What goes on an electrical quote
Rewires and new builds are quoted, because the drawing already says what goes where and the only real unknown is the fabric of the building. The quote has to say what it assumes about that fabric: a solid-wall house and a stud-wall house are two completely different jobs at the same socket count.
- The schedule of points: sockets, switches, lights and outlets, by room
- The breaker panel and protective devices (breakers, GFCI and AFCI), by make and rating
- Cable routes, and whether they are surface, chased or in void
- The construction the price assumes — stud wall, masonry, crawlspace, attic access
- Permit, inspection and certification, in the price or itemized
- Patching and repair, and who is doing it
- The stages, the payment schedule, and both signatures
The sample line items and example prices this sheet opens with are on the electrical invoice template — the same table, which is about the trade rather than about this paper, so it lives in one place rather than on all six. Working out the price itself? The markup calculator turns your cost and markup into the figure to put on the quote, and shows the margin it leaves.
What you get
A PDF, and a link your customer can open in any browser. Word and Excel versions are not available yet — if a spreadsheet is what you need, this is not yet the tool for it, and saying so is cheaper for both of us than you finding out after typing everything in.
Pick how it looks
Six looks, from a plain classic sheet through a bold top band to a shop ticket, and your initials go on automatically until you upload a logo. See all six.
How to send it
Most customers want the paper on their phone, so the quote goes out by WhatsApp, text or email, or as a link that needs no app and no account on their side. Or download the PDF to print it or keep it for your own records.
Questions
What should a rewire quote assume about the building?
Say it explicitly. Cutting a channel in a masonry wall is many times the labor of fishing a cable through a stud wall, and a quote that does not state which it assumed is one you will be arguing about on day two. Walk it, write down what you saw, and price against that.
How should I handle a customer who wants to add points later?
Put a price per extra point on the quote. It turns the awkward mid-job conversation into a number they already agreed to, and extra points are the commonest addition on a rewire. It also stops the job expanding for free, one socket at a time.