EXAMPLE AT A GLANCE
This fictional Norwich occupied office repainting project has 7 itemised lines and an illustrative £4,675.18 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 Norwich and concerns four-room office suite. Repaint walls in four occupied office rooms outside normal working hours, with movable furniture protection and staged handback. 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
- Norwich, UK
- Issued / valid through
- 25 September 2026 / 25 October 2026
Itemised occupied office repainting example
These 7 lines reproduce the app-exported PDF exactly. The largest is Two-coat wall application at £2,393.58; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Room inventory and schedule | 1 lump sum | £208.00 | £208.00 |
| Furniture protection | 4 rooms | £104.00 | £416.00 |
| Wall preparation | 16 hours | £41.60 | £665.60 |
| Coating allowance | 1 lump sum | £384.00 | £384.00 |
| Two-coat wall application | 139 sq m | £17.22 | £2,393.58 |
| After-hours access allowance | 12 hours | £28.00 | £336.00 |
| Final room handback | 4 rooms | £68.00 | £272.00 |
| Illustrative total | £4,675.18 | ||
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
Furniture protection is 4 rooms × £104.00 = £416.00. Wall preparation is 16 hours × £41.60 = £665.60. The other lines follow the same calculation and sum to £4,675.18. Each fixture line lands on an exact penny, so the native PDF total equals the sum of the displayed line amounts.
Measurement to check: Measure each room wall area, doors, fixed equipment and the usable work window. Selection to check: State paint products, colour changes and whether low-odour requirements affect selection. 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
Stage one room at a time and document who moves desks and returns access.
Outside this stated scope: No ceiling repaint, data cabling move or overnight security provision.
Restricted access or additional preparation can add visits. 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 Norwich market claim.
Make an estimate for your own job
- Write the actual work boundary and exclusions. Use this measurement basis: Measure each room wall area, doors, fixed equipment and the usable work window.
- Confirm the selected products and access conditions. Record this selection decision: State paint products, colour changes and whether low-odour requirements affect selection.
- 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.
- Measure each room wall area, doors, fixed equipment and the usable work window.
- State paint products, colour changes and whether low-odour requirements affect selection.
- Stage one room at a time and document who moves desks and returns access.
- Restricted access or additional preparation can add visits.
Read the matching estimating guide for the project-specific measurement and work sequence.
Questions about this job
Which quantity controls this occupied office repainting estimate?
Measure each room wall area, doors, fixed equipment and the usable work window.
When should this occupied office repainting quote be revised?
Restricted access or additional preparation can add visits. No ceiling repaint, data cabling move or overnight security provision.
MAKE THE EXAMPLE YOUR OWN
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