Charlotte, NC
FENCING ESTIMATING.

## Fencing Estimating Software Built for Charlotte Contractors Charlotte is growing fast. New subdivisions in Steele Creek, Ballantyne, and the University City corridor mean fence contractors here are running back-to-back residential installs alongside commercial work at mixed-use developments. That volume is good for business. It also means you can't afford to spend two hours building a quote in a spreadsheet. Estimate.Pro takes you from a jobsite walkthrough to a sendable bid in 8 minutes. That's the median time across the platform. Not a best-case demo scenario. --- ### What Makes Fencing Estimates Different in Charlotte **Terrain and soil conditions matter.** Much of Mecklenburg County sits on Piedmont red clay. Post setting in clay behaves differently than sandy loam—you may need to auger deeper or add gravel drainage at the base. Your estimate needs to reflect actual post depth and concrete volume, not a flat per-post guess. **HOA specs are everywhere.** Charlotte's master-planned communities—Ballantyne, Birkdale, Windmill Point—often have recorded fence standards specifying material type, height limits, and setback requirements. A bid that ignores those specs will come back for a revision, or worse, get pulled after install. Estimate.Pro lets you save material presets by subdivision profile so you're not starting from scratch each time. **Permit requirements in Charlotte are real.** Mecklenburg County requires a zoning permit for most fence installations that exceed 6 feet in height or are located in front yards. Residential fence work in Charlotte does not typically require a building permit for standard privacy fences, but zoning compliance is mandatory. Quoting without accounting for permit lead time can blow a project schedule. **Material pricing swings with regional lumber markets.** Western red cedar and pressure-treated pine are the volume movers in Charlotte's market. Your saved material cost workspace in Estimate.Pro lets you lock in current supplier pricing from your Charlotte-area lumberyard—US LBM, 84 Lumber on South Tryon, or your local dealer—so the number in your bid reflects what you actually paid last week, not a national average from six months ago. --- ### How Estimate.Pro Works for Fence Contractors **AR-assisted measurement.** On supported devices, Estimate.Pro uses ONNX-assisted live AR measurement to walk a fence line and capture linear footage. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you know exactly which numbers need field verification before you commit. **Scope-of-work generation.** After the walkthrough, the app produces a written scope. For a privacy fence job that might include: linear footage of 6-foot pressure-treated pine, number of line posts and terminal posts, gate count and hardware spec, concrete bags per post, and any grade-change labor adjustment. You review it, adjust it, send it. **Material and labor line items.** The estimate breaks out post material, panel or picket material, hardware, concrete, and labor separately. That matters when a Charlotte homeowner pushes back on price—you can show them exactly where the cost lives rather than defending a black-box number. **Stripe Connect invoicing.** On Elite, you can collect deposits and final payment directly through the platform. The platform fee is 0% on Pro+ plans. Free tier runs at 3%. --- ### Pricing - **Free forever** — no credit card required, no expiration - **Pro** — $39 per seat per month - **Elite** — $79 per seat per month (includes Stripe Connect and invoice exports) - **Crew** — $399 per month flat rate for larger operations running multiple crews There is no per-bid fee. You can send as many estimates as you can win. --- ### Built for 25 Trades, Tuned for Fencing Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Fencing is one of them, not a workaround from a general construction template. The line items, the terminology, and the scope logic are specific to fence work. If you're running jobs in Charlotte and still pricing off gut feel or a copied spreadsheet, you're leaving money on the table and giving faster-moving competitors the first look from every homeowner who gets three bids in 24 hours. Start free. No credit card.