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Estimating for patios and retaining walls

Have one-visit closes by taking measurements, creating detailed estimates, presenting to customers, giving them selections, and then winning the job.

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Hardscape contractorDecking contractor

Short answer

What estimating software should a hardscape contractor use for patios and retaining walls?

A hardscape contractor pricing patios and retaining walls needs current material prices and a way to send the number as a proposal. Bolster prices the patio or wall with live material and labour costs and sends the proposal from the same file.

Win jobs effortlessly and automate your admin

Fencing, decking and landscaping contractors using Bolster are, on average, winning 15% bigger jobs, 20% more often.

Hours of estimating, completed in minutes

Create accurate and detailed estimates in minutes, no matter what type of work you do. For flooring, upload the plans and Bolster builds the takeoff and the estimate by room, with your items, costs and profit, and AutoCost prices the materials and labour.
Estimates
Bolster estimate built by room, with underlayment, transitions and installation priced

Close deals on the spot with presentations

First impressions matter. Compete on professionalism rather than just price with automatically generated presentations that help contractors close 20% more jobs on average.
Presentations
Kitchen cabinets in a Bolster proposal with the other finishes the customer can pick, each with its price

Options and upgrades they pick themselves

Put the choices in front of your customer instead of in a phone call. They tap through the options, see what each upgrade adds and watch the total change, then sign and pay the deposit. Every upgrade shows its price before they pick it.
Upsells and options
Options and upgrades in a Bolster proposal: the customer picks the decking and the total updates

Generate your material list, budget and schedule

Setting up all your jobs is a part-time job in itself -- but in Bolster the budget and schedule generate automatically from the estimate. It's fully customizable of course -- but without any of the up-front repetitive work.
Scheduling
Material list & budget
Bolster schedule timeline: 23 tasks built from the estimate, grouped by phase

Accept payments online

Send payment requests through the client portal on task completion, which can be paid with debit & credit card or secure bank transfer. Skip long check clearing times, and get payments deposited instantly into your Bolster Business Account.
Payments
Dashboard mockup
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"Bolster proposals are professional, had everything lined out, and the terms were great. It sets us apart from the slacks that are out there handwriting their proposals."

Pete Farris
Owner, Epic Remodelers Inc.

Accurate quotes in minutes.

Get hours back every day with our patented estimating tool. Assemblies configure your blocks of scope with your rules, for rapid re-use.
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From new lead to final payment, a complete end-to-end workflow.
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Win more of the proposals you send.

Educate customers on every part of the project, and let them do their own cost engineering from options and selections that you define.
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Upsells increase your profit on every job.

Give your customers pre-defined options, upgrades and selections, so they can continuously re-estimate and upsell all by themselves.
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Seamless project management.

Project management flows directly from the estimate in real time. When changes happen, the budget and schedule are also updated.
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Get paid faster and keep cash flowing.

Put your cash flow on auto-pilot. Invoices are generated automatically as your work is completed, according to your payment schedule.
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Build better with the latest insights in residential construction.

Ideal for builders, renovators, subcontractors and more

Thousands of companies just like yours prefer Bolster.

Custom homes
Garages
Fences
Roofing
Additional dwelling units
Decks
Pools
Home renovations
Cabinets
Additions
Painting
Stucco
Siding
Windows and doors
Epoxy
Flooring
Textures and finishing
Bathrooms
Kitchens
Solar
Sunrooms
Tile
Countertops
Masonry
Hardscape
Concrete
Landscaping
Upstarts - $200k - 500k
Stable - $500k - $1m
Scale ups - $1m - $5m
Growth - $5m - $20m
Established - $20m+

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