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Free Moving Quote Template

Blank moving company quote template, already carrying the line items moving jobs use. Download it, or fill one in below and get a finished PDF in about a minute.

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A quote is a fixed price you are committing to. That is the whole difference from an estimate, and it means the exclusions and the valid until date on this one are carrying more weight than they look like they are.

Quote, estimate or bid: this is the same document

It is one form with one word changed on it, and that is deliberate. A quote is normally a fixed price you are committing to, an estimate is a considered approximation that can move with the scope, and a bid is a price submitted into a competitive process. Customers use all three interchangeably, so nobody is going to read the word at the top the way you meant it.

The longer version, including what belongs in the exclusions and why every price you send needs a valid until date, is in estimate vs quote vs bid. The moving company estimate template is this same form with the other word on it, and the same moving line items.

What a contractor quote should contain

  • Your business details and license number where required
  • The customer name and the job address
  • A quote number and the date you wrote it
  • The word quote on the document, so nobody has to guess whether the price can move
  • A valid until date, because a fixed price you wrote in March is not a fixed price in September
  • Scope in plain language, line by line, so the customer knows what is and is not included
  • What is explicitly excluded, which is what stops a fixed price turning into free work
  • A line saying scope changes are priced in writing and approved before the work is performed
  • Subtotal, tax, any deposit required to book the work, and the total

What goes on a moving company quote

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 quote 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 quote 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 quote is.

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The rules that hold for every trade

These are on the contractor quote template page, with the questions people ask about the template:

  • Write an exclusions line, it wins arguments before they start
  • Put an expiry on every price you send

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