Industries
Quote Desk by trade
The same tool, with the price list and the note written for your trade. Each page below sets out what goes wrong when that trade quotes and walks through one worked example. Where Talk of the Trade ranks the trade, the page also gives its figures as of October 2026.
173 ranked lists
Air conditioning installers
Split systems are quoted against a brand and a kilowatt rating, with the install as the thing that varies…
31 ranked lists
Asbestos removalists
Asbestos work is quoted by the square metre of sheeting removed, the samples sent for testing, the loads…
36 ranked lists
Bricklayers
Bricklaying is priced by the thousand bricks laid, the square metre of blockwork or the metre of wall…
271 ranked lists
Builders
A builder's quote for a deck, a carport or a bathroom strip-out is a short list of stages and a total.
51 ranked lists
Building inspectors
Building inspections are sold as a fixed price per inspection, set by the kind of report and the size of the…
122 ranked lists
Cabinet makers and joiners
Kitchens, vanities, laundries and built-in robes are quoted by the run of cabinets, the drawer banks, the…
Carpenters
Decks, pergolas, door hanging, skirting, a wardrobe fit-out: a carpenter's quotes range from an hour's work…
118 ranked lists
Concreters
Concrete is quoted by the square metre or the cubic metre, with the finish, the thickness, the mesh and the…
47 ranked lists
Crane hire operators
Crane hire is quoted by the hour, crane and operator together, counted from the yard and back again, with a…
45 ranked lists
Demolition contractors
Demolition is quoted as a job: knock down this house, strip out this kitchen, take away this shed.
139 ranked lists
Earthmoving contractors
Earthmoving is sold by the machine hour, operator in the seat, plus the float to get the machine there and…
225 ranked lists
Electricians
Points, switches, fans, a switchboard, a run of cable: most electrical quotes are a count of standard items…
119 ranked lists
Fencing contractors
Fencing is quoted by the metre, by the material and the height, with gates, old-fence removal and sloping…
50 ranked lists
Fire protection contractors
Fire protection quotes are counts: extinguishers to inspect and tag, exit and emergency lights to test, a…
42 ranked lists
Floor sanders and polishers
Floor sanding is quoted by the square metre, with the finish, the number of coats, the stairs and the…
102 ranked lists
Garage door specialists
Garage door work comes two ways: a service call to a door that will not open, and a new sectional or roller…
115 ranked lists
Glaziers
A glazier's day is a broken pane at nine, a shower screen measure at eleven and a splashback after lunch.
25 ranked lists
Insulation installers
Insulation is quoted by the square metre, by product and R-value, for the ceiling, the walls or under the…
Landscapers
Landscaping quotes are long lists: excavation, base, pavers, edging, soil, turf, plants, mulch, cartage…
84 ranked lists
Locksmiths
A locksmith quotes at two speeds: the lockout at ten at night, priced on the phone, and the rekey or new…
158 ranked lists
Metal fabricators and welders
A fabrication quote is steel by the metre, hours on the bench, a finish and a trip to site to fit it.
166 ranked lists
Painters
Painting is quoted by the room, the wall, the square metre or the day, and every painter has a view on which.
77 ranked lists
Plasterers
Plastering is quoted by the square metre of board hung and set, the metre of cornice, and the patch.
219 ranked lists
Plumbers
Half a plumber's quotes are small and urgent, the other half are bathrooms and hot water units where the…
164 ranked lists
Roofers
A roofer quotes from a ladder, a drone photo or the ground with a tape and some experience.
40 ranked lists
Scaffolders
Scaffold is quoted as an erect-and-dismantle price for the job plus hire by the week, with edge protection…
31 ranked lists
Shopfitters
A shopfit is joinery by the metre and the unit, partitions by the square metre, and installation on the…
143 ranked lists
Solar installers
A solar quote is panels, an inverter, maybe a battery, and the install that makes them work on this roof…
71 ranked lists
Tilers
Tiling is quoted by the square metre, with the price moving on tile size, pattern, floor or wall, and how…
33 ranked lists
Water damage restorers
Water damage work starts as an emergency and ends as a drying job measured in days: extraction by the square…
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