This is a free whole-house renovation estimate template with the entire project already itemized in build order: demolition and site prep, structural and framing, mechanical, electrical and plumbing rough-in, insulation and drywall, windows and exterior doors, kitchen and bath, flooring and interior finishes, permits, and the labor and cleanup that hold it all together. Load it in the builder, delete the phases your project skips, and put your rates on what remains. The rates arrive empty on purpose: filling them with someone else's market averages is how a nine-phase job loses money politely.
A whole-house renovation is every trade in the book taking turns on one address, and the estimate is the schedule wearing prices. This template assumes the house will behave like an old house: there's a Temporary Shoring line for walls that turn out to be holding something up, a Sistering & Joist Repair line for what's living under the subfloor, and a Panel Upgrade line for the moment the electrician meets the panel. Skip those lines and the work still happens. It just happens at your expense, mid-project, with the client watching.
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.
Interior demo by the day, cabinet and fixture removal, flooring and drywall tear-out, site protection and containment, temporary shoring, the dumpster, and the haul-off. Where the schedule starts and the surprises surface.
Wall framing, load-bearing beam installs, header and opening framing, subfloor repair by the sheet, joist sistering, and rough carpentry by the day. The part inspectors care about most.
Plumbing and electrical rough-in, water and drain runs, the panel upgrade, fixture boxes, ductwork, and the furnace, air handler, and water heater installs. The phase the walls close over.
Wall and ceiling insulation, spray foam air sealing, drywall hung by the sheet, then tape, mud, finish, and texture. The house starts looking like a house again.
Window replacement and exterior door installs per unit, plus flashing, weather sealing, and exterior trim, so the envelope actually closes.
Cabinets by the linear foot, countertops and tile by the square foot, sink and faucet sets, appliances, tub and shower, toilet, and vanity per unit. The section where the selections and the money concentrate.
Underlayment, hardwood, tile, and carpet by the square foot, interior doors per unit, baseboard and casing by the linear foot, then interior paint, primer, and stain.
Building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical permits as flat lines, plus inspection fees per inspection. Itemized for the client instead of absorbed into a rate.
General labor by the day, supervision by the week, mobilization, general conditions, final cleanup, disposal, and a contingency allowance carried as a flat line.
Contingency is a percentage allowance on total scope; enter it as a flat amount. Overhead & profit is the percentage modifier.
Open it in the builder and all nine phases are waiting, demolition through final cleanup: tear-out and shoring, framing and beam installs, the MEP rough-in, insulation and drywall, windows, the kitchen and bath, flooring and finishes, permits, the final cleanup. Start by deleting the phases this house doesn't need. That is the entire setup.
Work through it phase by phase: demolition by the day, framing by the linear foot, drywall by the sheet, tile by the square foot, supervision by the week. The live P&L updates as you type, so you know what nine phases of work actually pay you before anyone signs anything.
Export a clean client estimate: prices, quantities, one total. Your costs, margins, and internal notes never appear in the client version because it's assembled from a copy that never held them. There's nothing to redact, because nothing was ever there.
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.
Nine sections in build order: demolition and site prep, structural and framing, mechanical, electrical and plumbing rough-in, insulation and drywall, windows and exterior doors, kitchen and bath, flooring and interior finishes, permits and fees, and labor and cleanup. Inside them are the lines big jobs forget first: site protection and containment, temporary shoring, the panel upgrade, subfloor repair by the sheet, inspection fees per inspection. Delete the phases your project doesn't touch and the template turns into your scope of work.
Phase by phase, because that's how the job runs. Demolition and general labor go by the day, framing and trim by the linear foot, drywall by the sheet, tile and flooring by the square foot, beam installs and fixtures per unit, supervision by the week. Every line is the same math, rate times quantity times multiplier, so the unit label is bookkeeping and the number is the point. What moves your total: structural surprises, how much of the MEP has to move, and how long supervision actually lasts. The live P&L keeps your margin on screen while the total climbs, which on a job this size it will.
Kitchen & Bath is its own section in this pack: cabinets by the linear foot, countertops and tile by the square foot, sink and faucet, appliances, tub and shower, toilet, and vanity per unit. When a selection isn't final, carry the line as a flat amount, the same way the template already carries general conditions and contingency: both ship as flat allowance lines against total scope. Units are labels, so a flat allowance and a per-square-foot line run on identical math. When the client finally picks the countertop, you update one line and the total takes care of itself.
Yes. The entire builder runs without an account. Free covers the full export set: the client PDF, Excel, CSV, the internal budget export, and share links that carry a client-safe copy of the estimate in the URL itself. A free account adds one cloud-saved estimate. It also works as a home renovation estimate template when the job is three rooms instead of the whole house: same pack, more deleting. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and it exists for the paperwork: your branding on client exports instead of our footer, unlimited cloud saves, and a Saved Items catalog for the lines you price on every job.
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