Examples
1,000 follow-up examples for 50 trades
1,000 estimate follow-up examples for 50 trades. Ten are the schedule. Ten more cover a date, a smaller job, approval, and a later check-back. Prices and people are made up. The default schedule is three emails, and day 10 is the last one.
Exterior
Roofing
Roofing bids often sit while a homeowner waits on a second roofer or an insurance adjuster.
Painting
Paint estimates stall on color and on whether the prep feels worth it compared with a cheaper spray bid.
Siding
Siding bids wait on a color choice and on whether the whole house has to match.
Windows
Window estimates go quiet during the factory lead time conversation, or while they compare a insert-only bid.
Gutters
Gutter bids stall when someone is deciding between a clean-and-reseal and a full replacement.
Stucco
Stucco estimates sit while people decide if a patch will show, or if the whole house should be recoated.
Masonry
Masonry bids wait because the work looks optional until water gets in, and a second mason's number is usually coming.
Garage doors
Garage door estimates pause on style, HOA rules, and whether the opener should be replaced while the door is off.
Pressure washing
Wash bids go quiet because the job looks simple, and people wait for a Saturday they meant to do it themselves.
Chimney
Chimney estimates stall on whether this is a cap-and-crown job or a reline they did not budget.
Interior
Remodeling
Remodel numbers sit because more than one person has to live with the scope, and the bid is too large to accept from the email alone.
Kitchens
Kitchen cabinet bids wait on door style and on whether the counter company has measured yet.
Bathrooms
Bathroom bids stall because the house may have only one bath, and the fixture allowance is where people get stuck.
Flooring
Flooring estimates go quiet on which rooms are in, and on who moves the furniture.
Drywall
Drywall bids seem small, so they wait behind larger projects, or behind a debate about whether to skim the whole ceiling.
Carpentry
Carpentry estimates wait on paint-grade versus stain-grade, because that choice changes the wood and the price.
Tile
Tile bids stall on layout, niche shelves, and whether the floor outside the shower is part of the job.
Cabinets
Cabinet bids wait on a finish sample and on the countertop shop's template date.
Countertops
Countertop estimates go quiet between the template appointment and the day people compare a remnant price.
Shower glass
Glass bids wait because the measure happens after tile, and people forget the lead time once the bathroom looks done.
Mechanical
Plumbing
Plumbing estimates stall when the failure is not an emergency anymore and a big-box install is the other number.
Electrical
Panel bids sit until the utility and the permit line up, or until someone sends a lower bid that skips the permit.
HVAC
HVAC bids go quiet while people collect a second quote and ask about a rebate that may not apply to this match.
Insulation
Insulation bids wait because the house does not look different the next morning, so the job feels easy to postpone.
Water damage
Water-damage estimates stall on the insurance adjuster, not on whether the room is wet.
Appliance repair
Appliance estimates go quiet when the repair price starts to look like a replacement.
Solar
Solar bids sit through utility approval, loan paperwork, and a spouse who has not read the production estimate.
Septic
Septic bids wait on the county and on a perc result the homeowner is still reading.
Fire sprinklers
Sprinkler bids stall because the building still opens every morning, so the failed report does not feel urgent until the marshal follows up.
Low voltage
Camera bids go quiet while people compare a wireless kit and decide who will look at the app.
Foundation
Foundation bids sit because people want an engineer, a second company, and time to believe the crack is not just paint.
Yard and site
Landscaping
Landscape and fence bids slip because the yard can wait, and a neighbor or an HOA may still have to agree.
Fencing
Fence estimates wait on HOA style rules and on a property pin nobody has located.
Concrete
Concrete bids stall on the tear-out, because the new slab price looks high until the old one is hauled away.
Excavation
Excavation bids wait on access for the machine and on a locate ticket that is not in yet.
Paving
Paving estimates sit until the weather window, or until an overlay bid shows up cheaper than a mill-and-fill.
Tree service
Tree bids go quiet because the tree has been there for years, until a storm makes it urgent.
Irrigation
Irrigation estimates wait until the grass is already stressed, or until someone realizes there is a yearly test.
Pools
Pool bids stall until spring opening, or on whether the waterline tile can survive another season.
Decks
Deck bids wait on footing inspections and on a composite color that has to be chosen before the order.
Pergolas
Pergola estimates sit with the HOA packet, or while someone decides if it should attach to the house.
Specialty
Handyman
Handyman lists go quiet because each item feels small, and the trip charge only makes sense for the whole list.
Cleaning
Move-out cleans get forgotten until the key date, and people assume a recurring maid price covers an empty house.
Commercial cleaning
Office cleaning bids wait on a property manager and on who will hand over the keys.
Pest control
Pest bids stall because the evidence is in a crawl space the customer has not seen.
Junk removal
Cleanout bids wait until someone else is ready to help, or until they realize the truck is the whole point.
Demolition
Demo bids sit until the remodeler is actually ready, because tearing out early leaves an unusable room.
Epoxy floors
Epoxy bids wait on the flake color and on how long the garage will be unusable.
Welding
Welding bids stall on finish, because raw steel, primer, and powder coat look similar in an email.
Locksmith
Lock bids after a move or a break-in either happen today or get postponed once the house feels calm again.