Louisville, KY
PRESSURE WASHING / WINDOW CLEANING ESTIMATING.

## Estimating pressure washing work in Louisville is not the same as anywhere else Louisville sits on the Ohio River. The city gets around 46 inches of rain per year, humidity runs high from May through September, and older neighborhoods like Butchertown, Germantown, and the Highlands stack brick row houses and limestone foundations shoulder to shoulder. That combination breeds algae, efflorescence, and black streaking faster than drier metros. Customers call you more often here—but they also shop price harder, because every pressure washing company in the 502 is running specials after a wet spring. You need bids out fast, priced right, with line items that hold up when the customer reads them. ## What makes a Louisville pressure washing bid different Brick and mortar cleaning requires lower PSI than concrete flatwork. Quote them the same way and you either lose the job on price or damage the surface. Louisville's older housing stock—much of it built before 1960—means you'll encounter painted brick, aging caulk, and stained limestone copings on the same street. Your estimate has to separate surface types, dwell-time requirements, and detergent cost line by line. Window cleaning adds another layer. Commercial contracts on Fourth Street or the NuLu corridor often require inside/out pricing, screen removal fees, and hard-water treatment surcharges. Residential high-rise cleaning near the waterfront means lift or pole work, which changes your labor time and insurance exposure. A flat-rate spreadsheet doesn't handle any of that cleanly. Estimate.Pro builds the scope from a walkthrough—surface by surface, story by story—and prices each line against your saved material cost workspace. ## 8 minutes from walkthrough to sendable bid The median contractor using Estimate.Pro sends a bid 8 minutes after finishing a site walkthrough. You capture measurements in the field using AR measurement on supported devices—square footage of driveways, siding runs, window counts by floor—and the app drafts the scope of work automatically. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so nothing misrepresents precision to your customer. For pressure washing and window cleaning specifically, the app accounts for: - Surface type (concrete, brick, vinyl siding, EIFS, glass, aluminum) - Story count and access method (ground, extension, lift) - Detergent and chemical cost per surface - Drive time and setup as separate line items - Recurring service discount structures if you run maintenance contracts ## Permit and licensing reality in Louisville Most residential pressure washing and window cleaning jobs in Louisville-Jefferson County do not require a building permit. However, if you're working on scaffolding or aerial lifts above a public right-of-way on commercial jobs downtown, you may need a right-of-way use permit through Louisville Metro Public Works. Commercial window cleaning contracts sometimes require proof of liability coverage at $1 million minimum as a condition of the vendor agreement—that's not a permit, but it belongs in your bid notes so you're quoting with the right overhead loaded. Kentucky does not issue a state-specific contractor license for pressure washing, but Louisville Metro requires a general business license. Keep that number current; some property managers require it on file before they sign a service contract. ## Pricing on the free tier, no credit card Estimate.Pro has a free forever tier. No credit card to start. If you're a solo operator running a route through the Highlands and St. Matthews, you can build and send bids at no cost. Pro is $39 per seat per month. Elite is $79 per seat per month and adds Stripe Connect invoicing and invoice exports—useful if you're billing commercial accounts on net-30 terms. Crew is $399 per month flat for larger teams. Stripe Connect platform fees are 3% on the Free plan and 0% on Pro and above. When you move a customer from estimate to invoice inside the app, you're not losing margin to platform overhead. ## Built for 25 trades, sharpened for this one Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Pressure washing and window cleaning share the same surface-area logic as concrete coating and exterior painting, so the measurement workflow is tight. You're not adapting a roofing tool or a plumbing calculator—the line-item structure matches how exterior cleaning work actually gets quoted. Louisville contractors who run mixed exterior services—soft wash, gutter cleaning, window cleaning on the same truck—can build multi-trade estimates in a single walkthrough without switching apps or rebuilding the scope from scratch. Start free. Run a real job through it this week.