Free painting estimate template (Excel)

Most estimate templates are an invoice with a blank “price” box. This one works the price out for one job: rooms become square feet, square feet become hours at your rate, then you get a price at your margin and a quote block to print. No email, no account.

Download the Sheenbid free template (.xlsx, 8 KB)

One sheet. Opens in Excel, Google Sheets (File › Import) or Numbers. The rows marked EXAMPLE show the format; overwrite them. The rates are blank on purpose, so use your own.

What's on the sheet

• Your numbers
  Wall and ceiling rates, loaded labor $/hr, overhead $/hr, target margin. Blank until you fill them in.
• Rooms
  Up to 12 rooms: size, doors, windows, coats. Wall sq ft, ceiling sq ft and hours fill in.
• Materials
  Product, gallons, $/gal, plus sundries.
• Total
  Hours, labor, overhead, materials, cost, and price = cost ÷ (1 − margin).
• Quote block
  Client, address, scope, price, valid-for, signature line. Prints on one page.

Fill it in this order

1. Your numbers: find your real rates first.
2. Rooms: one row per room as you walk the house.
3. Materials: gallons and what you pay.
4. Check the total, fill the quote block, print.

What the quote block needs: what to put in a painting quote, with a checklist.

When one sheet stops being enough

Good/better/best options, a profit floor that warns you before you underbid, quick-add for doors and trim, and every job in one place: that's Sheenbid: $39/mo, 14 days free.