Richmond, VA
KITCHEN REMODEL ESTIMATING.

## Kitchen Remodel Estimating in Richmond, VA Richmond's housing stock runs the full range—Fan District rowhouses built in the 1910s, Northside bungalows from the 1940s, and newer construction out toward Short Pump and Midlothian. Each job type carries its own scope risk. A Fan kitchen gut means plaster walls, knob-and-tube you'll need to document for the permit, and cabinets that don't conform to modern 24-inch depths. A Short Pump spec home means HOA finish requirements and clients who pulled comps on Houzz before you showed up. Estimate.Pro is built for exactly that variability. You walk the job, capture measurements with AR on supported devices (camera-based measurements are flagged as estimates), and the app drafts a line-item scope of work in a median of 8 minutes. You're not starting from a blank spreadsheet at 9 PM. ### What Richmond Kitchen Remodelers Actually Deal With **Permitting through the City of Richmond Department of Planning and Development Review.** A kitchen remodel that moves plumbing, adds circuits, or touches load-bearing walls requires a building permit plus trade sub-permits (mechanical, electrical, plumbing). Turnaround on residential permits runs 10–15 business days on average for over-the-counter submittals, longer for projects that require plan review. Your bid needs to account for that lag—and for the cost of the permits themselves. **Labor rates are rising faster than material costs right now.** Skilled finish carpenters and tile setters in the Richmond metro are billing at rates that reflect competition from the Northern Virginia corridor. If your estimate uses national cost data from a book published 18 months ago, you're losing margin on labor before the job starts. Estimate.Pro lets you maintain your own saved material and labor cost workspace so your numbers reflect what you're actually paying your subs in Henrico and Chesterfield counties. **Old homes hide scope.** Galvanized supply lines, cast iron drain stacks, and undersized electrical panels are common findings in the city's older neighborhoods. A $28,000 kitchen estimate that doesn't include an allowance line for concealed conditions is a problem waiting to happen. The Estimate.Pro scope-of-work generator includes allowance and exclusion fields so your contract protects you when the walls open up. ### How the Estimate Builds 1. **Walkthrough capture.** Use AR measurement on a supported device or photograph the space. Rooms, windows, and door openings are logged. 2. **AI scope draft.** The app generates line items—demo, rough carpentry, cabinet installation, countertop fabrication and set, tile backsplash, plumbing trim-out, electrical devices, appliance connection, punch and paint. You edit, add, or delete. 3. **Price with your numbers.** Pull from your saved cost workspace. Adjust for the job's specific conditions—older home, third-floor access, phased occupancy. 4. **Send the bid.** Client gets a professional, itemized proposal. On Pro and above, you can collect a deposit through Stripe Connect with zero platform fee. ### Pricing That Fits Your Operation - **Free forever.** No credit card. Full estimating workflow. - **Pro — $39/seat/month.** Saved cost workspace, unlimited bids. - **Elite — $79/seat/month.** Stripe Connect invoicing (0% platform fee), invoice exports. - **Crew — $399/month flat.** Covers your whole team, no per-seat math. The Free tier is a real working tool, not a crippled demo. You can build and send a complete kitchen remodel estimate without paying anything. ### Richmond-Specific Considerations in Your Scope If the job is in a **historic overlay district**—Old and Historic Richmond, Ginter Park, Oregon Hill, and others—exterior changes require a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Commission of Architectural Review. Interior kitchen remodels typically don't trigger CAR review, but if the project involves window replacement or any exterior work bundled in, confirm before you bid. For homes in **flood-prone areas** near the James River or Shockoe Bottom, check FEMA flood zone status before specifying flooring and cabinet materials at or below grade. Waterproof substrate and LVP over hardwood is the defensible spec, and that changes your material cost line. On the electrical side, any new circuits in a Richmond kitchen remodel fall under the **Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code**, which adopts the NEC with state amendments. Dedicated 20-amp circuits for countertop receptacles, AFCI protection, and GFCI within six feet of the sink are standard scope items—include them explicitly so you're not absorbing them later as extras. Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. If your kitchen job includes HVAC makeup air for a new range hood, bathroom work tied to the same permit, or a mudroom addition, those scopes are in the same system. One walkthrough, one bid package.