What it's for
Some jobs are easier to show than describe. A roof with cracked tiles and a rusted valley. A backyard with tired paving, a leaning fence, overgrown beds. A bathroom with a dated vanity, cracked grout, and a suspiciously black ceiling. Typing all that out takes a paragraph per issue. A few photos make it obvious in a glance, and the app turns it into a priced quote.
Best for repair work, storm and hail damage, and anything with strong visual signals. Roofers, landscapers, plumbers on leak calls, and sparkies quoting switchboard upgrades get the most out of it.
What the app reads
Each photo gets analysed and the app extracts:
- Materials and fittings. Tile type, hot water system brand, switchboard layout, Colorbond or timber fencing.
- Damage and condition. Cracked tiles, corroded pipework, rotten timber, rusted sheeting.
- Rough quantities. Square metres of tiling, linear metres of fencing.
- Access notes. Scaffold needed, tight roof space, awkward pipe runs.
You see the extracted scope in plain English, edit anything that's off, and the pricing engine builds the line items.
Tips for better photo quotes
- Wide and close shots. A wide context shot plus close detail beats five photos from the same distance.
- Include something for scale. A hand, a coin, a tape. Helps the app work out area.
- Show the hidden bits. Access to the hot water system, under the sink, in the roof space. That's usually where the labour hides.
- Add a voice or text note. For anything the photos won't show, age of system, water pressure, what the customer wants.
Insurance claim work
Roofers and general builders use photo-to-quote a lot for storm and hail damage, leak repairs, and home insurance claims. The itemised format with descriptions of each damaged element is what loss assessors ask for, and the customer can forward the PDF to their insurer with the photos attached.