Fencing

Walk the property. Get the proposal.

Property-line conversations. Material preferences. Pet and privacy drivers. Trova captures everything during the walk and drafts a Good/Better/Best proposal — before the customer asks "how much?"

Closed wooden privacy fence in a residential backyard

By the Numbers

The data behind the fencing opportunity.

Fencing close rates depend on speed-to-proposal more than almost any other trade. The contractors who land a polished proposal in the customer's inbox before the tech pulls away are taking real share — research shows 78% of jobs go to the first contractor to respond.

78%

of home-service jobs go to the first contractor to respond

Hatch

21x

close-rate lift when responding within 5 minutes

BaaDigi

4-6

quotes the average homeowner now requests (up from 2-3 in 2019)

Hatch

30%

higher close rate from reps with strong active listening

Yardstick

What Trova Captures

On every fencing call, automatically.

Property line conversations

Survey markers. Neighbor disputes. Setback rules. Captured with the customer's actual concerns documented.

Material preferences

Cedar vs vinyl. Privacy vs picket. Captured with the customer's reasoning ("Rocky keeps escaping the pickets") so it shows up in the proposal.

Pet and privacy drivers

"We have a new puppy." "The neighbor's pool is right there." Captured as the emotional driver behind the spec.

Gate placement and access

Where the customer wants the gates. Why. Captured during the walk so the proposal matches the conversation.

Permit and HOA

HOA approval requirements. City permit conversations. Documented for the customer file.

Pricing reactions

Customer's reaction to ballpark numbers. Captured. Trova adjusts the Good/Better/Best tiers accordingly.

Detail of cedar fence boards and installation work

Built for the way it actually works

One device. Hands-free. Phone stays in the pocket.

Your tech clips Trova on Monday morning. One button. The customer hears a single line of disclosure, the conversation continues, and Trova captures everything that matters — automatically.

No screens between your tech and the customer. No paperwork in the truck. No upsell that gets forgotten before the next call.

Real Scenario

A walkthrough that became a $14,200 cedar fence — same day.

Estimator walks the property with the homeowner. Customer mentions the new puppy ("Rocky") keeps escaping. Mentions the neighbor's pool. Mentions her sister had a great experience with cedar last year. Walks the line where the new fence will go.

Old workflow: estimator types up the proposal that night. Sends it the next morning. Customer has already gotten three other quotes by then.

With Trova: every detail captured during the walk. Trova drafts a Good/Better/Best proposal — with "Your new fence will keep Rocky safely in the yard" written into the cover language. Cedar privacy fence at the better tier (matching the sister's preference). Proposal in the customer's email before the estimator is back at the truck. Customer signs the next morning before the other quotes even arrive.