Kitchen Estimating Software — Quote Bespoke Kitchens Accurately
A bespoke kitchen is one of the hardest things in joinery to quote, because it is never one product — it is a dozen different units, a worktop, appliance integration, and an install that can run from a day to a week. Quote it as a round number and you are gambling. Kitchen estimating software lets you build the price the way the kitchen is actually built: unit by unit.
Quote a Kitchen Unit by Unit
Break the kitchen into its real components — base units, wall units, tall larders, island, worktop, splashback, cornice and pelmet, install. Each is a line you can price properly, instead of one lump sum that hides where the cost and the risk really sit.
What a kitchen quote needs to capture
- Carcasses, doors and drawer fronts per unit
- Hardware — hinges, runners, handles, mechanisms
- Worktop material, edging and cut-outs
- Appliance integration and services allowance
- Delivery, fitting and snagging time
Materials and Hardware Without the Gaps
Kitchens are where forgotten hardware quietly eats margin — the soft-close mechanism, the corner carousel, the integrated bin. Pull materials from your stock list so each unit lists its real components with current prices, or add bespoke lines for one-off features. Nothing gets left off because it was "obvious".
Labour Is More Than Bench Time
For each unit, capture the tasks honestly: carcass build, spray finishing, and then the part that always gets underestimated — delivery, fitting on site, scribing to walls and floors, appliance hook-up coordination, and snagging. Hours times your rate, totalled automatically.
Margins and a Quote the Client Trusts
Set overhead, profit and VAT once and they apply across the whole kitchen. Then export a branded PDF — itemised by area or as room totals, your choice — that looks like the premium product you are selling. For a high-value bespoke kitchen, the quality of the quote document is part of the pitch.
Save Your Standard Units
Most kitchen makers build variations on the same core units. Save your standard base and wall units to a reusable library with their materials and labour, then drop them into each new kitchen and adjust. You stop re-pricing a 600mm base cabinet for the hundredth time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it handle worktops and appliances?
Yes — anything you can express as materials plus labour is a line in the estimate, including worktop material with cut-outs and an allowance for appliance integration and services coordination.
Can I reuse pricing across kitchens?
Yes. Save your standard units to the library once; every future kitchen reuses them, so quoting gets faster the more kitchens you do.
Is this only for kitchens?
No — the same estimating module handles wardrobes, studies, media units and any other bespoke joinery. Kitchens are simply where the unit-by-unit structure pays off most.
Quote your next kitchen with confidence
Joinery Core builds kitchen quotes unit by unit — materials, hardware, labour, margins and a branded PDF — in the same system that runs your workshop. 14-day free trial, no card.