical subpanel." The AI drafts a line-item scope with quantities, material specs, and labor. You review, adjust, and send. **Stripe Connect invoicing.** Pro+ plans run at $0 platform fee. Send the contract, collect the deposit, and track draws — all without leaving the platform. ## What the Numbers Look Like in Portland Addition work in the Portland metro runs in a competitive band. Framing labor sits above the national median because of union scale influence and the tight trades labor market across Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties. Permit fees for residential additions are calculated on a valuation basis through the City of Portland Bureau of Development Services — a $150,000 valuation job carries fees that can reach into the $2,000–$3,500 range depending on plan check complexity and SDC charges. That fee structure belongs in your estimate as a line item, not absorbed into overhead. ## Plans Built for How You Work - **Free forever** — no credit card, no time limit. Start building estimates today. - **Pro at $39/seat/month** — full AI scope generation, AR measurement, saved cost workspace. - **Elite at $79/seat/month** — Stripe Connect invoicing, advanced invoice exports, priority support. - **Crew at $399/month flat** — your whole crew, one price. If you're running two or three addition projects at a time in Portland, the math on Crew is straightforward. ## The Bid That Wins Is the One That Arrives First Portland homeowners planning additions are often three to six months into a decision cycle before they call a contractor. When they do call, they move quickly. An estimate that takes a week to produce loses to a professional PDF that arrives in 24 hours. Estimate.Pro is built for that window. Walk the site, run the scope, send the bid — before you drive back to the office.