Resi-Cost PRO™ is the same powerful Internet based residential construction cost estimating software as the retail Resi-Cost Full Function product. However, Resi-Cost PRO's subscription account is packaged, priced and sold differently to meet special needs of professionals in the residential design, construction and sales industry, including:
- Value pricing (over 75% off retail) for recurring project needs,
- Unlimited number of pay-as-you-go project accounts,
- No hassle automatic monthly billing per project account,
- Buy just the length of monthly subscription needed per project,
- Cancel any project account at any time,
- “User Portal” lets you access all project accounts from one screen.
- Comprehensive cost report detail
For just $49.00* per month Resi-Cost PRO provides these benefits and more!
- Differentiate your business
- Quickly confirm budgets and qualify prospects
- Get instant cost feedback as you explore design options
- Control the sales process and get to closure faster
- Save significant time and money
- No need for CAD plans or detailed blueprints
- 350 lines of detailed cost estimating back-up
- No more waiting on subs for estimates
- Quickly estimate costs of special spaces
- Easily estimate unfamiliar construction
- 40,000 zip code database - costs for your location
- Remote account access
<< Get Resi-Cost PRO project accounts from $49.00* per month!
* Once an annual Master Account is purchased for $249.00 you are able to purchase unlimited individual project accounts on a recurring billing basis for $49.00 per month per project. You may cancel any project at any time.
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Resi-Cost PRO Differentiates Your Business From the Competition:
Today’s consumers are better educated, more value oriented and more Internet savvy than any time before. If you don't provide faster and better cost information and help them realize their dream home, you're a commodity. Differentiate your service from your competitors. Establish yourself as a quality partner assisting the customer with one of the most stressful concerns of new home construction and that is the accurate budgeting of their home.
Quickly Confirm Budgets, Qualify Prospects and Reduce Lost Sales:
Develop fast, multiple and inexpensive construction cost estimates for the purpose of qualifying prospects and their overall construction budgets including site development costs, even kitchen appliances. Virtually eliminate lost sales due to hidden budget problems down the line.
Get Instant Cost Feedback as You Explore Design Options:
As you change design and material selections the impact on construction cost is instantly calculated. This allows you to explore “What-If” options in design and material selections and make an informed cost decision. The design and material options presented depend on your selections.
Control the Sales Process, Profit Margins and Get to Closure Faster:
Gain control of the sales process because you are now needed for reliable cost information during the sales process. And yes, you can establish your general conditions, overhead and profit (markup) to any amount your business model requires.And by using “What-If” cost exploration, you can assist the prospect in understanding how costs may be reduced in their home design in other areas without adversely affecting the sale of the core “structural product package” (as in the case of SIP, timber frame or log home packages).
Save Serious Time and Money Over Typical Construction Estimating Software:
Developing a reliable cost estimate for a new home project is a long, time consuming task with traditional construction estimating software costing between $500 to $1,300. You will easily spend 150 - 200 hours to develop your custom database of costs with traditional software. If you bill out at just $50/hour you have $7,500 to $10,000 in time invested just to use a $500 piece of software. Total cost so far? Try $8,000 to $12,000. Since you have to update your costs constantly, you do this year after year. Now add in the time you have to spend developing take-off quantities and entering that data for each project. Another 20-40 hours or $1,000 to $2,000 in time each time you need an estimate! If the house design changes you do it all again.
Resi-Cost PRO is unlike traditional construction estimating software for the contractor or design professional. It is not intended to be used as your accounting system. It does not do purchase order tracking or create letters or project schedules. What it does do is estimate construction costs accurately and easily so you can focus on your business.
No More Waiting for CAD Plans or Detailed Blueprints:
Although you can certainly use them, you do not need to have your plans on CAD or even have blueprints fully drawn up because Resi-Cost does not develop its construction estimating costs based on typical “take-off’ unit pricing. Our patent pending online software application bases costs on construction assemblies and calculates costs tally as you make decisions.
Get Detailed Construction Cost Estimating Back-Up:
Quickly and accurately develop your budgets or hard bid construction estimates with reports having up to 350 lines of detail. With each Resi-Cost PRO estimate you get:
* Project Snapshot (1 page summary of key project info)
* Design Characteristics (Summary of all major home design choices, SF, etc.)
* Level 1 Cost Report (1 page cost summary);
* Level 2 Cost Report (Level 1 cost report further broken down to about 70 lines of detail);
* Level 3 Cost Report (Breaks the Level 2 report down further to about 350 lines of detail including line item and installed prices)
No More Waiting on Your Subs for Construction Estimates:
Many contractors ask their subcontractors for pricing and then just add up the costs and “mark it up.” But subs can be busy and delay quotes, or not be as competitive as you need or worse yet, make you feel that “you owe them the job”. With Resi-Cost PRO you can confidently develop an independent construction budget for the custom home, and let your subs competitively bid for the work when the time is right.
Quickly Estimate Costs of Special Spaces:
Nothing skews an estimate or blows a budget faster than expensive finishes, materials and appliances in special spaces like a Kitchen, Master Bathroom, Wet Bar, Butler's Pantry and so on. With Resi-Cost PRO, you have the ability to add an unlimited number of Special Spaces in the construction cost estimate to meet the unique requirements of a given home design. That means improved accuracy.Do you want to see the cost impact if you used a Granite counter? How about using a solid surface like Corian, or a quartz resin like Silestone, or plastic laminate, or ceramic tile, or granite tile, or butcher block, or stainless steel or soapstone, or even concrete? Not a problem, Resi-Cost PRO has it all covered. You are able to estimate the cost of your customer's home, not some generic sample.
Easily Estimate Unfamiliar Construction:
Already know what your houses cost to build? Well, with over 4,000 design and material options in Resi-Cost PRO, you can quickly estimate construction costs for home design features or materials outside your experience base as a builder or architect or sales professional. Resi-Cost PRO estimates construction such as stickbuilt frame, structural insulated panels (SIP), timber frame, Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF), precast foundations, metal / asphalt / wood / tile / slate roofs, enclosed porches, screen porches, covered porches, crawl space, slab-on-grade, basement, walkout basement, elevator, sprinkler, fireplaces, and many more.
40,000 Zip Codes - Current Cost Information for Your Location:
Resi-Cost PRO runs off a 40,000 zip code proprietary database allowing regional adjustment of costs including tax. We update prices in the database regularly and if special events occur that can skew local pricing such as the Katrina hurricane did in 2006, those local cost factors are updated appropriately.
Remote Account Access and Remote Collaboration:
You can access any project account from any computer in the world having an Internet connection. On vacation and need the information? No problem. Review design assumptions and cost estimates in real time with the prospect or with sales force management from any remote computer having Internet access.
PLEASE NOTE:
Resi-Cost estimates costs for home designs with sloping roofs up to 2 stories above ground plus basement or crawlspace and can accommodate a broad range of custom designs. However, out-buildings and special exterior structures such as secondary detached garages, covered walkways or drives, barns, colonnades, pools, etc., are not estimated.