Seattle, WA
FENCING ESTIMATING.

## Fencing Estimates in Seattle Move Fast — Your Bids Should Too Seattle's housing market keeps fence contractors busy year-round, but the wet season compresses your real install window. From April through September, your phone rings harder, your crew is stretched, and slow bids lose jobs to the next contractor who got back to the homeowner first. Estimate.Pro gets you from job-site walkthrough to a sendable, itemized bid in 8 minutes. That turnaround matters when you are quoting cedar privacy fences in Beacon Hill on Monday and chain-link for a Lake City commercial property on Tuesday. ## What Makes Seattle Fencing Estimates Different **Cedar is your default material — and it is not cheap.** Western red cedar, the preferred wood fence material in the Pacific Northwest, commands a significant premium over pressure-treated pine. Your material cost workspace in Estimate.Pro lets you save cedar board, post, and cap pricing from your local supplier. When lumber yards on the Eastside move prices, you update once and every template reflects it. **Slope is everywhere.** Seattle's terrain — Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, the Rainier Valley — means graded or stepped fence sections on the majority of residential jobs. The app's AR measurement tool captures grade changes on supported devices so your linear-foot count accounts for actual post spacing, not flat-ground assumptions. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates, so you know exactly what to verify on-site. **Permit thresholds matter here.** Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) requires a permit for fences over 8 feet in height. Many homeowners in shoreline overlay zones along Lake Washington and Puget Sound face additional setback rules. Knowing the threshold before you quote saves you from a mid-job surprise. **HOA density adds scope.** Seattle-area HOAs — especially in newer Eastside developments in Bellevue and Redmond that feed into regional contractor pipelines — frequently specify material type, color, and maximum height. Building an HOA approval caveat into your bid language protects your timeline. Estimate.Pro lets you add line-item notes and conditional scope blocks to every estimate. ## How the App Works for Fence Contractors 1. **Walk the property.** Use AR measurement on your phone to capture linear footage, gate openings, and grade. Supported devices run ONNX-assisted live AR; older phones use camera measurement flagged as estimate. 2. **AI scope-of-work.** The app drafts your scope — materials, post depth, gate hardware, demo if applicable — based on what you captured. You edit, not write from scratch. 3. **Priced estimate.** Your saved material cost workspace populates cedar boards, concrete, post caps, and hardware at your current supplier pricing. Labor rates apply by task. 4. **Send it.** Client gets a clean, professional estimate. You spent 8 minutes, not 45. ## Pricing That Fits a Fence Crew The Free tier costs nothing, requires no credit card, and lets you start sending estimates today. When your volume grows: - **Pro** — $39/seat/month - **Elite** — $79/seat/month, adds Stripe Connect invoicing with 0% platform fee and invoice exports - **Crew** — $399/month flat for unlimited seats, built for shops running multiple crews across King and Snohomish counties On the Free tier, Stripe Connect carries a 3% platform fee. Pro and above pay nothing extra on payments. ## 25 Trades, One Tool If you also quote decks, concrete flatwork, or retaining walls alongside fencing — common upsells on Seattle hillside properties — Estimate.Pro covers all 25 trades in the same workspace. No switching apps when a customer asks you to quote the fence and the terraced garden wall in the same visit. ## Start Without a Credit Card Create your free account, load your Seattle supplier pricing, and send your first estimate today. The 8-minute target is the median — most Seattle fence contractors hit it by their second job.