Exterior HOA Renovation Estimator

Starting points only. Set your own rate and verify before bidding. Every labor rate and catalog price below is a generic placeholder, not a real bid number. Replace each one with your own loaded cost, then confirm against a real quote before you bid any job. This tool gives you a framework, not a price.

Open Shop (California)

Pricing controls

Target gross profit drives every line price through the same engine. Overhead is taken on labor cost only to land net.

Target gross profit %

Company overhead % (on labor cost)

Target gross profit is your sell margin. Company overhead is taken on labor to land a rough net. Both default values are starting points, set your own.

Rate card · Open Shop (California)

Trade	Base $/hr	Fringe $/hr	Tax + WC %	Loaded $/hr

Swipe the table sideways to see every column.

Edit any cell to set your own rate for that trade. Loaded $/hr = base + fringe + base × (tax + WC). Every rate ships as a starting point, set your real loaded cost before bidding.

Add line items

Quick-estimate from a pasted scope, search the library, or drop in a blank or sub line. Each pick lands in the takeoff pre-filled from the catalog.

Quick estimate (type or paste your whole scope, one item per line or comma-separated)

Offline matcher maps each line to the closest catalog item and quantity. Anything it cannot match is listed so you add it by hand. A connected Claude turns this into full natural-language pricing.

or browse the library

Filter by trade

Search line items

Takeoff

Edit quantity and the cost field for each line. Prices recompute live through CalcEngine.computeTakeoff. Lines that carry a material grade show a cheap / standard / premium toggle under the description, swap it to see the price spread.

Item / description	Trade	Unit	Qty	Labor hrs/unit	Material $/unit	Installed $/unit	Vintage	Line cost	Line price

Swipe the table sideways to reach every cost field and the price.

Job summary

gross profit at the current target

total price

total direct cost

net after overhead

total field hours

This is your full takeoff: rates, lines, costs, and price. Hand it to your own Claude through the calculator blueprint to turn it into a proposal in your voice, or to ground the calculator to your real rates and bids.

How to read this estimate

Every number is a starting point. The rates and catalog prices are generic placeholders, not real bid numbers. Set your own loaded cost in the rate card and your own material prices on each line.
Gross profit is not net. Net here nets out company overhead taken on labor (default 30%). It does not carry your back-office or fee load, so shave a few more points before you call it take-home.
Confidence and vintage ride on every catalog line. Low and moderate confidence means starting point, confirm against a real quote before you bid.
This tool prices open-shop exterior work only. It does not carry prevailing-wage or union rates. If your job runs under a government wage schedule or a union agreement, this is the wrong tool.