Cabinetry Quotes — Detailed and Professional
Create detailed cabinetry quotes with material breakdowns for board, hardware, and benchtops. QuoteMate helps cabinet makers price up kitchens, vanities, and built-in wardrobes.
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“Supply and install full kitchen cabinetry with stone benchtop, soft-close drawers, and overhead cupboards”
A complete, itemised quote with materials, quantities, real-time supplier pricing, labour costs, GST, and a professional PDF — ready to send to your client. Typical cabinetry quotes range from $3,000 – $40,000.
Quoting cabinetry is a game of details. A single kitchen job can have hundreds of components, from the board and hardware down to the screws and shelf supports. Get the material takeoff wrong, forget to price the edge banding, or miscalculate the hardware, and your profit is gone before you even load the ute. This guide is for Australian cabinet makers who are tired of spending hours in front of a spreadsheet. It covers the common line items that get missed when pricing custom kitchens, vanities, and built-in wardrobes, helping you quote faster and protect your margin on every job.
How to Price Board, Benchtops, and Edge Banding
Your quote starts with the board. Price per sheet, not just square metre, and always factor in a waste percentage, typically 15-20%. Specify the brand and finish, as a 2400x1200mm sheet of Polytec melamine faced particleboard is different to a Laminex compact laminate. For benchtops, quote engineered stone per slab plus fabrication and installation costs from your stonemason. Don't forget edge banding, priced per linear metre, and the different rates for 1mm vs 2mm ABS. A standard 2400x1200mm sheet of Laminex Natural Finish board costs around $135 + GST from a supplier like Lincoln Sentry.
Don't Let Hardware Costs Sink Your Margin
Hardware is where quotes fall apart. It's not just the hinges and drawer runners. You need to account for assembly fittings, shelf supports, soft-close mechanisms, push-to-open latches, and handle costs. QuoteMate's templates let you build packages for common setups, like a bank of Blum soft-close drawers, so you capture every component automatically. Remember to include labour for drilling handle holes or routing finger pulls. A single Blum soft-close hinge can be over $9, and a standard kitchen needs 30 or more.
Factoring in Site Work and Installation Costs
The job isn't finished in the workshop. Your quote must include costs for a site measure, delivery, and installation labour. On renovation jobs, this means scribing filler panels to uneven walls and cutting out for plumbing and GPOs. If you're busy on site, missed calls mean lost leads; an AI receptionist like https://callkatie.ai can qualify new customers while you focus on the tools. Always add a line item for rubbish removal and site clean-up. As a rule, add a 10-15% contingency for installation on any kitchen reno that isn't a new build.
Manage Every Cabinet Maker Job From Inquiry to Paid
Quoting is only half the work. QuoteMate tracks every cabinetry job through a 9-stage pipeline — inquiry, quoted, accepted, scheduled, in progress, completed, paid, closed, or cancelled — with timestamps stamped automatically so you can see where every dollar is sitting and where the bottleneck is. Schedule jobs in two taps with Google Calendar sync, snap and annotate on-site photos against the job (not lost in your camera roll), keep a brain-dump checklist of materials and to-dos for the day, and chase quotes automatically if a customer goes quiet.
Common Cabinetry Jobs
Kitchen cabinetry
Custom carcasses, doors, drawers, soft-close hardware, and benchtop.
Bathroom vanity
Wall-hung or freestanding vanity with stone or laminate top.
Built-in wardrobe
Shelving, hanging rails, drawers, and sliding or hinged doors.
Laundry cabinetry
Overhead and base cabinets with trough cutout and splashback.
Entertainment unit
Custom TV unit with cable management and floating shelves.
Home office desk
Built-in desk with storage, cable routing, and task lighting.
Frequently Asked Questions
QuoteMate is an AI-powered quoting app that helps cabinet makers create professional quotes in under 2 minutes. Describe any cabinetry job, and the AI suggests materials with real-time pricing from major Australian suppliers. Send branded PDF quotes via email, SMS, or WhatsApp.
QuoteMate covers all types of cabinetry jobs including Kitchen cabinetry, Bathroom vanity, Built-in wardrobe, Laundry cabinetry, Entertainment unit, Home office desk. You can also describe any custom job and the AI will suggest appropriate materials and quantities.
Cabinet Makers typically quote between $3,000 – $40,000 depending on the scope of work. QuoteMate ensures every quote is accurate with real-time material pricing and proper GST calculations.
QuoteMate offers a free 7-day trial so you can create quotes immediately — no credit card required. Pro plans start at $49/month or $328/year (save 44%) for unlimited quotes, invoicing, and all premium features.