Free Handyman Estimate Template
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An estimate is a written price you are offering before the work starts. The two things that decide whether it wins the job are how clearly it describes the scope and how obviously it expires.
What a contractor estimate should contain
- Your business details and license number where required
- The customer name and the job address
- An estimate number and the date you wrote it
- A valid until date, because prices move and you should not be held to a number from six months ago
- Scope in plain language, line by line, so the customer knows what is and is not included
- What is explicitly excluded, which is the line that prevents most disputes
- Subtotal, tax, any deposit required to book the work, and the total
What goes on a handyman estimate
These are the lines a handyman job usually needs. They are already in the template and in the generator, so you edit rather than start from an empty page.
- Labor, hourly rate
- Materials at cost
- Drywall patch and paint
- Fixture replacement
- Trip charge
Delete what does not apply, add what does. The point is that a customer looking at an itemized handyman estimate can see where the money went, which is what stops the argument before it starts.
Handyman work is billed by the hour or as a flat price per task, with materials at cost or marked up, and a trip charge for showing up at all. Which of those you use is less important than saying which one it is.
What to settle before the Handyman estimate goes out
Say whether materials are at cost or marked up and what the trip charge covers. Several states limit the size of job that can be done without a contractor license, so check yours before pricing a large one.
Related pages for Handyman work
- Hourly rate calculator
- Markup vs margin calculator
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The rules that hold for every trade
These are on the contractor estimate template page, with the questions people ask about the template:
- Estimate versus quote versus bid
- Write an exclusions line, it wins arguments before they start
- Put an expiry on every price you send