New York, NY
SIDING ESTIMATING.

## Siding Estimates in New York Move Fast — Your Bidding Has To Match New York City is not a typical siding market. You are dealing with co-op boards that require insurance certificates before you step on a ladder, DOB permits for exterior work on most building classes, and a labor market where a skilled siding installer runs $75–$95 per hour in the five boroughs. Miss any of these in your bid and you are either losing the job or eating the cost. Estimate.Pro is built for exactly that kind of jobsite reality. --- ### What Makes NYC Siding Estimating Different **Building type complexity.** The city mixes wood-frame rowhouses in Brooklyn, brick multifamily in the Bronx, vinyl-clad colonials in Staten Island, and EIFS-wrapped commercial facades in Queens — sometimes on the same block. Each substrate has a different prep cost, a different fastener schedule, and a different waste factor. A flat square-footage multiplier does not cut it here. **NYC DOB Exterior Work Permits.** Work that alters the exterior envelope on a Class 1–4 building typically requires a DOB Alt-2 filing or a work permit under NYC Building Code §28-105. Permit fees start around $225 for minor alterations and scale with job value. Filing delays can run 3–8 weeks depending on the borough and whether the building is in a special district. Your estimate needs a line for that wait — and for the permit expediter if the client is in a rush. **Energy code compliance.** Local Law 97 and NYC's adoption of the 2022 NYCECC mean continuous insulation requirements are real and enforceable on larger multifamily projects. If you are reсladding a building over 25,000 sq ft, the scope may trigger a CI upgrade to meet ASHRAE 90.1 benchmarks. That changes your material spec and your labor hours. **Labor availability.** The NYC metro unionized carpenters rate (DC 9 / UBC locals) for exterior work runs higher than national averages. Even non-union shops compete for the same trained workforce. Building that into your cost workspace before you bid keeps your margin from being guessed away. --- ### How Estimate.Pro Handles Siding Bids in 8 Minutes 1. **Walk the job with the app open.** Use AR measurement on supported devices — ONNX-assisted live detection for walls, windows, and dormers — or upload photos. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you never confuse a field sketch with a confirmed dimension. 2. **Set your material cost workspace once.** Your NYC supplier pricing for fiber cement, vinyl, wood, and EIFS goes in once. Every future estimate pulls from that workspace. No re-entering Home Depot quotes every Monday morning. 3. **Scope generates automatically.** The AI scope-of-work engine drafts line items: substrate removal, moisture barrier, furring where continuous insulation is required, panel installation, trim, caulking, and cleanup. You edit, not write from scratch. 4. **Send a professional bid.** The client gets a PDF with your branding, line-item detail, and a clear total. Median time from walkthrough start to sendable bid: 8 minutes. --- ### Pricing That Works for Solo Operators and Crews Free tier is free forever, no credit card. When you are ready to grow: - **Pro — $39/seat/mo:** Full estimating, saved material cost workspace, AR measurement. - **Elite — $79/seat/mo:** Adds Stripe Connect invoicing and export workflows. Zero percent platform fee on payments. - **Crew — $399/mo flat:** Unlimited seats. Right for a shop running multiple estimators across boroughs. If you are on the Free plan and take a deposit through Stripe Connect, the platform fee is 3%. Pro and above: $0. --- ### Built for the Field, Not a Finance Office You do not need to learn new accounting software. You need to walk a two-family in Bay Ridge, put together a competitive number before the homeowner calls the next guy, and move on to the next lead. Estimate.Pro does that job. No SaaS onboarding calls, no consultant upsell, no locked-in annual contract on the free tier. Start free at Estimate.Pro. First bid in under 10 minutes.