Kitchen remodel estimate template — and a generator that fills it in
What a kitchen remodel estimate must state — cabinet allowance, counters, appliance coordination and lead times — plus a generator that drafts one from your description.
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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 kitchen remodel estimate should contain, plus a checklist of what kitchen remodel 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 kitchen remodel jobs are bid
Kitchens are bid around the cabinet order, because the cabinets set both the largest material line and the schedule everything else waits on. Countertops cannot be templated until the boxes are set, appliances cannot be fitted until the counters are in, and a lead time that slips moves every trade behind it. The honest estimate in this trade states the cabinet allowance, the appliance responsibility and what happens to the price if the layout changes after the order is placed.
What a kitchen remodel estimate should contain
- Demolition, disposal and protection of adjoining rooms
- Cabinets: boxes, doors, hardware, and whether stock, semi-custom or custom
- Countertop material, square footage, edge profile, sink and cooktop cutouts
- Plumbing: sink, faucet, disposal, dishwasher and any relocated supply or drain
- Electrical: circuits for appliances, counter receptacles, under-cabinet lighting
- Appliances — who buys, who receives and who installs each one
- Ventilation: hood, duct run and its termination outside
- Backsplash by area, flooring, paint and trim
- Permit, rough and final inspections
- Labour by phase, with the cabinet lead time shown on the schedule
What gets left out of kitchen remodel estimates
- Cabinet lead time, and who stores the delivery until install day
- Template-to-install gap on stone counters — days with no working sink
- Out-of-level floors and out-of-plumb walls, which is scribe and filler labour
- Appliance specs confirmed before the cabinet order, not after it arrives
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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