Send clients a priced repair estimate with every report

Publish the report, and the Hive Repair Estimator prices every defect for the local market, groups the work by contractor trade with a total for the home, and 15 minutes later emails the PDF to your client, their agent or both.

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The Summary page of a Hive repair estimate PDF: a total estimate of $3,675 and a bar for each contractor trade, from DryWall/Painter at $1,500 and Roofing Contractor at $725 down to Electrician and Tile / Grout Contractor at under $200

By trade: a subtotal for each contractor trade and a total for the home
Local prices: based on the property’s city, state and ZIP code
Included: on every plan, including the 10-report pack

Your client gets the numbers, not just the findings

Numbers for the repair request

Your report says what is wrong. The estimate says roughly what it costs to fix, so your client can ask for repairs or credits with real numbers.

Grouped the way contractors quote

Each defect sits under the trade that would fix it, such as a roofer, plumber or electrician. Related items are bundled the way a contractor would quote them, and small items are listed as under $200.

Flags what needs a specialist

Items that can’t be priced responsibly without a specialist, such as water intrusion or structural movement, are flagged for further evaluation instead of guessed at.

How the Hive Repair Estimator works

Turn it on once for each template. After that it runs when you publish. Setup steps in the Hive docs

Step 1
Turn it on for a template
In Template Tools, switch on the estimate for new inspections and choose who is emailed: your client, the buyer’s agent, your company email.
Step 2
Preview it if you like
In Report Tools, Generate now builds the PDF, usually in under two minutes, so you can read it first. A preview never emails anyone.
Step 3
Publish as usual
From the web or the mobile app. 15 minutes later Hive emails the estimate, so it arrives after the report email.

The Hive Repair Estimator settings for a template, with Generate automatically for new inspections switched on, and Email to client and Email to Buyer’s Agent switched on under Share the estimate — Set once for each template: generate the estimate for new inspections, and choose who is emailed.

Cost to Cure or the Repair Estimator?

Both give your client repair costs. The difference is who sets the price.

Cost to Cure and Hive Repair Estimator, side by side
	Cost to Cure	Hive Repair Estimator
Who sets the prices	You. You type a cost on each defect.	Hive AI, priced for the property’s local market.
Where the client sees it	Inside your report, digital and PDF.	A separate Hive-branded PDF.
When the client gets it	With the report.	By email, 15 minutes after you publish.
Which defects are included	Only the defects you gave a cost.	Every defect in the report.
Totals	No total. Each defect shows its own cost.	A subtotal per trade and a total for the home.

You can use both on the same report. They don’t affect each other: the Repair Estimator does not read the costs you typed, and your costs are never changed by it.

Hive Repair Estimator questions

What is the Hive Repair Estimator?

The Hive Repair Estimator is a feature in Hive, the AI home inspection software, that turns the defect comments in an inspection report into a priced repair estimate. It is a separate, Hive-branded PDF that groups each defect under the contractor trade that would do the work, with a subtotal per trade and a total for the home, priced for the property’s local market. Hive emails it to the recipients the inspector chooses 15 minutes after the report is published. The prices are AI-generated projections for planning and negotiation, not quotes.

Where do the prices come from?

From an AI model Hive built for repair pricing. It prices each repair for the property’s local market, using the city, state and ZIP code, and assumes all the work for one trade is done in a single visit, the way a contractor would quote it.

Which defects are priced?

Every defect comment in the report. Information and limitation comments are not priced, and a report with no defect comments gets no estimate.

Who gets the estimate, and when?

About 15 minutes after you publish, Hive emails the recipients you turned on for the template: the client, the buyer’s agent and your company email, in any combination. The link opens only when the report itself would: published, paid and all agreements signed, unless you set a manual override.

Is there a liability risk for me?

The estimate is a separate, Hive-branded document. It states that prices are AI-generated projections for planning and negotiation, not quotes, and that actual costs may vary. Items that can’t be priced responsibly are flagged for specialist evaluation. Read a few estimates yourself before you turn on client emails for a template.

Does the Repair Estimator cost extra?

No. It is included on every plan, including the 10-report pack. A fair-use limit applies: you can generate the estimate for one report up to 10 times a day.

How the AI fits together is on the How Hive’s AI works page. Anything else: email support@hiveinspect.com.

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