Richmond, VA
FENCING ESTIMATING.

## Fencing Estimates in Richmond Move Fast — Your Bids Should Too Richmond's housing market keeps fence contractors busy year-round. New construction in Scott's Addition, infill lots in Church Hill, and aging wood privacy fences throughout Henrico County all land on your schedule at the same time. Juggling tape measures, hand-written square footages, and spreadsheet line items costs you hours you don't have. Estimate.Pro cuts that down to 8 minutes — median time from walkthrough to a sendable bid. --- ### What Makes Fencing Estimating Different in Richmond **Soil and terrain.** The James River corridor means you're regularly bidding jobs with slope changes, clay-heavy soil, and tree-root interference. Your post depth and concrete per-hole assumptions can't come from a national template. Estimate.Pro lets you save a material cost workspace specific to your local conditions — clay-soil concrete upcharge, longer posts, augur rental — so every bid reflects your actual costs, not a national average. **HOA requirements.** Neighborhoods like The Fan, Forest Hill, and Midlothian suburbs are heavy with HOA covenants that restrict fence height (commonly 4 ft in front yards), material type, and color. Estimate.Pro's scope-of-work notes let you flag HOA approval as a pre-condition line item on every relevant bid, so you're not eating change orders when a homeowner's board sends the job back. **Permit requirements in Henrico, Chesterfield, and the City of Richmond.** Fence permits in the City of Richmond are required for fences over 6 ft. Chesterfield County requires a zoning permit for most fences regardless of height. Henrico County requires permits for fences in flood zones. When you're bidding across jurisdictions in a single week, you need a consistent way to price permit fees into the estimate. Estimate.Pro's line item structure lets you assign permit costs per jurisdiction and keep them consistent across your saved templates. --- ### How Estimate.Pro Works for Fence Contractors **Walkthrough → AR measurement.** On supported devices, Estimate.Pro's ONNX-assisted live AR measurement captures fence run lengths in the field. On jobs where you're working from photos or a client-submitted site plan, measurements are flagged as estimates — you always know what's field-verified and what isn't. **AI scope-of-work.** After your walkthrough, the AI drafts a full scope: post spacing, material type, gate count, post caps, concrete bags, demo of existing fence if applicable. You review, adjust, and confirm. The heavy writing is done before you get back to the truck. **Priced estimate in minutes.** Your saved material cost workspace pulls in your local lumber yard pricing, vinyl panel costs, chain-link gauge preferences, and labor rate. The estimate your client sees reflects the numbers your business actually runs on. **$0 platform fee.** On the Pro+ plan, Estimate.Pro charges no platform fee on payments processed through Stripe Connect. That's 0% taken off the top when a homeowner pays a deposit on a $4,800 wood privacy fence job. --- ### Plans Built for How You Work - **Free tier** — no credit card, no time limit. Start building estimates today. - **Pro — $39/seat/month.** AR measurement, AI scope-of-work, saved material cost workspace. - **Elite — $79/seat/month.** Adds Stripe Connect invoicing and invoice exports. - **Crew — $399/month flat.** Unlimited seats. Right for fencing companies running multiple crews across Richmond, Henrico, and Chesterfield simultaneously. --- ### Built for 25 Trades, Including Fencing Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. If your crew also does decking, concrete flatwork, or gate automation, those scopes live in the same platform. One login, consistent estimate format, same client-facing bid template across every job type. Richmond fence contractors are competing against larger regional operators and solo owner-operators who undercut on price. The contractors who win consistently are the ones who show up fastest with a professional, detailed bid. Estimate.Pro is built to get you there.