Quote Follow-Up · Patio, Carport & Pergola Builders · Perth WAYour next $15k patio is sitting in your sent quotes.
A Perth patio is priced at $8,000 to $25,000 and up. Nobody pays a deposit on the night of the free measure. Homeowners take the quote inside, get another one or two, and think it over. Some of yours go quiet while you are up on a roof, and nobody asks again. We do the asking.
A Perth patio is $8k to $25k+,
and they have other quotes.
These are one Perth builder's price guides by size and roof style. Insulated panels, premium sheeting and tricky engineering push them up. Every one of them is a quote that sits on a kitchen bench for a while.
a smaller flat roof patio
The entry point. Still a big enough number that most people want a second price. Advanced Patios, Perth cost guide
a medium gable patio
The middle of the market, and where a $15,000 quote sits. Advanced Patios, Perth cost guide
a large gable, dome or custom patio
More engineering, more approval paperwork and a longer think before anyone signs. Advanced Patios, Perth cost guide
At those prices, homeowners commonly compare quotes before they commit, and they take their time. Some go with another builder. Some push it back to next summer. But some were still deciding a month later, liked your design, and never heard from you again because you were up on a roof in Ellenbrook with your phone in the ute. Those are the ones worth chasing, and they cost nothing to find. They are already in your sent folder.
From free measure to deposit:
the gap.
A typical Perth patio goes free on-site measure and quote, then a signed quote and deposit, then approval, then install. One Perth builder takes a 6.5% deposit to start the approval and installs 8 to 12 weeks after approval (One Stop Patio Shop). The quiet stretch is between the measure and the deposit. Every quote you send gets the same steady follow-up through it, in your voice, from your number. It stops the moment the client replies, books or says no.
Did it arrive?
A short check that the quote came through and an offer to answer questions on the span, the roof style or the sheeting. Small worries get sorted here before they turn into a no.
Day 2Like for like?
Most people have more than one quote. We ask whether anything needs a second look, such as insulated panels, gutters or lighting, so they compare like for like and not on the headline price.
Day 7Still on the list?
Three weeks in, a plain check-in. Have they decided, put it off, or gone elsewhere? Every answer is useful, and a no closes the file cleanly.
Day 21Before your book fills
A last note about your next install date and how long approval adds. If they are ready, the reply comes to you and we book the call.
Day 45of applications need approval
Patio Factory, a Perth builder, says about 99% of its patio applications need approval. An attached patio is never exempt. Patio Factory, council approval in WA
for a permit decision
Once the application is in, the permit authority has 10 business days to decide a certified application and 25 for an uncertified one. That wait is a reason to text, not to go silent. ABLIS, WA building permit
the most you can take as a deposit
On WA home building contracts between $7,500 and $500,000, under the Home Building Contracts Act 1991. Every patio in the price guides above is inside that band. Building and Energy WA
from approval to install
Because the structure is made to measure. That is two to three months where a client can get cold feet if nobody keeps in touch. One Stop Patio Shop
When a patio is exempt. A patio, carport or shade sail needs no building permit only if it is freestanding, 10 square metres or less, no more than 2.4 metres high and outside wind regions C and D. A pergola is exempt up to 20 square metres under the same height and wind limits (Town of Mosman Park). Anything attached to the house needs a permit, and planning approval can apply on top.
After the deposit, the job follows the approval. A text when the application is lodged, another when it is approved, and one when the install is booked means the client never wonders whether you have forgotten them. How the sequence is built, and why it is four messages and not ten, is in the quote follow-up guide. The patio version, with wording you can copy, is in patio quote follow-up in Perth.
Missed calls while you're on a roof,
texted back within a minute.
A homeowner who rings while you are fixing sheets to a rafter does not leave a message. They ring the next builder. When you miss a call, the caller gets a text from your number within a minute asking what they want covered, which suburb and when, and the answer lands in your diary as a measure. It is the same system as the quote follow-up, so there is nothing extra to run. Roofers have the same problem, as the roofing and solar page shows, and the text-back itself is on the missed call text back page.
The carport, the enclosure,
the insulated upgrade.
The people you built a patio for are the easiest next job you have. And the best time to ask is when the phone goes quiet.
when Perth searches for patios peak
Google Trends interest in “patio” in WA over the last five years, averaged by month, is highest in spring. Google Trends, WA, 5 years
in March and June
The two lowest months on the same chart, against October. This is relative search interest, not sales, but it shows when new enquiries thin out. Google Trends, WA, 5 years
A customer who loved their patio is the one most likely to want blinds or an enclosure to turn it into an outdoor room, an insulated roof when the first summer is hotter underneath than they expected, or a carport down the side. We go through the jobs you have finished in the last few years and contact those owners in the months your new enquiries thin out, so March to June has measures in it instead of gaps.
