What this service covers
Detailed material and labor takeoffs for single-family construction — custom homes, production builds, spec builds, and major renovations.
Single-family residential is the workhorse market of the US construction industry — over a million units delivered per year. Our single-family estimating service handles the full range from production starter homes to custom luxury builds.
For production builders, we develop a per-plan estimate model from architectural drawings that gets used as the bid template for every home off that plan. As actual costs come back from job-cost, we refine the model quarterly and re-publish.
For custom builds, every project is treated as one-off — drawings reviewed, allowances established with the owner, and a complete bid produced in the builder’s project management software (Buildxact, BuilderTREND, CoConstruct, Procore Residential).
How we work
Every single family residential estimating engagement starts with a free scope review — typically within 4 business hours of receiving your documents. We confirm the deliverable scope, turnaround, and fee before any work starts. Estimates and takeoffs are produced by US-based senior estimators with a minimum of seven years on the discipline in question, then reviewed by a second estimator before delivery.
Deliverables ship in your preferred format — PDF, Excel, your estimating software’s native file, or a custom client template. Bid-day clarifications during your bid submission window are handled in under an hour.
Why outsource this work
Outsourced specialty estimating gives contractors access to senior trade-specific capacity without the fixed cost of a full-time hire. The economics are simple: a senior in-house estimator costs $90K-$150K/year fully loaded; outsourced per-project work is paid as it’s used. For shops with irregular bid volume or specialty trades they bid only occasionally, the math heavily favors outsourcing.