Guide · Quoting
How to create a professional construction quotation
The seven things every winning quote includes — and the mistakes that get quotes rejected.
A quotation is a sales document, not a price list. Contractors lose work every day not because they were too expensive, but because the quote looked rushed, missed information, or never got followed up.
What a professional quotation includes
- Your company details, logo and a clear quote number
- The customer and the exact scope of work
- An itemised breakdown — labour, materials, transport
- Correct VAT and a clear total
- Validity date and payment terms
- Exclusions and assumptions (this prevents scope-creep disputes)
- A next step — how to accept
Do it manually
Build a branded template, keep a numbering system, and diarise a follow-up three days after sending. Most jobs are won on the follow-up, not the quote.
Or let Lulaworks do it
Lulaworks builds branded, numbered quotations from your items, adds VAT automatically, and turns an approved quote into a job, invoice and delivery note with one click.