Free Demolition Quote Template
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Show what will be removed, how debris will be handled and how the site will be left. A clear total price helps customers compare crews and choose yours.
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Demolition Quote Template Examples
Browse these layouts before adding your own removal scope and prices. Each preview opens the same Docelf quote editor.
What Is a Demolition Quote?
A demolition quote is a written offer for a defined removal job. It gives the customer a price for the work, debris handling, and site condition you have agreed to provide.
Use a quote when the removal boundary and disposal assumptions are clear enough to set the price. A demolition estimate is more useful while quantities, buried conditions, or disposal costs remain uncertain.
Keep later work distinct: use an excavation quote template for digging and earthwork, or a construction quote template when removal is one phase of a larger project.
Demolition Quote, Estimate, or Invoice?
Choose the document based on how certain the removal scope is and whether payment is due.
Demolition Quote
Use a quote when the removal, disposal plan, site conditions, and price are defined.
Demolition Estimate
Use an estimate when quantities, hidden materials, or disposal costs may still change.
Construction Invoice
Use an invoice to request payment for the demolition work, with the amount due and due date.
How to Create a Demolition Quote
Keep your site notes beside you while you create the quote. You can reuse saved customer and service details, then adjust the quantities and scope for this removal job.
- Business Details: Add your demolition business name and contact details.
- Your Logo: Add the logo you use on site proposals and invoices.
- Customer and Site: Enter the customer details and identify the removal site.
- Number and Dates: Check the quote number, issue date, and valid-until date.
- Removal and Debris: List removal, equipment, hauling, and disposal with quantities and prices.
- Scope and Terms: Use Terms and Conditions for boundaries, responsibilities, and timing.
- Review and Send: Check the total and assumptions, then email the quote or download a PDF.
How to Fill In Demolition Quote Line Items
Name the unit behind each price: labor hours, equipment days, truckloads, tons, dumpsters, or a defined flat-rate task. Separate hauling from disposal when both are charged, so the customer can see what the debris price covers.
This fictional US-dollar quote covers removing a 12-by-10-foot timber shed while keeping its concrete slab. It includes two truckloads and two tons of ordinary debris. The 8% tax applies to every item only for this illustration; use the tax treatment that applies to your job.
| QTY | Description | Unit Price | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Site protection and setup | $160.00 | $160.00 |
| 1 | Remove 12-by-10-foot timber shed; retain slab | $1,100.00 | $1,100.00 |
| 2 | Debris hauling — truckloads | $180.00 | $360.00 |
| 2 | Ordinary debris disposal — tons | $95.00 | $190.00 |
| Subtotal | $1,810.00 | |
| Sales Tax (8% illustrative) | $144.80 | |
| Quote Total | $1,954.80 |
What to Include in Demolition Quote Terms
The Terms and Conditions field explains the limits behind the price. Say who handles permits and utility disconnections, what debris quantities you have priced, and how the area will be left. Include only arrangements that apply to your work.
For the shed example, the slab stays and the area is left broom-clean. Adapt this wording to the site; confirm local permit, utility, and hazardous-material requirements before using the quote.
Example: Terms and Conditions
- The price covers removal of the 12-by-10-foot timber shed at [site address], site protection, two truckloads, and disposal of two tons of ordinary debris. The concrete slab will remain and be left broom-clean.
- The price assumes the shed has no connected utilities. Utility disconnections, hazardous-material testing or abatement, permit fees, grading, and slab repairs are not included; responsibility for any required work must be agreed before starting.
- This quote is valid until [date]. We will agree on the work date after acceptance. Payment is due on completion.
- Additional debris or hidden materials that change the work require a revised price for approval before that extra work begins.
Define the Demolition Boundaries
Separate removal, protection, disposal, and work by the next trade so you and the customer can see where your scope ends.
State What Comes Out and What Stays
Name the structure or area being removed and the neighboring surfaces that stay. For selective demolition, a marked plan or photo can make the boundary easier to check.
Describe Protection and Disconnections
Describe the protection and utility shutoffs. State who arranges each disconnection.
Explain Hauling and Disposal
State the included loads or weight and any sorting or recycling work. Where another contractor supplies a dumpster, make clear which hauling and disposal charges are yours.
Define the Final Site Condition
Describe the condition you will leave behind. State whether the price includes grading, patching, or a broom-clean area.
Create a Demolition Quote Ready to Send
Put your site notes and removal prices into one offer. Docelf calculates the total as you add the work. Review it before sending it to the customer.
More Demolition Quote Layouts
These six previews offer more layout ideas for your removal job. Add your own logo, colors, and fonts when you create the quote.
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Editable Demolition Quote Template
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Professional Demolition Quote Template
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Other Quote Template File Formats
Use Word or Google Docs to edit descriptions and terms, or Excel and Google Sheets to work with quantities and rates. These pages provide separate file templates; Docelf downloads your finished online quote as a PDF.
See every option on the quote templates by format page.
Related Demolition and Construction Quote Templates
Use the demolition template for removal-focused work. Choose the matching trade or general construction template for the work before or after removal.
After You Send the Demolition Quote
Your customer can accept or decline the emailed quote without a Docelf account. Check its document history for delivery and viewing information; Docelf updates the status and emails you when the customer responds.
After acceptance, confirm access, protection, and utility responsibilities before setting the work in motion. If the scope changes, agree on the revised price before the extra work begins. When payment is due, create an invoice from the quote and check the copied details before sending it.
Demolition Quote Template FAQs
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Can I quote a selective demolition job?
Yes. Identify the room, surface, or structure being removed and the items that stay. Describe protection and cleanup so the customer can distinguish the demolition work from repairs by the next trade.
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What should I check before sending a demolition quote?
Check the site address, removal boundary, and debris quantities against your site notes. Make sure access, utility responsibilities, timing, payment terms, and the final site condition match the offer. Confirm the quote number, dates, and total before sending.
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Should hauling and disposal be separate line items?
Separate them when each has its own price. In the shed example, two truckloads cost $360.00 to haul and two tons cost $190.00 to dispose of. If a dumpster price already includes both, describe that package instead of charging for the same service twice.
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How should I handle asbestos or other hazardous materials in the quote?
Say whether testing and abatement are included or excluded, and identify any separately priced specialist work. Unknown hazardous-material work should not be presented as part of an ordinary removal price. Check the requirements that apply at the site.
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Who should arrange utility disconnections before demolition?
Name the party responsible for each required disconnection and how completion will be confirmed before work starts. Also identify services that must remain active. The quote should record these arrangements rather than leave them assumed.
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What if hidden materials change the demolition work?
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How should I describe the final site condition?
Describe what the customer will actually see. For the shed example, the existing slab remains and is left broom-clean; grading and slab repairs are excluded. On another job, name any included patching or preparation for the next trade.
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Can I save a demolition quote before sending it?
Yes. Creating, editing, or saving a quote in Docelf does not email it to the customer. You choose when to send, so you can check the site details and price first.
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What should I check when turning the demolition quote into an invoice?
Docelf copies the relevant customer, item, and price details from the quote. Check them against the work and any changes the customer approved, then add the invoice due date and payment instructions before sending.
Ready to Send Your Demolition Quote?
Price the removal plan and final site condition before the crew arrives.
- Mark the removal boundary and protected areas
- Separate equipment, hauling, and disposal charges
- Email the demolition quote or download a PDF
