EXAMPLE AT A GLANCE
This fictional Edinburgh kitchen cabinet painting project has 7 itemised lines and an illustrative £4,380.80 total. The app-exported PDF, first-page preview, measurement basis, scope boundaries and matching UK estimating guide let you inspect every quantity and rate.
What this example covers
This fictional job is set in Edinburgh and concerns eighteen doors and six drawers. Prepare and coat 18 kitchen cabinet doors and six drawer fronts, with frames finished in place. Existing boxes remain. The estimate is a bounded document: the customer should be able to compare the described work with its measured lines, product allowances and exclusions. The matching UK guide explains how to prepare those inputs.
- Prepared by
- Cedar & Beam Builders · fictional business
- Prepared for
- Jordan Taylor · fictional customer
- Example location
- Edinburgh, UK
- Issued / valid through
- 25 September 2026 / 25 October 2026
Itemised kitchen cabinet painting example
These 7 lines reproduce the app-exported PDF exactly. The largest is Coat doors and drawers at £1,824.00; this is one fictional component, not a typical price. Read each quantity with its unit: area, length, time, count and lump sum describe different work and must not be interchanged.
| Work item | Quantity | Unit rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masking and door schedule | 1 lump sum | £208.00 | £208.00 |
| Remove and label fronts | 24 each | £14.40 | £345.60 |
| Degrease and sand | 16 hours | £38.40 | £614.40 |
| Primer and coating allowance | 1 lump sum | £416.00 | £416.00 |
| Coat doors and drawers | 24 each | £76.00 | £1,824.00 |
| Frame coating in place | 1 lump sum | £512.00 | £512.00 |
| Rehang and adjustment | 24 each | £19.20 | £460.80 |
| Illustrative total | £4,380.80 | ||
The table separates the named product or material allowances from labour and site tasks wherever the scope needs that distinction. Before replacing a rate, check whether the product allowance includes delivery, waste, fixings and the selected specification.
How the total is calculated
Remove and label fronts is 24 each × £14.40 = £345.60. Degrease and sand is 16 hours × £38.40 = £614.40. The other lines follow the same calculation and sum to £4,380.80. Each fixture line lands on an exact penny, so the native PDF total equals the sum of the displayed line amounts.
Measurement to check: Count fronts, exposed frame area and removable hardware; record the existing finish for adhesion preparation. Selection to check: Specify coating, colour, primer and whether new hardware is included as separate choices. The 0% tax field and zero markup are example document inputs, not an instruction for a live quote. Decide the correct settings for your own business and job.
Assumptions and exclusions
Label each front before removal and plan off-site or staged curing before rehang.
Outside this stated scope: No cabinet replacement, internal box painting or worktop changes.
Peeling laminate or oil contamination may require more preparation than the base allowance. A changed condition should lead to a newly measured quantity, explicit revised allowance or separately agreed task. Keep the customer informed of which figure changed and why before producing another PDF.
Download the app PDF
The document was exported from Estimates using the fictional business, client, dates, short PDF scope, notes and cost lines above. Its first page appears below. Download the complete PDF to inspect every entry and its presentation; no listed rate is a current Edinburgh market claim.
Make an estimate for your own job
- Write the actual work boundary and exclusions. Use this measurement basis: Count fronts, exposed frame area and removable hardware; record the existing finish for adhesion preparation.
- Confirm the selected products and access conditions. Record this selection decision: Specify coating, colour, primer and whether new hardware is included as separate choices.
- Replace every fictional product, labour and subcontractor rate with your own evidence.
- Check line extensions, total, tax and markup settings, customer details and validity date.
- Preview every PDF page before sharing the estimate with the customer.
- Count fronts, exposed frame area and removable hardware; record the existing finish for adhesion preparation.
- Specify coating, colour, primer and whether new hardware is included as separate choices.
- Label each front before removal and plan off-site or staged curing before rehang.
- Peeling laminate or oil contamination may require more preparation than the base allowance.
Read the matching estimating guide for the project-specific measurement and work sequence.
Questions about this job
Which quantity controls this kitchen cabinet painting estimate?
Count fronts, exposed frame area and removable hardware; record the existing finish for adhesion preparation.
When should this kitchen cabinet painting quote be revised?
Peeling laminate or oil contamination may require more preparation than the base allowance. No cabinet replacement, internal box painting or worktop changes.
MAKE THE EXAMPLE YOUR OWN
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