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"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use our guide below to understand what elements and details you’d need to make a clear client estimate as a contractor: </span></p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your business information as a contractor</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customers' information</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique estimate number - Contractor estimate numbers help you track jobs and communicate with clients easily </span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date of estimate </span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scope of the job including specific contractor tasks and services provided</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estimate project duration as days or hours </span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimum price list of hourly rates or fixed costs</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional services or materials required for the contractor job</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subtotal amounts before adding taxes or discounts</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total estimate cost - Provide the final amount that a client is expected to pay. As a contractor, you would later formalize the final price using an invoice to get paid by your client.</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terms and conditions - Outline payment terms and preferred payment methods. </span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other notes - Specify how long your contractor estimate is valid for because estimates aren't usually legally binding.</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Signature and approval section - You may add a section for yourself and the prospective client to sign and date the contractor estimate.  This shows your client's acknowledgement of your contractor job.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Use <a href=\"https://bookipi.com/invoice-software/\">Bookipi software</a> to generate estimates, <a href=\"https://bookipi.com/quote-maker/\">quotes</a>, invoices and <a href=\"https://bookipi.com/receipt-maker/\">receipts</a> in minutes, from anywhere. Bookipi takes cares of your contractor billing instead of relying on manual <a href=\"https://bookipi.com/invoice-template/contractor-invoice-template/\">contractor invoice templates</a>.  Everything is saved conveniently in one spot so that you can access and edit on the go as a contractor. </p>\n<p>Try Bookipi's in-built <a href=\"https://bookipi.com/esignature/\">online signatures</a>, secure <a href=\"https://bookipi.com/get-paid/\">card payments</a> and <a href=\"https://bookipi.com/proposal-maker/\">proposal maker</a> to take streamlining your sales process to the next level. </p>\n"
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