Free Painting Estimate Template
Blank painting contractor estimate template, already carrying the line items painting jobs use. Download it, or fill one in below and get a finished PDF in about a minute.
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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 painting contractor estimate
These are the lines a painting job usually needs. They are already in the template and in the generator, so you edit rather than start from an empty page.
- Surface prep, patch and sand
- Primer coat
- Two finish coats, interior walls
- Trim and door enamel
- Masking, drop cloths and cleanup
Delete what does not apply, add what does. The point is that a customer looking at an itemized painting estimate can see where the money went, which is what stops the argument before it starts.
Painting is priced by wall area, number of coats and prep. A gallon of interior wall paint covers about 350 square feet on a smooth primed surface, so the coat count moves the material line more than anything else.
What to settle before the Painting estimate goes out
If the house was built before 1978, say how the lead rule is handled before you start. The EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rule covers disturbing more than six square feet of interior paint or twenty of exterior, and lead safe prep takes longer than ordinary sanding.
Related pages for Painting 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