Drainer quoting app.
Quotes in under 30 seconds
Describe the run or upload a site plan, and the AI prices excavation, foul and stormwater lines, council work and labour in NZD at current New Zealand rates, with 15% GST already in the total.
Plans from A$29/mo · 7-day free trial, no credit card
What's the best quoting app for drainers in New Zealand?
Insta Quotes is an AI quoting app for New Zealand and Australian drainers that turns a job description into an itemised, GST-ready quote in under 30 seconds; plans start at $29 AUD a month, billed in AUD even in New Zealand. A sample Insta Quotes drainer quote itemises the job into consent, foul, soakage, connect, reinstate and labour lines.
How much does Insta Quotes cost for a drainer in New Zealand?
Insta Quotes plans are billed in AUD: Tier 1 $29 AUD, Tier 2 $59 AUD and Tier 3 $99 AUD a month. New accounts start with a free 7-day trial, capped at 7 quotes in total rather than per month, with no credit card required, so drainers in New Zealand can quote before paying.
What should a New Zealand drainage quote include?
Split excavation, pipework, connections, council work and reinstatement onto their own lines, and show 15% GST separately with your NZBN and IRD GST number. Put your PGDB drainlaying licence number on it. State the pipe size, material and fall you have allowed, and say what you have assumed about the ground — ordinary soil, rock, fill or a high water table are four different jobs at the same metreage, and ground is the assumption that most often turns a fixed price into a loss. Name the reinstatement standard too: a trench across a lawn and a trench across a concrete driveway end very differently.
Do I need to be a licensed drainlayer in New Zealand?
Yes, and this is a genuine difference from Australia. Drainlaying is its own licensed trade here, licensed by the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board alongside plumbing and gasfitting, with its own licence classes — so drainage is not something a general excavation contractor can simply take on. Connections to the public system also involve the council or the network operator, usually through an approved drainage plan before work starts and an as-built plan afterwards, and the council will want to inspect the work before it is covered. Quote the plan, the inspection and the as-built as their own lines, because they are chargeable work with real turnaround time attached.
Does the AI know New Zealand drainage pricing?
Yes. Quotes are priced in NZD against current New Zealand rates — foul water and stormwater lines by diameter and metreage, gully traps and inspection points, soakholes and detention, connections to the council main, plus excavation, backfill and reinstatement — with 15% GST applied rather than Australia’s 10%. It also prices the council side as work rather than as an afterthought, since the drainage plan and the as-built are a normal part of a New Zealand job.
How do I quote stormwater when the council will not take the flow?
Price the disposal method the site actually needs rather than assuming a connection. In parts of New Zealand, Auckland especially, the network will not accept additional stormwater and the site has to deal with it on its own through a soakhole, a detention tank or a combination, sized against the site’s area and its soil infiltration. That changes the job from a pipe run into an earthworks item with metal, geotextile and a hole that has to be dug and proven. Quote the soakage or detention as its own line with the assumed soil conditions stated, because if the ground will not soak at the assumed rate the design changes and so does the price.
Does Insta Quotes work for drainers anywhere in New Zealand?
Yes. Insta Quotes prices drainers quotes in NZD to current New Zealand rates nationwide, including Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin and regional areas, with 15% GST applied. Generate and send a branded quote wherever the job is.