Got a quote for a whole-home generator?

For the same house and the same generator, Houston installers quote prices thousands of dollars apart — and the cheapest quote often just leaves things out. For one flat fee, we collect competing installed quotes on one standard spec and show you the real spread, in plain English.

Start Your Quote Check — $195 Flat

HOMEOWNER-SIDE ONLY · NO PERCENTAGE · WE NEVER SELL YOUR INFORMATION · NOT AN INSTALLER

Why one quote is never enough

The spread is enormous. Houston installers' quotes for the same job commonly land $5,000–$8,000 apart. A typical whole-home install runs $10,000–$16,000 — guessing wrong is expensive.
Quotes aren't itemized, so they can't be compared. One number hides the generator, the transfer switch, the gas line, and the permits in a single lump. The "low" quote often just excludes the gas-meter upgrade or the panel work.
The usual channels give you exactly one quote. The manufacturer, the warehouse club, and the big-box store each route you to a single dealer. And the lead websites don't work for you at all — they sell your phone number to a handful of contractors.
Competition is the whole game. When 8–10 licensed installers quote the identical written spec, the real market price shows up fast.

How it works

You answer 10 short questions (below) and send a few phone photos — panel, gas meter, where the generator would sit. Fifteen minutes, tops. Already have a quote? Send it too; it's the perfect starting point.
We build one standard spec — generator size class on natural gas, transfer switch, load management, gas and electrical scope, pad, permits — the way installers need to see it.
We run a 5–7 business day quote round with 8–10 license-verified local installers and collect written, itemized quotes. Every quote and every pass is logged.
You get a one-page report: every installed price side by side, what's included and what's missing in each, warranty and timeline, and the exact dollar spread.
You decide. Pick an installer, negotiate, or wait. You contract with the installer directly — our fee is the same either way. That's the point.

One flat price. No cut of your install.

$195 per quote check, paid upfront

Includes the full quote round and your one-page comparison report. Nobody pays us but you: no installer commissions, no per-lead fees, no percentage of your install — so the only interest we have is getting you the real number. Your information is shared only with the installers in your quote round, only with your written consent, and is never sold.

Pay the $195 flat fee

Want to see exactly what comes back? Read a sample report ↓

Prefer to start with the questions? They're just below ↓

What you get: a sample report

SAMPLE — fictional example. The homeowner, installers, and prices below are invented to show the format and the kind of findings a real check produces. Real reports use the real quotes from your own round, with real installer names.

The case: a Katy home (2,600 sq ft, two AC units, pool pump) needs a 24 kW air-cooled generator on natural gas — including the gas meter upgrade the home requires. The owners already had one quote in hand: $14,200, a single lump sum. When asked, that installer confirmed the meter upgrade was not included.

The round: 8 installers quoted the identical written spec over 7 business days — 5 written quotes, 2 passes (one booked out, one would only quote a larger unit), 1 no response.

Installer	Installed total	What's in it	Warranty	Timeline
Installer A (the original quoter, on the standard spec)	$14,650	Full spec, meter upgrade included	7-year	~6 weeks
Installer B	$12,750	Full spec, meter upgrade included	10-year	~5 weeks
Installer C	$13,400	Full spec · first-year maintenance included	7-year	~8 weeks
Installer D	$13,975	Full spec · equipment monitoring included	10-year	~6 weeks
Installer E	$11,900	See watch-outs — not the price it looks like	5-year	~4 weeks

Watch-outs we spotted:

Installer E's $11,900 is the trap quote. It leaves out the meter upgrade (≈ $850 with the gas work) and bills the pad separately ($425). Completed to the same scope it's ≈ $13,175 — mid-pack, not cheapest — with the shortest warranty of the round.
Warranty years are real money. Coverage ranged from 5 to 10 years; a 10-year extended warranty bought separately typically runs $1,000+, so Installer B's included coverage is a four-figure difference on top of the price gap.
Every quote was checked on the natural-gas rating — a "24 kW" generator delivers about 21 kW on natural gas. Nobody sized this home off the propane number.

The bottom line: lowest comparable quote $12,750, highest $14,650 — a $1,900 spread on the identical spec. And the $14,200 quote the owners started with was really a $14,650 quote once the missing meter work is counted. Every check comes back in exactly this format.

Who's behind this

Generator Quote Check is run by Matt Moravits, based in the Houston/Magnolia area. Matt also runs Mineral Offer Check, a flat-fee bid-checking service for Texas mineral owners — same idea, different mailbox problem: a big-ticket decision where the first number you're given is rarely the real one, and shopping it properly takes organized legwork most people don't have time for.

To be plain about what this is not: Matt is not an installer, electrician, plumber, or generator dealer, and this is not an installation service. It's a quote-collection and comparison service. Every quote in your report comes from a licensed installer whose credentials we verify before they join the round — the strongest evidence of a fair price there is.

Questions homeowners ask

I already have a quote. Is this still useful?
It's the best use case there is. Your existing quote becomes the number to beat, and the report tells you whether it was fair.

Do I have to buy a generator?
No. Plenty of clients just want to know what it would really cost before hurricane season. The report is yours either way.

How long does it take?
Most quote rounds finish in 5–7 business days.

Will installers need to visit my home?
Quotes are built from your spec and photos first. An installer you choose may schedule their own site visit before a final contract — that's between you and them, and it's normal.

Is my information shared?
Only with the installers in your quote round, only for quoting, and only with your written consent. It is never sold — that practice is exactly what this service exists to replace.

Are you a dealer or installer?
No. We don't sell or install generators, and no installer pays us anything. You pay one flat fee; installers compete for your job.

Start your quote check

Answer these 10 questions to get started:

Your name, phone, email — and your ZIP code.
About how big is the home (square feet, stories)?
How many air-conditioning units, and roughly what size (tons, if you know)?
Which big appliances are electric vs. gas: range/oven, dryer, water heater?
Pool equipment, EV charger, well pump, or other big loads?
Natural gas at the house, or propane? (Not sure? Say so.)
Where's your main electrical panel, and is it 200-amp service? (A photo answers both.)
Are you in an HOA?
Do you already have a quote? From whom, for how much, and for what size generator?
What's your timeline — before hurricane season, after a bad outage, just researching?

Photos that help: your electrical panel (door open), your gas meter, and the spot where a generator could sit.

To start: email your answers and photos to matt@generatorquotecheck.com, then pay the $195 flat fee on our secure Stripe payment page — your quote round starts once your answers, your written go-ahead to share the spec with installers, and payment are all in. Questions first? Email is fine — you'll hear back within one business day.