Mitigation & Restoration / Contractor Estimate Review

Reviewed More Than 10,000 Mitigation, Restoration, and Reconstruction Estimates

Over the past 25+ years, I have reviewed estimates on behalf of insurance carriers, restoration companies, contractors, consultants, attorneys, and property owners. Most estimates contain issues that create unnecessary reductions, delays, supplement cycles, or requests for additional documentation.

Most mitigation and restoration companies do not lose money because they missed work.

They lose money because the estimate they submitted could not survive review.

Common issues include:

• unsupported labor
• disconnected room structures
• inflated content manipulation
• environmental layering
• improper drying procedures
• documentation deficiencies

The reviewer sees those issues immediately.

Then the estimate gets reduced.

The project gets delayed.

The supplement cycle begins.

This service identifies the issues most likely to trigger reductions, delays, disputes, supplements, and requests for additional documentation before the estimate reaches the reviewer.

What Makes This Different

  • Not an estimating service

  • Not a supplement service

  • Not a claim negotiation service

  • Independent third-party estimate review

  • Designed to identify issues before the estimate reaches the reviewer

  • Helps reduce preventable reductions, delays, and supplement cycles

  • Focuses on estimate supportability, documentation, and procedural justification

  • Flat-fee review with no contracts or long-term commitments

Choose Your Review Tier

Mitigation Estimate Review

Payment is required prior to review. Most reviews are Returned within 24–48 business hours

UNDER $25,000 — $75
$25,000–$50,000 — $125
$50,000–$100,000 — $150
Over $100,000 — $225

Reconstruction Estimate Review

Payment is required prior to review. Most reviews are Returned within 24–48 business hours

UNDER $25,000 — $100
$25,000–$50,000 — $150
$50,000–$100,000 — $175
$100K — $250K — $250
$250K — $500K — $400
$500K — $999K — $650
$1 mill & over — Request for quote

Understand What Happens Next

This review is designed to show you what is most likely to happen when your estimate reaches review.

Many contractors and estimators believe their estimate is complete and fully supportable when it is submitted. In reality, reviewers often identify concerns involving documentation, procedures, estimate structure, scope presentation, equipment usage, environmental charges, content handling, and other items that may not be immediately obvious to the person who wrote the estimate.

The purpose of this service is not to tell you what you want to hear.

The purpose is to identify what is most likely to be questioned, reduced, rejected, or ignored before the estimate is submitted.

More importantly, we do not simply identify concerns. We explain why the concern exists and provide recommendations on how the estimate, documentation, photographs, scope, or supporting information can be improved so the work performed is properly represented and supported.

In many cases, the review may result in significant changes to the estimate. That does not necessarily mean the work is incorrect. It means the estimate may contain items that are unsupported, difficult to justify, improperly documented, or likely to create unnecessary friction during review.

Simply put, we review the estimate from the perspective of the reviewer, identify concerns before they become objections, and provide recommendations to help support the work that was actually performed.

Would you rather identify those concerns before submission, or after the estimate has already been reduced?

Optional Resubmission Review

After receiving your review, you may choose to revise your estimate, documentation, photographs, drying records, moisture readings, scope, or supporting information based on the observations and recommendations provided.

If revisions are made, the estimate may be resubmitted for an additional review.

During the resubmission review, we verify whether previously identified concerns have been addressed and whether the revised estimate is better supported for submission.

Upon completion, ClaimHelpMe may issue an Independent Review Letter documenting:

  • The estimate reviewed

  • The version reviewed

  • The review date

  • That the estimate underwent an independent third-party review

  • That previously identified review concerns were addressed, modified, or remain unresolved

This service is designed to provide an additional level of documentation prior to submission and does not guarantee estimate approval, coverage, payment, or claim outcome.

Additional review fees apply.

What You Receive

You will receive an independent review report identifying:

• room structure concerns

• labor concerns

• content manipulation concerns

• environmental procedure concerns

• drying protocol concerns

• documentation concerns

• estimate supportability concerns

The report will include observations and suggested corrections that can be returned to your estimator for revision before submission.

Turnaround Time

Most reviews are returned within 24–48 business hours.

Smaller files may be returned more quickly.

Larger or more complex files may require additional review time.

Important

ClaimHelpMe.com does not rewrite estimates.

ClaimHelpMe.com does not negotiate claims.

ClaimHelpMe.com does not guarantee estimate approval.

Final estimate responsibility remains with the submitting contractor, estimator, public adjuster, or carrier representative.