Redline
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Contractor estimate template for any job.

A plain estimate any contractor can use: the job broken into stages, a contingency for what you can't see, and the deposit to get on the schedule. Rename the lines to fit the work.

Estimate

No. E-118
Your Company
Street address, City, ST
Phone · email
License no. (if your trade needs one)
Prepared forCustomer nameJob address
JobScope of work, in one line
Date · Valid forDate · 30 days
ItemQtyUnitRateAmount
Site prep and protection
Floor protection, dust walls, access
1flat$350.00$350.00
Demolition and removal1flat$900.00$900.00
Materials
List the major items
1lot$2600.00$2,600.00
Labor40hour$75.00$3,000.00
Subcontractor
Name the trade
1lump sum$1200.00$1,200.00
Permit1each$200.00$200.00
Cleanup and disposal1flat$300.00$300.00
Contingency
Billed only if used, with your OK first
1allowance$500.00$500.00
Subtotal$9,050.00
Tax (6.25%)$565.63
Estimate total$9,615.63
Deposit to book (30%)$2,884.69
Valid for 30 days. Deposit due at signing to schedule and buy materials, balance on completion. Some states limit deposits; set yours to match.
Work not listed above is done only by signed change order.
Hidden conditions found once work starts are quoted before we go on.
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Click any text to change it. Rates and the tax rate are examples, so put in your own. Totals update as you type.

Why it's laid out this way

  • The job in the order it happens, so the customer can follow it
  • Labor by the hour and materials as a lot, the two lines every trade has
  • Subs as a lump sum with the trade named
  • A contingency that's only billed if it's used
  • Change orders and hidden conditions in the terms

Or build it by chat

In Redline you describe the job, or send a photo of it, and say who it's for and what deposit you want. It builds the itemized estimate with the deposit and saves it on the customer's file after you've checked it. Quotes by chat work on the Free plan. Good, better and best options are laid out in the quote composer in Money, on Solo.

Customers can't approve the quote through a link in Redline yet. You present it in person or email the customer from your own Gmail. See quotes and estimates, or check your price with the markup vs margin calculator.

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