What it's for
Some jobs are easier to show than describe. A roof with three slates missing and a cracked lead flashing. A garden with a tired patio, broken fence, overgrown borders. A bathroom with an old suite, 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 damage, and anything with strong visual signals. Roofers, landscapers, plumbers on leak calls, and sparks quoting board changes get the most out of it.
What the app reads
Each photo gets analysed and the app extracts:
- Materials and fittings. Tile type, boiler brand, CU layout, fence style.
- Damage and condition. Missing tiles, corroded pipework, rotten timber.
- Rough quantities. Square metres of tiling, linear metres of fencing.
- Access notes. Scaffold needed, restricted loft, 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 boiler, under the sink, in the loft. That's usually where the labour hides.
- Add a voice or text note. For anything the photos won't show, age of system, flow pressure, what the customer wants.
Insurance claim work
Roofers and general builders use photo-to-quote a lot for storm damage, leak repairs, and building insurance claims. The itemised format with descriptions of each damaged element is what loss adjusters ask for, and the customer can forward the PDF to their insurer with the photos attached.