Measure the footprint, talk the job, and hand the homeowner three priced tiers on their phone. Built by a contractor, priced for a deck season that has to count.
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"16 by 20, ground level, pressure-treated frame, composite deck, one stair run." Say it and the AI drafts priced line items in YOUR rates: footings, framing, decking, rails. (Pro & Crew)
One description becomes three priced tiers. When the homeowner sees the composite number next to the wood number, the upgrade sells itself.
The homeowner signs on their phone and pays the material deposit up front, so the framing package is paid for before you order it.
Attach photos of finished builds to every estimate. A gallery of your own railings beats a brochure of somebody else's.
A full outdoor living project feels smaller in monthly payments, subject to approval. Card, bank, or financing, and every dollar lands in YOUR account.
"Can we add the bench and planters?" One tap adds a signed, priced change order, no end-of-job surprises on either side.
Three steps between the walkthrough and the money.
Footprint, height, decking, rails, stairs. Type it or talk it, on Pro and Crew the AI drafts priced line items in YOUR rates.
The homeowner opens a clean link on their phone, picks a tier, signs, and pays the deposit, card, bank, or financing.
Progress bills and the final invoice carry pay links, reminders chase the money, and payments land straight in your bank account.
Deck season is short and the estimate that lands first usually wins, so the builder still "working on the quote" Thursday night is handing jobs to the one who sent it from the driveway. SayEstimate was built by a working contractor, so it prices the way deck builders price: per square foot by decking type, per linear foot of railing, per stair run, with footings and demo as their own lines. Talk the job while you measure and the AI drafts the estimate with the math shown, in your rates.
Three-tier proposals turn "how much is a deck" into "which deck do we want," deposits get paid at signing, and progress billing keeps cash flowing on the big outdoor living builds. Plans start at $9.99 a month with a 14-day free trial and no credit card to start. Six languages, English and Español both included.
Decks price per square foot of deck surface, but the honest number comes from stacking the real components: footings and framing, the decking itself, railings by the linear foot, and stairs by the run. The decking choice swings the price more than anything else, pressure-treated is the entry point, composite roughly doubles the material cost but erases the refinishing conversation, and premium composite or hardwood goes up from there. Height matters too. A ground-level platform and a second-story deck with the same footprint are very different jobs: taller posts, bigger footings, more railing, and staging that slows every task down.
A professional deck estimate itemizes those components instead of quoting one mystery number, names the decking brand and color so the material is agreed on paper, carries a deposit that covers the lumber package, and handles the "while you're at it" additions, benches, planters, lighting, as written change orders. On multi-week builds, progress billing keeps the job funded: deposit, frame complete, final.
SayEstimate holds your component rates, drafts the tiers from one spoken description on Pro and Crew, and runs deposits, change orders, and progress billing in the same app. Prefer paper? The free estimate template is here.
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