Cleaning estimate template — and a generator that fills it in
Square footage, frequency and scope — the structure that keeps a cleaning quote profitable, plus a generator that drafts one.
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Describe the job in plain words. No email needed to see your first estimate — about fifteen seconds for a small job, a little longer for a big one.
What you get — see the format first
A complete estimate you can send to the customer, built from the rate you enter:
| Description | Qty | Unit | Unit price | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor — itemized by task | hrs | hour | your rate | — |
| Materials — with your markup applied | qty | ea / sq ft | cost + markup | — |
| Permits, disposal, access | — | — | — | — |
Plus a plain-English scope summary, assumptions (what had to be guessed), exclusions (what you are not doing — the section that prevents most change-order arguments), and a validity period. Printable, or send the link.
Every figure comes from the rate and markup you supply. We never fill in a market price for you.
An estimating spreadsheet that opens in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets, or prints to PDF. Pre-filled with the line items a cleaning estimate should contain, plus a checklist of what cleaning estimating most often leaves out — so you price it before you send, not after.
- Blank — the line items, ready to price by hand.
- Auto-calculating — same sheet with the maths built in; type a quantity and a rate and it totals itself. Formulas work in Excel and Google Sheets.
- Printable — a clean one-page layout to fill in on site or save as PDF.
How cleaning jobs are bid
Cleaning is bid per visit, scoped by bathroom and kitchen count rather than floor area, because those two rooms carry most of the labor. The first visit is a different job from the recurring one and is priced separately — it brings the property to a baseline the recurring rate can then hold. Add-ons like interior windows, ovens and fridges are listed individually or they are given away.
What a cleaning estimate should contain
- Square footage, bedroom and bathroom count
- Scope by room, and what a 'standard' clean includes for you
- Frequency — one-time, weekly, biweekly, monthly, with the rate for each
- Deep-clean or first-visit surcharge
- Add-ons priced separately: inside oven, inside fridge, windows, baseboards, blinds
- Supplies and equipment — yours or theirs
- Crew hours × rate, or a flat rate with the assumed hours stated
- Access, keys or codes, and pets
What gets left out of cleaning estimates
- First-clean time on a house that hasn't been deep cleaned in years
- Clutter — you're quoting cleaning, not organizing, and the difference should be written down
- Pet hair, which can add an hour to an otherwise ordinary house
- Parking, elevators and building rules on condos
Your prices, not internet averages
Generic AI quotes national averages. BidWand builds a price book from every estimate you send and every rate you correct, so by the fifth bid it prices like you do — your labor rate, your markup, your exclusions.
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