Free Moving 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 moving company estimate
These are the lines a moving job usually needs. They are already in the template and in the generator, so you edit rather than start from an empty page.
- Labor, two movers per hour
- Truck and fuel, per mile
- Packing materials, boxes and wrap
- Stair carry and long carry fee
- Storage, per month
Delete what does not apply, add what does. The point is that a customer looking at an itemized moving estimate can see where the money went, which is what stops the argument before it starts.
A local move is billed by the hour for the crew and the truck. A long distance move is priced on weight and distance instead, with packing materials, long carries and storage on their own lines either way.
What to settle before the Moving estimate goes out
An interstate move falls under FMCSA rules: the mover gives a written estimate, binding or not binding, and the booklet Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move. Say which kind this estimate is.
Related pages for Moving work
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