Carpentry Quote Template: Custom Built-Ins

About this example

This example is the quote a finish carpenter in Richmond, Virginia, gives homeowners for custom work in an older house: a twelve-foot library wall with cabinets and shelves, a window seat with drawers, a mudroom bench with cubbies, crown moulding in two rooms and raised-panel wainscoting in the dining room.

Carpentry clients want to know exactly what will be built and from what, so the quote opens with a short letter and a table of every piece with its size and materials, and promises shop drawings for approval before anything is cut. The price is fixed per built-in, with the trim by the linear foot and the sprayed finish and hardware on their own lines, and no sales tax added because the carpenter pays it on the materials. A six-week schedule runs from drawings to install, three payments are tied to approval, delivery and completion, and the terms deal with walls that are not square, changes and the warranty, before an acceptance block.

Who it is for

Carpenters, joiners, cabinet makers and finish carpentry businesses that quote built-ins, trim and custom woodwork for homeowners.