Los Angeles, CA
HARDSCAPING / PAVERS ESTIMATING.

## Hardscape Estimating in Los Angeles Moves Fast — Your Bids Should Too Los Angeles hardscape contractors are competing for a dense, year-round market. Drought-tolerant landscaping mandates, permeable paver requirements, and hillside grading rules mean your bids carry more variables than a flatland job in most other cities. A missed slope calculation or a wrong base depth on an expansive clay soil lot can eat your margin before the first block is set. Estimate.Pro is built for contractors who do real work. You walk the site, the app builds the scope, and you have a sendable bid in 8 minutes. --- ### What Makes LA Hardscape Bids Different **Hillside and slope grading.** A significant portion of LA residential lots sit on grades that require engineered base prep, retaining walls, or step systems. Your estimate needs to account for cut-and-fill, compaction layers, and drainage — not just square footage of pavers. **Permeable paver compliance.** The City of Los Angeles and LA County both reference Low Impact Development (LID) ordinances that push permeable hardscape on new construction and major renovations. When a job spec calls for permeable interlocking concrete pavers (PICP), your material pricing and base aggregate quantities change substantially. Estimate.Pro's hardscape calculator handles ICPI PICP base section specs so you're not doing that math by hand. **Expansive soils.** LA sits on clay-heavy soils in many neighborhoods — Silver Lake, Highland Park, the Valley. Standard 4-inch compacted base is not always adequate. If your bid doesn't flag subbase depth adjustments, you're either losing money or losing the job to someone who quoted it wrong. **Drought and water-wise landscaping.** DWP and Metropolitan Water District rebate programs actively incentivize turf removal and hardscape replacement. That's a tailwind for your pipeline. It also means you're bidding against a larger pool of competitors chasing the same residential leads. --- ### How Estimate.Pro Works for Hardscape Contractors **Walkthrough → AI scope → priced bid in 8 minutes.** You do a site walkthrough with your phone. The app uses AR measurement on supported devices — ONNX-assisted live detection — to capture dimensions. On camera-only measurements, figures are marked as estimates so you know exactly what to verify before signing a contract. **Material cost workspace.** Save your current pricing for pavers, polymeric sand, base aggregate, edge restraints, and drainage materials. When supplier prices shift — and in LA they shift with port delays and fuel surcharges — update your workspace once and every future bid reflects it. **ICPI-aligned scope templates.** Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute installation standards are built into the scope defaults: base depth, bedding sand layer, joint sand, compaction specs. You're not reinventing the spec sheet on every job. **Retaining wall add-ons.** Many LA hardscape jobs include segmental retaining walls. Estimate.Pro supports wall takeoffs alongside paver areas in the same estimate — one document, one bid. **Invoicing and payments.** On Pro+ plans, Stripe Connect integration runs at 0% platform fee. Free tier runs at 3%. You can export invoices in formats your GC or property manager can process without a PDF-to-spreadsheet conversation. --- ### Pricing That Fits Your Operation - **Free forever** — no credit card, no time limit. Good for solo operators testing the workflow. - **Pro at $39/seat/month** — full estimating, AR measurement, saved material costs. - **Elite at $79/seat/month** — adds Stripe Connect at 0% platform fee and invoice exports. - **Crew at $399/month flat** — for shops running multiple crews and seats. There is no per-bid fee. You can send as many estimates as your schedule allows. --- ### Built for 25 Trades, Tuned for Hardscape Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. The hardscape workflow is not a generic construction template with a paver line item bolted on. It reflects how hardscape contractors actually price work: by area, material type, base system, edge detail, and access condition. If you're bidding driveway pavers in Brentwood, pool decks in Studio City, or commercial plaza hardscape in DTLA, the inputs match your real cost structure. Start free. Build your first estimate before you leave the job site.