Fictional example
What an Estimate Check can look like
An invented water-loss estimate: a kitchen supply line failure reaching the hall. Every name, page, line, and number here is fictional. It is not a customer file or result, and it does not imply any payment outcome.
Included, clarify, or correct
Repair needs and questions depend on what the estimate and any supporting records actually show. Where the file is silent, the result is a question, not a conclusion.
- Already included
Baseboard in the hall
Fictional estimate, page 3, line 14
The line reads remove and replace baseboard, 32 LF. Putting the baseboard back is already part of this line, so there is nothing to ask here.
- Worth clarifying
Drying equipment days
Fictional estimate, page 4, lines 22 and 23
Air movers and a dehumidifier are listed for 3 days. No moisture readings were in the file. That absence is not proof the drying was short; it only means the readings are worth asking for.
Question to ask: “Can you share the moisture readings used to set the equipment days?”
- Worth clarifying
Kitchen flooring
Fictional estimate, page 3, line 18
Laminate is replaced in the kitchen only, 168 SF. The estimate does not say how flooring that continues into the hall is handled. This is a question, not a conclusion.
Question to ask: “How does the estimate handle the flooring where it continues into the hall?”
- Worth correcting
Drywall line math
Fictional estimate, page 2, line 9
The line prints 212 SF at $2.15 with an extension of $546.80. 212 times $2.15 is $455.80. The printed math looks wrong and is worth pointing out, whichever way it changes the total.
Question to ask: “Could you check the extension on page 2, line 9?”
Fictional example. Not a customer file or result. Page and line references point to an invented estimate. No payment outcome is implied.
Written questions
Fictional. Each question points to the line it came from.
- Can you share the moisture readings used to set the equipment days? (page 4, lines 22 and 23)
- How does the estimate handle the flooring where it continues into the hall? (page 3, line 18)
- Could you check the extension on page 2, line 9? (page 2, line 9)
Phone talking points
- Ask for the moisture readings behind the equipment days.
- Ask how flooring that continues into the hall is handled.
- Ask them to check the extension on page 2, line 9.
- Write down who you spoke with, the date, and what they said.
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