Quote Teardown: Find the gaps before you sign.
Reviewed personally by Jesse Barrass — an ex-builder with years of hands-on construction experience.
Who this is for
- You’re holding quotes right now and something has to be signed soon
- You’re comparing trades and the prices are too far apart to make sense
- One quote feels suspiciously cheap and you can’t see why
Exactly what you get
- Line-by-line written gap summary across up to 3 quotes for one trade package
- Every missing scope item, lowball allowance and exclusion flagged with what it should roughly cost
- A 30-minute call to walk through the findings and exactly what to ask each contractor
- The questions in writing, so you can send them straight to the trades
This is the shape of the deliverable
Concrete pump hire
Not mentioned anywhere in the quote
Unpriced — typical $800–$1,500 per pour
Rock excavation
“Excavation in other than natural soil excluded”
Excluded — repriced mid-job at machine day-rates
Piering allowance
Allowance $2,400
Roughly half the local going rate for this soil class
Termite management
Priced, part and system named
Priced properly — no action
Every finding: the quote line, the gap, the realistic cost band.
Each finding shows the quote line, the gap, and the realistic cost band — the same format as the $6,200 slab example.
Worked example — what this catches
$6,200
A slab quote with no pump hire, no rock clause and a piering allowance at half the going rate hides about $6,200 — the standard shape of the “cheap” quote.
Real results go on the proof pageWhat this is not — in plain English
This is not legal advice and not a site inspection. It is an expert second set of eyes on the paperwork — you make the decisions.
Full details in our terms and disclaimer — written to be read, not buried.
Common questions
What do you need from me?
The quotes (PDF or photos), your drawings if you have them, and a sentence on what the package covers. Upload or email — the 48-hour clock starts when we have them.
Can you review quotes from anywhere in Australia?
Yes. The review is remote and the gaps we look for — scope, allowances, exclusions, provisional sums — are universal, with state-specific pricing context applied where it matters.
Is this legal or contract advice?
No. It is an expert construction review of scope and pricing. Where a clause needs a solicitor, the report says exactly that rather than pretending otherwise.
What if the quotes turn out to be fine?
Then you sign with confidence, which is worth the fee on its own. It happens — and the report will say so plainly rather than inventing problems.
What’s the refund policy?
If we haven’t started the review, full refund, no questions. Once the review is underway the fee stands — the work is the review itself.
Ready? Book your Quote Teardown — $290
Fixed fee, 48 hours. Book through the form, or call 0484 508 363 and talk it through first.