A printable pressure washing quote for driveways, siding and decks

What belongs on a pressure washing quote?

Name the surface first: driveway, walkway, siding, deck, fence, patio or roof, and the method you will use on each, because a soft wash and a high-pressure pass are not the same job and the customer should know which one they are getting. Then the area you measured, what is included, such as screens, gutter faces and the strip of grass you will pre-wet, and what is not, such as paint that is already flaking, stains that need a different treatment, or anything behind a locked gate.

Add where the water comes from, how far the hose has to run, and whether the customer or you supply it. Finish with the date and a validity date. A quote that names the surface and the method answers half the questions before they are asked.

Should I write the area on the sheet?

Yes. Walk the property, note each surface and its measured area, and write those numbers on the sheet next to the work. A customer who sees the driveway area and the walkway area on the page understands what they are agreeing to, and you have a record if the job is questioned later.

Measure rather than guess: pace it, tape it, or read it off the property listing, then check it on site. Whether you build the total from area, from hours, or from a flat figure is your call, and the rate behind it should come from your own past jobs, not from a number someone posted in a forum.

Where do water, plants and weather fit on the quote?

They belong in the terms, not in your head. State whether the customer supplies the water and where the tap is, note any plants or grass that need wetting down first, and say that the crew will cover or avoid exterior outlets and light fixtures.

Weather is part of exterior work: write that the job runs weather permitting, and say how a rained-out visit is handled, whether it moves to the next open slot or is re-quoted. Access notes matter too. Park space, a locked side gate and a dog in the yard can each cost a crew an hour, and a customer who reads those lines on the sheet is far less surprised when you ask about them.

When should exterior work take a deposit?

Take one when the job is large enough that a lost day hurts: multi-surface houses, commercial lots, work that needs a lift or a trailer of equipment, or any job that blocks a full day in a busy week. A deposit also makes sense for a first-time customer on a job you cannot start this week.

Show it on the sheet as an amount or a share of the total, say what it covers, and say when the balance is due, usually after the customer has walked the finished work with you. Small single-surface jobs often do not need one, and asking for one there can cost you the booking.

What if someone wants a quote calculator instead of a sheet?

A sheet and a calculator answer different halves of the same question. The sheet is what the customer sees and signs; the calculator is how you get from your own rate and a measured area to a number without doing the arithmetic on your tailgate.

RateSheet is the companion tool for that second half, and it runs in the browser. Use it to turn your rates into figures, then put the figures on this sheet, and keep the sheet as the document the customer keeps. If you would rather fill the sheet online, the QuoteDesk editor on the home page does the line items and the totals for you.

How detailed should each line be?

One line per surface, with the method and the area on the same line. Driveway, soft wash, measured area. Siding, low pressure with detergent, two sides. Deck, soft wash and a rinse, rails included. That level of detail lets the customer compare your sheet to another one, and it lets you defend the total when a neighbour asks why their quote was different. Avoid lines like general exterior cleaning, because they describe nothing and invite the customer to imagine more than you plan to do.