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Bring the property into the estimate
Provide the address, intended project location, existing structures, and any available survey or plan. Note gates, slopes, walls, trees, pools, overhead lines, occupied areas, and limits on material staging.
For a conversion or addition, include what you know about the age and permit history of the existing structure. Field conditions can change the work even when the proposed floor area stays the same.
02
Match the estimate to documents
Identify the plan set, revision date, structural information, energy documents, and finish schedule used for pricing. If those do not exist, the estimate should say which assumptions fill the gaps.
A total based on a sketch should remain a planning number. It should not be compared as though it carries the same certainty as a proposal based on coordinated construction documents.
03
Ask for clear boundaries
Look for utility routes, excavation, haul-off, restoration, appliances, fixtures, finish allowances, permit coordination, fees, testing, landscaping, fences, and closeout items. Ask which are included, excluded, allowed, or still unknown.
The proposal should also explain change authorization, payment milestones, schedule dependencies, owner responsibilities, and how concealed conditions are handled.
04
Call when you are ready to compare the work
We will not promise a final price from a website form. A short call can establish whether the project is ready for a site visit, document review, or a narrower planning step.
City and state references
Agency documents to keep with the plans
Read the source material beside the latest site plan and note any question that needs an agency answer.
Continue from here
Review the connected project decisions
Bring us the property
Review the property with our team
Explain what you hope to build and what has already been measured, inspected, or discussed with the City.