After a water or fire emergency in your Austin, 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 Austin, TX team for a free consultation at (833) 541-0100.
We are an IICRC-certified restoration company serving the Austin, 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 Austin, 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."
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 10th-most populous city in the United States, the fourth-most populous city in Texas, and the second-most populous state capital city. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately 80 miles (129 km) apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 corridor. Austin is the southernmost state capital in the contiguous United States and is considered a Beta-level global city as categorized by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
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