Landscaper quoting app.
Quotes in under 30 seconds
Describe the job or upload a site plan, and the AI prices ready lawn, retaining, planting and earthworks 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 landscapers in New Zealand?
Insta Quotes is an AI quoting app for New Zealand and Australian landscapers 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 landscaper quote itemises the job into retaining, ready lawn, planting, drainage and labour lines.
How much does Insta Quotes cost for a landscaper 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 landscapers in New Zealand can quote before paying.
What should a New Zealand landscaping quote include?
Split the job into elements (earthworks, retaining, ready lawn, planting, paving, irrigation) and price each on its own line with materials and labour separated, then show 15% GST separately and state your NZBN and GST number from IRD. Add a validity period, because plant and aggregate prices move with the season, and list exclusions such as spoil removal, rock breaking or reinstating the neighbour's fence. Itemised quotes survive scope creep: when the client adds a path or asks for a taller wall, you have a clean basis for the variation.
Do I need a licence or consent to build a retaining wall in New Zealand?
Landscaping itself carries no occupational licence in New Zealand, but retaining walls do trigger rules. Under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004 a wall is generally exempt from building consent only if it retains no more than 1.5m of ground and carries no surcharge: no driveway, vehicle load or structure within the zone of influence above it. Anything taller or surcharged usually needs a building consent. The exception is rural: in a rural zone a wall retaining up to 3m can be exempt if it sits at least its own height from any boundary or building and a Chartered Professional Engineer designs or reviews it. A fall of a metre or more off the wall may also need a barrier. Insta Quotes lets you price the consent and engineering as their own line items rather than absorbing them, and you can add your NZBN and Registered Master Landscapers membership in the quote's Notes & Payment Terms box, which prints on the PDF.
Does the AI know New Zealand landscaping pricing?
Yes. Quotes are priced in NZD against current New Zealand rates for ready lawn supply and lay per square metre, H4 treated sleeper retaining per linear metre, garden bed prep and mulch, digger and operator hire, using the sort of gear and supply you buy through PlaceMakers, Central Landscape Supplies or Daltons, with 15% GST applied rather than Australia's 10%.
Can I quote hard and soft landscaping on the same job?
Yes. The AI handles the full scope in one quote: excavation and site cut, timber and concrete retaining, ready lawn, native and exotic planting, paving and cobblestone, decking, irrigation and stormwater. Each element comes back as its own priced line, so a Wellington hillside site with heavy access costs and a flat Canterbury section are priced on their own terms rather than from one flat rate.
Does Insta Quotes work for landscapers anywhere in New Zealand?
Yes. Insta Quotes prices landscapers 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.
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