Quoting for HVAC & mini-split installers

Talk through the job.
Leave with the quote.

QuoteFlow turns a spoken walkthrough into an itemized quote, priced from the company’s own past jobs and approved by the owner before anything reaches a customer.

  • Voice or typed job capture
  • Real past jobs drive every price
  • QuickBooks invoices and Pay Now links
New job● Recording

Extracted

2 zones 12k + 9k BTU 35 ft line set Attic access Masonry penetration Floors? · asked

Sample job shown

Built for Blue Light Home Solutions, an HVAC and mini-split installation company, as its first customer.

How it works

From the driveway to a sent quote, in four steps.

  1. 01

    Talk through the job

    Walk the property, tap the microphone and describe the job the way you’d tell a coworker. QuoteFlow transcribes it and pulls out zones, BTU, line-set length, access and electrical details.

  2. 02

    Answer only what’s missing

    Anything you didn’t mention is left blank, never guessed. It asks one round of follow-ups about the details that actually change the price, with quick-tap answers.

  3. 03

    See the evidence

    A transparent difficulty score with the reasons behind it, the closest matches from the company’s own past jobs, and a price range computed from what those jobs really sold for.

  4. 04

    Approve, then send

    The owner sets the final number. Equipment is costed from the price book, the quote becomes a branded PDF, and it converts to an invoice that syncs to QuickBooks.

Job workspaceVoice

“…condenser on the side of the house. About thirty-five feet of line set through the attic, and we’re going through brick on the back wall.”

SystemDuctless mini-split
Zones2
Capacity12,000 + 9,000 BTU
Line set35 ft
AccessAttic
FloorsNot mentioned
Follow-up questions1 round

How many floors is the install across?

123+

Is there a free breaker in the panel for a new circuit?

YesNoNot sure

Is the existing equipment being removed?

YesNo

✓ We have most of what we need.

Difficulty & historyMedium confidence
6.2/ 10
  • Attic access required Adds crawl time and heat exposure.
  • Masonry/concrete penetration Requires specialized drilling equipment.
  • Multi-floor installation Longer runs between zones.

Closest past jobs

2-zone · 12k + 9k · attic$7,950
2-zone · 12k + 12k · brick$8,600
2-zone · 9k + 9k · attic$7,400
$7,400$8,600

Historical installation range · suggested $8,050

Quote Q-1048Price approved
$8,200

Suggested $8,050 · override logged with reason

Equipment · 12k + 9k BTU heads, condenserPrice book
Installation · 2 zones, 35 ft line set$8,200
Material / accessory · line hide, padPrice book
PDFQuote ready to email · converts to invoice · syncs to QuickBooks

Sample data shown

Pricing logic

The AI never sets the price. The company’s own jobs do.

Every number comes from the equipment database, the company’s historical jobs, or the owner. The language model handles words; money is plain arithmetic in one audited place.

The AI may

  • Transcribe speech and turn it into structured job data
  • Identify equipment and difficulty factors
  • Ask follow-up questions about missing details
  • Write descriptions and summarize similar past jobs

The AI may never

  • Invent equipment prices, SKUs or supplier costs
  • Make up tax rates or silently change a price
  • Send a quote or issue an invoice on its own
  • Decide a final price without the owner approving it

It learns how the owner actually prices.

Every time the owner overrides a suggestion, the change is logged with the job’s characteristics and an optional reason, building a company-specific pricing history. New companies can import past invoices so suggestions start from their real numbers on day one.

Everything in one place

Quotes, invoices and the numbers behind them.

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Voice job capture

Record on a phone at the job, or type. Transcribed and structured into a strict schema.

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Explainable difficulty

A 0–10 score built from concrete factors like attic access, brick, line-set length and floors, always shown with reasons. The owner can override it.

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Historical comparison

Deterministic similarity scoring against the company’s own past jobs returns the closest three to five, with their real prices.

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Quote builder

Line items costed from the internal price book, discounts, tax, deposits, customer and internal notes, and a full audit trail.

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Branded PDFs & email

Quote and invoice PDFs in the company’s branding, sent by email with a price breakdown and a resend button.

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Quote to invoice

Approved quotes carry their line items, discounts and deposit into an invoice, with room to add extra work.

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QuickBooks Online

Customer and invoice sync, payment status synced back automatically, and a real Pay Now link on invoices.

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Price book & markups

Equipment catalog with CSV import and markup rules the owner controls, plus team roles and permissions.

Designed and built by Astel Solutions

Software built around one company’s real numbers.

QuoteFlow is a private tool, made for the way Blue Light Home Solutions quotes and invoices. If your trade business prices jobs from experience, a tool like this can be built around yours.