Make a construction estimate online

Filling it in for a construction job

• Add your business and your customer. Type your business name, then the owner's name, their cell or email, and the job address.
• List the job line by line at your own prices. Work through it the way you'll build it: "Demo existing bathroom and haul away", "Frame new shower wall", "Plumbing rough-in", "Tile shower walls and floor", "Vanity, toilet and fixtures, install". Not sure of one? Leave it empty: it shows Needs price and can't go out at zero.
• Tap Send to customer and sign up. Nothing to type again. Your customer gets the estimate as a link, signs online and pays any deposit straight to you.

The example lines are marked Sample price. Keep them or replace them with your own before anything is sent.

What your customer sees

The preview shows what your customer gets. Download PDF gives you a printable copy. On their phone they see your business name, each phase of the job with your price, the tax line, the total, and a deposit if you turned one on. Then a place to sign. An owner who has been comparing bids for weeks can read yours on the couch that evening and sign it there.

The deposit switch is off until you turn it on. It can help when you order materials or book subs before the job starts. If you use it, you choose how customers pay you after you sign up.

Tips for construction pricing

• Price by phase. A line per phase or trade makes your number easy to check against other bids, and makes changes simple to price.
• Name the finishes. "Porcelain tile, customer selection up to the allowance" leaves less room for argument than "tile".
• Say what is not included. Appliances the owner buys, permits they pull, or repairs to framing behind the walls. Put it in a line name, such as "Kitchen cabinets and counters, install (appliances by owner)".
• Plan for what's behind the walls. Tell the owner before they sign how you'll price rot or old wiring found during demo, and agree any extra in writing.
• Mind the valid-until date. Lumber and material prices move. The maker puts a valid-until date on the estimate, so an old price can't come back to you.

Prefer a file? Download the construction estimate template as a PDF, Word file or Excel sheet. Bill the work with the construction invoice template. See also the roofing and painting estimate makers.