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Free Painting Estimate Template

A fill-in-the-blank PDF with everything a professional painting estimate needs: scope by area, materials, labor, payment schedule, and a signature line.

Print it, or fill it out on any device. Yours to keep — no email required.

What’s inside

What a professional painting estimate includes

Company + license info

Name, phone, email, license number, and proof of insurance. Homeowners comparing three estimates trust the one that looks legitimate.

Customer + job address

Who it’s for and where the work happens. Note interior vs exterior up front.

Scope by area

Room by room or surface by surface, with coats and prep noted. Vague scope is where disputes are born — "paint the downstairs" is not a scope.

Materials & labor

Paint and materials as their own line, labor as its own line. Separating them makes the total feel earned, not invented.

Total + payment schedule

One clear total, then how it’s paid — deposit at acceptance, balance at completion is the standard split.

Included / excluded

Prep, protection, and cleanup that ARE included; repairs, moving furniture, or lead work that are NOT. The exclusions line protects your margin.

Signature + validity date

A signature line turns an estimate into a commitment, and a "valid until" date protects you from being held to last season’s paint prices.

Before you fill it in

Three habits that win more jobs

Measure, don’t guess

Walk every room with a tape measure. Length × width × height beats squinting at the ceiling. Wall sqft × coats ÷ 350 ≈ gallons.

Price from your rates

Set a labor day-rate and real paint prices once, then apply them every time. Consistent pricing is what lets you quote fast without underbidding.

Send it the same day

The first professional number in the homeowner’s inbox usually wins. An estimate delivered three days later is competing with two that already arrived.

Need the math done for you? The free painting estimator calculates sqft, gallons, and labor from your room dimensions. For the full method, read how to quote a painting job. Pricing a repaint on-site? Keep the repaint pricing cheat sheet in the truck.

Or skip the template.

The template is the manual version of what Rollr does on-site: walk the rooms, punch in dimensions, and send a firm, branded quote — not a ballpark estimate — before you leave the driveway.

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