Free — no sign-up, no watermark

Painting Quote Template

Prep, primer, two coats and the colour schedule, priced room by room. Free PDF, no sign-up.

Paint is the cheapest part of a painting job and the only part most clients look at. Everything that decides the price — how much sanding, whether the trim is being filled, how many coats the colour change needs — is decided before a brush is opened, which is exactly why a painter can bind to a number. Put the prep on the document as its own money, and the quote stops looking like an argument about the cost of a gallon.

Issued by

Fenwick & Sons Painting

15 Rutledge Avenue

29403 Charleston, SC

United States

hello@fenwickpainting.example

Bill to

Yolanda Prescott

740 Palmetto Grove

29464 Mount Pleasant, SC

United States

y.prescott@example.com

Quoted price

$6,622.00

Valid for 45 more days · Sep 20, 2026

Fixed price, valid until September 20, 2026.

Colour schedule

Colours are listed on the attached schedule by room and sheen. Selections are due two weeks before the start date so the store can batch in one run.

Description	Qty	Rate	Tax	Amount
Surface preparation — interior Wash, sand, fill nail holes, caulk trim joints; five rooms, 34 hours	34	$52.00	—	$1,768.00
Stain-blocking primer, walls and ceilings 2,180 sq ft: one coat, water-based, over patched areas and the full dining room	2180	$0.42	—	$915.60
Two finish coats, walls Eggshell, colour schedule attached; 2,180 sq ft	2180	$0.88	—	$1,918.40
Trim, doors and casings Semi-gloss enamel; 11 doors counted per side, 260 lf of baseboard	1	$1,640.00	—	$1,640.00
Masking and floor protection Rosin paper, plastic to cabinetry, daily clean-down	1	$380.00	—	$380.00

Subtotal	$6,622.00
Total	$6,622.00

Terms

Valid 45 days. 25% on start, balance on walkthrough sign-off. One touch-up visit is included within 30 days of completion.

Quote #QUO-3310 · Fenwick & Sons Painting · Page 1 of 1

What this quote commits you to

How long it stands: 45 days, and colour selections are due two weeks before the start date — paint changed after batching is re-quoted at the new gallon count.
What it does not cover: Lead-safe containment on pre-1978 substrates, carpentry repair to rotten trim, and moving anything heavier than one person can carry.
What would change the price: Substrate found failing once the wash is done: chalked stucco, peeling back to bare wood, or a wall needing a bonding primer we did not scope.
How the client accepts it: Sign the colour schedule as well as the price — the schedule is what the crew works from on the morning they arrive.

Edit this template Free, no account, no watermark — download the PDF when you are done.

When the work is done, invoice it →

What to put on a painting quote

Prep by name: wash, scrape, sand, fill, caulk — each is labour somebody is paying for
Primer stated as its own coat, not folded into 'two coats'
The coat count, and whether a dark-to-light colour change needs a third
Surfaces broken out: walls, ceilings, trim, doors, and doors counted per side
The product line and sheen per surface, so the client can price the paint themselves
Masking and floor protection, and who moves the furniture
The colour schedule as an attachment the crew will actually work from

Questions

Should a painting quote be by the square foot or by the room?

Quote the room and show the square footage that produced it. The measure proves the number is not a feeling; the room is what the client is imagining while they read it.

When do colours have to be chosen?

Before the paint is batched, and the quote should say so with a date attached. A colour changed after the store has mixed five gallons is a re-quote, and it is much easier to say that in advance than on the morning it happens.

How do you quote a house built before 1978?

Price the lead-safe work as an explicit option, or exclude it and say what triggers it. RRP containment is real money and real time, and a quote that quietly assumes it away is one you will have to reopen.

Ready to send it?

The template opens in the editor with these lines already on it. Change what you like, download the PDF.

Edit this template

Other trades

Browse all 46 quote templates