Get an Itemized Remodel Estimate From a 30-Second Scan

Every remodel starts with the same question: “How much is this going to cost me?” And for years, homeowners in South Florida have had exactly three ways to get an answer — all of them bad.

You can invite a salesman into your house and sit through a two-hour pitch before a number ever appears. You can get a lump-sum quote over the phone that tells you nothing about where your money goes. Or you can try one of those online “cost calculators” that asks you five questions and hands back a range built on national averages — other people’s houses, other people’s projects.

I run Onel Construction out of Boca Raton, and I built a fourth way. It’s called the Scan Estimate, and it starts with the phone already in your pocket.

Key takeaways

• Got an iPhone? A thirty-second scan of your kitchen or bathroom can give you a full itemized estimate — materials, labor, demolition, everything.
• You see it itemized. The estimate arrives in your email as a PDF — Materials, Labor, and Demolition & waste disposal, every line spelled out, footing to one total. Not a lump-sum number you’re supposed to take on faith.
• You can sign it with your finger — right on your phone. No printing, no scanning back, no paperwork chase.
• The scan starts the quote; the measure finishes it. We come out and measure in person, free — then your final price lands in writing, good for fourteen days. The number we write is the number you pay.
• Your room, line by line — not a national average. The estimate is built from your actual kitchen or bathroom, not a quiz about somebody else’s.

How the scan estimate works

1. Scan your room. Take a thirty-second scan of your kitchen or bathroom with your iPhone and send it in. No tape measure, no salesman walking your home just to “take a look.” Photos work too — send what you have.

2. See it itemized. We go over your project with you — what you’re changing, what you’re keeping, what matters to you. Then your full itemized estimate lands in your email as a PDF you can read line by line and, when you’re ready, sign with your finger, right on your phone.

3. We measure — free. We come out and measure in person, free. No salespeople, no pressure. We measure, you decide.

4. You get it in writing. Your final price in writing, good for fourteen days. The number we write is the number you pay.

That’s the whole system. Kitchen or bathroom — either one scans the same way. If your project is a kitchen remodel in Boca Raton or a bathroom anywhere in Palm Beach or Broward, it starts the same: thirty seconds, standing in the room you’re already tired of looking at.

What “itemized” actually means

Most quotes in this business are one number and a handshake. Mine shows its work. Your estimate PDF breaks the job into the same three buckets every honest quote is built on:

Materials — cabinets, counters, tile, fixtures, the actual stuff going into your home.
Labor — the skilled work of putting it in, by the line, not buried in a markup.
Demolition & waste disposal — tearing out the old and hauling it away, the part half the quotes you get “forget” until it’s a change order.

Each line carries its own number, the lines foot to an exact sum, and the total is the total. When a line surprises you, you can point at it and ask me why — and I can answer, because it’s written down. Try that with a lump sum.

Why your room beats a national average

Those online calculators aren’t lying to you, exactly. They’re just not pricing your house. They don’t know your kitchen is twelve feet wide with the plumbing in the wrong wall. They don’t know your bathroom tile is set in a mud bed from 1987. They average a thousand kitchens in forty states and hand you the middle.

A scan measures the room you actually live in — its size, its layout, what’s in it. That’s why the estimate that comes back is itemized for your project instead of rounded off from everybody else’s. Averages are fine for weather. They’re no way to price a remodel.

What the scan doesn’t do — on purpose

I’ll be straight with you, because it’s my name on the truck: the scan does not spit out a final price on a screen in thirty seconds, and I’d be suspicious of anybody who says theirs does. The thirty seconds is the scan. The estimate that follows is real — itemized, priced, and signable — but the binding number, the one I stand behind, comes after I measure your home in person, free, and put it in writing.

That order protects you. It means the price you sign is the price of the job I actually saw — not a number generated before anybody looked at your walls, waiting to grow later. The number we write is the number you pay. That’s not a slogan I’m renting; it’s how every job in this company gets priced.

Kitchens, bathrooms — and yes, impact windows

The scan is built for kitchens and bathrooms, the two rooms where “how much?” is hardest to answer without seeing the space. Windows work the same way with photos: send clear pictures of your openings, and your estimate comes back with my real installed tiers — around $800 a window for small condo windows, around $1,400 for the average home, up to $2,800 for large openings in large homes. And windows carry the payback most remodels don’t: insurance savings of up to $1,400/year are possible depending on your carrier, and programs like My Safe Florida Home have offered up to $10,000 in grants toward hardening your home. We help eligible homeowners navigate the application.

Prices are averages from recent jobs, set before the latest round of tariff-driven material price increases, and subject to change with inflation, tariffs, and market conditions. Your free estimate always uses current numbers.

On paying for it: most of my homeowners finance part of the job. Through Acorn Finance, small jobs run from $120/month, typical projects land in the low $200s–$300s/month, at rates as low as 4.49% APR with approved credit. The monthly number gets real once your itemized estimate does — you’ll know both before you sign anything.

FAQ

Does the scan give me my final price?
No — and that’s deliberate. The scan starts your quote: you get a full itemized estimate by email, with real pricing, line by line. Your final, binding price comes in writing after the free in-home measure, and it’s good for fourteen days. The number we write is the number you pay.

What do I need to scan my room?
An iPhone is all it takes — the scan itself runs about thirty seconds. If you’d rather not scan, clear photos of the room work too. Call or text me at (561) 462-9293 and I’ll walk you through it in a minute.

What’s actually in the itemized estimate?
Three sections — Materials, Labor, and Demolition & waste disposal — with every line priced, an exact sum, and one total. It arrives as a PDF in your email with a signature block, so you can review it at your kitchen table instead of across one.

How do I sign it?
With your finger, right on your phone, on the PDF itself. No printer, no scanner, no fax machine from 1997. If the numbers work for you, you sign and we schedule your free measure.

What does the scan cost?
Nothing. The scan is free, the itemized estimate is free, and the in-home measure is free. You pay when you decide to build — not to find out what building costs.

Start yours

Stand in the kitchen. Stand in the bathroom. Thirty seconds from now, your estimate can be underway — itemized, in your email, and priced from your room instead of a national average.

Call or text me at (561) 462-9293 or start at https://onelconstruction.com/scan-estimate/. Kitchen or bathroom — either one scans the same way.

— Joe, Onel Construction LLC, License CGC1511492, Boca Raton, FL

Financing is available on everything we do. Payments start at $120 a month on smaller jobs, and most projects land in the low $200s to $300s a month with approved credit. Rates run as low as 4.49% APR for qualified buyers. Ask at the free measure and we’ll lay the options out in writing, next to the estimate.

Insurance savings vary by carrier, policy, and home — figures shown are ‘up to’ amounts, not guarantees. Grant eligibility, amounts, and funding availability are determined by the program and may change. Financing subject to lender approval; rates and payments vary by credit profile. All financing examples assume approved credit through our financing partner.