Exterior Visualizer for Siding, Roofing & Window Contractors
The homeowner is not buying siding — they are buying what the house will look like with it. Photograph the house at the estimate, and hand them that picture before you leave the driveway: their house, their roofline, the product you quoted.
The problem
Dedicated exterior visualizers are priced per seat for a sales team, which is hard arithmetic for a two-crew operation. And most of them front-load work: measurement scans, product catalogs, setup.
Without a visual, the estimate competes on price alone. With one, it competes on the after — and the after is where the homeowner already lives emotionally.
Archome works from the photo you take at the walkthrough: exterior restyle for the whole facade direction, Material Swap when the decision is one surface — this siding colour, that roof tone. Geometry stays locked, so the house in the picture is the house on the street.
How siding, roofing & window contractors use Archome
1. Photograph the house at the estimate
One straight-on phone photo of the elevation you are quoting. Overcast light is fine.
2. Render the quoted option
Describe the product direction — board-and-batten in sage, charcoal architectural shingles, black window frames. A second option costs 30 seconds.
3. Send it with the quote
The estimate email that includes the after-picture of their own house is the one that gets answered. 4K upscale if it goes in a printed proposal.
What you get
- Works from one phone photo taken at the walkthrough
- Geometry locked — real roofline, real openings, real proportions
- Material Swap for single-surface decisions: siding, roof, trim
- Multiple colourway options in minutes, not a design session
- 4K for printed proposals; commercial licence on paid plans
- No per-seat pricing, no product-catalog setup, no scan fees
Honest limits: this is the sales visual, not the measurement platform. It will not produce takeoffs, material quantities or aerial measurements — if that is what you need, the measurement tools earn their price and we are not one of them. And the render shows a product direction, not an exact SKU match; confirm final colours from physical samples like you already do.
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Questions professionals ask
Is this a Renoworks or Hover replacement?
For the visualization half, yes at a fraction of the price. For the measurement half, no — we render what the remodel looks like; we do not measure the house. Plenty of crews run a measurement tool for takeoffs and use Archome for the sales picture.
Can I show exact manufacturer products?
You describe the product direction — colour, profile, material — and the render shows it convincingly. It is not an SKU-linked catalog, so treat it as the decision visual and confirm final colour from samples, exactly as you already do.
What does it cost per job?
A one-time $15 credit pack covers several option renders plus a print-quality version — enough for a typical estimate. Crews quoting weekly do better on the $29/month plan with the commercial licence included.
Does it work on any house photo?
A reasonably straight, unobstructed elevation photo works best. Heavy tree cover in front of the facade limits what any visualizer can do — shoot from the angle the buyer will judge from.
Test it on a real project.
100 credits when you sign up — about three Ultra renders. No card required.
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