New Orleans, LA
BATH REMODEL ESTIMATING.

## Bath Remodel Estimating in New Orleans Moves at Its Own Pace New Orleans is not a standard remodel market. The housing stock skews old — Creole cottages, shotgun doubles, and camelback houses built before modern plumbing standards. When you walk a bathroom in Mid-City or the Marigny, you are not just scoping tile and fixtures. You are scoping cast-iron drain lines, knob-and-tube proximity, and subfloor rot that humidity has been working on for decades. That complexity eats time when you are writing estimates by hand. Estimate.Pro gives you a structured walkthrough that captures that scope in the field, runs it through an AI scope-of-work engine, and produces a priced, sendable bid in a median of 8 minutes. ## What Makes Bath Remodels Different in This Market **Moisture and substrate conditions.** New Orleans averages over 60 inches of rain per year and sits at or below sea level in most neighborhoods. Substrates fail here in ways they do not in drier climates. Your estimate needs to account for waterproofing membrane spec (ANSI A118.10 or better), cement board or foam tile backer, and the real probability of subfloor replacement — not just the optimistic version. **Older plumbing configurations.** Pre-war homes frequently have 3-inch cast-iron stacks and non-standard rough-in dimensions. A 12-inch rough-in assumption will burn you. The app lets you log actual rough-in measurements during the walkthrough so your fixture allowances match the job. **Permit requirements through NOBC.** The New Orleans Building Code (NOBC) requires permits for bathroom plumbing changes, structural alterations, and any work touching the electrical panel. Permit fees are calculated on job valuation. Scoping accurately up front keeps your declared valuation honest and your fee predictable. **Historic district overlays.** A significant portion of the city's older residential stock falls under Vieux Carré Commission or Historic District Landmarks Commission review. If your client's property is in a regulated overlay, material choices and even fixture visibility from the street can become approval conditions. Flag this at the walkthrough stage, not after demo. ## How Estimate.Pro Handles This Scope During the walkthrough, the app guides you through a trade-specific checklist built for bath remodelers. You capture existing conditions — floor substrate, wall assembly, drain location, ceiling height, fixture count — and the AI scope-of-work engine converts those inputs into a line-item estimate. AR measurement on supported devices lets you measure the room live with your camera. On unsupported devices, photo-based measurements are flagged as estimates so you know exactly what to verify before the bid goes out. Your material costs live in a saved workspace you control. Set your local tile, fixture, and cement board pricing once. The estimate pulls from your numbers, not a national average that does not reflect what your Metairie supplier charges this week. ## Sending the Bid and Getting Paid Once the estimate is built, you send it directly from the app. On the Free tier, Stripe Connect payments carry a 3% platform fee. Upgrade to Pro at $39 per seat per month and that fee drops to 0%. Elite at $79 per seat per month adds invoice exports and full Stripe Connect workflows — useful if you are managing multiple jobs across Uptown, Gentilly, and the Westbank at the same time. For larger crews, the flat $399 per month Crew plan covers the whole team without per-seat math. ## The Bottom Line for New Orleans Bath Remodelers You are competing against contractors who low-ball scope because they do not account for what this city's housing stock actually requires. A precise estimate built from a real walkthrough — one that includes subfloor risk, proper waterproofing spec, and accurate permit costs — wins more of the right jobs and loses fewer of the wrong ones. Estimate.Pro is free to start. No credit card. Walk a job today and have the bid in the client's inbox before you leave the driveway.