Austin, TX
ROOFING ESTIMATING.

## Roofing Estimates in Austin Move Fast — Your Bids Need To Match Austin's growth rate means new subdivisions in Pflugerville, Hutto, and Manor are bidding out roofing work weekly. Storm season in Central Texas — hail windows run March through June and again in October — floods your phone with damage-assessment calls inside a 48-hour window. If your estimate isn't in the homeowner's inbox before the next roofer shows up, you've already lost the job. Estimate.Pro is built to close that gap. ## From Walkthrough to Bid in 8 Minutes Open the app on-site, walk the property, and let the AR measurement tool calculate slope, ridge length, valley runs, and total square footage. On supported devices, ONNX-assisted live AR detects roof planes in real time. On any device, photo-based measurements are captured and clearly marked as estimates so you never misrepresent your numbers to a client. The app then builds a scope-of-work using your saved material cost workspace — your shingle pricing, underlayment, ice-and-water shield, drip edge, and labor rates — and produces a line-item bid you can send directly from the field. Median time from first measurement to sendable bid: 8 minutes. ## What Makes Austin Roofing Estimates Different **Hail and wind damage scopes.** Central Texas sees frequent hail events. Your scope needs to distinguish full replacement from partial re-deck, document decking condition, and account for code-required synthetic underlayment under IRC 2021 as adopted by the City of Austin. Estimate.Pro's scope builder prompts you for each decision point so nothing falls off the bid. **Energy code requirements.** Austin Energy has its own Green Building Program requirements that influence attic ventilation ratios and cool-roof reflectance values on commercial and multifamily work. When you're bidding larger jobs in the city limits, those specs affect material selection and cost. Your saved workspace lets you keep a separate material cost set for Austin Energy-compliant assemblies. **Steep-slope labor rates.** Roofs in the Hill Country fringe — Steiner Ranch, Bee Cave, Lakeway — run steeper pitches than the flat-city subdivisions east of I-35. Labor rates vary accordingly. You can save separate labor rate cards inside Estimate.Pro and switch between them per job without rebuilding the entire estimate. **Permit fees and inspection scheduling.** Austin Development Services Department requires a roofing permit for full replacements. Permit fees are calculated on project valuation. Knowing the fee before you close the bid keeps your proposal accurate and avoids surprise deductions from the job margin. ## The Numbers You Actually Need Austin's construction market is one of the most active in Texas. Roofing material costs have stabilized somewhat after post-pandemic highs, but labor remains tight. The roofers running two or three crews need estimates that can scale — one person in the field closing bids while crews are on other roofs. Estimate.Pro's Crew plan at $399/month flat covers your whole crew with no per-seat math as you add estimators. For solo operators and growing shops, Pro at $39/seat/month gives you the full estimate workflow. Elite at $79/seat/month adds Stripe Connect invoicing (0% platform fee on Pro+), invoice exports, and the full Elite workflow suite. There's also a free forever tier with no credit card required — useful for testing your first few bids before committing. ## Sending and Getting Paid Elite users connect Stripe through Estimate.Pro's Stripe Connect integration. Your client receives the bid, approves it, and can pay the deposit directly. No third-party invoicing app, no copy-paste into QuickBooks to generate a separate invoice. The payment record stays tied to the job. Free and Pro accounts pay a 3% platform fee on payments processed through Stripe Connect. Pro+ and Elite accounts pay 0%. ## Built for 25 Trades, Tuned for Roofing Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. The roofing workflow includes slope-adjusted square calculations, manufacturer-specific coverage rates, waste factor inputs by roof complexity class, and separate line items for tear-off, haul-away, decking repair, and flashing. You're not adapting a generic construction template — the scope builder knows what a roofing bid requires. If you sub out gutters or solar on the same job, those trades are in the same platform. One walkthrough, multiple scopes, one sendable package. ## Start Without Risk The free tier costs nothing and requires no credit card. Run your next storm-damage estimate through Estimate.Pro and compare it against your current process. Eight minutes is the target. Most roofers hit it on their second job.