Compare trade quotes, trade by trade
Quote totals can't be compared — only scopes can. Pick your trade package below: each checker lines your quotes up against the items that trade most often leaves out, and shows you the blanks before they become variations.
electrician quotes
Switchboards, smoke alarms, trenching — the classic electrical blanks.
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plumbing quotes
Sewer connections, stormwater, hot water supply — the underground blanks.
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concreting & slab quotes
Pump hire, rock clauses, piering rates — the slab quote classics.
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carpentry & framing quotes
Frame supply vs labour-only, tie-downs, scaffold — the framing boundaries.
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roofing quotes
Sarking, flashings, gutters, edge protection — the water-entry lines.
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painting quotes
Prep spec, coat counts, ceilings and exteriors — where thin quotes hide.
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tiling & waterproofing quotes
Waterproofing certificates, screeds, patterns — the defect-class package.
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bricklaying quotes
Lay rates, lintels, scaffold, acid wash — behind the per-thousand price.
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Why totals lie
The cheapest quote is often the emptiest scope: the contractor priced the smallest defensible version of the job, and the rest arrives mid-build as variations — priced with no competition, when you can't say no. The fix is the levelling method: make every quote answer the same scope list, chase the blanks in writing, then compare completed columns. The checkers above run the first pass in minutes; the free levelling spreadsheet does the full line-by-line version, and the quote review guide covers what to do with what you find — including when the number just feels too high.