The consent rule. A text that promotes your business is a commercial message under the Spam Act 2003, so it needs consent, your business identified and a working unsubscribe. Consent can usually be inferred from the patio you built for a client, but only for messages about that relationship. Blinds or an enclosure for the patio you built fits. Pitching a carport you have never quoted is a stretch, so we ask at handover whether the owner is happy to hear about future work, and keep the record. A bought or scraped list has no consent at all. The full rules, with templates, are in the past customer reactivation guide, and the SMS rules for business senders are in the SMS compliance guide.
Shared leads vs the quotes
you already sent.
Most patio builder marketing goes on finding new enquiries, and plenty of those are shared. Even What's The Damage, which sells a one-builder Perth patio territory, says of its pay-per-lead option: “Multiple tradies share each territory” (What's The Damage, Perth patio territory). A shared lead is a race to ring first.
A sent quote is different. You walked the backyard, measured it and priced it. Nobody else gets your quote list, and nobody else is chasing it. We do not sell leads at all. We work the quotes you have already sent. The two are not either-or: a lead you paid for is worth more when somebody follows the quote up.
We will not guess your margin, so run your own numbers in the lead cost calculator: what one more signed patio a month is worth to you, against $197 a month. For the same approach on bigger builds, see quote follow-up for pool builders.
What it costs a
patio builder.
The audit sets the scope, so there is no fixed price before it. What we can tell you now is the floor.
Setup, then 8 estimates free
Setup is $999 for the three founding clients in each trade, or $1,500 after that. Your first 8 booked estimates are free.
- Audit of your sent quotes, missed calls and past jobs
- Quote follow-up built in your wording, from measure to deposit
- Missed calls texted back inside a minute
- Updates while the approval is in, so clients are not left wondering
- Past patio customers contacted, with consent checked first
- ACMA Sender ID lodged and compliance handled
- Replies and bookings straight to your phone and diary
- One person who knows your build, on the phone
For a sense of scale: a medium gable patio in Perth is $12,000 to $18,000, and a large or custom one $18,000 to $25,000 and up. The platform fee is $197 a month.
Good fit,
bad fit.
Right for you if
- You run an owner-operated patio, carport or pergola business and measure up most weeks.
- You send more quotes than you sign, and the follow-up is you, at night, when you remember.
- You have years of finished patios and have never contacted those owners again.
- Your autumn and early winter are thinner than you would like.
Not for you if
- You want someone to sell you leads. We do not, and we will say so on the call.
- You are booked six months out this spring. You may not need this until autumn, so call us then.
- You are a franchisee and head office already runs your marketing and follow-up. Check what you have before paying twice.
- You want to buy software and run it yourself. The running is what we sell.
What patio builders
ask us first.
Do you sell patio leads?
Do patios need council approval in WA?
When should a patio builder follow up a quote?
Will the follow-ups annoy my clients?
Can we text past patio customers?
What does it cost?
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Sources
Every figure on this page traces to one of these. All are Australian and were opened and checked on 21 October 2026.
- Advanced Patios — How much does a patio cost in Perth?, updated November 2025. Smaller flat roof $8,000 to $12,000; medium gable $12,000 to $18,000; large gable, dome or custom $18,000 to $25,000+. Premium sheeting, insulated panels or complex engineering add to these. Advanced Patios is a Perth builder.
- One Stop Patio Shop — Outdoor patio designs Perth, updated October 2026. Free on-site quote; a 6.5% deposit starts the approval process; installation typically 8 to 12 weeks after approval. A Perth builder.
- Patio Factory — Do you need council approval for a patio in WA?. About 99% of applications need approval; an attached patio fails the exemption test. A Perth builder.
- Town of Mosman Park — Carports, patio, pergola and shade sails. No building permit for a freestanding Class 10a building of 10 m² or less, no more than 2.4 m high, outside wind regions C and D; pergolas exempt up to 20 m² under the same height and wind limits (Building Regulations 2012, Schedule 4).
- ABLIS — Building permit, Western Australia. Permit authority has 10 business days for certified and 25 for uncertified applications.
- Building and Energy, Government of WA — Building or renovating your home. Maximum deposit 6.5% on home building contracts from $7,500 to $500,000; patios are Class 10a buildings.
- Building and Energy — Industry Bulletin 130 (PDF). The Home Building Contracts Act 1991 caps deposits at 6.5% on home building work contracts between $7,500 and $500,000.
- Google Trends — “patio”, Western Australia, past five years. Weekly relative search interest, averaged by month: highest in October with September and November close behind; March and June lowest, about a sixth below October. Search interest, not sales.
- What's The Damage — Perth patio territory. Pay-per-lead option: “Multiple tradies share each territory”. WTD also sells an exclusive territory.
Thirty minutes.
One honest number.
What the patio quotes you sent this year and never followed up are worth, at Perth prices. You keep that number whether you hire us or not.
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