After a water or fire emergency in your Alamo, TX home, you'll be dealing with contractors and insurance. You will soon be handed a long, confusing, multi-page document: the restoration estimate. It's often 20+ pages long, full of codes and line items. As your local restoration advocates, we believe in transparency. This guide will help you understand what you're looking at.
Have a confusing estimate? Call our 24/7 Alamo, TX team for a free consultation at (833) 541-0100.
We are an IICRC-certified restoration company serving the Alamo, TX community. We believe an informed homeowner is an empowered homeowner. Our estimates are created using the exact same software as your insurance adjuster. We are happy to walk you through our estimate line by line, so you know exactly what work is being done and why it's necessary.
A professional estimate is not a "ballpark" number. It is an itemized list of every single action and material needed to restore your home. This includes:
You will hear this term. Xactimate is the industry-standard estimating software used by 90% of insurance carriers. We also use Xactimate. This means:
Don't be alarmed by this. On any complex job involving multiple trades (plumbing, electrical, drywall), it is standard practice for a general contractor (which we are) to add 10% for overhead and 10% for profit. Your insurance company knows this and expects to pay it.
Our Alamo, TX professionals are on call 24/7 to provide a fast, accurate, and honest estimate.
"I was so confused by the insurance paperwork. Their project manager sat down with me and explained every single line of the estimate. It built so much trust. They were amazing."
"The first contractor gave me a number on a napkin. This team gave me a 20-page Xactimate report. They were professionals, and the insurance company approved it with no questions."
"They found several items my adjuster missed on the initial estimate, like cleaning the HVAC system. They advocated for me and got it covered. I am so grateful for their expertise."
Alamo (/ˈæləmoʊ/ AL-ə-moh), located in the Rio Grande Valley in what is nicknamed the "Land of Two Summers", is a city in the irrigated area of southern Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. Known as the "Refuge to the Valley", it is located in an area of abundant vegetable farming and citrus groves, and is a noted winter resort/retirement town near the Mexico–U.S. border. Alamo is one of the Rio Grande Valley's gateways to Mexico, via U.S. Route 281 and Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas, as well as a gateway to the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. Alamo's population was 18,353 at the 2010 census and an estimated 19,910 in 2019.
Zip Codes in Alamo, TX that we also serve: 78516