Classic form

Request a quote form

Most quote request forms collect a name, a phone number and the sentence "I need a fence", which guarantees a call, then a visit, then a price. This one asks for the four things that actually let a trade put a number on a job: a measured run, a photo down the whole line, the ground conditions and a budget band. It is a classic form, because the photo field and the measurement have to be visible together while somebody stands at the job.

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Request a quote

Fill this in properly and you get a written price rather than a call to arrange a call. Most jobs are quoted from the photos and measurements alone; we only come out when the ground is complicated.

You and the site

The job

Measure the run with a tape or by pacing it out, in metres. An estimate to the nearest five metres is genuinely enough to price from, and it is far more useful than a description of the yard. Where a job has two different runs, put the longer one in the field and describe the rest below.

Photos, and why they matter

A quote priced from photographs is a quote that does not change on the day. Two shots do most of the work: one taken from one end looking along the whole run, and one close up of what the fence or deck currently meets at ground level. Take them in daylight, and step back far enough that the ground is in frame rather than just the palings.

Stand at one end and shoot down the line so the far end is visible. This single photo tells us the slope, what is growing into the line, and whether a truck could get near it. If the run bends, take it from the corner.

Up to six files, photo or PDF, 10 MB each. Close ups of anything unusual, a site plan, a body corporate approval, or a neighbour's written agreement. A photo of a hand drawn sketch is fine.

Access and ground

Timing and budget

A budget band is not a haggling position. It decides whether we quote you a hardwood deck or a treated pine one, and a quote pitched at the wrong material wastes a week for both of us.
Quotes are written, itemised and valid for thirty days. Nothing is booked in until you accept in writing, and we do not take a deposit before materials are ordered.

Every field, and what it collects

The complete field list, in the order respondents meet it.

You and the site

Your nameNameRequired
Best numberShort textRequired
Email for the written quoteShort textRequired
How would you rather we reply?Single choiceRequired
Options: Email only · Email, then a call · Text message · Call any time
Where the job isAddressRequired
Is it your property?Single choiceRequired
Options: Yes, I own it · I rent, and the owner knows · I am the agent or builder · It is a shared boundary
Will a neighbour be sharing the cost?Single choiceRequired
Options: No · Yes, and they have agreed · Yes, but we have not discussed it · Not sure yet

The job

What are you after?Multiple choiceRequired
Options: New fence · Replace an existing fence · Gate · Deck · Deck repair or reboard · Retaining wall · Screening · Not sure, advise me
Approximate length of the run, in metresNumberRequired
Height or spec you have in mindDropdownRequired
Options: 1.8m paling · 1.8m paling with lattice on top · 2.1m paling · Horizontal slat · Aluminium slat · Pool compliant · Decking, no fence · No idea, please recommend
What is there now?DropdownRequired
Options: Nothing, open boundary · Old timber fence still standing · Old fence already removed · Chain wire · Hedge or planting · A retaining wall the fence sits on
Who removes and disposes of the old one?Single choiceRequired
Options: You do, include it in the price · I will take it away myself · Nothing to remove
Describe the job in your own wordsLong text

Photos, and why they matter

One photo along the whole runPhoto upload
Stand at one end and shoot down the line so the far end is visible. This single photo tells us the slope, what is growing into the line, and whether a truck could get near it. If the run bends, take it from the corner.
Any other photos, plans or a surveyFile upload
Up to six files, photo or PDF, 10 MB each. Close ups of anything unusual, a site plan, a body corporate approval, or a neighbour's written agreement. A photo of a hand drawn sketch is fine.

Access and ground

Tick anything that appliesMultiple choiceRequired
Options: A vehicle can get within ten metres of the line · Access is through the house or a narrow side gate only · There is a step or a drop along the run · The ground is rock, clay or reclaimed fill · There are services marked or suspected in the line · A pool or spa is inside the boundary · A dog will be on the property during the work · None of these
How much fall is there along the run?Single choiceRequired
Options: Flat, or close to it · A gentle slope · A noticeable drop, more than a metre end to end · It steps down in sections

Timing and budget

When would you like it done?DropdownRequired
Options: As soon as you can · Within a month · Two to three months · Before a specific date, below · No rush, I am comparing prices
Roughly what have you budgeted?DropdownRequired
Options: Under $3,000 · $3,000 to $6,000 · $6,000 to $12,000 · $12,000 to $25,000 · Over $25,000 · I have no idea, that is why I am asking
If there is a date it has to be finished byDate
Have you had other quotes?Single choiceRequired
Options: No, you are the first · One other · Two or more · I would rather not say

What makes this form work

It asks for a measurement, and says how accurate is accurate enough

Metres, to the nearest five, paced out if there is no tape. Telling somebody the tolerance is what gets the number filled in. A blank asking for an exact length gets skipped, and a skipped length is a site visit.

One photo is specified rather than requested

Stand at one end, shoot down the line, get the ground in frame. The photo field description is one of the few pieces of help text a classic form actually shows a respondent, and using it to direct a single shot produces something that can be priced from.

The ground checklist covers what changes the price

Vehicle access, a step in the run, rock or fill, services in the line, a pool inside the boundary, a dog on site. Each one is a cost or a delay a quote has to account for, and each is a tick rather than a question somebody has to think how to phrase.

Questions people ask

Will people really answer a budget question?

More than you expect, if you say what it is for. The paragraph above the field explains that the band decides which material gets quoted, not how hard the price gets pushed, and the last option is an honest "I have no idea, that is why I am asking". A band with an escape hatch gets answered; a blank field asking for a number does not.

How many photos should a quote form ask for?

One that is compulsory and specific, plus a place for the rest. The single photo field here asks for one shot down the whole run and explains exactly how to take it, and the separate upload takes up to six more. Asking for six photos up front reads as work; asking for one with instructions gets a usable picture.

Does the form work on a phone while standing at the job?

That is what it is designed for, and it is why the measurement, the photo and the ground questions are grouped in that order. On a narrow screen the paired fields stack into one column, so the sequence a person meets is the same as on a desktop, just taller.

What happens to the photos in the response?

They are attached to the response and shown in the responses view, and the response PDF renders uploaded images inline and merges in any PDF that was attached. So the quote can be prepared from one document rather than from a form on one screen and an email of photos on another.

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