Los Angeles, CA
FENCING ESTIMATING.

## Fencing Estimating in Los Angeles Moves Fast — Your Bids Should Too Los Angeles has roughly 3,900 miles of city streets, millions of residential parcels, and a construction market where a weekend of rain can flip your backlog overnight. Fence contractors here deal with hillside lots, narrow easements in the hills, HOA design review in places like Hancock Park and Brentwood, and LADBS permit windows that vary by project type. A bid that takes three days to produce is a bid you probably lost. Estimate.Pro gets you from job walkthrough to a sendable bid in a median of 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes LA Fencing Jobs Different **Sloped terrain is the default, not the exception.** Hollywood Hills, Silver Lake, Eagle Rock, Topanga — you are stepping material and racking panels on grades that flatten your linear-foot math fast. The app lets you document slope conditions during the walkthrough and applies the appropriate labor adjustment before the estimate is built. **LADBS fence permits have specific height thresholds.** In Los Angeles, residential fences up to 6 feet in the side or rear yard generally do not require a permit; anything taller, anything in a front yard exceeding 42 inches, or any fence in a hillside area often does. That distinction belongs in your scope-of-work, not buried in a footnote you add later. **HOA and Coastal Commission overlays.** Jobs in gated communities or within the California Coastal Zone carry design-review requirements that affect material selection, finish color, and sometimes maximum height. Your estimate needs a clear scope so the client understands what changes if the HOA rejects the first submittal. **Material costs swing with fuel and import pricing.** Redwood and cedar lumber prices in Southern California track Port of Los Angeles container volume. Welded wire and chain-link pricing follows steel futures. Estimate.Pro stores your material costs in a workspace you own and update — no locked-in national averages that don't match your supplier invoices from Pacific Coast Supply or your local yard. --- ## How the Workflow Works 1. **Walk the job.** Use the AR measurement tool on supported devices to capture linear footage, corner counts, and gate locations. On older devices or from photos, measurements are flagged as estimates so you know exactly where to verify. 2. **AI scope-of-work draft.** The app reads your site notes and photos and outputs a line-item scope: demolition of existing fence, post holes and concrete, panel type and spacing, gate hardware, cap rail, stain or paint if specified. You review and edit — nothing ships without your sign-off. 3. **Price it.** Your saved material cost workspace pulls in the lumber, hardware, and concrete prices you last set. Labor rates reflect what you actually pay your crew in the LA market, not a regional average from a study published two years ago. 4. **Send it.** The bid goes out as a branded PDF or a client-facing link. On Pro and above, Stripe Connect handles deposits and progress payments. Elite tier adds invoice exports for your accounting workflow. Platform fee is 3% on Free, 0% on Pro+. --- ## Pricing - **Free forever** — no credit card, no time limit, basic estimating - **Pro — $39/seat/month** — full AR measurement, saved cost workspace, Stripe Connect at 0% platform fee - **Elite — $79/seat/month** — everything in Pro plus invoice exports and advanced workflows - **Crew — $399/month flat** — covers your whole crew, no per-seat math --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Including Yours Fencing shares the platform with 24 other trades — concrete, hardscape, irrigation, landscaping, and more. If you sub out or bundle services, your scopes and bids stay in one place. --- ## Start Without Risk The free tier never expires. Create an account, walk your next job, and see whether the 8-minute target holds for a wood privacy fence in Silverlake or a chain-link install in the San Fernando Valley. No credit card required to find out.