no. 20 · Interior · Decisions
The Estimating Apprentice
The senior estimator stops being a calculator.
What it does
Trained on the contractor's own job history. Produces a structured draft estimate from the intake form in under sixty seconds. The senior estimator reviews and approves. Corrections feed a fine tuning loop.
Highlights
- ◆Starts from the contractor's own actuals
- ◆Top three closest historical jobs as context
- ◆Senior estimator approves every send
- ◆Fine tuning unlocked after 200 approved estimates
Built on
Neon Postgres + pgvector, OpenAI embeddings, Claude Sonnet, WeasyPrint, Notion
Home tier
Third Standing
$3,000+ monthly. Infrastructure, model usage, ongoing build hours included. No setup fee. No per use charge.