San Antonio, TX
KITCHEN REMODEL ESTIMATING.

## What It Takes to Bid Kitchen Remodels in San Antonio San Antonio's construction market moves fast. The metro added more than 20,000 new residents in a single year, and that population pressure pushes remodel volume up alongside new builds. Kitchen remodelers here compete against volume-shop franchises on the north side and solo operators undercutting on the south side. Your bid has to be accurate, fast, and professional enough to close before the homeowner calls the next contractor on the list. Estimate.Pro is built for exactly that job. --- ## The 8-Minute Bid Workflow You walk the kitchen. You open the app. By the time you're back at your truck, the scope-of-work draft is done. 1. **AR Walkthrough** — On supported devices, ONNX-assisted live AR measurement captures cabinet runs, island footprints, and wall lengths without a tape. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so nothing surprises you at install. 2. **AI Scope Generation** — The app reads your measurements and generates a line-item scope: demo, rough plumbing, rough electrical, cabinet installation, countertop fabrication, tile, appliances, finish trim. You review and edit, not build from scratch. 3. **Local Cost Data** — Your saved material cost workspace holds your actual prices from your San Antonio suppliers. Countertop stone from local stone yards, cabinet boxes from your preferred distributor, labor burden you've set yourself. The number that goes on the bid reflects your real margin, not a national average. 4. **Send** — PDF or client-facing link, signed and timestamped. Median time from walkthrough start to sendable bid: 8 minutes. --- ## Why Kitchen Estimating in San Antonio Is Different **Permit requirements matter here.** The City of San Antonio Development Services Department requires permits for kitchen remodels that involve moving or adding plumbing, electrical work beyond device replacement, or structural wall changes. A bid that ignores permit costs is a bid that loses money. Estimate.Pro lets you add permit line items directly to the estimate so the homeowner sees the real project cost upfront. **Labor rates shift by zip code.** Rates on the far north side near Stone Oak run higher than rates in established neighborhoods closer to downtown. Your estimate needs to reflect where the work actually is. You control labor rate inputs in your workspace. **Material lead times affect scheduling.** Custom cabinetry through San Antonio-area dealers can run six to ten weeks. Semi-custom ships faster but still requires coordination with countertop templating. Estimate.Pro scope templates flag these sequencing dependencies so you build the schedule into the bid narrative, not after the fact. **Homeowners compare multiple bids.** San Antonio homeowners are cost-conscious. A well-formatted, itemized estimate with a clear scope description closes faster than a one-line number. The AI-generated scope gives the client something to read, which reduces the "let me think about it" stall. --- ## Calculators and Features That Matter for Kitchen Work - **Cabinet linear footage calculator** — count upper runs, lower runs, and tall cabinets separately with door and drawer counts - **Countertop square footage** — L-shape, U-shape, island, and peninsula layouts with backsplash add-on - **Tile estimator** — floor, backsplash, and niche areas with waste factor you set (typically 10-15% for field tile, higher for pattern cuts) - **Rough-in cost inputs** — plumbing fixture count, electrical circuit additions, ventilation duct runs - **Markup and margin controls** — set material markup and labor burden independently per line item --- ## Pricing That Fits a Small Shop Free tier costs you nothing and requires no credit card. You get the core walkthrough-to-bid workflow immediately. Pro is $39 per seat per month. Elite is $79 per seat per month and adds Stripe Connect invoicing with 0% platform fee, invoice exports, and advanced workflow tools. Crew is $399 per month flat for the whole company. If you're collecting payments through the app, Pro carries a 3% Stripe Connect platform fee. Elite drops that to zero — it pays for itself on a mid-size kitchen remodel. --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Dialed In for Kitchen Remodelers Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Kitchen remodel scope templates are trade-specific: they include demo, cabinet, countertop, plumbing rough and trim, electrical rough and devices, flooring, and appliance installation as distinct phases. You're not adapting a generic construction template. You're starting from a workflow that already speaks kitchen. San Antonio kitchen remodelers work hard for every job. Your estimating tool should work at the same pace.