Free lawn care estimate template
A fill-in estimate for lawn care and landscaping jobs, from weekly mowing to a one-time cleanup. Type it in on this page, then print it or save it as a PDF to send. The gray hints in each line are only suggestions and don't print.
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What a lawn care estimate should spell out
Lawn work is often a mix of a recurring service and one-time jobs, and customers compare quotes that don't cover the same things. Writing it down keeps your weekly price from being weighed against someone else's mow-only price. A few habits help:
- Per visit, and how often. For recurring work, price one visit and say the schedule (weekly, every two weeks) and the season it covers. If the price changes in the slow months, say so.
- What a visit includes. Mowing, edging, string trimming, and blowing off hard surfaces are separate tasks. If a visit is mow-and-blow only, write that.
- One-time jobs on their own lines. Spring or fall cleanup, leaf removal, hedge trimming, and mulch go on separate lines, so the customer can drop one without a full re-quote.
- Materials by the unit. Price mulch, soil, sod, or seed by the cubic yard, bag, or square foot, and say whether delivery and spreading are included.
- Debris and haul-away. Say whether clippings, leaves, and branches are bagged, left at the curb, or hauled off, and whether dump fees are extra.
- Rain days, skipped visits, and access. Say what happens when weather pushes a visit, whether a skipped week is billed, and anything you need on site (gate code, pets inside, sprinklers off).
- Valid-until date and payment terms. How long the price holds, when recurring visits are billed (per visit or monthly), and how you take payment.
For the longer walk-through (scope wording, exclusions, change orders, sign-off), see how to write a contractor estimate.
This is a general template, not legal or tax advice. Rules on contracts, sales tax on lawn services, and business licenses vary by state and city, so check what applies to you. Applying fertilizer, weed control, or pesticides for paying customers may require a state applicator license; your state's department of agriculture can tell you.
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Job done? Use the free printable invoice template to bill for it. Need a plain version without lawn care hints? Use the general estimate template. Pressure washing too? Use the pressure washing estimate template.
Doing this from your phone
Pencilslip is in development: it will build lawn care estimates like this from your phone, with job photos and your own payment links. Want to hear when it's ready?