Baltimore, MD
SIDING ESTIMATING.

## Siding Estimates in Baltimore Move Fast — Your Bidding Has To Match Baltimore's housing stock is one of the oldest in the Mid-Atlantic. Rowhouses in Hampden, painted brick colonials in Canton, vinyl-clad semis in Parkville — each job type carries different substrate conditions, different labor demands, and different customer expectations. When you're bidding five houses a week across that mix, a spreadsheet doesn't cut it. Estimate.Pro is built for siding contractors who need accurate, professional bids without spending half a day on each one. Median time from walkthrough to sendable bid: 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Baltimore Siding Estimating Different **Rowhouse arithmetic is not standard arithmetic.** Party walls, stepped rooflines, and tight alley access change your labor math. Estimate.Pro lets you flag non-standard access conditions directly in the scope of work so your bid reflects the actual job, not a textbook elevation. **Moisture and lead concerns are common on pre-1978 stock.** Baltimore City and Baltimore County both see high volumes of pre-1978 homes where existing vinyl or aluminum siding may be covering original lead paint. Your estimate needs a line item for encapsulation or disposal — not a note scrawled in the margin. The AI scope-of-work generator prompts you to capture these conditions during the walkthrough. **HACP and MDE compliance on older substrates.** Work on historically sensitive neighborhoods — Reservoir Hill, Roland Park, parts of Federal Hill — can trigger Maryland Historical Trust review or local design standards. Estimate.Pro won't file permits for you, but the scope-of-work builder flags material spec questions so you're not leaving a change-order conversation to happen on-site. **Maryland Home Improvement Commission (MHIC) licensing is mandatory.** Every siding contractor doing work over $200 in Maryland must carry an MHIC license. Your bids should reference your license number. Estimate.Pro lets you embed your MHIC number and insurance details in every proposal automatically. --- ## How the Estimate Builds You walk the job. You use the AR measurement tool on your phone — ONNX-assisted live measurement on supported devices — to capture wall heights, window openings, and trim lengths. Camera or photo measurements are flagged as estimates so the customer sees exactly where precision was verified vs. approximated. The AI converts your walkthrough notes into a structured scope of work: substrate removal, house wrap, panel or shingle type, trim, caulking, flashing, and cleanup. You review it, adjust anything, and the estimate pulls from your saved material cost workspace — whatever you're actually paying at your local supplier. You hit send. The customer gets a clean, itemized bid they can approve on their phone. --- ## Pricing That Works for Smaller Crews Baltimore has a large number of owner-operator siding contractors and two- to five-person crews. Estimate.Pro is free forever with no credit card required. When you're ready for volume, Pro is $39 per seat per month. Elite is $79 per seat per month and adds Stripe Connect invoicing and invoice exports. The Crew plan is $399 flat per month for larger operations. On the Free tier, Stripe Connect transactions carry a 3% platform fee. On Pro and above, that fee is $0. --- ## Calculators Built for the Work You're Actually Doing - **Square footage to panel count** — accounts for waste factor by panel profile and orientation - **Window and door deductions** — rough opening inputs, not just a flat percentage - **Trim linear footage** — corner boards, J-channel, soffit, and fascia priced separately - **House wrap and tape** — calculated from net wall area, not gross - **Labor hours by crew size** — adjust for access difficulty, story count, and substrate condition All 25 trades in Estimate.Pro share the same walkthrough-to-bid engine. If you also do windows, gutters, or exterior painting, those scopes are built the same way. --- ## Built for Baltimore. Used by Contractors Who Bill by the Square. You're not estimating tract homes in a new subdivision. You're bidding Baltimore's real housing — old, varied, sometimes complicated. Estimate.Pro gives you a bid that reflects that reality, not a template that ignores it. Start free. No credit card. First bid in under 10 minutes.