Home Services Estimate Follow-Up

Difficulty: Intermediate | Time to implement: 20 min | Saves you: ~3 hrs/week Tools: ChatGPT / Claude

You drove out, climbed into the crawlspace, measured everything, went home and spent an hour building a number. You sent it. And then nothing. This template writes the complete follow-up sequence for a quoted job that has gone quiet — four touches over sixteen days, each one with a different job to do — plus the two conversations that actually decide these deals: what to say when they tell you someone else came in cheaper, and how to explain what is inside your number without sounding defensive. Built for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, landscaping, remodeling, painting, pest control, and any trade that quotes before it works.

The premise underneath it: in home services the homeowner is almost never choosing between you and nobody. They are holding two or three bids and waiting for one of you to make the decision easy. Very often the job goes to whoever followed up, because the other two never did.