This is a free kitchen remodel estimate template with the whole job already in it: design and permits, demolition and disposal, structural and rough-in, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, cabinets and countertops, flooring and tile, appliances, and the final cleanup most estimates skip. Load it in the builder, delete what this kitchen doesn't need, and put your rates on what's left. The rates ship blank on purpose. They're yours, and they vary by market.
The average kitchen renovation estimate template is a spreadsheet with ten rows and a logo placeholder. A real kitchen has plumbing and electrical permits on top of the building permit, dedicated circuits for the appliances, and a subfloor you don't get to inspect until tear-out. This template carries those lines so you don't rediscover them mid-job, at your own expense.
Every section below loads into the builder exactly as listed. This is the actual checklist, not a preview of one. Delete what your job doesn’t need and price the rest.
Design and layout, field measure, and the building permit plus the separate plumbing and electrical permits. All quoted flat.
Lump-sum design and permit fees quoted flat.
Site protection through haul-off: cabinet and countertop removal flat, floor and wall tear-out per square foot, debris per cubic yard.
Flat for lump-sum removals; area tear-out per sq ft; debris per cu yd.
Framing changes, headers and beams, subfloor repair by the sheet, blocking for cabinets and fixtures, insulation, and drywall hang and finish.
Rough-in through final connections: line relocation, shutoff valves, sink and faucet set, disposal, dishwasher hookup, ice maker line.
Rough-in, panel work, GFCI outlets, under-cabinet lighting by the linear foot, can lights, and the dedicated circuits every appliance demands.
The exhaust duct run, range hood duct and cap, and any register that has to move. Three lines, skipped at your peril.
Base and wall cabinets per linear foot, installation, hardware, countertop template and fabrication, install, and the sink cutout.
Underlayment, finish flooring, backsplash, tile setting labor, grout and seal, paint by coverage, trim by the linear foot.
Sq ft for coverage; trim per ln ft; primer/paint material per gal.
Set-and-connect lines for the range, wall oven, hood, refrigerator, microwave, and dishwasher. Priced each.
General labor and supervision by the day, final cleanup, and a contingency allowance that exists because kitchens do.
Overhead & profit is the percentage modifier, not a line.
Open it in the builder and ten sections are already in place, design and permits through labor and cleanup: demo, rough-in, plumbing, electrical, cabinets, flooring, appliances. Start by deleting what this kitchen doesn't need. Easiest demolition of the whole job.
Put in your rates and what each line actually costs you. The live P&L updates as you type, so you know what the job pays you before the client ever sees a number. The contingency allowance has its own line. Use it.
Export a clean client estimate: prices, quantities, one total. The client version is built from a copy that never contained your costs, margins, or internal notes. There is no toggle to forget because there is no toggle.
The full guide (units, tax math, deposits, exports) lives on the Help page. It’s genuinely thorough. We’re as surprised as you.
For the longer answer, there’s a guide: How to Write a Construction Estimate.
This template carries ten sections that follow the job in order: design and permits, demolition and disposal, structural and rough-in, plumbing, electrical, HVAC and ventilation, cabinets and countertops, flooring, tile and paint, appliances, and labor and cleanup. Inside them are the lines that get forgotten: site protection, dumpster rental and haul-off, blocking for cabinets, dedicated appliance circuits. Delete what this kitchen doesn't need. Deleting is faster than remembering.
Line by line. Every line is rate times quantity times multiplier: tear-out per square foot, cabinets per linear foot, countertops per square foot, labor by the day. Units are labels; the math is the same. What moves your number is scope: wall and structural changes, how far the plumbing and electrical move, cabinet and countertop grade, appliance count. Real quantities at your own rates make the estimate defend itself, and the P&L shows what's left for you after costs.
There's an informational deposit line you can add at the document level, plus an overhead and profit fee as a percentage of the subtotal and a discount if it comes to that. For the parts of a kitchen that stay unknown until demo, the units do the work: subfloor repair is priced per sheet and debris removal per cubic yard, so when the tear-out reveals the truth you adjust a quantity instead of rewriting the estimate.
Yes. The builder works without an account, and the free plan includes every export: client PDF, Excel, CSV, an internal budget export, and read-only share links. A free account adds one cloud-saved estimate. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: your name, logo, and contact line on client exports, no Estimatery footer, unlimited cloud saves, and a reusable catalog of your standard line items. The template is not the upsell.
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