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  • No account to see your price
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Take one photo. We draw the project on your house and price every part of it at local rates. When you want quotes, local pros price that exact scope.

Original photo: a patchy lawn inside a weathered wood fence
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Patio and planting

420 sq ft patio · Columbus, OH

Instant estimateReading your photo

$ –

Before tax. Every numbered pin is a priced line. Décor is listed, never hidden.

Price my own project

Free. Your number stays private until you pick a pro.

Get an instant estimate right here.

Pick a material and drag the length. It uses the same local rates as the full estimate. Add a photo later and we draw it on your home.

Your estimate, before taxColumbus

$7,410 – $8,720

$88 to $104 per foot, installed

Rough estimate from length alone. A photo tightens it.

FenceDeckDrivewayPatioRoof
Material
84 ft

About 34 steps if you pace it out. Or trace it on a satellite map later.

Height

Gates

1

Old fence

  • Fence, posts and labour6 ft cedar, 84 ft$6,470–7,600
  • Gates1 walk gate$430–510
  • Old fence removal84 ft, hauled away$510–610
  • Total$7,410–8,720
See it on my houseGet quotes on this scope

This month’s rates for Columbus, OH. Your contractor confirms the final quote.

Three ways to find out what it costs.

Only one shows you the finished job and every line of the price before anyone comes out.

  • Time to a first number

    ModelQuoter: About 2 minutes

    Calling around: Days to weeks, after site visits

  • See it on your home

    ModelQuoter: Yes, drawn on your own photo

    Calling around: No

  • An itemized price

    ModelQuoter: Every line, at local rates

    Calling around: Sometimes, often one total

  • Quotes you can compare

    ModelQuoter: Every pro quotes the same scope

    Calling around: Hard. Each quote prices a different scope

  • Your phone number

    ModelQuoter: Private until you pick a pro

    Calling around: Given to everyone you call

  • Cost to you

    ModelQuoter: Free for homeowners

    Calling around: Free, plus your evenings

Start with a photo

Measure once. Check every quote against it.

A photo gives a fair first range. Pace the length or trace it on a map and it tightens. Then local pros quote that exact scope, and each quote shows whether it is near, above or below your estimate.

Cedar privacy fence

6 ft tall · one gate · old fence removed

$5,770 – $10,920

About 70 to 100 ft

Rough estimate

We size the fence from things of known size in your photo, like the door, the fence boards and the garage.

Most projects start with three site visits and three quotes that don’t line up. Yours starts with the finished picture and every line of the price.

What projects cost around Columbus.

Typical installed ranges at 2026 rates.

Start wherever you are.

Each way starts with a photo of your space and ends with a price you can take to local pros. Free, with no sign-up to start.

Questions people ask first.

More answers
How accurate is the estimate?

Accurate enough to budget with. Our pricing engine builds every estimate line by line from the scope you confirm, using current material and labour rates, adjusted for your area where we have local prices. None of the numbers come from the image model.

It's an estimate, not a quote. Your contractor gives you the quote after seeing the job, and your estimate shows you whether that quote is fair.

We keep refining our rates as more real quotes come in. If we can't price your project yet, you can still model it and get quotes from contractors.

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What can you price from a photo?

Fences, decks, patios and interlock, pergolas, exterior painting, driveways, roofs, landscaping, windows and pools.

Anything else, like a kitchen or a bathroom, you can still post for local contractors to quote.

See the cost calculators
Do I have to hire anyone?

No. Seeing your project and its price is free and needs no account. You only post it if you want quotes, and you decide whether to hire any contractor who quotes.

What does ModelQuoter cost a homeowner?

Nothing. Modeling your project, getting an instant estimate and getting quotes from contractors are all free.

Contractors pay a flat membership to be on ModelQuoter. You never pay a fee to be introduced to one, and we take no cut of what you pay your contractor.

Know the price before anyone comes to quote.

It takes one photo and about two minutes. Free for homeowners.

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Modeled: a grey composite deck with metal railing and stairsComposite deck, $25,200–34,140