A good pressure washing estimate has nine parts: your business name and insurance note, the customer and property address, an estimate number and date, each surface with its square footage, the method, the price per surface, add-ons, what is excluded, and how long the quote holds. Copy the layout below into Google Docs or your phone and you can hand a clean estimate to a homeowner in minutes.
We run our own home-service companies — a cleaning company in Tucson and an HVAC company in Sacramento — so we know the part that wins exterior-cleaning work: break the price out by surface and send the estimate fast. The first clear quote in the inbox usually books the job, and a breakdown keeps a low-ball competitor from being a fair comparison.
Roughly $0.10 to $0.50 per square foot depending on surface and region. Square footage protects you on large or awkward jobs where a flat guess would lose money.
A set driveway or house-wash price is faster to quote and easier for homeowners to compare. Many pros calculate by square foot internally, then present a clean flat number per surface.
Roofs and siding need chemical soft washing, more care, and more product, so they price above flat concrete. Reflect that on the estimate so you are not underbidding the hard work.
A small visit still costs you drive time, water, and chemicals. A minimum, often around $150 to $200, keeps tiny jobs from running you at a loss.
Do not buy estimating software before you need it. A plain template is enough when:
Field-service software pays off once you send several quotes a day, run a crew or two, and want each estimate to flow into scheduling and invoicing without re-typing. Until then, a template plus a deposit link beats most paid tools.
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Square footage protects you on big or odd jobs; flat per-service is faster and easier to compare. Many pros calculate by square foot, then present a clean flat number per surface.
A small deposit to book reserves the date and weeds out tire-kickers. Show it on the estimate as a credit against the total so the final balance stays clear.
Once you send several quotes a day, run a crew, and want estimates to flow into scheduling and invoicing automatically. Below that, a template plus a deposit link is plenty.
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