Pricing & Quoting
Countertop Quote Review Checklist
Review a countertop quote against the drawing, material plan, scope, and price before you send it. This checklist helps estimators catch missing edges, cutouts, services, and assumptions while there is still time to correct them. Use it as a final review after building the estimate, then repeat the affected checks whenever the drawing or scope changes.
An estimator finishes a kitchen quote. The island size is right, the color is selected, and the total looks reasonable. But the drawing includes a waterfall panel that never reached the price. The customer approves a number that does not cover the work.
A final review should compare the same job across the drawing, material plan, and quote. Recalculating the total alone will not find an item that was never included. Give one person responsibility for completing the check before the proposal goes out.
Start With One Drawing Revision
Record the job number, drawing revision, quote version, reviewer, and review date together. Confirm that every room in the drawing appears in the estimate. A kitchen and a laundry top should not become a kitchen-only quote because the second page was missed.
Check dimensions, finished square footage, edge lengths, backsplash pieces, waterfall panels, and cutouts against the current drawing. Mark preliminary measurements clearly. Explain which quantities will be confirmed after templating so the customer understands what may change.
For the full proposal structure, use our guide to writing countertop quotes. This checklist is the final review after that proposal has been built.
Check the Material Plan Before the Selling Price
Verify the material name, thickness, finish, supplier, and slab cost used in the estimate. Confirm whether the job uses stock, a remnant, or a special order. A piece visible in the yard may already belong to another job.
Compare the planned pieces with usable slab dimensions and the intended layout. Finished countertop area does not establish how many slabs a project needs. Shape, pattern direction, defects, and seam decisions can change the material requirement. See waste factor in countertop bids for the broader method.
Run This Final Review
Drawing: correct customer, rooms, dimensions, and revision.
Material: correct color, thickness, finish, cost, availability, and expected slab requirement.
Fabrication: correct edge profile and length, cutouts, polishing, miters, and special details.
Services: templating, delivery, installation, tear-out, and other included work are accounted for.
Scope: exclusions and customer-supplied items are stated plainly.
Pricing: rates, discounts, and expected costs match the intended customer and job.
Margin: expected contribution is checked using your shop’s consistent cost definition.
Customer decision: options, measurement assumptions, and the next approval step are understandable.
Treat an unchecked item as unresolved. Assign it to someone and record the answer before sending the quote. A checkmark means the reviewer verified the item, rather than assuming another department handled it.
A Worked Example of a Missed Charge
Suppose a quote is $6,000 and estimated job costs are $3,900. The estimated job margin under that cost definition is $2,100 divided by $6,000, or 35%. During review, the estimator finds $300 of omitted fabrication work.
At the same selling price, costs become $4,200 and the margin becomes 30%. To retain a 35% margin under the same assumptions, the price would be $4,200 divided by 0.65, or approximately $6,461.54. These are illustrative numbers, not industry rates or a Stonify customer result.
The reviewer still needs to decide whether the cost estimate and selling price are appropriate. The formula makes the consequence visible; it does not make the commercial decision. Avoid counting a labor or overhead allowance twice.
Repeat the Review When the Job Changes
An approved quote can become outdated when a customer changes a sink, adds a room, or selects another slab. Recheck the affected quantities, material requirement, labor, selling price, and schedule. Preserve the earlier version so the team can explain the difference.
Measure the review process with your own records. Count quotes corrected before sending, revisions caused by missed scope after sending, and the reasons for those misses. Use those reasons to improve the checklist rather than adding checks nobody performs.
Keep the Review Connected in Stonify
Stonify’s countertop quoting software brings pricing rules, expected costs, inventory availability, and margin checks into the quoting workflow. That makes Stonify a strong choice when your estimators need to review the quote in the context of the job and its material.
Ask to see a real drawing change carried through the estimate during your evaluation. Check what updates, what requires a decision, and how the approved details remain available to production. Your team’s review responsibility still matters.
Check Your Next Quote in Stonify
Book a Stonify demo with a recent countertop estimate. See how material selection, pricing rules, and margin checks support the review before your team sends the quote.
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