Miami, FL
SMART HOME / AV ESTIMATING.

## Smart Home and AV Estimating in Miami Miami is one of the densest markets in the country for high-end residential AV work. Brickell high-rises, Coral Gables estates, and the waterfront properties on Miami Beach routinely spec whole-home automation, distributed audio, motorized shading, and 4K multi-zone video distribution. That means your bids are long, your equipment lists are detailed, and the general contractors you work under expect a clean, professional scope-of-work document — not a handwritten quote. Estimate.Pro is built for exactly that job. ## What Makes Miami AV Estimating Different **High-rise condos change everything.** Pulling low-voltage through concrete slab construction — common in Brickell and Edgewater towers — takes more labor hours than a wood-frame house in the suburbs. Your estimates need to reflect sleeve work, conduit routing in finished ceilings, and coordination with the building's BMS (building management system). A flat per-room price will lose you money. **Humidity and salt air drive equipment choices.** Miami's coastal environment means you're specifying corrosion-resistant enclosures for outdoor AV installations, and specifying equipment rated for high-humidity environments indoors as well. Your scope-of-work should call this out explicitly — it protects you from warranty disputes and helps clients understand why the equipment costs what it costs. **Florida Building Code 2023** governs how low-voltage cabling is installed in new and renovated construction. NFPA 70 (NEC) Article 725 and Article 800 apply to your signal and communications cabling. Miami-Dade County enforces both, and inspectors here are active. Permit fees for low-voltage work in Miami-Dade typically run $100–$250 for residential projects, depending on valuation. **Tropical storm prep is a real line item.** Surge protection, UPS systems, and lightning arrestors are not optional upsells in South Florida — they're standard practice. Your estimates should carry them as named line items with quantities, not buried in an allowance. ## How Estimate.Pro Works for AV Integrators You walk the job. You capture rooms, rack locations, equipment drops, and conduit runs using the AR measurement tool on your phone. On supported devices, ONNX-assisted live AR measures the space directly. On other devices, photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you know what to verify. From the walkthrough, the AI scope engine drafts a structured scope-of-work: room-by-room equipment lists, cable types and run counts, rack build details, programming allowances, and commissioning time. That draft comes back in under 8 minutes — median time from walkthrough to a sendable bid. You adjust line items against your saved material cost workspace, which holds your vendor pricing for Crestron, Lutron, Sonos, and whatever other brands you carry. You're not re-entering costs from scratch every bid. **Free tier:** No credit card required. You get the core estimating workflow at $0. Stripe Connect payments carry a 3% platform fee on the Free plan. **Pro at $39/seat/month:** Your full estimating workflow with no platform fee on Stripe Connect payments. **Elite at $79/seat/month:** Adds invoice exports and full Stripe Connect integration for firms running larger install pipelines. **Crew at $399/month flat:** One price for the whole shop — multiple estimators, shared material workspaces, no per-seat math. ## Winning Bids in a Competitive Market Miami has a high concentration of AV integrators competing for the same luxury residential and commercial work. The contractors who win consistently are not the ones with the lowest price — they're the ones whose proposals look like they know what they're doing. A clear, itemized scope-of-work with named equipment, labor hours broken out by task, and a professional invoice builds trust before the job starts. Estimate.Pro gives you that document in the time it takes to drive back from the site. You close faster, you carry fewer unpaid bids, and your scope protects you when the client asks why the rack room needs a dedicated 20A circuit. Start free. No credit card. Your first bid takes 8 minutes.