San Francisco, CA
BATH REMODEL ESTIMATING.

## Bath Remodel Estimating in San Francisco Moves at Its Own Speed San Francisco is not a typical market. Edwardian flats in the Mission, 1920s Victorians in Noe Valley, high-rise condos in SoMa — each one carries a different structural reality before you pull a single tile. Walls hide knob-and-tube wiring. Subfloor heights vary three inches from one unit to the next. Your bid needs to account for that before the client signs anything. Estimate.Pro is built for bath remodelers who don't have time to babysit a spreadsheet between job sites. ## From Walkthrough to Sendable Bid in 8 Minutes The median time from completing a job walkthrough in Estimate.Pro to sending a priced bid is 8 minutes. That's not a marketing target — it's the measured median across the platform. Here's how it works for a bath remodel: 1. **Walk the space.** Use the AR measurement tool on supported devices — ONNX-assisted live AR measurement captures wall lengths, ceiling height, and floor area in real time. On older devices or from photos, measurements are flagged as estimates so your scope stays honest. 2. **Generate the scope.** The AI scope-of-work builder reads your measurements and produces a line-item draft: demo, waterproofing membrane, tile work, fixture rough-in, finish plumbing, GFCI compliance, ventilation. 3. **Price it.** Your saved material cost workspace holds your supplier pricing — Prager Brothers, Tiles Plus, or wherever you source locally. Labor rates are yours to set, not pulled from a national average that undersells San Francisco work. 4. **Send it.** The bid goes out directly from the app. Clients can review and accept without a PDF back-and-forth. ## What Makes San Francisco Bath Scopes Different **California Title 24 compliance.** Every bath remodel permit in San Francisco requires compliance with Title 24 Part 6 (Energy Code). That means low-flow fixtures, HVAC ventilation calculations, and lighting controls. Your scope should document this — not leave it as a verbal assurance. **SFPUC water efficiency requirements.** San Francisco Public Utilities Commission enforces WaterSense fixture standards on permitted remodels. If you're replacing a toilet, showerhead, or faucet, the spec needs to hit 1.28 GPF, 1.8 GPM, and 1.5 GPM respectively. Build those into your default fixture selections. **Seismic bracing on water heaters.** California requires strapping for water heaters per the California Plumbing Code Section 507.2. If your bath remodel touches the water heater — relocation, replacement, or access — document the bracing in the scope. It's a common inspection flag in San Francisco. **Permit routing through DBI.** San Francisco's Department of Building Inspection runs its own permit queue. A standard bath remodel permit (no structural, no electrical panel upgrade) typically routes through the Over-the-Counter permit process, but plan review times vary. Building that buffer into your project timeline, and noting it explicitly in your bid, protects you from client expectations misaligned with city timelines. ## Pricing That Fits How You Operate Estimate.Pro runs on three tiers: - **Free:** No credit card, no time limit. Core estimating for solo operators who want to test the workflow. - **Pro — $39/seat/month:** Full AR measurement, AI scope drafts, saved material cost workspace, and Stripe Connect at 3% platform fee. - **Elite — $79/seat/month:** All Pro features plus 0% Stripe Connect platform fee, invoice exports, and advanced workflow controls. - **Crew — $399/month flat:** For multi-crew operations billing across multiple jobs simultaneously. For a bath remodeler doing 4-6 jobs a month in San Francisco, the Pro tier typically pays for itself before the second bid goes out. ## Built for the Trades, Not Built for SaaS Demos Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Bath remodel is one of them, with scope templates that reflect real job conditions — not a generic handyman checklist. You get demolition sequencing, tile layout logic, rough and finish plumbing separation, and ventilation fan specs built into the default scope structure. If you're losing bids because your quotes take three days to produce, or winning jobs you shouldn't because you missed a waterproofing line item, the problem is the process — not your skill. Fix the process. Start free. No card required.