Detroit, MI
LANDSCAPING / LAWN CARE ESTIMATING.

## Landscaping Estimating in Detroit Moves Fast — Your Bids Need To Match Detroit's landscaping season is compressed. The ground thaws late April, freezes again by November, and every residential and commercial client in the metro wants their project scheduled in the same 26-week window. That leaves you competing on speed as much as price. A bid that lands two days after a competitor's loses the job. Estimate.Pro gets you from job walkthrough to a sendable, line-item estimate in 8 minutes. That is not a marketing target — it is the median time our contractors actually hit. --- ## What Makes Detroit Landscaping Bids Different **Soil and drainage complexity.** Southeast Michigan sits on heavy clay soils with high moisture retention. Any grading, drainage correction, or French drain work needs to account for soil amendment materials — topsoil imports, compost blending, and aggregate sub-base costs that vary by supplier and season. Estimate.Pro lets you build and save a material cost workspace so your clay-soil amendment line items are ready to drop in without re-pricing every bid. **Hardscape volume.** Detroit-area remodels and neighborhood revitalization projects generate consistent demand for permeable pavers, retaining walls, and patio installations. ICPI installation specs drive labor time on paver work, and those hours need to be in your estimate template before you walk the job — not looked up after. Our app ships with ICPI-referenced task scaffolding built into the hardscape workflows. **Seasonal service packages.** Many Detroit landscapers price spring cleanup, weekly mowing, fall leaf removal, and winterization as bundled contracts. Estimate.Pro supports multi-service scope-of-work generation from a single walkthrough, so you can present a full-season package in one document instead of four separate emails. **Wayne County permit requirements.** Grading and drainage work within Detroit city limits can trigger grading permits through the Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department (BSEED). Irrigation system installations in some municipalities require a licensed irrigator and a permit pulled before trenching. Your estimate needs a permit-and-inspection line before you submit — not after the client approves. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Landscapers **1. Walk the site, measure with AR.** On supported devices, ONNX-assisted live AR measurement captures turf area, bed dimensions, and linear footage for edging or hardscape borders while you walk. On older devices or photo uploads, measurements are clearly marked as estimates so you know exactly where to verify. **2. AI scope-of-work generation.** Describe what you saw — overgrown beds, grading issues, paver patio footprint — and the app drafts a line-item scope covering materials, labor hours, equipment, and disposal. You review and adjust. Nothing goes out without your eyes on it. **3. Priced estimate, ready to send.** Your saved material cost workspace holds Detroit-area supplier pricing for mulch, topsoil, aggregate, sod, and hardscape materials. Labor rates default to your market. The estimate builds against your numbers, not national averages that don't match what you're actually paying. **4. Collect payment through Stripe Connect.** On Pro+ plans, platform fee is $0. Send the estimate, collect a deposit, and start the job — no separate invoicing software required. --- ## Pricing That Works for Solo Operators and Crews - **Free tier:** No credit card. No expiration. Core estimating tools available now. - **Pro — $39/seat/month:** Full AI scope generation, AR measurement, saved cost workspace. - **Elite — $79/seat/month:** Stripe Connect invoicing, invoice exports, full workflow suite. - **Crew — $399/month flat:** Unlimited seats. Built for landscaping companies running multiple crews across the metro. The Crew plan is the one that pencils out if you have foremen submitting their own bids in the field across Detroit, Dearborn, Southfield, or Oakland County. --- ## Start Before the Next Bid Hits Your Phone Detroit's landscaping window doesn't wait. Set up your material cost workspace, load your labor rates, and run one estimate end-to-end before a real job comes in. Free tier, no credit card, no time limit.