Handyman quotes
IN UNDER 30 SECONDS
List the tasks or describe the property, and the AI prices materials and labour across all small trades at current Australian & New Zealand rates. Professional, itemised handyman quotes go out in minutes — priced job by job, not guessed as one lump sum.
From job site to signed quote
in under 30 seconds.
Describe or photograph
Type what needs doing, upload a photo of the site, or attach an engineering drawing. The AI reads all of it.
AI generates the breakdown
Materials, labour hours, and line items — priced to current Australian & New Zealand rates, broken down by trade.
Review, adjust, send
Edit any line item, apply your markup, export a branded PDF and email it to the client from the app.
Simple pricing.
No surprises.
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What should a handyman quote include?
A professional handyman quote lists each task as its own line item with labour and materials split out, states the hourly rate ($60–$110/hr is typical in Australia) or fixed price per task, any call-out fee or minimum charge, GST as a separate line, and exclusions for licensed work like electrical, plumbing or gas. Itemised handyman quotes let the client pick and choose tasks and read as far more professional than a lump sum.
How much do handymen charge in Australia?
Most Australian handymen charge $60–$110 per hour, often with a $50–$90 call-out fee and a one to two hour minimum. Half-day work typically runs $250–$400 and a full day $450–$700, with rates at the higher end in metro areas and for skilled finish work.
Should handyman quotes be fixed price or hourly?
Fixed price suits defined tasks like hanging a door, mounting a TV or assembling flat-pack — clients prefer knowing the exact number. Hourly suits open-ended lists where the scope isn't clear up front. Either way, itemise each task so the client can see what they're paying for, and Insta Quotes formats both styles automatically.
How do I quote multiple small jobs at once?
List all the tasks, whether that's door repairs, patching or fixture installation, and the AI prices materials and labour for each one at current Australian & New Zealand rates. One quote covers everything, broken into labelled line items.
Can it handle a mix of different job types in one quote?
Yes. Handyman quotes often cover work across multiple categories. Describe everything and the AI breaks it into separate line items so the client can see exactly what's included and what it costs.
Does it work for property maintenance and strata work?
Yes. Insta Quotes works well for ongoing property maintenance, strata common area work, end-of-lease repairs and investment property maintenance quotes.
How do I compare quotes from different handymen?
Compare them line by line rather than total against total. Check each quote itemises the tasks separately, splits labour from materials, states the hourly rate or fixed price per task, and lists any call-out fee or minimum charge. Confirm GST is shown as its own line and that an ABN is on the document. Then read the exclusions: a cheaper quote that leaves out licensed electrical or plumbing work is not cheaper, it is smaller. A lump-sum quote with none of that detail cannot be compared to anything.
Can I send a free handyman quote to a client?
Yes. The 7-day free trial includes 7 quotes with no credit card, and every one is a full branded PDF you can send to a client, not a watermarked preview. Describe the tasks, review the itemised labour and materials, and send it under your own business name and logo.
Is there a handyman estimate template I can use?
Insta Quotes generates the estimate rather than handing you a blank template to fill in: describe the jobs and it produces itemised line items, labour, materials, markup and GST at current Australian and New Zealand rates. If you want to see the structure first, the handyman quote template guide on the blog walks through what each section should contain.
Does Insta Quotes work for handymen anywhere in Australia or New Zealand?
Yes. Insta Quotes prices handymen quotes to current Australian & New Zealand rates across both countries, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton and regional areas. Generate and send a branded quote wherever the job is.
What a handyman quote should include
Handyman work is the hardest trade to quote well, and for a reason that has nothing to do with the work itself: a single visit can cover five unrelated jobs. A sticking door, a patched wall, a mounted TV, a dripping tap and a fence picket are five different rates, five different material lists and five different amounts of time. Quote them as one number and the client has no way to judge whether it is fair, so they ring someone else and compare lump sum against lump sum, which is a race you win only by being cheapest.
An itemised handyman quote solves that. Give each task its own line, with its own labour and materials, and the client stops comparing one total against another and starts reading what they are actually buying. It also lets them cut scope instead of cutting you: a client who baulks at the total can drop the TV mount and keep the other four jobs, which is a smaller job for you but still a job. That option does not exist on a quote that says one number.
Hourly or fixed price is the next decision, and it is per task rather than per quote. Fixed price suits defined work where you already know how long it takes, like hanging a door, assembling flat-pack or mounting a TV. Clients prefer it because they know the number before you start. Hourly suits open-ended lists, chasing a leak, or anything behind a wall where the scope is genuinely unknown until it is open. Most real handyman quotes are a mix, and there is nothing wrong with a quote that fixes three tasks and puts the fourth on an hourly rate with a stated cap.
Whichever you use, the rate belongs on the quote in writing. Australian handymen typically charge $60-$110 per hour, with metro and skilled finish work at the top of that band. If you have a call-out fee ($50-$90 is common) or a minimum charge of one to two hours, it goes on the quote too, not on the invoice as a surprise. Half-day and full-day rates ($250-$400 and $450-$700) are worth stating when the list is long enough to fill one, because a client who can see the day rate stops assuming they are being charged by the hour for your lunch break.
Materials are the line most often got wrong. A handyman quote that buries screws, filler, a tap washer and a ceiling fan inside labour reads as expensive labour. Split them out, apply your markup openly, and the number stops looking like padding. If the client is supplying the fan or the paint, say so on the quote: it prevents the argument where they believe they bought it and you believe you did.
Then there is the part that protects you rather than the client: exclusions. Handymen are routinely asked to do work that is licensed in Australia, including electrical, plumbing, gas and anything structural. Saying on the quote what you are not doing, and that licensed work will be quoted separately by a licensed trade, is not a disclaimer nobody reads. It is the difference between a client who expected you to move the powerpoint and one who did not. State GST as its own line, show your ABN, and put a validity period on the quote, because material prices move and a quote with no expiry is a price you gave away indefinitely.
None of this is difficult. It is just slow to type out five times a day, which is why most handyman quotes end up as a text message with a number in it. That is the actual problem worth solving: describe the tasks, and Insta Quotes prices labour and materials for each one at current Australian and New Zealand rates, itemised, with GST and your details already on it, in about thirty seconds.