Invoice / Estimate question

Residential
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Hey guys so for your residential customers who you eaither hand wright, email or print invoices / estimates . How much do you break down on the invoice/estimate? for example if your charging $12.00 per window and they have 30 windows for a total of $360 does your invoice say 30 interior and exterior windows cleaned $360. Or do you break it down like 30 interior and exterior windows at $12.00 a windows for a total of $360.00. How much do you let the customer see ? Is there really a need for you to put your per-window or hourly rate or can I leave it off ?. If anyone has a copy of an invoice they want to share that would be cool. Also for most residential customers do you handwright at the job when your done or do you email and bill later.

Thanks
Brian

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We don’t include a number of windows just state all windows inside or outside.

I dont think it really matters though if you put number of windows as thats simple to find out. There is no real secret recipe for our pricing.

We estimate residential over phone, invoices are printed thru quickbooks.

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Nope, just

All Windows Inside and Out, wipe sills, remove cobwebs, wash screens $xxxx

or

All windows, outside only $xxxx

The less the info the better. I use the customer factor but jobber and housecall are viable options. Quickbooks too.

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Keep it simple.

I quote In/out/screens and outsides only ( unless they have exterior screens).

I NEVER break down my costs for them individually. One less thing for someone to nit pick about.

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I just have it set as… quantity=1- window cleaning then state interior and exterior or exterior only etc and then just put the price. If there’s any discount added I state that a discount was added. If not, the total is the total and if they ask questions I answer them but most of the time they do not ask. They just ask if you accept credit cards etc and pay it and move on. I wouldn’t break it down into too much detail… hell half the time they don’t look at anything but the total anyway. That’s all they care about.

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Like others say, keep it simple and hide the costs into the final price.

I personally always have an invoice printed, in an envelope, to give them after the job is done.

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