From New Contractor to Confident Estimates With Eano Pro

“I told my wife, it’s kinda like a drug... it makes things so much easier that you can’t live without it!” — Esteban Saavedra, Owner, SAA Construction Corp.

When Esteban started SAA Construction Corp., he knew construction — but as a former realtor and first-time contractor, figuring out exactly what to charge was a challenge.

He was asking other contractors for pricing, checking numbers with generic AI tools, and sometimes finding out the hard way that his estimates were too high or too low.

Eano Pro changed that. Today, Esteban uses AI to help scope and price jobs, create professional estimates, and manage the business — and says the AI estimator is the feature he relies on every day.

Starting a Construction Company Without Knowing What to Charge

Before starting SAA Construction Corp., Esteban worked in real estate.

Moving into construction meant learning an entirely different side of the business — especially estimating.

At first, he did what a lot of new contractors do: he asked other people what they thought he should charge.

“I would go and ask other people that are in business — like, hey, how much do you think I should charge per square foot?”

The answers weren't always helpful.

“I learned that I couldn’t trust everyone,” Esteban says. “I started losing so many jobs because I was crazy expensive. Or sometimes I was way too cheap.”

He even tried using general-purpose AI tools like Gemini to see if it thought pricing was fair.

But Esteban needed more than a chatbot giving him an answer. He needed a construction-specific system that could help him understand the full scope of the work and turn it into something he could confidently put in front of a customer.

Building an Estimate by Simply Describing the Job

That is where Eano Pro's AI estimator stood out.

Instead of manually thinking through every line item from scratch, Esteban can describe the project and let Eano Pro help build the initial scope.

“I can just speak to it, tell it what I need. And it will question me — like, are you sure you want to use this? What finish level?”

Those follow-up questions help surface details that are easy to forget when you're building an estimate manually.

“It will even add, like, pick up the debris and the cleanup, and all that,” Esteban says. “It adds all that to it.”

For a full renovation, that can mean avoiding dozens of little omissions that eventually turn into lost margin or awkward change conversations.

More Confidence in the Price

For Esteban, speed matters.

But confidence matters even more.

Before Eano Pro, he was trying to figure out whether a price was reasonable by asking other contractors or checking it against generic AI.

Now, he can start with a construction-specific estimate and adjust the scope, pricing, and markup to fit the actual project.

That's an important distinction: AI gives him a faster starting point, but Esteban still controls the final numbers.

In his first few months using Eano Pro, SAA Construction Corp. built estimate amounts approaching seven figures across 40+ estimated projects.

“Just imagine a full renovation — painting a room, then the flooring… it’s too much work that Eano takes away from me.”

Looking Professional From the First Customer Meeting

Esteban quickly realized something else about starting a new construction company:

Customers don't necessarily know how long you've been in business.

Advice he gives to new contractors is:

“One of the first things you need to do is get a CRM system. You need to start by looking professional.”

Professional estimates, organized payment schedules, invoices, contracts, and project information help make a young construction company feel established.

“The impact is just — it looks professional,” Esteban says. “I look very professional. My quotes, my invoices, and even the website.”

That professionalism helps create confidence for the homeowner, even when the construction company itself is brand new.

“Those are things that make you look professional... like you know what you’re doing, and that you’re investing in your company.”

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How AI Takes the Busywork Out of a Full Remodel

Esteban saw the difference especially clearly when talking with another contractor using traditional construction software.

The other contractor was building a concrete driveway estimate line by line in Contractor Foreman.

Esteban's reaction was essentially: there has to be an easier way.

“I show him like, no, look — I just tell it what it is [the job at hand]. And it'll even tell me pickup the debris, and cleanup – it adds all that to it [costs I hadn't thought about].”

That's the workflow Esteban values most.

A remodel might involve demolition, drywall, painting, flooring, trim, cleanup, multiple finish levels, different labor assumptions, and dozens of other details.

Building every piece manually takes time.

With Eano Pro, AI can help create that first draft in seconds, while the contractor stays in control of the scope and pricing that ultimately goes to the customer.

From Zero System to a Real Sales Pipeline in 12 Weeks

Eano Pro wasn't replacing another piece of construction software at SAA Construction Corp.

It was the company's first system.

And in the first 12 weeks, Esteban used it to create:

• 50+ opportunities
• 40+ estimated projects
• Seven figures in estimate value
• 10+ signed projects
• 50+ client records

He was active in Eano Pro on 79 of his first 86 days.

For a business still in its first months, Eano Pro has helped him scale into a business much more established. He puts it a little more colorfully when talking about how much easier the software has made the work:

“It’s kind of like a drug — it makes things so much easier.”

Support That's There When You Need It

Starting a construction company comes with enough unknowns already.

Learning new software shouldn't be another one.

Esteban specifically calls out his experience working with the Eano Pro customer success team.

“Rosse is awesome. She’s always available. Every question I have — I mean, even a stupid question that I answered myself, she’s like, let me find out. She’s great.”

That support has been especially valuable for a contractor adopting his first construction management platform.

Would Esteban Recommend Eano Pro to Other Contractors?

Yes — especially to contractors who are just getting started.

“I recommend it to everyone.”

His advice to another friend considering getting into construction was simple:

“You need to start by looking professional.”

For Esteban, that means having more than a contractor's license and a truck.

It means being able to price jobs confidently, create professional estimates, organize projects, and show customers that there's a real system behind the business.

And there's one thing he wishes more contractors knew:

“I think you guys have a great product. It’s just that you need to be more known. People need to know more about the product.”

Build Better Estimates From Day One

Whether you're starting a construction company or you've been estimating jobs for years, Eano Pro gives you a faster way to turn project details into a professional scope and price.

Describe the job, use AI to build the estimate, adjust the numbers to fit your business, and manage the opportunity through proposal, contract, project, and payment.

See how Eano Pro works →

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