Cincinnati, OH
KITCHEN REMODEL ESTIMATING.

## Bid Kitchen Remodels in Cincinnati Without the Spreadsheet Grind Cincinnati's housing stock tells the story before you pull a single cabinet. You're working in Craftsman bungalows in Hyde Park, post-war ranch kitchens in Delhi Township, and gut-renovation condos in Over-the-Rhine. Each job has different ceiling heights, different rough-in locations, and a different conversation with the homeowner about budget. One generic estimating template does not cover all three. Estimate.Pro is built for that reality. Walk the kitchen, capture measurements with AR on supported devices, and get a priced scope-of-work in a median of 8 minutes. The estimate leaves your phone ready to send—line items, labor, materials, and markup all included. --- ## What Makes Kitchen Estimating Different in Cincinnati **Labor costs are specific here.** Greater Cincinnati carpenter and tile setter rates sit below the national median but above rural Ohio markets. If you're pulling in subs for plumbing rough-in or electrical panel work—common on pre-1970s homes that make up a large share of Hamilton County's housing—those sub costs need to be captured per job, not averaged in from a national database. Estimate.Pro lets you save your own material and labor cost workspace so your numbers reflect what you actually pay your subs, not what a software company thinks you should. **Hamilton County permits add a real line item.** A kitchen remodel that touches plumbing or electrical in Cincinnati requires separate mechanical, plumbing, and building permits through Cincinnati's Department of Buildings and Inspections. Fees are calculated by valuation. On a mid-range kitchen at $40,000–$60,000 in project value, expect $300–$600 in combined permit fees before inspections. That cost belongs in your bid, not absorbed in your margin. **The Ohio Building Code applies statewide, but local amendments matter.** Cincinnati and Hamilton County enforce the 2019 Ohio Building Code, which adopts the IBC and IRC with state amendments. GFCI protection requirements (IRC E3902) affect nearly every kitchen remodel. If the job is in an older home with a 100-amp service, you may be recommending a panel upgrade to get to NEC 210.52 kitchen circuit requirements—two 20-amp small appliance circuits minimum. That scope change needs to show up in your estimate before you're on-site, not after demo. **Seasonality affects your pipeline.** Cincinnati kitchen remodel demand concentrates in spring (March–May) and fall (September–October) when homeowners are planning before and after summer. Winter slowdowns are real. That means you're competing hard for jobs in Q2 and need bids out fast. An 8-minute estimate lets you respond same-day when a Hyde Park homeowner sends three contractors the same inquiry on a Tuesday. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Kitchen Remodelers **Walkthrough capture.** Use your phone camera to log existing conditions—cabinet runs, appliance locations, window openings, soffit heights. On supported devices, ONNX-assisted AR measurement gives you live dimensions. On any device, photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you know what to verify. **AI scope-of-work generation.** After the walkthrough, the AI drafts a line-item scope: demo, cabinetry, countertops, backsplash, flooring, plumbing rough-in and trim, electrical, appliances, and finish work. You review and edit. Nothing locks you out of changing a line. **Your cost data, not ours.** Save your Cincinnati-specific material costs—what you pay at your local supplier for 3cm quartz, 42" uppers, or LVP flooring—and those numbers populate automatically on the next bid. **Send from the field.** The finished estimate goes to the client as a professional PDF or a client-facing link. No going back to the office to reformat a spreadsheet. **Payments on Pro+ tiers.** If you're on Elite, Stripe Connect is built in with 0% platform fee. On the Free tier, Stripe Connect carries a 3% platform fee. Collect deposits or progress payments from the same tool you used to build the bid. --- ## Pricing That Works for Independent Remodelers Estimate.Pro has a free tier—no credit card required, no time limit. When you're ready to add seats or advanced workflows, Pro is $39 per seat per month and Elite is $79 per seat per month. If you're running a crew with multiple estimators, the Crew plan is $399 per month flat. There is no per-estimate fee. A busy spring season with 30 bids costs the same as a slow January with 4. --- ## Built for Cincinnati's Kitchen Remodelers You don't need software written for a national franchise. You need something that accounts for Hamilton County permit fees, Ohio Building Code electrical requirements, and what your tile sub actually charges. Estimate.Pro gives you that without locking your cost data in a black box. Start free. Build your first estimate today.