Hartford, CT
FENCING ESTIMATING.

## Fencing Estimates in Hartford Move Fast — Your Bids Should Too Hartford's housing stock is dense and old. You're quoting cedar privacy fences behind Victorian two-families in Blue Hills, chain-link along commercial lots on New Britain Avenue, and aluminum ornamental around historic properties in Asylum Hill where the city has specific aesthetic guidelines. Every job is different. Every customer wants a number fast. Estimate.Pro gives you a priced, sendable bid in 8 minutes from the end of your walkthrough. No spreadsheet. No back-and-forth with your supplier's price list. --- ## Why Fencing Estimates Are Harder Than They Look in Hartford **Soil and frost depth.** Connecticut's frost depth runs 48 inches in Hartford County. Post holes have to go deep — and that changes your labor time, concrete volume, and equipment needs. If your bid template doesn't account for frost-depth post setting, you're eating margin on every install. **Lot lines and permit requirements.** Hartford Building Department requires a permit for most fence installations over 6 feet, and for any fence on a commercial property regardless of height. You need a plat of survey or a site plan. Contractors who don't factor permit timelines into their project schedule end up with customers who think the job is late. **Material price swings.** Lumber costs in the Northeast have been volatile. A saved material cost workspace in Estimate.Pro lets you update your cedar board, post, and hardware prices once — every future estimate reflects current costs without manual editing. **Historic district rules.** Parts of Hartford — including portions of Asylum Hill and Frog Hollow — fall under city historic or design review guidelines. Certain fence styles, heights, and materials face additional review. Flagging this in scope-of-work documentation protects you when a customer later disputes why their vinyl fence application was kicked back. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Fence Contractors 1. **Walk the perimeter.** Use AR measurement on supported devices — ONNX-assisted live AR — to capture linear footage, gate openings, and grade changes. On older lots with irregular lines, camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so your customer knows the basis. 2. **AI scope-of-work.** The app drafts your scope: fence type, post spacing, gate count, concrete spec, frost-depth depth callout, permit note. You review and adjust. This is not a generic template — it reflects the selections you made during the walkthrough. 3. **Priced estimate.** Material quantities calculate from your measurements. Prices pull from your saved cost workspace. Labor rates are yours to set. The estimate is ready to send in 8 minutes. 4. **Payment and invoicing.** Pro+ subscribers pay 0% platform fee on Stripe Connect payments. Free tier is 3%. Either way, you can collect a deposit or final payment without chasing a check. --- ## Pricing That Fits a Small Fence Operation - **Free forever** — no credit card, no platform fee smoke-and-mirrors at signup. Useful for a solo operator testing the system. - **Pro at $39/seat/month** — saved material workspaces, full AR measurement, unlimited estimates. - **Elite at $79/seat/month** — adds Stripe Connect at 0% platform fee and invoice exports for your accountant. - **Crew at $399/month flat** — one price for the whole crew, no per-seat math. If you're running two or three crews through Hartford and the Farmington Valley, Crew tier makes the per-seat cost irrelevant. --- ## Fencing Is One of 25 Trades Supported Estimate.Pro is built across 25 trades. If you also do wood decking, gates, or light site work, those estimate types are in the same system. One login, one cost workspace, one payment flow. --- ## Built for the Contractor, Not the Accountant You're not at a desk all day. You're on Flatbush Avenue measuring a backyard, then driving to Wethersfield for the next quote. Estimate.Pro runs on your phone. The estimate goes out before you leave the parking lot. The customer gets a professional PDF. You get fewer "can you send me something in writing" calls. Start free. No credit card. If the 8-minute bid target doesn't hold on your first estimate, walk away — nothing lost.