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Describe the elevations or upload a plan, and the AI prices cavity work, substrate, base coats and finish in NZD at current New Zealand rates, with 15% GST already in the total.
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What's the best quoting app for renderers in New Zealand?
Insta Quotes is an AI quoting app for New Zealand and Australian renderers 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 renderer quote itemises the job into cavity, substrate, basecoat, finish, details and labour lines.
How much does Insta Quotes cost for a renderer 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 renderers in New Zealand can quote before paying.
What should a New Zealand plaster cladding quote include?
Name the system, not just the finish. Proprietary plaster cladding systems are appraised as systems — substrate, base coat, mesh, finish and the details that go with them — and installing to that appraisal is what keeps the warranty alive, so the quote should say which system it prices. Show the cavity, substrate, base coats, finish and detailing as separate lines with 15% GST alongside your NZBN and IRD GST number. State the finish texture and colour, note the weather assumption because coatings have application temperature limits, and list what is excluded: scaffold if someone else supplies it, and any framing or flashing correction found once the wrap goes on.
Why does plaster cladding need a cavity in New Zealand?
Because of what happened without one. New Zealand’s leaky-building period is closely associated with direct-fixed monolithic cladding, where any water that got past the surface had no way out and no drainage path, and the framing behind it paid for that. Clause E2 of the Building Code and its acceptable solution now put a drained and vented cavity behind plaster cladding in the situations that matter, which is why cavity battens and building wrap are a priced line on this quote rather than an optional extra. It is also the reason a client comparing your quote against a cheaper one should be asked whether the cheaper one includes the cavity — because on this cladding type, that is not a detail.
Does the AI know New Zealand plaster cladding pricing?
Yes. Quotes are priced in NZD against current New Zealand rates — cavity battens and wrap, fibre-cement and other substrate sheet, base coats with alkali-resistant mesh, texture and acrylic finish coats, and the control joints, flashings and reveal details a system needs — with 15% GST applied rather than Australia’s 10%. It prices a cavity-based system rather than the direct-fixed render onto blockwork that an Australian quote often assumes.
How do I protect myself from another trade’s mistakes on a cladding job?
Write down the condition you are pricing against and inspect before you cover anything. You are the trade that hides everyone else’s work: framing that is out of line, flashings installed wrong, windows fitted without the right sill support. Once the substrate is on, those become invisible, and when water appears later the cladding is what gets blamed. Quote against stated conditions — framing within tolerance, joinery installed and flashed, penetrations complete — and put a hold point in your quote saying you inspect and report before sheeting starts. Then price making good someone else’s work as a variation rather than absorbing it, because absorbing it silently is how you inherit responsibility for it.
Does Insta Quotes work for renderers anywhere in New Zealand?
Yes. Insta Quotes prices renderers 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.