Buffalo, NY
SMART HOME / AV ESTIMATING.

## Smart Home and AV Estimating Built for Buffalo Contractors Buffalo's housing stock is one of the oldest in New York State. Pre-war brick doubles in Elmwood Village, 1960s colonials in Amherst, and new construction in Clarence all demand different AV scopes — different wire runs, different wall materials, different client expectations. A flat bid template built for Phoenix or Austin will cost you margin every time. Estimate.Pro is built around the actual work. You walk the job, log the rooms, and the AI generates a scoped estimate — structured wiring, distributed audio, home theater, networking backbone, lighting control — priced against your saved material costs. Median time from walkthrough to sendable bid is 8 minutes. --- ## Why AV Estimating Is Different in Buffalo **Older construction adds scope.** A significant share of Buffalo's housing was built before 1970. That means knob-and-tube remediation questions on renovation jobs, plaster walls that slow low-voltage rough-in, and attics that aren't rated for wire runs without additional firestopping. Every one of those conditions adds labor hours that a square-footage multiplier won't catch. **Heating systems affect AV rough-in timing.** Western New York's heating season runs roughly October through April. Forced-air systems in older homes create scheduling dependencies — HVAC contractors are on-site in the same walls where you're pulling CAT6 and HDMI. Coordinating that sequence affects your labor estimate. Estimate.Pro lets you flag phased work and assign labor by trade stage so your bid reflects real job conditions. **Erie County permit requirements apply to low-voltage work.** Low-voltage installers in Erie County operating under a home improvement contractor registration must document scope on permitted residential projects. Knowing that upfront means your bid includes the right line items and you're not absorbing permit coordination costs after the contract is signed. **New construction in suburban Buffalo is active.** Towns like Clarence, Lancaster, and Hamburg continue to see residential development. Builders in those markets want AV pre-wire scopes turned around fast — a multi-day bid cycle loses jobs to integrators who can quote same-day. --- ## What You Get in Estimate.Pro **AR-assisted measurement** on supported devices uses ONNX-assisted live AR to measure rooms on-site. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so your scope documents are honest. **Saved material cost workspace** lets you lock in your Buffalo-area pricing from distributors like Snap One dealers and regional electrical suppliers, then pull those numbers into every bid automatically. **AI scope-of-work generation** reads your walkthrough notes and produces line-item scopes covering structured wiring, AV equipment, control systems, and labor — organized by room and phase. **Stripe Connect invoicing** is available on Elite plans. Send the bid, collect the deposit, and track payments without a separate tool. Platform fee is 0% on Pro and above — Stripe's standard processing rate applies, nothing on top. **Free forever tier** requires no credit card. You can build and send your first bid before you've paid anything. --- ## Pricing - **Free** — core estimating, no credit card required - **Pro** — $39 per seat per month, 0% platform fee on payments - **Elite** — $79 per seat per month, Stripe Connect, invoice exports - **Crew** — $399 per month flat for larger operations --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Purpose-Fit for AV Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. The AV and smart home workflows are not adapted from a general construction template — they account for control system licensing tiers, zone-based audio pricing, and the distinction between a pre-wire scope and a trim-out scope. That specificity matters when you're competing against IT shops and electricians who are moving into the AV space and underbidding on scopes they don't fully understand. If you're a Buffalo AV integrator writing bids on spreadsheets or in your head, you're leaving margin on the table and spending time you don't have. Estimate.Pro closes that gap.