Handyman quote

Quote total
$369.14
Labor
$225
Materials, marked up
$102
Subtotal
$362

Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs you enter, by the method stated below it. PunchListWorks publishes no market rates and quotes no survey: the defaults are a worked example to replace with your own.

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This prices a handyman visit the way the customer reads it. Hours at your hourly rate, materials at your cost marked up as one line, the trip or call-out charge on its own, sales tax on the materials where your state charges it, and the quote total, with the deposit to book beneath it as a share. Every figure is yours; the tool publishes no market rate. Free, on the page, no account; the paid plan saves it against the customer and turns it into the invoice.

Hours times your rate, with both on the page

The labor line is hours times your rate and both numbers are shown, because a labor figure with nothing behind it is the line every customer argues with. If you charge a minimum, enter the minimum hours; the quote should say what the customer is paying for, and a two-hour minimum stated as two hours is easier to defend than a flat charge with no reason.

The trip charge is the drive, on its own line

Every visit costs the drive, the unloading and the walk-through, whether it is a ten-minute fix or a full day. A trip charge on its own line pays for that and keeps the small job from losing money. Folding it into the hourly rate makes the long job look expensive and hides why the small one costs what it does.

Materials marked up, tax on the materials, deposit last

Materials go in at your cost and come out marked up as one line; the markup covers the store run, the return and the part you keep on the truck, and it is not a fee the customer negotiates. Sales tax applies to the materials in most states, so the tool taxes that line and shows the base. The deposit to book comes last as a share of the total.

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Handyman quote: common questions

Is this a free handyman quote template?

Yes. Enter the hours, your rate, materials, markup, trip charge, tax and deposit share, and it prices the visit on the page with no account and no card. Print it as it stands. PunchListWorks Pro adds your business name, logo and license, a PDF without our line, and saving it against the customer so the invoice starts from the quote.

Should I charge a trip fee and a minimum?

Many handymen charge both, and the tool takes both: the trip fee as its own line and the minimum as the hours. A customer who sees a trip charge and two hours at a stated rate understands the price; one who sees a single number for a ten-minute job does not.

How much should a handyman mark up materials?

Your figure, entered as the markup; the worked example uses 20% to show the arithmetic. It should cover the store run, the wrong part returned and the fitting you replace under your own warranty. The tool prints only the marked-up price, not the markup, on the quote.

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