Seattle, WA
PRESSURE WASHING / WINDOW CLEANING ESTIMATING.

## Bidding Pressure Washing Work in Seattle Takes More Than a Price-Per-Square-Foot Seattle's climate does the selling for you. Constant overcast skies, 38 inches of annual rainfall, and mild temperatures that keep moss, algae, and black streaking active year-round mean demand never fully drops off. But that same environment makes accurate scoping harder. A two-story Craftsman in Capitol Hill with cedar siding requires different chemistry and dwell time than a concrete driveway in Bellevue or a commercial storefront on Pike Street. If your estimate doesn't account for surface type, bio-load, and access, you're either leaving money on the table or killing your margin. Estimate.Pro builds those variables into every bid you generate. --- ## What Makes Seattle Estimates Different **Surface variability is high.** Seattle's residential stock skews toward wood siding — cedar shingles, lap siding, Hardie board — that requires low-pressure soft wash and specific detergent ratios. Estimating it the same as concrete flatwork is a fast path to callbacks or damage claims. The app lets you tag surface type per area so your scope of work reflects actual process, not just square footage. **Moss and algae treatment adds billable line items.** In ZIP codes like 98103, 98115, and 98125, roof and deck moss treatment is nearly universal. That's a separate chemical cost, dwell-time labor, and often a return visit. Estimate.Pro's saved material cost workspace lets you store your biocide and surfactant costs so you're not recalculating every time. **Window cleaning pairs naturally with pressure washing in Seattle.** Most exterior cleaning companies in the metro bundle both services. The app handles multi-trade estimates in a single walkthrough, so you quote windows and flat surfaces in one pass without building two separate documents. **Permit requirements are minimal but not zero.** Residential pressure washing in Seattle generally doesn't require a permit, but commercial work involving wastewater containment may need to comply with Seattle Public Utilities stormwater discharge requirements. Jobs near storm drains require berms or vacuum recovery. If you're bidding commercial work, that equipment and labor has to be in your estimate. --- ## How the 8-Minute Bid Works You walk the property. You use the AR measurement tool on your phone to capture surface areas — the system uses ONNX-assisted live AR on supported devices, and flags camera/photo measurements as estimates so you know exactly what you're standing behind. The AI scope-of-work engine generates line items from your walkthrough notes: surface type, story height, access constraints, treatment type. You review, adjust pricing from your saved cost workspace, and send a professional PDF or link. Median time from walkthrough start to sendable bid: 8 minutes. For a two-stop residential day with back-to-back quotes, that's a material difference in how many jobs you can bid per week. --- ## Pricing That Doesn't Punish Volume Estimate.Pro is free to start — no credit card, no trial clock. When your bid volume grows: - **Pro** — $39/seat/month. Core estimating, AR measurement, saved cost workspace. - **Elite** — $79/seat/month. Adds Stripe Connect invoicing and invoice exports. The platform fee on collected payments drops to 0% (vs. 3% on Free). - **Crew** — $399/month flat. Covers your whole crew under one subscription. If you're running two or more estimators across Seattle and Eastside accounts, Crew math is straightforward. --- ## Built for the 25 Trades That Actually Bid This Way Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades, and pressure washing and window cleaning are first-class entries — not afterthoughts. The line-item library, the scope templates, and the measurement logic are all built around how exterior cleaning companies actually price work, not how a generic software developer thinks they do. Seattle's market has real competition. There are dozens of owner-operator pressure washing companies in the metro, plus regional multi-crew operations covering residential maintenance contracts from Shoreline down to Renton. The companies winning the better-margin commercial and HOA contracts are the ones showing up with professional proposals, not handwritten quotes. A faster, more accurate estimate is a business document. It tells the customer you're organized, that you understand the scope, and that there won't be surprises on the invoice. Start free. No card required.